Further proof that Larry Lessig is cooler than you: he’s now a character on the West Wing, being played by Christopher Lloyd. Damn.
(Via Boing Boing)

INdTV, part-time purveyor of exploded media, has re-launched their website (now with 20% more spif!) and is accepting submissions for possible broadcasting. Fun! Still no word on the official launch of the network. I’m eager to see how they end up using these submitted videos, and how long they can sustain input from their audience.

Both official news, and an unofficial developer site from PVRBlog on the TiVo HME software, currently in development. As previously noted, it’s excellent that the software will support RSS and other web technologies.

An interesting discussion of epicenters - places where the smart and creative gather to hang out, and usually the forging ground for revolutionary ideas. Anyone have any suggestions for Los Angeles epicenters, outside of Hollywood circles? I nominated various coffee shops on the east side.
(Via Unmediated)

Sony is paying $25k/month to splash themselves all over Lifehacker. I’m not sure how effective that advertising will be. On the other hand, Gawker’s blogs are getting pretty overloaded with other random ads recently, so putting the Sony logo on the masthead is much preferable.
(Via Dan Gillmore)

John Gruber, at Daring Fireball, explains why the Napster math is faulty. Everyone I’ve spoken to immediately cringes when they hear that your music disappears the moment you stop paying. John points out that it’s more profitable to charge by subscription, but I suspect it’s also a matter of not being able to compete on the same turf as Apple - they’re trying to do an end-run around the business model.

A rather surprising article on Salon (doing some handy investigative journalism), noting that 43 Things is tied to Amazon. It’s a little unclear at this point if Amazon owns them, or merely 0wnz them by being the largest investor. Either way, it’s a mite suspicious. I’d much rather use a nice goal-setting app from someone like 37Signals.

And if you haven’t read the horror stories behind the development of the movie version of Alone in the Dark (does anyone else fondly remember those games?), and it’s insane director, Uwe Boll, please do check it out.

|Update|
The Robot Co-Op, makers of 43 Things, explain the background of the company and how Amazon came to be involved. Just reading that simple little description makes me like them more and trust them more. It doesn’t hurt that they’re also tied (unofficially) to 37Signals, whom I just referenced as someone I would trust with my hopes and dreams. Funny, I got almost exactly what I asked for!