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HereTV! on Google !!!

Google Video to carry Here TV programming

Gay network Here announced Wednesday that it will begin delivering programming through Google Video. The site allows users both to search for content and to download and view it on their computers. This new arrangement will allow computer users to download original series, films, documentaries, and comedy specials from Here for $3.99 per title. "Making Here content available via Google Video is part of our ongoing effort to expand the options for thousands of viewers to access Here however, whenever, and wherever they want," said Here founder and CEO Paul Colichman in a statement. "As the variety of Here programs continues to increase, Here's growing fan base will be able to catch their Here favorites either on TV or now with Google Video on their PCs and eventually on wireless devices as well." (Advocate.com)

I think this distribution model kicks ass; they need to get their content up to par though is the buzz.

Mixy

Good piece discussing 'What is LOST anyways, and how does it keep engaging folks' with such a loose mythology, or world? ;-) * This sense of imbalance and potential non-payoff (on a big scale, at least) is mainly why I don’t bother with the show.

Appreciated the one year later (new) MoMa update. My summation of the article, and visit there: A stifled canon.

I’m dumbfounded by AOL/WB bringing ‘vintage TV’ online for free. What a great, grand expierment; I’m confident very good things will come from it.

Kanye works the Garden theater :-)

Mixy

Good piece discussing 'What is LOST anyways, and how does it keep engaging folks' with such a loose mythology, or world? ;-) * This sense of imbalance and potential non-payoff (on a big scale, at least) is mainly why I don’t bother with the show.

Appreciated the one year later (new) MoMa update. My summation of the article, and visit there: A stifled canon.

I’m dumbfounded by AOL/WB bringing ‘vintage TV’ online for free. What a great, grand expierment; I’m confident very good things will come from it.

Kanye works the Garden theater :-)

Mixy

This idea of building prisons (that are band-aiding vs. solving, curative) that cost more per person than K-12 (!) education is so crazee to me... So I peeped this site I learned about c/o Utne Reader

What does Mark Hughes' "BuzzMarketing" say about "the five most frequently written news stories..."? (Book review here.)

Irish Movie Screens Going All-Digital
Stat: Irish movie lovers have the second highest level of cinema attendance in Europe.
Stat: There are already hundreds of digital venues across Asia, specifically in China, Singapore, and India. (Utne, Jul/Aug '05, p. 21)

Advancing (Tech)

Technology (esp. in Europe) driving music act's promotions

Need to meditate more on how I meet some local quality people - for fun, fun fun and otherWise. Is it online (e.g. Friendster, gay.com, gaydar...)? Is it wherever? Actually, how is it wherever, in that everyday way? At mixers? Blind friend dates? What? * I know some of it is presentation of self, a large part, though I feel like it's much about changing my vibrations to be open for this, and asking for it within, deep within (hey, none of that cackling!).

Misc.

Learned about: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/foodscaping.html
Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle (a French pastry chef/arts photography team) create landscapes out of food: mushrooms, kiwis, salads, ice cream, watermelons, cakes. Cauliflower, even. The result is actually really funny and great, and can be seen through the duo's own photographs.
http://mapage.noos.fr/minimiam/go.htm

West Wing goes live and partially scripted :-)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051101/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_west_wing

Apple's New Fifth Ave. Store Gets Cubed - this sounds very cool, and splashy - hurrah for Steve, er, them!
http://www.curbed.com/archives/2005/10/31/apples_new_fifth_ave_store_gets_cubed.php

Misc readings

i love the sound of this world health summit - how can we track outcomes of this?

More and more, we're alone in public. Ha, yes, we are... (not sure if I have an astrological perspective on this)

TIME comments on 5 New Things That Will Blow Your Mind

Quick piece with some links about trendwatching, 'cool hunting'

Misc readings

i love the sound of this world health summit - how can we track outcomes of this?

More and more, we're alone in public. Ha, yes, we are... (not sure if I have an astrological perspective on this)

TIME comments on 5 New Things That Will Blow Your Mind

Quick piece with some links about trendwatching, 'cool hunting'

MultiClips 3

Sounds like Buenos Aries is very cool, if quite meat, potatoes & oil from Rex Wockner's writeup, and blogging

GCN May '05 says According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 8% of US high school seniors have tried the drug [crystal meth] at least once. Well, hooray for that :-( * In Europe, crystal meth use remains virtually unknown, but for a drug that is devouring America how long will we remain untouched. ** Um, why is Europe so in the clear on this? And how can we notate, if not learn + implement from this?

OK, why are we spending waaay more per prisoner than (K-12) student? Very uncool, people, VERY!

Why we hate HR - provocatively titled article that helped me think deeper about (my) partnering internally (and externally) to reach company-wide goals.

I liked this Hopi piece, My Fellow Swimmers, that spirit twin shared...

I think this 80 South St Tower (click on SALES; it pans DOWN the building) is amazing! Love the title: The Vertical Manhattan Townhouse

Ah, here again, a bit about the US army having an Internet cafe in Tikrit since 2003 in holland herald (KLM's in flight magazine).

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This guy/company is all about humanizing retirement communities - bravo :-)

ILM Animation head talks about escaping your pigeonholes at work. His four tips: 1) think skills, not experience; 2) fight corporate inerita [here here!]; 3) become a startup master; 4) seek the edge

Mississippi Power demonstrates how preparation sometimes doesn't apply, yet the being ready with something, like, oh say a Katrina, does!

Delta comes out with new int'l routes (almost all Europe, thank you very much) to get back in the black that much quicker...

To better understand other folks' agendas (esp. at work), I can ask myself: What are their goals?

Massive Change, Bruce Mao's wonderful design initiative, visits Chicago this time next year

How to Act Like a Designer - thanks Daniel Pink :-)

I love this example of reframing:
When he came to Ogilvy, he says, its security guards were dressed like zoo attendants: maroon jackets with piping, ill-fitting polyester pants. Collins commissioned outfits that looked like something a concierge might wear at a W Hotel: black jackets, gray crew-neck sweaters, tailored pants. Soon after, one of the guards stopped him in the lobby. "I can take my daughter out for a cup of coffee at Starbucks now and not look like a security guard," he said. "It looks like I work at Ogilvy & Mather." The next day, Collins says, you could even see the difference in the way they stood. Something had happened. "That's how design can change people."

Liz Sanders, a 2005 Fast Company Master of Design is now working to help design hospitals that make patients, not doctors and administrators, the top priority. HOORAY!! 5 times Band, hit me.

Wired interviews a few of the prominent blogger-soliders... reminds me to consider unshelving my outlined piece Homrades...

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I enjoyed this FC article about why it can be so hard to change our way

Love this line from Marshall Goldsmith (FC May '05 p 98): Listen hard to what you don't want to hear

Another line from same issue p. 82: To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.

Glad to hear Jennifer Hudson is working on an album in Orlando... and hinting there is more to dish about than just Corey and Paula ;-)

I love the ingenuius simplicity of this sunflower solar concentrator as we (need to!) move forward in alternate (and eco-safe) energy sources

Amused and imagining the AdMen getting hold of 'roadcasting'. Sort of like how they detect Tom Cruise's character in Minority Report, but car-based. Could share radios and other broadcasts from neighboring/nearby vehicles...

It's curious that I read this downloading media article before the video iPod was released. Particularly since Steve (Jobs) needs H'wood to make this happen and they'll steer it with(out) him + co.

Wired asks: Will the Internet put public libraries out of business? Answers seem to be more about reshaping their offerings, as is alreayd happening...

I enjoyed learning about how artist Ingo Gunther is creating themed globes from various political implications. Globe #175 asteroid impacts struck me immediately as a scifi story's visual seed. (yes, i know we've had quite a few books, movies, etc. on this sort of thing. that's why this realtime seed could be a curious touchstone to work from... maybe it isn't really involved, just inspiring.)

Would love this portable/pocket XM Satellite radio to be combined with iPod :-) - wait, that's a neoWalkman!

I smiled wide reading about Banksy's witty 'grafitti', and bringing art to the people vs. the elite. The two cops kissing didn't hurt either ;-)

Funny to see EA still making (hit!) games 20+ years later

DH & video Ipod

Desperately dull?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051017/ap_en_tv/tv_desperate_housewives

Does video iPod draw creators like original (music) iPod?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051017/en_nm/apple_dc;_ylt=AkmM1noRaxQhcbbIfMxlwfe2GL8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-

Emotionally vivid writing!
http://shadesofgray.typepad.com/shades_of_gray/

Apple has done it again! per NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/13/technology/13apple.html?pagewanted=all

Apple rocks da house

with a push to revolutionize TV and the whole dealio.... maybe a Dick Tracy type o' watch is in order for Christmas/holidays 2006? How could this new iPod be used to share dailies on (or off) location?!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051013/en_nm/applecomputer_imac_dc

Madonna's coming back strong - at least in the partnerships, if not the visuals + music...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051012/ap_en_tv/music_madonna

Catchup Blog 2

Letter from the Edtior, Out July '05
"I was struck by the fact that almost all the male Hollywood A-listers who are not American have played gay or bisexual characters on-screen, while virtually none of the American have. Russell Crowe played queer in The Sum of Us;Antonio Banderas got gay for Perdo Almodovar and opposite TOm Hanks; and last year alone Colin Farrell connected with men in two movies. Look at their American heartthrob counterparts: Neither Tom Cruise nor Brad Pitt has ever played overtly gay in a movie."

I'm guessing this has to do with different cultural perspectives of gayness & masculinity, eh?

HX 27 May 2005 p. 32
HX: How did you respond to the criticism that the show wasn't an accurate depiction of gay life?
Hal Sparks: If we had five gay guys in an office and the show was about how normal they are, it wouldn't last a season - and it wouldn't create any change. We showed gay people who drank and did drugs and fucked everybody - and you still had to love them.

1) we didn't have to love them, or even like them, though I hear him in saying the story structuring / making a character sympathetic
2) I think this everyday gay thing is the way to go, maybe that's just (for) me though...? Or perhaps I'm carrying this over from pre-SoulFood (tv show) when some argued that seeing black folks in more everyday (dramatic) situations can further the bridges, close the divides between seeing blacks as other types, aliens, etc. * Perhaps this is my writing/visioning challenge? The seed was planted awhile ago, no?

I love this zero-energy homes idea. Can pursue as we get into this property purchasing outlook ;-) * How come this isn't poppin' as much on the Eastern coast/side of the States?

I laughed out loud, and cringed a bit, at this replicating NYC's East Village in Vegas. (Also, Avenue Q has a show up in Vegas as of 27 August - that was a fast year!)

IFP MARKET - a few notes
Was very very cool to hear Norman Jewison speak at the IFP Market's closing. The icing on that cake was Warrington Hudlin being the moderator/interviewer. Reminded me - as many other things have lately - that I am well connected when I want to be and/or get on the vibe. What is the combination like now that my intuition is strong as I clarify and loft my life (energy) with renewed purpose and positioning?? :-)
The panel with Rosie Perez, Mary Kay Place & Yolonda Ross really added to my thoughts o' late around directing, producing (what type of production am I best with), and how a story is still the thing with(out) that attracts and brings them to a project - money or not!

oooh, decorating your iPod/shuffle/nano :-)
http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/09/ipoddress/index.php

a peek at the treo 670/700 - sheez, i just got the 650! :-|
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000867059961/

Yahoo buys Konfabulator, makers of Widgets for its websites - GOOD! move
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050725/yahoo_konfabulator.html?.v=5

Why Dreamworks Animation is dipping down on the NYSE
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/25/business/media/25dreamworks.html?8dpc=&pagewanted=all

NYC's Public WiFi

Read a great op-ed by Andrew Rasiej that featured a petition for NYC wiring the schools, if not city, so we can keep up with our neighbors, and further the reach of high-speed Internet in the Metro. (Won't this come in some way from W's mandate? Though $600/yr plus computers, desk, etc. for those $truggling seems crazee

Automating, Automatic

L Line Begins Using Only One Train Operator At Nights, On Weekends, with full-time automation in November

Contactless transactions coming to your wallet, pasport, or cell phones soon!