feb 8
2005

desperate

GOOGLE

Someone slow them down. Just launched: Google Maps.

Kottke noticed that Google switched their Dictionary.com link to an Answers.com link. (How does he always noticed things like this before anyone else?)

Wanna buy an internet company? About.com is for sale. Bidders include: Google, Yahoo, NYT, and AOL.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

CNN just reported that Marcia Cross is a lesbian. She will come out in The Advocate, and apparently her character (Bree Van De Camp) will come out on the show.

The DVD version of Desperate Housewives will probably include some nudity and stuff.

SEX + VEGETARIANS

The PETA Super Bowl advert that was rejected.

Vegan Sex Shop (dot-com).

MUSIC

Banned 50 Cent video. I can't believe MTV won't air orgies.

FILM

Waxy's annual investigation into the Oscar-nominated films leaked onto the internet.

Wired News reviews the documentary 24 Hours on Craiglist (trailer), which chronicles the outcome of more than 80 craigslist postings from a single day.

ONLINE

Economist: The economics of sharing.

Interview with Stewart Butterfield on Flickr.

MARKETING

Business 2.0: MTV2's Two-Headed Dog Isn't Paper-Trained.

TV

If you missed Rumsfeld on Meet the Press last week, you missed quite a doozy. Lisa Rein has it.

LOCAL

Malcolm Gladwell is reading tonight at the Edina Barnes and Noble at 7:30.




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