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Closed Published by mikemcguff September 30th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blogPerez Hilton: The blogging American dream
Closed Published by mikemcguff September 30th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
Perez Hilton hit ABC TV recently and talked about his blog’s origins, plus his rise to fame. Talk about the blogging American dream. The site started as a hobby and turned into an empire.
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VIDEO: Station makes fun of TV consultants
Closed Published by mikemcguff September 30th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
Every industry has consultants. Some can be good, some can be bad. In TV land I’ve worked with some good consultants like Graeme Newell (and Stephen Warley formerly) of 602 Communications, Steve Safran of ARandD and Tom Rosenbaum of Magid and Associates as well as others.
But let’s face it, as the old axiom goes, many are paid to look at your watch and tell you what time it is. In fact many have been charged in the TV world of taking a station’s character away and making it look like every other station across the country. That or forcing a station to use crazy gimmicks. You know, all the stuff bloggers make fun of.
KMAX and KOVR, duopoly stations in Sacramento used the bad consultant concept in a promo for the Good Day Sacramento show.
Good Day Sacramento- Consultants “Phase 1″
Good Day Sacramento- Consultants “Phase 2″
Kudos to the stations for making fun at a problem in the industry. Did a consultant come up with this though?
[Thanks Ed!]
The 10 Worst Songs That Hit #1
Closed Published by mikemcguff September 30th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blogMuxtape, AT&T, hackers and more
Closed Published by mikemcguff September 29th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blogA Trip Inside The “Big Bang Machine”
The Muxtape Story: Clearest picture yet of music biz chaos
Search YouTube Audio for Keywords
AT&T HomeManager makes services portable
Comcast to give credits for Ike outages
iPhone 3G Trick I Learned Thanks to Ike
Hackers resurrect notorious attack toolkit
Survey: WiFi usage signals fast-paced growth
Ming’s Cafe in Montrose gets new life as burger joint
Closed Published by mikemcguff September 29th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blogNancy Sarnoff of the Houston Chronicle reports that the shuttered Ming’s Cafe location on Montrose is about to get new life:
The restaurant is expected to open Dec. 1 after it’s remodeled and new patios built on three sides of the structure, which is just north of Westheimer at 2703 Montrose. Most of the 135 seats will be outdoors.
The new operation will be called Little Big’s and specialize in sliders — or mini hamburgers — fries, onion rings and shakes. It will sell beer and wine, too. READ THE REST
Another Little Big’s will open in Hermann Park in the Spring according to the article.
I swear, Cynthia has more home made clothing items celebrating Halloween than any other holiday you can think of. Seems that each year she makes another blouse or skirt featuring witches, skeletons, jack-o-lanterns or whatever.
Her latest creation is this spiffy jacket made from fabric with an Edward Gorey like motif…
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VIDEO: SNL’s take on first presidential debate
Closed Published by mikemcguff September 29th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blogSenators John McCain and Barack Obama went head to head Friday night, by the next day, Saturday Night Live was already making fun of them. Watch the video of the sketch below: