2/18/03
Killer Japanese Seizure Robots. Warning, cheesy midi, and possibly actually seizure inducing.


Morning sun in gold
Slowly I rise from slumber
Cat sleeps on my face


Last day at my old job... I'm going to miss some of the folks there. Others, I'll be glad to see fade into the mists of history. I plan on keeping in contact with a few... Sappho, Kev and Island Boy. I imagine I won't see much of Pablo after I leave, though he's a nice guy. I’m planning on getting together with Kev to celebrate my birthday and of vocation location this weekend.. Maybe Saturday?

Lore raises a question that I'm keen to know the answer to. Given that Salon has over 47 thousand subscribers--according to a Miami Herald article on its financial problems--is that circulation a success or a failure? Is it a refutation of the conventional wisdom that "people won't pay for Web content" or support for it?

That's a better circulation than my home town's newspaper. More people subscribe to Salon than bought Batman #587. More people subscribe to Salon than buy a given issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Granted, these aren't the sort of publications that make People magazine envious, but they're all viable publications. So is Salon's continued downward spiral due to not charging enough for subscriptions, or due to overspending?

I certainly don't know how to make legitimate money off the Web. But at the same time, I can't help but wonder if sites that are going down the drain ostensibly because of the resolute unwillingness of surfers to pay for content are suffering at least in part from acting like bigger publications than they are. I know I'll never subscribe to a news or information source when I can find similar (or identical) content for free.

Sex position guide, using bendy-Barbie look-alikes. Probably not safe for work. I like how they mosaic'ed out the faces. #2/7 / 8/ 10 / 12/ 28/ 22/ 37/ please!

current mood: Brown socks