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Last.fm will pay royalites

By Jason Moriber • Jul 9th, 2008

Last.fm will pay royalites to their artists, hurrah!



Union Square Cafe: 7/9/08

By Jason Moriber • Jul 9th, 2008

Soup: Chilled greenmarket beets w/ creme fraiche

Appetizer: Barbecue pork testa, local cherries, arugula, balsamic

Entre: Grilled wild stipped bass, saffron potatoes, roasted pepper

Dessert: Brioche pudding, market berries, chantilly cream



The intagibles of place, outsourcing, cost-cutting vs. innovation

By Jason Moriber • Jul 9th, 2008

Being-there is 70% of describing-there. There are great intangibles from being at the place where you are working. Working in NYC is not the same as working in Chicago. Describing NYC to a Chicagoan who has never been to NYC is a game of comparisons.



Indy Land Bank to fight urban blight

By Jason Moriber • Jul 9th, 2008

There is an unfortunate abundance of empty houses here in Indy, most in working class neighborhoods where times are now tougher. Most of these houses are simple wood-frames, built on regular lots, and salt and pepper through blocks where most folks are seeking to improve their surroundings.



Kurt Iswarienko, olde-tyme Wise Elephantee, shoots Anne Hathaway for Flaunt

By Jason Moriber • Jul 8th, 2008

Kurt Iswarienko, olde-tyme Wise Elephantee, shoots Anne Hathaway for Flaunt



Casey McKinnon, Actress: Self Portrait Series #8

By Jason Moriber • Jul 7th, 2008

Casey McKinnon seeks to take a daily self-portrait, and has been successful at her quest. We love the self-portrait, connecting visually with a real person, freckles and all, when so much online is text, icon or avatar based.



Let it roll!

By Jason Moriber • Jul 7th, 2008

“It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.” from The Godfather, 1972



Intersection of Copyright, Users, and the Law = Stinky

By Jason Moriber • Jul 3rd, 2008

YouTube, who takes a liberal approach to safeguarding copyrights, enables the law to become trounced by the ease-of-use. If I can copy a video-clip and post it, so easily, then it can’t be wrong to do so.(?)



We love the GirlieGirl Army newsletter so much we posted it here

By Jason Moriber • Jul 2nd, 2008

We love the GirlieGirl Army newsletter so much we posted it here (their site will be up soon)



Alex Iskold has email down

By Jason Moriber • Jul 2nd, 2008

Alex Iskold has email down