Saturday, February 3, 2007

Viacom yankers

So I've been scanning news stories claiming that "Viacom asks youtube to yank videos," and not known that it was going to affect me in any kind of meaningful way. Little did I know that the Daily Show is owned by Viacom, and now all clips have been pulled from their site. Apparently youtube and Viacom have reached some kind of agreement and select clips will be back on the site with the approval of Viacom. Read this article in adweek for a little more information.

Colbert's brilliance

Here is the end of Stephen Colbert's White House Press Correspondent's Dinner speech. I couldn't find the first 15 minutes or so on youtube, but they're the funniest and I'm sure I'll find a link for it in a moment.

Friday, February 2, 2007

Echo, Echo. . .Hello From the Blogosphere

Might as well get this ball rolling. Hello all. And welcome to my blog. It is called Cornucopia, The Horn of Plenty and you are welcome to come and enjoy its bounty. HHMM. Stay tuned for my second post, entitled "Blogging and the 21st century, or how blogging changed the way we experience blah blah blah blah society blah blah blah media blah grassroots organizing blah blah bottom-to-top structure blah blah." Do you feel that? It's working already. Stay tuned --VA