27. March, 2002 - bad business
- The semantics of file formats talks about how sending information in a word document might actually be something you want to do when dealing with a client. Sad. [flutterby]
- Cost of a stamp to rise to 37¢. Too few people are sending mail, so they've decided to jack the price up further (yeah, I know it's still cheap compared to the rest of the world, but it's even cheaper if you're sending out tens of thousands of ads, instead of mail someone might actually want to read). On the other hand, it is 37 cents that they're raising the price to. [strib]
- Web radio's last stand against the DMCA. It's an interview that splains how some web radio stations will be put out of business. [some guy]
- Bleak future looms if you don't take a stand. Dan Gillmor says that mergers among already-giant corporations, especially telecommunications and entertainment companies are leading us to a bleak future of corporate control. Similar to the sort of thing predicted in a lot of early cyberpunk novels. Dan says now's the time to take a stand. Write to Congress. Stop buying CDs. [instapundit]
- BookSense.com is a great alternative to online behemoths like amazon or Barnes and noble. First time you go there you type in your zipcode and they pick the store nearest you or you can select your favorite local bookseller from the list. The only minus is that Arise! Bookstore isn't listed. Personally, I use Glenn Fleishman's isbn.nu, mostly because I've suggested a feature, and Glenn added it, but alternatives are good. [Jim]
- AT&T adding $1.95 to residential phone bills. A good reason to drop your AT&T service. If all the long distance companies were to institute such a charge, I'd look seriously at just dropping my landline altogether. But then I use a grand total of about sixty cents in long distance a month, all due to fax the occasional invoice or contract around. [strib]
Copyright 2009, Dave Polaschek.
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