Linked List: February 6, 2011

Sunday, 6 February 2011

Those Non-Profit Packers 

Dave Zirin on the unique ownership of the Green Bay Packers:

In 1923, the Packers were just another hardscrabble team on the brink of bankruptcy. Rather than fold they decided to sell shares to the community, with fans each throwing down a couple of dollars to keep the team afloat. That humble frozen seed has since blossomed into a situation wherein more than a hundred thousand stockholders own more than four million shares of a perennial playoff contender. Those holding Packers stock are limited to no more than two hundred thousand shares, keeping any individual from gaining control over the club. Shareholders receive no dividend check and no free tickets to Lambeau Field. They don’t even get a foam cheesehead. All they get is a piece of paper that says they are part-owners of the Green Bay Packers.

Best Buy Ad Prices Motorola Xoom at $800 

And to think that there are still tech pundits who’ll tell you that Apple’s the company that can’t compete on price.

(The small print footnote on the Best Buy ad reads: “To activative [sic] WiFi [sic] on this device, a minimum of 1 month data subscription is required.” They can’t really mean you need to sign up for a month of 3G service in order to use Wi-Fi, right?)

The Daily’s Blog: ‘We’re Working Around the Clock’ 

The Daily:

But that doesn’t mean we’re sitting still. We’re working around the clock to improve the stability and functionality of The Daily.

One reason I keep writing about The Daily: I hope they make it.

Loren Brichter Fixes The Daily’s Carousel in Two Hours 

60 frames per second, full anti-aliasing, fast touch response.