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“If you look at ad spend by medium in the United States, I...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:50:00 -0500

“If you look at ad spend by medium in the United States, I pulled this data from the U.S. Statistical Abstract. Of course, the big gorilla in the room is TV. You look at broadcast and cable TV, you’ve got by far the largest expenditure on advertising on those two media. Surprising enough, the next biggest thing is direct mail. Then after direct mail comes the — comes the newspapers. You look at how things have changed over the years, broadcast TV has gone down a little bit. Cable TV has grown by quite a bit, almost a factor of three. The internet’s grown from nothing in 1995 to about 5% of ad expenditures in 2008. And newspapers, As you can see, have contracted from about 23% down to maybe 13% or so. So the big changes are apparent in this diagram. And I guess the next talk is going to be perhaps some more up-to-date figures on the advertising business and newspapers. Newspapers, of course, are still about three times as large in terms of ad revenue as the internet, so there’s still quite a major force in the advertising world.”

- Hal Varian

from Nieman Lab: “Google’s economist-in-chief, Hal Varian, was the keynote speaker this morning at the Federal Trade Commission’s second round of hearings on the future of journalism.” The above is a quote and a slide from that talk. (See more in Nieman Lab’s post).

(DARUSHIMO.com Note: From this point forward, all quotes from anyone who is at the time working at Google will be attributed to “The Google”)

Finalist Entries for the New Name of the City in Which I Dwell

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:50:00 -0500

Portspace

Portzone

Portworld

Portplace

Porthole

Portlanta

Port-au-Oregon

Pooregon

So now we have our finalists, which shall it be?

UPDATE: Votes are in and we have our winner! It’s….

…..POOREGON!

"My Ideal Bot" (from the 'Meaning Full Spam' series)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:02:00 -0500

The profile description from a fake profile on OkCupid (chrysaliis82). This profile’s avatar is a 28-year-old blonde girl. The photos are of 3 different, slender blonde girls, two of which are wearing bikinis.

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My self summary:

I have a strong, bitter, determined character. I’m cynical, and probably too sarcastic. Luckily enough, I may be considered quite handsome (from a certain angle and a certain light), and I never had problems finding someone to hang out with. All that is gold does not glitter, wrote Tolkien. I don’t know if I’m made of gold, but I’m quite sure not to glitter…

Trying to describe myself. I spent my childhood moving. Rolling from place to place. Not learning any idiom enough well to feel it “my” language. Feeling a stranger in a strange land… Then I grew up, and kept moving. This feeling of “not-being-part-of” is probably the most striking aspect of my persona.

[Still unfinished, come back later]

What I’m doing with my life:

Wasting my time, working as a secretary in a uselessly big company. Daydreaming about a change.

I’m really good at:

Hiking and camping alone. Solving differential equations.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food:

Books. These are some authors I love (in random order): Jack Kerouac; Hermann Hesse; Don Winslow; 川端康成 (Kawabata Yasunari); Allen Ginsberg; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Ray Bradbury; Richard Dawkins; 村上春樹 (Haruki Murakami); Kurt Vonnegut; 三島由紀夫 (Yukio Mishima); William Burroughs; Charles Bukowski;Stephen Jay Gould; Bertrand Russell; Philip Dick; Tariq Ali; Alfred Tarski; よしもとばなな (Banana Yoshimoto); Kurt Gödel; Douglas Adams; Noam Chomsky; 井上靖 (Yasushi Inoue); Neal Stephenson; Jonathan Stroud; Thomas Bernhard.

Music: European classical, I love baroque.

Food: if I can swallow it, I shall digest it.

Education

Dropped out of space camp.

from a presentation “delivered by RNC Finance Director Rob...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:12:50 -0500

from a presentation “delivered by RNC Finance Director Rob Bickhart to top donors and fundraisers at a party retreat in Boca Grande, Florida on February 18.”

(Politico)

“Bring It All To Me” - Blaque and JC Chavez (And...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:03:00 -0500

“Bring It All To Me” - Blaque and JC Chavez (And don’t forget “Blowin’ me up with her love”)

Bust A Bucket - Dan Reed and the Portland Trailblazers (1990)

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:05:00 -0500

Bust A Bucket - Dan Reed and the Portland Trailblazers (1990)

“Do you have a Spouse or Fiance in the...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:14:00 -0500

“Do you have a Spouse or Fiance in the China?”

(via)

still from Ha by Juvenile

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:25:53 -0500

still from Ha by Juvenile

“Printing A Book, Old School” - How Books were made...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:41:00 -0500

“Printing A Book, Old School” - How Books were made in 1947

There’s nothing/too much I could say about this video. Just watch it. All of it. (v maudnewton)

via @ericwareheim

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:54:55 -0500

via @ericwareheim

Skalpel - 1958

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:59:00 -0500

Skalpel - 1958

Hold On - En Vogue This is a rad video, but Free Your Mind is...

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:38:00 -0500

Hold On - En Vogue

This is a rad video, but Free Your Mind is the cut. I’d forgotten how many amazing songs En Vogue made, including Giving Him Something He Can Feel, Don’t Let Go from the Set It Off Soundtrack, and, of course, My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It).

xkcd - Honor Societies

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:12:00 -0500

xkcd - Honor Societies

Wake Up - The Walkmen

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:03:44 -0500

Wake Up - The Walkmen

Boondoggle this is a funny spoof. Funny in that it exists. I...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:51:35 -0500

Boondoggle

this is a funny spoof. Funny in that it exists.

I have to guess that at least one of Google’s trademarks or patents was infringed upon by this video.

Solange Knowles w/ Dirty Projectors cover “Tell Me”...

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:43:41 -0500

Solange Knowles w/ Dirty Projectors cover “Tell Me” by Groove Theory. The Solange/Dave do the Girl/Guy back and forth around 2:15.

What’s Up - Seasoning’s Greeting

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:26:30 -0500

What’s Up - Seasoning’s Greeting

jeopardy theme 84-91

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:46 -0500

jeopardy theme 84-91

“Tegan and Yo-Landi Vi$$er and Sarah”

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:46:00 -0500

“Tegan and Yo-Landi Vi$$er and Sarah”

Dr. Horrible Emmy Broadcast Interruption - 2009

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:57:00 -0500

Dr. Horrible Emmy Broadcast Interruption - 2009