Ron Paul has finally climbed out of his previous obscurity. With more fourth quarter earnings than any other Republican candidate, a fierce independent campaign orchestrated by a former Google employee, and surprising support from a few rank and file GOPers, he’s a bona-fide top-tier candidate.
What’s more impressive to me, though, is that the other [...]

The remarkable thing about this clip isn’t that some guy on TV was so mind-bogglingly ignorant. It’s the advice given by the audience.

I’ve written before about the sheer number of idiots who comment on Digg. What I didn’t mention at the time is that Youtube comments are even worse. That doesn’t bother me much. Youtube comments are easy to ignore, but discussion is a central part of Digg.
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Ron Paul is the undisputed “internet candidate”, but he’s not the only one to get a boost from Youtube. Barack Obama has also been able to turn the net to his advantage, largely due to his mild anti-war stance. Despite the vast number of political connections and pre-built fundraising infrastructure that Hillary Clinton [...]

I haven’t written about Tudou.com sooner because I figured it was old news, but at the Beer Factory meet-up, David, Todd, and some other Taiwan bloggers told me they hadn’t heard of Tudou.com. I guess the Taiwan websphere and the mainland websphere really are cut off from each other. So, here it is: [...]

It looks like the prediction I made last week when Google acquired YouTube is right. The gravy train of free music, videos, and TV snippets at YouTube just might be ending. According to Ars Technica, YouTube just purged over 30,000 videos. This really, really sucks.
Is the gravy train over? (iDrone.net)
And so it [...]