Archive for October 22nd, 2006
So why do the most clueless lawmakers when it comes to the internet want to restrict or regulate it? There’s Sen. “Tubes” Stevens, of course. And now Sen. Joe Lieberman, whose website crashed and burned from the primary election day traffic — and then his staff mistakenly blamed the opposition for hacking it — says it’s high time the internet is regulated to protect children. The big bad internet.
October 22nd, 2006
Speaking of redesigns, our friends at PaidContent have launched a spiffy new look. They moved from WordPress to Expression Engine. I know Rafat has been looking forward to this day for years. Congrats!
October 22nd, 2006
A sequel that’s better than the original! A must surf! If you visit one site today… They’re not announcing it until Monday, but you can now check out the redesign of the Hollywood Reporter website. It is following the welcome trend of focusing on the content instead of overdesigning the site. It no longer tries to look like the magazine, and is a major overall improvement. Good RSS breakout by section. And LR Pal Steve Bryant’s blog, Reel Pop gets prominent placement on the front. The site also doesn’t try to give the hard sell to subscribe to its dead trees version. Overall, I really like what they’ve started here - now let’s see a ton of video. The HR is ideally positioned to have lots and lots of broadband video on its site. They’ve got the right ad market to profit off video clips. Grade: Boffo.
October 22nd, 2006
Here’s one for LR’s favorite T-shirt fan, Rex. (Available from ThinkGeek):

October 22nd, 2006