September 2007
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Why TV must change →
tvguide.com
George Lucas can’t get any TV network to carry his new 100-episode Star Wars show. Like Fake Steve says, why not just put it all on iTunes and forgo the greedy networks?
Money-quote from Lucas: “But it’s Star Wars and it’s really good, so I’m sure somehow or another, people will also start thinking outside the box and it will find its home.”
“We spend our lives inside the virtual environment of digital platforms - why should a faceless, graceless, styleless nerd or a greedy hog of a corporate twat deny us simplicity, beauty, grace, fun, sexiness, delight, imagination and creative energy in our digital lives? And why should Apple be the only company that sees that? Why don’t the other bastards GET IT??”
—Stephen Fry
(Yes, the Stephen Fry)
(Yes, the Stephen Fry)
“There’s a whole class of recent switchers who define “Apple fanboy” as “anyone who’s been an enthusiastic Mac user since before I switched to the Mac”.”
—John Gruber
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“What people don’t get is that Apple is waging a marketing war to reshape the value chain for the mobile phone industry. Everyone is trying to figure out which trench Apple is occupying, when Jobs is flying in jet fighters for surgical strikes.”
—Blackfriars’ Marketing: The gutsy marketing and strategy behind Apple’s iPhone price cut
The Force unleashes on the Wii →
videogames.yahoo.com
“LucasArts announced Tuesday that its next-generation action adventure, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, will be arriving on the Nintendo Wii platform, in addition to its already revealed PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.” Sweet! Almost a pity I just spent 80% of my Wii-buying budget on the nano. Almost.
“Oook!”
—Too obvious?
“You’ve got a lot of time for abstract thought when you’ve got your hand stuck up a dead badger.”
—Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett
(too long, sadly)
(too long, sadly)
“One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”
—Jingo by Terry Pratchett
