Virtual Vinyl Nov 19, 08, 6:35 a.m.

I love CDs. When I find music I like I buy the disc. Purchasing downloads leaves me feeling like I didn't get anything for my money. Nothing to hold, nothing to fit into its own alphabetized slot in the CD rack. And no album art! Such a great part of the music buying experience, IMO.

Roadrunner Records takes a stab at providing a digital version of the liner notes by creating a minisite for Cradle of Filth's new release, "Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder". They call it "virtual vinyl".

I like the artwork. I hate that you have to search blindly for the link to the lyrics. All-in-all a weak online effort, but it is interesting to see a record company address this element of their product.

Oh, and I'm still sticking with the physical copy.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com…

The Moth Aug 28, 08, 11:26 a.m.

I'm a sucker for normal people with good stories. Anyone else a fan of this podcast? If not, you should be.
http://www.themoth.org/podcast

R.I.P. Tim Russert Jun 13, 08, 12:44 p.m.

Sad, sad day.
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/…

Alive and Breeding Apr 17, 08, 9:15 a.m.

Web pages that grow, morph, etc., to suit the audience:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth…

One Day Poem Apr 14, 08, 4:30 p.m.

I happened upon this and really enjoyed it.
http://people.artcenter.edu/~jso…

The movement of the sun displays a short poem, one line at a time, throughout the day.

Great ideas make me smile.

Custom vs. Hosted Solution Feb 29, 08, 5:08 a.m.

There are plenty of industry-specific Web solutions available for, say, auto dealerships, realtors, etc.

When trying to help a client decide which option is the best fit for them (custom vs. hosted), what are some questions you would ask?

Note, this is not to 'sell' them either way, but a means of determining which avenue best suits their business.

Raceless Jan 25, 08, 1:33 p.m.

I was listening to the Stephen A. Smith show today and he was commenting on the Tiger Woods/Lynching Comment/Golf Week Noose. At one point he stated that this country loves you, "as long as you're raceless."

This morning, while getting my son ready for school, we were discussing Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Civil Rights movement. I was explaining why it's so important to pay attention to and learn from these people and that time in our country's history, and that racism continues to be an ongoing problem.

I went on that, "that's why, around here, we treat everyone the same. We don't care about skin color, whether they're tall or short, fat or skinny; it doesn't matter." Etc., etc., and more along the lines of distilling race down to a non-issue.

So my question, global and diverse QBN community: Is there merit in teaching 'racelessness'? Are there detriments I'm overlooking? My personal approach has always been to purposely look beyond race, and I'd never looked at that as anything but a positive, solid approach.

Thoughts?

Underhanded SEO Jan 10, 08, 6:11 p.m.

I had a holding page up for a site while it was in development. The site went live and the owner searched Google for the company name.

The results are the page title and description, but the URL is for another (unrelated) company.

Checking the "cached" version of the page reveals that someone copied the logo from the holding page, the page title, and the metadata to a page on their site, then submitted it to, at least one, search engine.

First, I don't understand the benefit of someone doing this.

Second, can I assume that following general SEO protocol will have this squared away in relatively short order?

Oh yeah, and "fuck you" to the cheating asshole that did that.