by Rob Cottingham | Nov 8, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Technology
First of all, here’s my nominee for hook-up of the year: Yahoo and TiVo announced a deal today that will connect Yahoo’s vast online service to TiVo’s set-top boxes, which, in addition to recording television programs, have a largely unused... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
Mystery Pollster’s look at diverging polling results in the runup to California’s various referenda is more than just wholesome political geeky goodness. It’s also a quick course in some of the latest polling techniques out there, including online... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 5, 2005 | Technology
It’s mainly a bug fix — reducing a few oversized fonts, bringing back the serif and improving compatibility between the Google and Yahoo! APIs. Please leave your comments with any installation issues. by Rob Cottingham | Nov 4, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics
There is just no universe in which this news, from David Weinberger, is a good thing: [T]he US Patent Office will today publish the first application for a patent for a story line. This particular story line — and note that the patent is not for the story but for... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 4, 2005 | Media Mix, Politics
Things just brightened a little in the dark and cloudy U.S. airwaves: Republican Kenneth Tomlinson has quit as the chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the chief funder of PBS and NPR. Tomlinson, a Republican, quit shortly before CPB Inspector General...