http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/media-blog.html Media blog from blogspan.org, the place for blogs. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:28:15 GMT en-us http://www.blogspan.org/images/blogs/power-media-blog.jpg http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/media-blog.html 100 75 http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/the-adventures-of-jake-shower-dilemma.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/the-adventures-of-jake-shower-dilemma.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:58:38 GMT I don''t know how many of you know this (some of you might remember our twin photo shoot), but I have a twin brother. His name is Jake, and he''s pretty awesome, at least most of the time. In the spirit of copying Winona (because let''s face it; who doesn''t want to copy Winona), I''ve asked him to do a guest post on my blog. Enjoy! And comment lots; it''s his first ever blog post and I want it to be a good experience! He insists that this post is a piece of crap (it''s not), so let''s prove him otherwise!

Hi. My name is Jake, and I am Kori’s twin brother. Kori has been asking ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/on-our-radar-coco-sumner.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/on-our-radar-coco-sumner.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:28:15 GMT Who: Coco Summer, Sting''s 17yr old daughter and the latest addition to Britain''s cool kids on the block - Alice Dellal, Pixie Geldof, Daisy Lowe, Alexa Chung ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/zoomii.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/zoomii.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:06:54 GMT Zoomii is a ''real'' online bookstore with Amazon''s prices, Amazon''s secure payment, and Amazon''s shipping. You can zoom in and out with the mouse wheel, drag with the mouse, and click to see a book.

Zoomii gets book data through Amazon''s Associates Web Services. When they refer a sale to them they get a cut thanks to their Associates Program.

(via ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/tieroneads-launched.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/tieroneads-launched.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:57:18 GMT After some months of thinking, drawing up ideas and fighting PHP code we have it up and running - TierOneAds. TierOneAds works as an aggregator for publishers and advertisers. We aggregate ad networks like Valueclick and direct advertisers which can sign up fully automated on TierOneAds. ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/esquire-creates-iconic-covers.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/esquire-creates-iconic-covers.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:58:49 GMT Esquire mag is celebrating its 75th anniversary and has roped in all the major players in fashion to participate in creating copying the original, super-popular covers of yore. Participants include Donatella Versace, Vivienne Westwood, Georgio Armani, John Galliano, Tommy Hilfiger, Alber Elbaz, Sir Paul Smith, and Miuccia Prada. The portfolio will be popping up in the June issue of UK Esquire and will be featured in a special exhibition held in ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/finding-amanda.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/finding-amanda.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:41:21 GMT "Clumsily mashing up Leaving Las Vegas and Hardcore, Finding Amanda follows TV show writer and alcoholic compulsive gambler Taylor (Matthew Broderick) as he travels to Sin City to track down his whoring niece Amanda (Brittany Snow)," writes Nick Schager in Slant. The film''s "inability to find a consistent groove that might best utilize its appealing leads..... is secondary to its overarching ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/bootstrapping-like-xiang-yu.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/bootstrapping-like-xiang-yu.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:32:27 GMT Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Boris Shapiro ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/tripadvisors-top-ten-lists.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/tripadvisors-top-ten-lists.html Sun, 25 May 2008 00:48:15 GMT Well, it looks like my flight will be really late, so I got moved to an 8:20 PM non-stop to London. This gives me a couple of hours to chat with my readers. While perusing Cyberspace, I discovered that TripAdvisor has posted its Top Ten Free Attractions for Both the United States and Europe. Check it ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/babies-of-farm-moms-better-protected-from-allergies.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/babies-of-farm-moms-better-protected-from-allergies.html Sat, 24 May 2008 22:18:37 GMT © darren ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/the-origins-of-cybex-space.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/the-origins-of-cybex-space.html Mon, 19 May 2008 00:09:02 GMT Gustav Zander (1835–1920) was a Swedish physician who invented a therapeutic method of exercise carried out by means of special apparatus. Zander began his work in the 1860s and established the Zander Institute in London, before coming to New York.

His hope was that his equipment, which employed gradual muscle resistance, would supplement normal gymnasiums that excluded women, older people, and ''weakly'' people of either sex.

(via Everlasting ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/cannes-blindness.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/cannes-blindness.html Sun, 18 May 2008 23:55:59 GMT "Blindness [site] may well be the bleakest curtain raiser in the history of the festival, a nightmarish parable of the apocalypse, directed by the Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles and just as impressive in its way as his career-making City of God," writes the Guardian''s Xan ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/another-day.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/another-day.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:11:09 GMT I call this video "Tinkle" because of the sound. The water was clear. This bit of stream bed is at the top of the property, and it is normally bone dry, but with all of the rain, the water ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/viva.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/5-2008/viva.html Fri, 09 May 2008 01:48:21 GMT "A waggish conceptual venture, Viva is a startlingly pitch-perfect reproduction of the kind of gauzy sex movies from the 1960s and early 1970s that preceded the hard-core revolution," writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times. "Despite the parallels with Sade''s Justine and the occasional lurid flourish, the depravity never becomes remotely depraved because [writer-director Anna] Biller, despite her commitment to verisimilitude, maintains an ironic detachment throughout - because she''s a Brechtian or a bad actress, or perhaps ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/gen-y-and-cheating.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/gen-y-and-cheating.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:27:05 GMT Are millennials more inclined to cheat to get ahead?

That seems to be suggestion from Barbara Keats, associate professor of management at the WP Carey School of Business.

Keats argues that this generation has grown up in a very different social context, growing up with "helicopter parents" who tried solving their problems for them and who shielded them from moral and ethical uncertainty and who were raised in an achievement oriented society where there has been more tolerance for cutting corners.

Read her arguments and ponder. Personally, I'm not sure I buy ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/food-allergies-and-bullying.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/food-allergies-and-bullying.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:59:26 GMT Often, children can be very cruel. Without realizing the consequences of their actions, children often pick on their classmates, particularly those that are a bit different from the norm. And people with food allergies definitely fall into that category. I can imagine that for kids who don't have food allergies, someone who's deathly allergic to something benign such as peanut butter or peanut cookies, are freaks and are thus obvious targets for ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/how-to-propose-marriage-to-someone.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/how-to-propose-marriage-to-someone.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:23:09 GMT From the US Patent and Trademark Office: A method and instrument for proposing marriage to an individual.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved method of proposing marriage to an individual. The method of proposing to an individual generally comprising the steps of meeting the individual; exchanging names with the individual; dating the individual (not necessary); drafting a government document having a proposal to marry the individual incorporated therein; and showing the government document to the ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/yesterland.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/yesterland.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:56:01 GMT Did you ever wonder what happened to Disneyland''s Mine Train, Flying Saucers, or Indian Village? These and other attractions, restaurants, and shops are now collected in Yesterland, a theme park on the Web.

Perhaps you remember some of these attractions from your earlier visits to Disneyland. Or perhaps they were gone before you ever had a chance to experience them. In either case, you can find out all about these long gone attractions at ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/fossils-of-the-wind.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/fossils-of-the-wind.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:14:38 GMT If it quacks like a duck… from the Undiscovery Channel on ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/buying-decisions.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/buying-decisions.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:56:18 GMT Do you have trouble spending ......... ]]> http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/more-on-organizing-with-jott.html http://www.blogspan.org/blogs/permalinks/4-2008/more-on-organizing-with-jott.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:48:32 GMT The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. - Marcus ......... ]]>