FALLOUT - a follow up to The Internet Debacle

Janis Ian: FALLOUT - a follow up to The Internet Debacle writes: Do I still believe downloading is not harming the music industry? Yes, absolutely. Do I think consumers, once the industry starts making product they want to buy, will still buy even though they can download? Yes. Water is free, but a lot of us drink bottled water because it tastes better. You can get coffee at the office, but you're likely to go to Starbucks or the local espresso place, because it tastes better. When record companies start making CD's that offer consumers a reason to buy them, as illustrated by Kevin's email at the end of this article, we will buy them. The songs may be free on line, but the CD's will taste better.

InDirecTv

Last Friday, after many calls, we finally got our DirecTv restored (we had it at the old house, it simply took five months to get installed at the new house). By Saturday night the signal was quite flaky. Today, there's no signal. This would likely be because the dish is mounted so poorly that a simple prolonged breeze from the North has caused it to point directly at the building South of us, instead of at the satellite. Argh.

Full horror of WTC attack on FBI tape

I found Full horror of WTC attack on FBI tape in tomorrow's Sydney Morning Herald. Apparently an FBI informant with a wire was sitting in the plaza level restaurant (opposite tower 2) when the first plane hit.

Turns out this is a rewrite of a Daily News story from today. I would have known this had I caught In the Papers this morning but we missed