http://www.stuffchannel.com my totally incomplete view of the web and the things I find Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:44:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the interesting subtexts of the "FREE!" revolution is in order for musicians, artists, whoever to make a living, income still has to be generated. Since musicians are no longer suppose to sell their music on shiny plastic discs, and because of infinite distribution, the question comes ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/are-you-the-dope-paying-for-everyone-else/ Well, two races into the 2010 season, and NASCAR, aka NAPCAR, is already showing some serious signs of crumbling at it's foundations. The sheer volume of empty seats in California this past weekend, even noted on the NASCAR.COM site, shows that things are not all good and going ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/napcar-the-nascar-collapse-continues/ As a long time fan of the Deadliest Catch, since the time before the show existed as was just part of the a Dangerous Jobs series, it saddens me to report that Captain Phil Harris, the gruff but loving master of the F/V Cornelia Marie passed away on February 9th, ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/captain-phil-harris-fv-cornelia-marie-rip/ While it may be a shocker to some, the "resignation" of Lou Dobbs from CNN has pretty much been a foregone conclusion for a while. CNN as a network is floundering badly these days, unsure of it's direction. But Lou Dobbs has been sure of his direction, going ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/lou-dobbs-quits-cnn-again/ It's almost a traditional thing now, the Tom Cruise dead rumors seem to come up about two or three times a year, more often when he is doing something nutty. Recent stories have peopel from inside his camp reporting on his weeks of trying to use his Scientology ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/tom-cruise-dead-nope-just-a-little-weird/ I have been a lifelong racing fan, I can remember watching the highlights of NASCAR races on Wide World of Sports long before it became an every week, 12 hours per day extravaganza that is it today. In the last few years I have been less and less enamored ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/nascar-gets-boring-complains-when-people-notice/ I really enjoy reading the Techdirt blog mostly because it's fun to watch Mike Masnick tie himself in knots trying to prove things. He is forever posting very speculative things, drawing conclusions that just aren't obvious, and then to solidify these masterpieces of logic, he then quotes and ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/another-wild-overreach-by-the-guru-of-free/ One of the more interesting debates I have gotten into recently is one regarding the laws of supply and demand (and cost) for movies and music in the current market. It's an interesting debate mostly because the "guru of FREE!" Mike Masnick is involved, which means that we are ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/supply-demand-piracy-and-the-little-lies-of-free/ Over the last few years, much has been made about the move to "online media", and that traditional media, from newspapers to radio to television were all doomed as the new wave on online reporters and citizen journalists would take over. Even behemoth CNN has taken to using it's ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/drudgereport-slants-the-news/ I have discovered more and more I read the flailing Wired magazine the same way I read The Onion, mostly for a laugh at the outrageous and humorous things that appear there.  In the Sept 2009 edition (their 17.09), they have once again gone down the road of attempting to ... http://www.stuffchannel.com/the-good-enuf-rvlutn/