Andrew Kantor's Place

Why newspapers need to take down their Web sites

Andrew — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:24:06 +0000

Vibe magazine is talking about going online-only. Seth Godin talks about how content will soon all be free. (“The reason that we needed paid contributors before was that there was only economic room for a few magazines, a few TV channels, a few pottery stores, a few of everything. In world where there is room [...]

Firefox error I’ve never seen

Andrew — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:46:01 +0000

This is kinda cute.

Sadly, I know people who could use this book

Andrew — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:49:42 +0000

(Via Awful Library Books.)

What headlines like these say about news outfits

Andrew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:59:04 +0000

“Judge: Holocaust museum shooting suspect not fit for court,” reads the CNN headline. The article begins, “The alleged shooter in this month’s deadly attack at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington is not yet…” But James von Brunn is not “alleged” or “suspected.” He’s the shooter. There’s no doubt. Not a bit. There are questions about [...]

Firefox, Ad Block Plus, and the future of the Internet

Andrew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:44:19 +0000

I have to wonder how much damage the adoption of Firefox and some of its addons is doing to the Internet. I’m thinking specifically of one of my favorites, Ad Block Plus. Simply put, it prevents just about every ad from appearing on any page I visit. As Firefox’s market penetration increases (it’s at about 23% [...]

Standard cell chargers — about time

Andrew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:27:17 +0000

“Cell phone makers have agreed to introduce a one-size-fits-all charger in the European Union within the next six months.”

Social integration

Andrew — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:32:01 +0000

Still slowly but surely linking my various social networks. Blog to Twitter? Check. Twitter to blog? Check. Facebook to blog? Um… no. Blog to Facebook? Only to a section of FB that no one sees. Work still needs to be done there. New blogging tool? Check — trying out Deepest Sender for quick updates. All while editing, [...]

Ruth Madoff and aching

Andrew — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:07:51 +0000

“Not a day goes by when I don’t ache,” says Ruth Madoff. Funny, I bet that’s the same thing her husband’s going to be saying, although for entirely different reasons. [ba-dum-BUM]

Michael Jackson: Top of the pirate charts

Andrew — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:05:17 +0000

Didn’t take long.

Tim Burton. Johnny Depp. Alice in Wonderland.

Andrew — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:17:33 +0000

[sigh]