General updates
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The return of the dogs
A fascinating post on the economics of dogs barking by Lee at Marginal Revolution.
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Local radio ratings
Via a commenter on Radio Equalizer, I just found a neat site that tracks national radio ratings by market. Here’s the latest local rankings for my location.
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Quote o’ the day
“For every six crappy poems you read, you’ll actually find one or two good ones. And that, believe me, is a very acceptable ratio of trash to treasure.” -Stephen King
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Sorry, CNN.
I can gather all the news I need from the weather report.
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I hate to say it, but…
I just finished watching Empire Falls. My grade: F. A school shooting? …a school shooting? F, Russo. F.
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Star Wars III…
Going to see it tonight with my Dad. UPDATE: Short review: It was pretty damn good. One thing that’s been bothering me over the past few weeks as I’ve been following all the reviews was the sheer extremity of the opinions. Some critics loved it, others hated it, and as time went on, I didn’t…
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Instapundit: New Star Wars movie insta-stinks
Ouchie! The Professor reviews the new Star Wars movie, and let’s just say that he wasn’t a fan: Actors’ words didn’t always sync perfectly with their lips, nobody even tried to capture room ambience to match the settings, and the lines often sounded dubbed — delivered as if into a microphone while reading hurriedly from…
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Tales of brand extension
The other day, I was grocery shopping with the fam when a sudden urge struck me: I wanted to buy Wheaties– you know, the classic bran breakfast cereal- but, strangely, I was craving Wheaties not in its traditional flake format, but rather in a new, exciting delivery method: I wanted my Wheaties in the form…
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What’s in your Firefox?
After reading this post at 90% Crud, I thought I’d join the fray and post what’s on my Firefox extensions menu. Here goes: