has anyone seen the infomercial for the half blanket, half man thing called a snuggie? you don't just, like, lay under the blanket anymore, man, you can just coexist. it's a very hippie-like philosophy that's behind the snuggie, taking up where the poncho left off.
who needs pants?
also... another infomercial informed me that his airtight food storage lids were made of, gasp, space age polymers.
whoa, dude, plastic from space!
who needs pants?
also... another infomercial informed me that his airtight food storage lids were made of, gasp, space age polymers.
whoa, dude, plastic from space!
Labels: moooooon plastic
the winter blues have definitely started. last night i went to a show and had a few too many beers, but it had been my first time going out in a couple weeks i've just been holing up at home or at p.'s place pretending IT isn't coming.
but it is. it's here. we're in the single digits.
hangover and winter blues be damned, though. friday night is craft night/fear and loathing night and then i suggested that p. and i go to the zoo this weekend. something to lift the spirits since we've both been feeling it.
just gotta try to keep summer in my heart and in my head until it once again exists without.
flusssssssshhhhhh.
after so many years of perfecting it, there is some weird sense of satisfaction i get from procrastinating. somehow, even though i know i will be the next one to go get water, somehow it's satisfying to know that i got a full glass from the cooler and thus did not have to replace it this time. same goes for toilet paper if i'm the only one home- i know it's all me in the end (no pun intended), but i got enough to complete my task and can simply change the roll next time.
shadows stirred by sunlight
my favourite sweater
it's all about money, isn't it?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7645537.stm
what i don't get (well i do get it, but ya know) is that CD sales may be down by 20%, but when you sell an album at a discount on iTunes it's because you don't get printed liner notes, an actual CD, or the ability to share the music with anyone. so the record companies, as i see it, are probably seeing a loss due to the fact that their salaries are too large. the artists want more money from digital sales, okay, so maybe reduce your six figure paycheque, no? no, they'd rather bill the people for that.
it's not Apple's fault that record companies didn't prepare for the business of digital file sharing- they had years to see this coming and act on their own behalf. metallica sued napster in 2000 and after that came Kazaa and limewire and a bunch of other ways to download music. Apple saw the potential in that market, and while others tried to initiate a service where you could pay for downloads, they were the ones with the money and marketing capability to provide the full package (device + service). by providing everything to the consumer, they could control exactly how everything was used, stored, shared, etc.
thus, Apple took the idea and ran with it and charges the record labels for their own failure to be proactive. ha.
then again, the consumer is also somewhat at fault when you consider the question: who would actually want to buy music on iTunes? you can't burn it, you can't share it, and you don't have the joy of opening the package and reading the notes.
i dunno, just thinking...
what i don't get (well i do get it, but ya know) is that CD sales may be down by 20%, but when you sell an album at a discount on iTunes it's because you don't get printed liner notes, an actual CD, or the ability to share the music with anyone. so the record companies, as i see it, are probably seeing a loss due to the fact that their salaries are too large. the artists want more money from digital sales, okay, so maybe reduce your six figure paycheque, no? no, they'd rather bill the people for that.
it's not Apple's fault that record companies didn't prepare for the business of digital file sharing- they had years to see this coming and act on their own behalf. metallica sued napster in 2000 and after that came Kazaa and limewire and a bunch of other ways to download music. Apple saw the potential in that market, and while others tried to initiate a service where you could pay for downloads, they were the ones with the money and marketing capability to provide the full package (device + service). by providing everything to the consumer, they could control exactly how everything was used, stored, shared, etc.
thus, Apple took the idea and ran with it and charges the record labels for their own failure to be proactive. ha.
then again, the consumer is also somewhat at fault when you consider the question: who would actually want to buy music on iTunes? you can't burn it, you can't share it, and you don't have the joy of opening the package and reading the notes.
i dunno, just thinking...
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