February 2009 Entries
One of the age old business models of print media has been the idea of not just selling subscriptions, but also mingling content with advertisements. It's funny to pick up a magazine at a store and flip through the pages and you end up seeing more advertisements than actual article content. It comes as no surprise then, to discover that digital media plays the same game, the twist being that a lot of online content is 'given away' and exclusively dependent on ad revenue to support publication.
First generation advertising came in the form of static banners and later popups, but...
So I'm a closet American Idol watcher. Last season was the first season I watched, but more importantly it turned out to be something that my wife and I could watch together without the other one cringing or outright leaving the room.
So with the thirty six contestants picked, there were two real upsets. First, Jamar Rogers. The guy obviously had great talent and a great voice so it came as a great surprise that he got ousted by the judges. My wife was so disappointed that her eyes got all teary eyed up. It's a shame because I think he...
Except for a few obvious movies like The Dark Night, last summer seemed a bit ho-hum as far as movies go. This year is going to be different, though, with following movies:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Why should I care?
I've always been a fan of the X-Men franchise, but I always was a bit perplexed why they kept Gambit out of the mix. In the cartoon series, he was always there, so it's neat to see him get some screen time, and from the looks of it, in a non-trivial way. The last movie ended with Professor-X dying, but...