Intellectual Intercourse

What happened to my XM?

MickC — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:41:18 +0000

So, yesterday XMSirius rolled out its new lineup. And after one day in, the verdict is in: OUCH! I want to know what they did to come up with the new lineup. It almost seems like a deliberate attempt to kill off the industry. The lineup is just plain painful. There is no way that [...]

New Discovery

MickC — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:55:22 +0000

If you follow the instructions to integrate XM Radio Online with MythTV, you need to select “low” for the bandwidth setting. Some channels (like Flight 26) will throw a 401 error if you try to stream them on high. Selecting “low” doesn’t make much of a difference with TV speakers.

Good for Cindy Sheehan

MickC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:12:55 +0000

Long time readers will know that I don’t brook much from Cindy Sheehan. She not only let her grief allow her to be manipulated by others for political gain, but she participated in that willingly. But, a new AP story would seem to indicate that she’s started to move on from that. And I approve of [...]

It’s Spamtacular

MickC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:46:58 +0000

After much cajoling from certain of my friends, I have decided to move most of my industry-related musings to their own domain. So, I’ll see you at Spamtacular

Chuck’s Music

MickC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:16:20 +0000

So, the new season of Chuck has started. The one thing I’ve noticed in the music this season. Lots of Huey Lewis and the News. I approve.

Sending email to wireless domains?

MickC — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:51:21 +0000

One question that I get asked a lot has to do with sending email to wireless domains. So, I’ll lay out the answer here for all the world to see: No unsolicited messages may be sent to a recipient on a mobile domain for any reason, period. Here’s the general rule from the FCC’s Order [...]

Dog Bites Man: IAB Suggests You Follow the Law

MickC — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:14:25 +0000

The IAB has issued its Email Data Management Best Practices document and suggests that you only send mail to people who have agreed to receive mail from you. They also appear to have started drinking a bit of Kool-Aidetm and are recommending that you share your suppression files with third parties, but that you encrypt the [...]

“I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America”

MickC — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:30:21 +0000

Looks like there is a satirical email mocking the economic bailout sent in the style of a 419 spam.

How Harmful is Jaynes?

MickC — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:58:04 +0000

In the long run, not very, and I anticipate that it will even be somewhat useful. As John Levine points out, the only real application of the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision as far as the Virginia statute at issue is to Jaynes himself. I’m not going to belabor the First Amendment section. It’s been [...]

You can’t agree to this now!

MickC — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:44:35 +0000

Looks like Obama wants a speedy withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, but there shouldn’t be any kind of agreement on a framework until after he can take credit for it: “He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington,” [...]