Quote of the Week: The Financial Crash

"Confident
men took leave of common sense and bet on the idea of perpetual profit
in the real state market and crashed. But it wasn't their money. It
was your money they were messing with. And that's why we need
government regulators. Gimlet-eyed men with steel-rim glasses and
crepe-soled shoes who check the numbers and have the power to say,
'This is a scam and a hustle and either you cease and desist or you
spend a few years in a minimum-security federal facility playing
backgammon.' "

Garrison Keillor, Alternet, October 6, 2008

Internet radio stations breathe a collective sigh

More information: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10052966-93.html



On Saturday, the National Association of Broadcasters withdrew their
opposition to the Webcaster Settlement Act, currently under
consideration in the US House of Representatives. As a result, the bill passed in the House by a unanimous vote.



The Webcaster Settlement Act would allow Internet radio stations to
negotiate with the music industry for a lower rate than Congress
mandated last year.



Tim Westergren, founder of Net music service Pandora, said he was
elated about triumphing in the House, which came after traditional
radio broadcasters withdrew their opposition.

Dennis Wharton, a spokesman for the National Association of
Broadcasters, said Saturday night that Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
had met with representatives of the group and addressed some of their
concerns.

As a result, the NAB dropped its opposition in the House and will not
oppose the bill when it moves to the Senate for a vote, either Sunday
or Monday.

Long Live Internet Radio!

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New Blog Location - Blogger

Hello my friends.

As you know, my family is traveling to Nairobi, Kenya this Summer for my wife to do her dissertation research. We are also collecting money for Caring Across Continents ( www.caringacrosscontinents.org ) so we can help a school in a slum around Nairobi.

I host my blog (FreelanceGeek) on my server from my home office. During our 5-month absence from home, I will be powering down the server and redirecting my blog to freelancegeek.blogspot.com

I wanted to give you a little advance warning of the change - it should take effect over the next week, so I can be sure everything is running and we can keep in touch while I am away.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will continue to follow our adventures from now thru Halloween.

(Your RSS feed will also change, but I will post that as soon as I make sure what it will be so you can add the new feed to your aggregator)

-- UPDATE --
The new RSS feed link is http://freelancegeek.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default