Thursday, April 17, 2008

Rebooting the Internet -- Southpark

Pretty funny:
http://gizmodo.com/381088/how-to-fix-the-internet-according-to-south-park?autoplay=true (45 sec video)
Is that a Linksys BEFSR41 router?! Love it!

It's only software...


From the "how hard could it be" department:
http://codeclimber.blogspot.com/2008/04/all-i-need-is-programmer.html
I also liked the first comment after the article.

Inspiring Speech for the Mainstream Media

Not wacky -- rather, very inspirational. Worth a listen:
http://adage.com/brightcove/single.php?title=1506582278 (6 min audio only)
Excerpt:
"You have the power to turn this country away from cynicism. You have the power to turn this nation away from the hatred and the divisive dialogue that has rendered such a corrosive affect on our body politic. You can lift us up into a more enlightened age."
Contrast this with reactions from last night's presidential debate.

Full Tim Robbins transcript. The audio above covers the last 5 paragraphs.