Smut Peddlers
"As the industry has grown to proportions befitting its obsession with size -- altogether, magazines, movies, websites, sex toys, phone lines, and strip clubs account for somewhere between $4 billion and $10 billion annually -- it has become so complex and competitive that only the smartest, soberest business minds can prosper." Featured article from Business 2.0.

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Hey..Can't Win 'Em All!
You know. You just can't.


courtesy of Sam Brown

I'm Not A Player
The market online computer games a.k.a. Massive Multiplayer Games, such as Everquest and Sims Online, is massive (doh!). Analyst and marketing company The Themis Group predicts that revenues will exceed $635 million in 2003. As the number of broadband connections increases, MMGs will be even more popular. In Korea alone there are 100 MMGs and Korea has the world highest penetration of broadband connections. Interestingly, there is no retail market since everything gets copied anyway. Instead developers base their income on partnerships with portals and ISPs. Read more.

If you're interested to learn more, visit Greg Costikyan's weblog. He has some interesting observations (May 16th) from talking with Korean developers. The parent site of the weblog, is also worth a look.

The White Stipes
Well, tonight, southwest Detroit minimalist rock duo The White Stipes are playing Vega, Copenhagen, and naturally I'm looking forward to a riveting performance.

A concert - with a ticket price and a band like that - ought to be researched a bit, so let me present some lesser-known findings about the style-obsessed duo:

"De Stijl or de Stijl - An art movement advocating pure abstraction and simplicity -- form reduced to the rectangle and other geometric shapes, and color to the primary colors, along with black and white. Piet Mondrian (Netherlandish, 1872-1944) was the group's leading figure."
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Piet Mondrian, Composition No. 1, 1930.

De Stijl means "The Style" in Dutch, and it's the title of The White Stripes second LP from 2000. De Stijl (Dutch, "The Style"), was a periodical founded by the painters Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian in 1917. Today, you can check out the matching De Stijl font sent.

And for some music, why not check out an entire live-set: "Live at The Orpheum in Boston, MA", or a BBC Radio 4 Interview (download mp3). Just visit the semi-official site, WhiteStripes.net, for tons of goodies.

"The White Stripes are grounded in punk and blues, but the undercurrent to all of their work has been the aforementioned striving for simplicity, a love of American folk music, and a careful approach to intriguing, emotional, and evocative lyrics not found anywhere else in the modern punk, or garage rock". (allmusic.com profile)

Party Music For Your Head
"Dear Prince Paul: Welcome to the Internet! Thanks for hooking yourself up with a nice set of zeros and ones. Peace!"

Bex's Blog
A noteworthy blog recently surfaced: "Business, Windsurfing & Tango". Well, I suppose my blog should be known as "Business, Hip Hop & Street Wear", but still... too many limitations. Anyhow, have a look.


Honestly, I'm contemplating a move to Movable Type...