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Friday Potpourri
by Jason English - June 15, 2007 - 8:21 PM

potpourri.gifLike the water pressure in a cheap motel’s shower, my posting frequency has been weak. Rather than discuss the side projects that have monopolized my time, I will instead offer up some links for the weekend. Sorry I couldn’t get to these earlier and in more depth.

• Germans love David Hasselhoff, and Albanians love George Bush.

• An eye for an iBook: Angry about Google Book Search, a publishing exec steals two Google laptops. (They probably weren’t iBooks. But “an eye for a Dell” wouldn’t make sense.)

• Two posts that look back at the best and worst season finales (here and here). Can anyone confirm what happens in the last ALF?

• From Chris Bucholz of Cracked.com: The 13 Most Ridiculous TV Shows to Ever Get Green-Lit.

• And finally, there’s been an unexpectedly massive response to the count-my-change competition. Over 300 guesses. A few people requested additional photos, for perspective’s sake — here you go. Tomorrow’s the big day. I’ll email the winners. Have good weekends, everybody.

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Comments (3)

  1. Good one about Google Book Search. Another aspect of this is the number of books being published these days. It seems as if anyone can get a deal. It is harder than ever to sort out the gems from the crap. I currently rely heavily on not only professional reviews, but consumer reviews on Amazon. For me there are already too many books, too little time. I can appreciate any tool that can help me save the trouble of reading an adequate book on a subject when there’s a superior one available.
    As regards fiction, what is needed is a modern outlet similar to the magazines of the first half of the 20th century for struggling writers to display their talents and earn a few bucks.

    posted by Bassman on 6-16-2007 at 8:56 am

  2. Yes, I can confirm that’s how ALF finished. As an 11-year old, I was profoundly confused, but relieved to see him on the ALF animated series!

    posted by tim j on 6-17-2007 at 4:09 am

  3. Yes, that’s how the ALF ended. But there is a movie sequel to it called “Project ALF”. Where he gets rescued from Alien Task Force.

    posted by Sergey on 6-17-2007 at 10:52 pm

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