Finishing up some of the "site architecture" this morning. Let me know if there are any broken links or really stupid things going on. I'll be archiving this diablog page so the content will be fresh with our launch this weekend.

One of the only remaining concerns I have is that these people don't link to us...

Hmmmm. Looks like Michael Moore has been reading my parody news, The Liberal Elitist. He's formed his own Office of Homeland Security. By the way, if you visit that Liberal Elitist link, make sure to take the Iraq Attack poll. It's been up for months, and suddenly it makes sense again, if you've been reading the news.

Speaking of news, this strange job-hunting tale clearly takes the cake for today.

And Terry - I know you have some strong feelings about what to do in honour of September 11. Why don't you share them with CNN?

Okay, if I understand what you're saying, you were downloading nude videos of Moby? Jeez, if I were your media player, I'd sputter too. I might even go a little further and crash your system....

Speaking of capturing video streams, there are lots of links to Streambox VCR, (why, there's one now!) and not much info about if it's okay to use it, just info about how Streambox (The Company) was sued by Real and stopped making the software. That's pretty funny, because (as stated on Real's own web site):

Prior to founding RealNetworks, Mr. Glaser worked for Microsoft from 1983 and 1993 in a number of executive positions, including Vice President of Multimedia and Consumer Systems.

And now they're in constant skirmishes with Microsoft over licensing and bundling issues, and competing head-to-head for the same market. Lucky, I guess, for Glaser that no-one squished him like a bug at the outset, like his Microsoft-inspired company does (or tries to do) on a regular basis to smaller innovators.. I downloaded RealPlayer 8 awhile back (10 megs over a dial-up, yikes) and not only did it have a War & Peace length EULA (click here), it regularly tried to dial out when I was't using it, and crashed more than any app I've installed in quite a while.

I guess that's one crime where "an eye for an eye" wouldn't work so well. Just spent some time at ifilm.com, downloading trailers, which they make nearly impossible. Got me thinking about a couple of things:

1.) Terry- have you ever browsed their site or thought of distributing trailers/small projects there?

2.) How does one make the distinction between "streaming" and "downloading"? If a file is "streaming" in my media player, there's no argument, it quite simply is in my computer as data. If I have a glitchy connection and use a download assistant like Streambox to temporarily download for offline viewing, how can a company like Real Networks claim it's illegal?

I think I might pursue this as a board topic. Which reminds me - I'll be re-designing those top-level pages tonight & tomorrow, as we discussed.

Oh Boy! Another epidemic for CNN to talk about!

That part about "helping people find the things that entertain them and bring them small comfort" sounds dirty! I'll send you an email explaining how to insert images.

Made a fair number of changes, especially the echobio page, the Diablog page, and the main page . I archived the blog because it gets kind of long, and slow loading pretty quickly. I'll keep tweaking the boards Friday, and upload some content in the books, music, and politics section. I think we can then apply for some of those programs, and invite some visitors to the boards. I think I'll re-publish "Fight Clubiminal", that thing with the screen grabs, and I have some new stuff.