Mr. Fred Wilpon
Owner
New York Mets
Shea Stadium (for now)
Queens
New York, NY
Managerial vacancy
I note that you have not replied to my letter of June 17th in respect of the above. I see you have chosen to retain the services of Mr. Jerry Manuel for now and for the time being the force is with you.
I wonder [...]
In the last few days Nielsen published findings about the consumption of video on TV, PC and mobile devices. Spectacularly the intenet video population appears to have grown to over 118mm individuals or around 40% of the TV video universe. The mobile video universe meanwhile ‘languishes’ at 4mm despite 91mm video enabled mobile devices being [...]
Virginia Heffernan has written a brilliant piece http://themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/in-this-weeks-magazine-file-sharing-fetish/ in today’s New York Times Magazine.
In it she explains YouTube’s technical and social efforts to avoid the taint of porn and its subsequent (consequent) incarnation as the mainstream of online social video.
It is a truly smart piece of analysis and worth sharing.
July 4th 2008
Kobayishi (2006 Champion) and Chestnut (2007 Champion) tie at 59 each after 10 minutes.
Inevitably a play-off ensues. First man to five wins. It seems Joey Chestnut has more in the tank and extraordinarily wins it by a whisker retaining the Mustard Belt and upholding the dignity of this proud nation.
The event – the [...]
A curious holiday from our perspective. Clearly we want to join in with the fireworks and long weekend so we have to manufacture our own reason to celebrate.
In some ways the outcome of the revolutionary war should be seen as a relief to us, after all it’s likely the economic power of this colony would have [...]
The Open Skies agreement allows any European airline to fly point to point without flying through its own country. Today I took the BA service (yes, I am a mileage slave) from Paris to London. A tricked out 757 with flat beds in a small cabin feelsfor all the world like a private jet and [...]
Other than being the best ever title for a porn film there a qualities that Paris has in abundance that are simply unmatched anywhere.
Old and new, stylish and seedy, magnificence and insouciance, le grand plan and the random side by side. Truly remarkable and almost enough to distract you from the terror of Euro priced [...]
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