Notes

How real is the Net advertising boom? “Only about 6 percent of all advertising spending in the United States went to the Internet in the first quarter of the year … but it was clearly the fastest-growing category — up 38 percent year over year.” Waiting for the Dough on the Web

Gol dang, Shane, them rustlers keep bustin’ through our fences. We gotta protect our property: Intellectual Property Prosecutions Double, Says Justice

Amazing but true: Madeleine Albright can leg-press 400 pounds: Madeleine Albright and the Leg Press: Controversy Settled, Once and For All – Wonkette

If you’re a parent, the “hygiene hypothesis” (that filth improves your immune system) is very reassuring: Wired News: You Dirty, Healthy Rat

School trains children to be employees and consumers; teach your own to be leaders and adventurers: Against School – John Taylor Gatto (2003 Harper’s article, as good as ever)

What Winer doesn’t seem to get is that Dvorak is an entertainer: Scripting News: Dvorak “on record as a self-declared troll”

Differentiation through a REALLY BIG FONT: Big.com: The Most Readable Results on the Web

Stephen Hawking says we need space colonies in case we Earthlings wipe ourselves out. Guy’s gotta point: Hawking: Space key to human survival – Jun 14, 2006

Outstanding music podcast: 30 minutes of cover songs, about 3x/week, usually on a theme (Bob Dylan’s birthday, Smiths covers, etc): Coverville Even better: All the songs are legally licensed, which means the musicians get paid. Cool!

Hey, kids, it’s Digg for girls! BlinkList | Your personal start page and social bookmarking engine

Like BASIC, PHP will destroy your future as a programmer (and I should know; I programmed in BASIC as a kid and all I can deal with is PHP now): Why the light has gone out on LAMP

200 liters of Diet Coke, 500 Mentos, and 1 great soundtrack: EepyBird.com