A Potential Subscription Model For ESPN
Turner Sports Service to Let Fans Buy Portions of NBA Games - Bloomberg
.. which got me to wondering how fans might game the system ~~ eg I will only watch the last quarter to save money … but what if the price to watch was actually a kind of surge pricing model combined with INCREASING the price per minute as the game progressed and actually increased faster the closer the game and the more people there are tuning in.
So, for example to watch the last quarter might only be a 10% saving over the price to watch the entire game … and if it was real close with many fans tuning in as the game reaches its climax it might actually cost you more … would that work … kind of brings gaming into the very act of watching?
Ok - with many thanks to @Kitt john.philpin.com is starting to get where I want it to be … tweaking will continue - but next big change is auto sizing the youtube embeds.
Saw the image of two bottles of ink on Penaddict and at a stroke my mind journeyed back a life time to my mother writing at the dining room table with a bottle of Quink (sp?) right beside her.
🖋
If you happen to be visiting john.philpin.com - please note there is a re-styling going on that I am in the middle of.
Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible - thank-you @kitt
Holy Artichokes Batman - if this is only 20% true - Gotham is in for a ride!
Seriously …. click through and have a read - via Ben Brooks
I keep forgetting about the gear - thanks @manton ( note this comment will ONLY appear here.)
Just in case you all didn’t know @Kitt ROCKS
…and we are of course still in micro monday - so why not go follow her!
Which matters most – vision, skill, effort, money or technology acumen?
"While success is not pre-ordained, any company without a positive attitude to change is on its own death march."
Stephen Hawking’s Radical Thinking
"“People have the mistaken impression that mathematics is just equations,” he once explained. “In fact, equations are just the boring part of mathematics.”"
Save your AirPods’ serial number to replace lost parts
"Take a screenshot or picture of your AirPods serial number. You can’t replace any parts without it.The Full StoryDo this when you first get them!!
You can take a picture of the box or a screenshot from Settings > General > About > AirPods so that Apple can pull up the serial number.
If you lose the case and don’t have the serial number anywhere, you can’t even replace the case without it."
“While U.S. ambassadors are operating in one-third of the world’s capitals, special operations forces are active in three-fourths.”
via Next Draft
Guillaume Rey was fired from his waitering gig at a Canadian restaurant for being “aggressive, rude and disrespectful.” Now he’s filed a complaint, arguing that his firing was an act of discrimination against his culture.
via Dave Pell - Next Draft
🎵Well worth a listen - the truth is finally out, thanks to Rolling Stone. I didn’t see the film as a hatchet job - but it does make sense when you understand the back story.
Language warning - but this Jonathan Pie rant absolutely nails the state of the world.
Context baby. Context.
Today’s micro monday recommendation : @derekpeden
I love his microblog contradiction
Cause I have things to say which take longer than 280 characters.
.. and then posts in less than 280 characters
I love his connection back to ancient Psions
But he really had me at ‘Minnie’
Dear Regus
I did not express interest in your product or company.
I did not sign up for your newsletter.
I unsubscribed from your list, and wonder why it takes 28 days for the ‘changes to take effect’.
I can offer training how that tech worked in 1999.
Let me know.
This weekend I spotted a summary of ‘American - English’ once more ‘doing the rounds’. They are always different, but about 95% of the comments are actually the same.
This is my take on one of those lists from two and a half years ago, essentially my line-by-line commentary.
This one of mine from a couple of years ago regarding American Citizenship …. re-discovered when I was looking for something else … thought it worthwhile to share again, would welcome thoughts and opinions.
In case you find yourself in an argument, you might find this a useful read
Of course, there’s also this …