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links for 2007-11-06

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Nov 06 2007
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  • The Curse of Xanadu
    It was the most radical computer dream of the hacker era. Ted Nelson’s Xanadu project was supposed to be the universal, democratic hypertext library that would help human life evolve into an entirely new form.
    (tags: hypertext xanadu tednelson toread programming internet wired)
  • NPR: Music Home
    Brand new NPR site is live. And it looks pretty good.
    (tags: music radio npr streaming)
  • And The Winners Of Troll Week Are…
    I won an internet contest. Not my proudest moment, but hey…
    (tags: mashable trolls contests)
  • Typotheque: Eric Gill got it wrong; a re-evaluation of Gill Sans by Ben Archer
    I’m no design geek, but these font articles are weirdly interesting. This one questions whether Gill Sans was really an improvement at all.
    (tags: typography fonts design history gillsans articles comparisons)
  • For Radiohead Fans, Does “Free” + “Download” = “Freeload”?
    Most people who downloaded Radiohead’s newest didn’t pay for it. U.S. residents were more likely to pay than Europeans.
    (tags: music marketing radiohead statistics data analysis)

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Comments
  • dactylmat:

    I’m rather happy that I paid nothing for the Radiohead album for the following two reasons:

    1. It only comes in a 160 bitrate format, which is not up to snuff.

    2. The actual album will include a lot more songs.

    I’ve read in several places that this “revolutionary new approach to music vending” is actually more of a marketing technique, since the online product is crippled and incomplete.

    That said, my free download is rocking my socks off, yet I feel no guilt. Perhaps it’s the $30 I paid for my Radiohead t-shirt on the OK Computer tour.

    Reply November 6, 2007 at 5:24 am
  • mrshl:

    320 or 160: i cannot tell the difference. my dumb ears are fine with whatever compression is available north of 128.

    i paid $4. money well spent.

    Reply November 6, 2007 at 7:30 am
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