Yowza! I’m played by Lucy (in the sky)!

Which Battlestar Galactica Cylon Are You?

Battlestar Galactica @ BuddyTV.

Journalist Mark Glaser has an article up on the pbs.org MediaShift blog about the changing face of media in the 21^st cen­tury. He talks about how both tra­di­tional media and new media must learn from each other, and merge the best prac­tices. I like the point he makes about the techno-genie… once it’s out of the bottle, no one can put it back in. We’ve seen the same phe­nomena with all tech­no­log­ical break­throughs: TV, radio, Film, Nuclear weapons, cell phones, you name it.

No longer do people rely on TV Guide to pro­gram their lives around their favorite TV shows. Now they can use a dig­ital video recorder or watch shows on-demand online and fit their TV watching into their lives. The people are taking con­trol and watching, and lis­tening to what they want when they want — and on the devices they want. And that goes for TV as well as radio and audio, with pod­casts allowing people to listen on their own time and fast-forward or rewind shows at will.

What do we gain? We get more con­trol of our lives and our media expe­ri­ence and we are no longer slaves to pro­gram­mers. But what do we lose? We are losing shared expe­ri­ences, where we all watch the same shows at the same time, or watch the same sporting events together. And our “water cooler” talk has a new eti­quette, where we must tell people not to ruin our favorite shows because we’re taping it to watch later!

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said “Stop! don’t do it!”

“Why shouldn’t I?” he said.

I said, “Well, there’s so much to live for!”

He said, “Like what?”

I said, “Well…are you reli­gious or atheist?”

He said, “Religious.”

I said, “Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?”

He said, “Christian.”

I said, “Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?”

He said, “Protestant.”

I said, “Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?”

He said, “Baptist!”

I said,”Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?”

He said, “Baptist Church of God!”

I said, “Me too! Are you orig­inal Baptist Church of God, or are you reformed Baptist Church of God?”

He said,”Reformed Baptist Church of God!”

I said, “Me too! Are you reformed Baptist Church of God, ref­or­ma­tion of 1879, or reformed Baptist Church of God, ref­or­ma­tion of 1915?”

He said, “Reformed Baptist Church of God, ref­or­ma­tion of 1915!”

I said, “Die, heretic scum”, and pushed him off.

By Emo Phillips

Frito-Lay‘s new Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos, which are the “offi­cial sponsor” of The Colbert Report‘s cov­erage of the pres­i­den­tial pri­maries, have earned praise from PETA…

The Economist has an article about the small but growing move­ment of people con­cerned about cru­elty to ani­mals in China.

I stum­bled across this little brain candy in Wired.com’s archives.

One of my favourites:

TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
– Harry Harrison

Confused? Did you follow along the “brawl” sto­ry­line? Here’s your chance to catch up:

“Since we began nego­ti­a­tions in July, we’ve been saying, ‘If they get paid, we get paid.’ This con­tract makes that a reality. It’s the best deal this Guild has bar­gained for in 30 years after the most suc­cessful strike this Guild has waged in 35 years. It was arguably the most suc­cessful strike in the American labor move­ment in a decade, clearly the most impor­tant of this young cen­tury. It is not all that we hoped for, and not all that we deserved. But as I told our mem­bers, this strike was about the future, and this deal assures for us and for future gen­er­a­tions of writers a share in the future…”

This is from Nikki Finke’s blog that has been a con­stant source of strike news and updates.

The show-runners (writers/producers) return to work on Monday, the show writers are to return on Wednesday after a mem­ber­ship vote on the terms of the deal. This is great! This means The Office, and Dexter and Battlestar Galactica and everyone else will be back in action soon! Yay!

Here’s an awe­some parody of the “Leave Britney Alone!” video. hehehe….