River of Rex

Things that are flowing out to the Gulf of Rexico 

A $1 Million Research Bargain for Netflix, and Maybe a Model for Others | NYTimes.com

The emerging prize economy, according to some labor market analysts, does carry the danger of being a further shift in the balance of power toward the buyers — corporations — and away from most workers.

What a strange thing to write. First, the buyers have always had the power. Second, why is it a danger?

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Inglorious Basterds fontification

Great movie, in a Tarantino-sorta slo-motion blood-splattering everyone-dies-in-the-end way, but has any movie ever used more typefaces? It looked like the early days of desktop publishing. Brad Pitt just about as good as it gets, even his accent amused the Tennessee audience I watched it with. Indeed, the audience I saw it with is probably one of the few that understood everything Pitt said. I wonder why they didn't use subtitles for him?.

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Dilemma

I still am now sure which way my lifestream is flowing.

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Full page iPhone ad in Wall Street Journal (a newspaper!)

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I'm e-mailing this update to Facebook using posterous.com to see where it ends up being posted.

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Testing posting to FF via Posterous

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Nashville Startup Weekend

Looks interesting: http://nashvillestartup.ning.com/

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See David Price pitch -- for free!

The good news: Tomorrow (Sunday), if you show a Vandy ID (or alumni id) or a driver's license showing you are from middle Tennessee, you can get in free to see the soon-to-be major-leaguer pitcher in what will likely be one of his last minor league games (he's 6-0) before being called up to "the show" at Tampa Bay. The former Vandy superstar and first-pick, first-round in last year's MLB draft will be pitching for Montgomery in their game against Jackson.

The bad news: You'll have to drive to Jackson.

More info:  http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080705/SPORTS04/807050346/1002/RSS02

 

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And don't call it "Oilers' Blue"

I'm glad I have this new place to post all of the really important stuff like this link to a story about the Titans switching to "light blue" jerseys as their "primary" color, which means they'll wear it for all home games (except two).

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Is this Tennessean headline intentionally funny, or merely dumb luck?

The link below is to a Tennessean article with the headline, "Titans Lock Up Another Tackle." With the team's recent run of players in trouble with the law -- including a tackle -- the headline is especially witty, or lucky.

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080628/SPORTS01/806280343/1002/rss02

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