TPTB underestimate the power of the Internet as an organizing tool. Many of them really don't use the internet all that much (for instance, they know about myspace because they've read about it in the news but many have never heard of livejournal) and networking is just a concept.
Speaking of bullies. After reading similar stories about ASCAP extortion in Florida - fleecing a restaurant owner for having the televison on while Hank Williams Jr. "Are You Ready for Some Football?" played because the song was carried on the "Monday Night Football" telecast - this warms the cockles of my heart. Go gen-y.
Anyway - here's a link to the Florida story.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20070708/NEWS01/707080343/1006
"Fanboy" isn't a pejorative term, for me anyway. They drive opening weekends for films - they camp out in line and attend multiple screenings And what would ComicCon be without the fanboys? Or girls for that matter? (ComicCon has gotten too big, now that the movie studios have invaded the space, but there are still some fun moments.)
Maybe fanboys should just take back the term and strut their stuff, like gays use the "Q" word.
Fanboys, it's the new F-word. Long live the fanboys.
P.S. I'm a Mac fan myself but I'm fanperson enough to admit that my latest MacBook hasn't worked out too well. The hard drive fried after six months, the plastic is peeling off in strips around the edges, the click button is skewed and sticks, and the darn thing runs hot, really hot. Too hot to be a laptop in the summer, that's for sure. It's great in the winter tho. Very cozy.
covered in Multichannel News. The blogger calls Sopranos a "national Rorschach test" which pretty much sums it up, for me anyway.
http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1300000330/post/9 90010499.html
Also, this blogger spotted the NY Post television columnist fishing the HBO board for viewers who were threatening to cancel their subscriptions...so I guess we'll be seeing that story pop-up soon, too.
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TPTB underestimate the power of the Internet as an organizing tool. Many of them really don't use the internet all that much (for instance, they know about myspace because they've read about it in the news but many have never heard of livejournal) and networking is just a concept. Speaking of bullies. After reading similar stories about ASCAP extortion in Florida - fleecing a restaurant owner for having the televison on while Hank Williams Jr. "Are You Ready for Some Football?" played because the song was carried on the "Monday Night Football" telecast - this warms the cockles of my heart. Go gen-y. Anyway - here's a link to the Florida story. http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20070708/NEWS01/707080343/1006
"Fanboy" isn't a pejorative term, for me anyway. They drive opening weekends for films - they camp out in line and attend multiple screenings And what would ComicCon be without the fanboys? Or girls for that matter? (ComicCon has gotten too big, now that the movie studios have invaded the space, but there are still some fun moments.) Maybe fanboys should just take back the term and strut their stuff, like gays use the "Q" word. Fanboys, it's the new F-word. Long live the fanboys. P.S. I'm a Mac fan myself but I'm fanperson enough to admit that my latest MacBook hasn't worked out too well. The hard drive fried after six months, the plastic is peeling off in strips around the edges, the click button is skewed and sticks, and the darn thing runs hot, really hot. Too hot to be a laptop in the summer, that's for sure. It's great in the winter tho. Very cozy.
covered in Multichannel News. The blogger calls Sopranos a "national Rorschach test" which pretty much sums it up, for me anyway. http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1300000330/post/9 90010499.html
Also, this blogger spotted the NY Post television columnist fishing the HBO board for viewers who were threatening to cancel their subscriptions...so I guess we'll be seeing that story pop-up soon, too.