Capitalism

Cute Little Devil

I've been noticing a logo on a number of food products lately.  When I first saw it, I though it was strange that Cheerios had a cute little red sylized demon logo on their box, but didn't actually take the time to examine it further until much later. 

 

It's a cute little demon with a heart for an eye.  Or maybe a ghost, since it doesn't have legs.  Ok, a half-ghost, half-devil.  But he loves you.

 Half-ghost, half-devil who loves you.

Imagine my shock when I discover that it's supposed to be a little red dress .  I think I liked it better before.

The Monkeysphere is Everywhere

When the world's gone crazy, let Mad Magazine be your guide.

The secret reason for War, Pestulance, and the other riders is a million monkeys, which is something we all knew anyway, but monkeys rule, right?  Cracked.com explains the Monkeysphere, which is all around us, even now in this very room.  

(Oh, warning: some swearing, but well worth the read.)

Are Record Labels Considering Abandonment of DRM?

iTunes user tied up by DRMAccording to an article from the International Herald Tribune, record labels may be thinking of selling DRM-free music in an attempt to restore sluggish online music sales.  If true, this is very, very good news. 

This could be an excellent way for some company to steal the online music lead from Apple's iTunes.  Like many customers of AllOfMP3.com, I shopped there because I could get music in the format I wanted, and the crazy-low prices were just a bonus.  I think it could be very interesting to see what happens if someone starts offering mainstream music in an un-crippled format, even if they charge more than iTunes.  

I'll certainly buy music from them as long as the selection is good, the price is lower than that of a CD, and the encoding is good, (or configurable like AllOfMP3).  What do you folks think?

 Music labels, if you're reading this, please please please sell me un-crippled music.  I won't buy it any other way.  Ever.

Stephen Colbert on dubya

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879

 

It's a little over 25 minutes.   Colbert makes fun of Bush with him sitting two people away.

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