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Good News! Watching with your Wii just got easier

2010-10-19 00:00:00 -0400

Good job netflix.  Too bad the Wii isn't HD.  Still, a decent interface.  Having to pop that disk in was a pain.

Subject: Good News! Watching with your Wii just got easier

You no longer need the Netflix instant streaming disc to instantly watch with your Wii? console.
Good news! You no longer need the instant streaming disc.
Dear John,

You no longer need the instant streaming disc to instantly watch with your Wii™ console.
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To watch instantly via Wii without the disc:

Simply download the Netflix channel from the Wii Shop Channel on your Wii™ console and follow the on-screen instructions.

That's it. There's no need to send the disc back to Netflix.

Enjoy!

–Your friends at Netflix

The Internets...

2010-10-15 00:00:00 -0400

We have the Internets again: 

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Simultaneous Evernote/Google Search

2010-10-05 00:00:00 -0400

Evernote just got ten times more useful to me. The Chrome Evernote Extension has an option to search your Evernote notes when you search Google. I may actually make use of all those web bookmarks/notes/clips I've been saving away in Evernote for years - even those old del.icio.us bookmarks from even farther back. Now if I could just resolve the performance issues of the native client...

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Jon Stewart: The Most Trusted Name In Fake News

2010-10-05 00:00:00 -0400

In an interview with Terry Gross, taped in front of a live audience in New York City, the Daily Show host deconstructs his upcoming "Rally to Restore Sanity" on the National Mall and explains how The Daily Show comes up with material. - More at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130321994&f=13&sc=17

Why the Worst of Times for Politics and Media Has Been the Best of Times for Jon Stewart and 'The Daily Show' -- New York Magazine

2010-10-03 00:00:00 -0400

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NYMag has a great article on Jon Stewart and the Daily Show. 

“Jon has chronicled the death of shame in politics and journalism,” says Brian Williams, the NBC Nightly News anchor who is a frequent Daily Show guest. “Many of us on this side of the journalism tracks often wish we were on Jon’s side. I envy his platform to shout from the mountaintop. He’s a necessary branch of government.” -- nymag.com