5. August, 2002 - media, money, wireless

Janis Ian - fallout from the article I pointed to a while back. [scripting]
The Other Ones a Grateful Dead cover band of the highest order, and it sounds like the concerts at Alpine Valley went well, which means there will probably be a fall mini-tour.
The End of Free TV? If widespread use of Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) results in rampant commercial skipping, will it force over-the-air broadcasters to start charging for content? You'd think not, given the spectrum grants to broadcasters. But then again HDTV was supposed to be part of that deal and it hasn't materialized. [And not much of the content is actually worth watching, anyhow. I seldom fill the 14-hour storage capacity of my TiVo in a week, and that's capturing all 5 Miami Vice reruns on cable, plus a 4-5 hour NASCAR race every week. -DaveP] [Reed, via theendoffree.com]
Julie Meyer's Philosophy - Build counter-cyclically, and don't confuse brains with a bull-market. [nick denton]
Ars Technica: Wireless Security Blackpaper tells you how you can best secure a wireless network today. IBM's Wireless security in this modern world has some similar information.[some guy]
Doug Baron's Radio Weblog has a politically incorrect joke... Three men are sittin' on a bench. one's a texan wearing a stetson, one's a muslim wearing a turban, and the last an apache with an eagle feather woven in his hair.... [scripting]