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are there storms in 2nd life?

The Weather Channel is launching a second life area. Users can play in an extreme weather fun park. Would have been cooler if they had signed on as the weather supplier to second life and occasionally wiped out areas of the planet, or had random frosts? Hmm, do plants grow in 2nd life?

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Obituary of Paul Secon who founded Pottery Barn. A really interesting story about a company which bears little resemblance today to its 60's self. It reminded me of how Banana Republic once sent out illustrated catalogues of beige safari clothing.

Granger - The Rich Don't You Tube

"The new opiate of the masses is the illusion of participation in the culture, even as the underpinnings of a good life - money, mostly- are stripped away and handed to the filthy rich." David Granger in the Editor's Letter of the April 2007 Esquire.

(Esquire - by the way has just launched a redesign of their site. In a way it is the end of an era for me as I created the old one. I'm rather pleased that it lasted for seven years. It was fun to plan, shape, oversee and  staff. I wish them well with their new one. )

Somewhere I have notes and possibly audio of a walk I took with Mark Crispin Miller around Times Square and to the headquarters of a number of media companies. When we looked at the advertising and stopped outside of MTV's studio he said something very similar. The ads had changed from pushing a product and even an aspirational element to the idea the "you" are the star.

A cat playing the piano - somehow intoxicating video

TechCrunch writeup of some interesting companies that are in the new Y Combinator class of 2007

"We're talking to anyone who needs to monetize content," he says. "We're saying, 'Let us help you let people steal you.'" Isn't that cute? From the CEO of Clearsping, the widget maker, in a MediaPost article about their funding.

Bicycle Porn - photos from the North American Hand Made Bicycle Show - thanks Matthew

How disappointing that after several years the issue of royalties on streaming Internet radio seem stuck in the past.

Michael Migurski on openid

A photo hunt and a socially enabled paper

NY Times Travel - user generated photo scavenger hunt of NYC. Nice idea, let's see how many people contribute.

Speaking of user submissions USA Today's redesigned site is powered throughout by Pluck's blogburst and sitelife tools. Nice how they've integrate the ratings and comments into the headlines.

Tribe Gets Acquired, For Real This Time(Via tech crunch.)

Wired 15.03: Snack Attack!

From Wired Mag's article about our snack sized content culture a really interesting chart of how Warner Music created 23 ways to market content from one Album.

John Edwards 2nd life campaign headquarters vandalized

(Via Huffingtonpost.)