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Free Streaming Full Length Movies? Loving it!!!

Just testing flickr video. Trying to do interviews now. This should be cool to watch. We had a good conversation about music that moves the crowd. He mentioned a kind of music called "freestyle". When he played some for me from his Pearl I instanly remembered it as the Q102 club music I heard in the nineties. Since I'm sooooo old (35 this July) the dance music I loved has changed it's name to make way for the new "club" music...Fine...

Almost shut it down for the night. Scoble at http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer continues to spark the conversational flame. Philly's own Drew Olanoff( http://www.drewolanoff.com/post/33316454 ) responded to Scoble's comment about hating Twitter. At first I sided with Friendfeed, thinking this was about platform preference. As this dragged on though, I realized how much I love both applications. These are all rss tools, ways to follow and interact with each other in the internet. Polarization takes more time out here. Blu-ray won because of money. Free applications get better but they are still free. There's no need to pick sides when one can have both without any penalties. Any real Web 2.0 business person usaully has Google reader, twitter, an IM client and now Friend feed open just to stay on top of the news. Not just tech news, but world news, politics, sports and local news. Actually I'm visiting websites less because I can use twitter to pick and choose what news site will have the Info I want. Even Comcast customer care is on Twitter (@comcastcares )! Before this year is up, there will be even more sites and programs using rss, ajax and other new technology. I don't want a Do-it-all tool. I like carrying a toolbox full of free stuff :)...

I knew they shouldn't have allowed that!!! Wow the Dad was too smart for his own good...

"Producers have banned Jeff Archuleta from prepping the 17-year-old's performances after an unauthorized lyric change last week cost the show beaucoup bucks in lawyer's fees.A source close to the show, speaking anonymously to The Associated Press, said that the elder Archuleta ignored warnings and encouraged his son to alter the lyrics to "Stand By Me" by throwing in a verse from Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls." TMZ broke the story Friday."Idol's Stage Dad: Out! - E! Online
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I feel like a real blogger this week. Trading emails with Wireless Philadelphia has further inspired me to blog. I don't mean niche just one theme. I mean multi-topic blogging. Philly is a big city, I have a lot of work to do! Here's Wireless Philadelphia's blog:
http://wirelessphiladelphia.org/blog_detail.cfm/blog/65

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Not really. Flickr fills in the space if i don't. Listening to gilmore gang podcast. I tried revision 3's social brew but it really didnt move me. Can anyone recommend a good podcast to check out? I probably heard it already. Oh i keep forgeting to try the one with Corvida on it!

Businessweek's Steve Baker did a cool Article about Twitter. What was unusual was that he used Twitter to interview anyone brave enough to twit back to him (@stevebaker)(http://twemes.com/BWstory.rss). Being the Twitter N00b, I just said my peace and watched the rest send answers and messages. The topic was about Twitter's use in a business model. Many spoke of how companies are already using the service to recruit workers,research product performance, perform customer service and even how emergency services monitor rescue missions,as seen during the Santa Anna fires...It was really cool because I've never seen this before outside of www.FriendFeed.com . I hope the reporter gathers some valuable info. Clearly, Twitter is ready for the Mainstream.

So I finally got around to submitting my "Uneven Ground" philly internet situation to www.phillyfuture.org .I thought it was a safe enough post but I was wrong. Greg Goldman,CEO of Wireless Philadelphia actually sent me an email about the subject (gulp!). He mentioned the 10 year agreement the City has with Earthlink and how Wireless Philadelphia is totally committed to keeping the Internet lights on. Good. So glad to see a company this dedicated and a PR team this sensitive to bloggers and the Philadelphia community...

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After officially Moving/Starting www.inquisitr.com , Duncan Riley formally of www.Techcrunch.com, has already been posted on www.Techmeme.com (look for the blue highlight on pic). Duncan's new love will encompass tech,pop culture and odd/funny news...Hmm that sound familiar. I guess for www.myphillynetwork.com 's sake, I hope The Inquisitr flourishes in this niche dominated world...

I'm NOT an Apple Guy but I finally bought an Ipod this year...Boy is the video sharp!!! With Microsoft failing, will Apple take control of the majority? Is Apple TV going to go mainstream?

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(update: guess there's a pic after all...)Wow! So i can use my smartphone to post to my blog via flickr without a picture also. Am i the last to know about this? This brings live blogging to another level. Stay tuned for live at the scene posts!

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(Please forgive my posting via cellphone...)Is this your desk? Caffeine on the left and mouse on the right? This looks like a typical newspaper/magazine reporter's desk. See the memory card reader for pictures or recorded interviews taken in the field? Sleepless nights trying to finish the column/post before deadline? How about a Senior Editor/Boss who sleeps less than you ,constantly pushing without words but patting his employees on their back by giving them credit when due? Every Newspaper has a oversees journalist giving the reports from his offsite location. I think I ran out of imagery here because www.techcrunch.com reminds me of the succesful newspapers of old...Funny enough the "paper" versions are trying to shed their image of old style reporting...How does that saying go? Throwing the baby out with the bath water? As drastic as that sounds is as drastic as our WSJ and others sound...Come on guys just enable RSS, make it free to view the posts and do online advertising... No need to worry about Mr. Arrington, just leave a place at the table for him and others...

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Do you see the table ? It's towards the middle of the picture . Many businesses online do not . I've tried to promote many musicians and they say yes until i mention the word blog . I sometimes have to explain what that is a lot . It's kinda sad but still ok . We just have to make sure we explain how it works . The mistake i make is not seeing it from their view . Where do i log in , how do i subscribe, what is rss? Many are not familiar with these processes so to avoid the only us echo chamber, we need to somehow paint a more direct picture and give them a shorter walk to online advertising success ....

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We almost missed it. We had to go from Southwest Philadelphia to West Philly to pick up others and then make it to the Marple 10 at 1:45pm. Thank goodness for sneak previews! OK, so we just made it and the only free seats were all the way up front. I haven't been that close since The Last Dragon...
Anyway, the movie was great. Robert Downey, Jr. was spot on and I apologize for not liking him for the part at first. The locations meshed with the current events happening today. Seeing a new relevant enemy/bad guy was great. The tech was was hot and the sfx was believable. Oh and my 6 year old and his friends liked it too. Like the first Spiderman, I wouldn't mind going and seeing it a couple more times...