Month: January 2007

  • A second look at Second Life

    Unfortunately, as the interview was commencing, the event was attacked by a “griefer,” someone intent on disrupting the proceedings. The griefer managed to assault the CNET theater for 15 minutes with – well, there’s no way to say this delicately – animated flying penises.Second Life – let the backlash begin. Back in December, the Second…

  • Bob Jones blogs the gap between local journalism and the web with this story about how it feels to be on the wrong side of the mental health system in Britain.

  • Demablogs, Iraq and Jamil Hussein

    DEMABLOG: the AP and crowing lefty bloggers will treat this as total vindication. That’s how the game is played: dumb it down to something simple like “Does Jamil Hussein exist?” and ignore the other issues.Horace Walpole managed to coin the word serendipity without apparently breaking sweat. I’ve been scratching my head looking for a word…

  • ITV – lessons from America

    There’s nothing like paying someone else to do your thinking. ITV chairman Michael Grade has apparently decided to get Spectrum in. What’s the betting there’s a job at ITV on offer for whoever can come up with something that sounds like a plan? Buying up social networking sites and having them sign up for big-spending…