DTV: Explained

This is what our viewers are really going through

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A co-worker forwarded this my way the other day, and I’ve found myself giggling about the “Boston Market” line quite frequently.

Ooh Girl - An Honest R&B Song

“Cause I just had a big dinner”
Boston Market
“And I’m struggling with some negative body issues.”

They need to check their map

Last time I looked, Google Maps has that distance as 147 miles. But 10 miles is a decent estimate, I guess.

[Editor's note: This post updated 4 October]

I love Firefox.

But I don’t like having to run GTalk in the background to have mailto: links open in GMail or my Hosted GMail. So, what do you do to change how mailto: links function?

It’s actually quite simple.

Open Firefox.

In the address bar type one of the following strings of code. It will vary depending on if you are using a Google Hosted account or a regular GMail account.

GMail:

javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Gmail")

Hosted GMail:

javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://mail.google.com/a/exampleurl.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","GMail")

You will be asked if you want to add GMail as a handler for mailto: links. Go ahead.

If you are not asked for any confirmation, go back to the address bar and type:

about:config

Click “I’ll be careful, I promise!”

In the filter bar type:

network.protocol-handler.external.mailto

Double-click on the entry listed under “Preference Name,” this will change the entry to “true” and appear bold.

Then verify the setup worked by going to Tools > Options.

Click “Applications” and in the “Search” box type

mailto

Make sure the drop-down on the right says “Use GMail.”

This has been one of my favorite tweaks for Firefox. And it’s made sharing things much easier, because I don’t have to “Copy link address” to send e-mails to friends.

“Okay, let’s put it on the truck!”

“No, wait. Bring it back! It can’t go out until tomorrow!”

These are the screws that hold my TV together. The TV I haven’t been able to put back together since I moved. Mainly because I’m not smart enough to put the original screws with the TV during a move.

Fair use is an interesting topic within copyright law. During media law classes in college, it was always a conversation starter.

Copyright law protects our property and creations. Movies, books, poems, blog posts, music, blueprints, videos and everything else you can think of are covered.

But there’s a great loophole that lets others use part of your work (and not technically as a derivative work). Fair use. It lets news programs and people poking fun of your work use your work. Keep in mind that satire and parody are two very different things, and I can’t remember which one is protected speech when I’m this many beers deep already.

Anywho, here’s a very helpful (and fun) explanation of fair use using fair use.

Genius. Simply genius.

I know that it may sound confusing: just because it’s the Internet and you want to be lazy, that doesn’t mean you should submit comments like this to the station blogs: (I will make fun of you)

i have heard that marissa is pregnant is she if so i think she can really move her body i such asexy way..

Wow. Really?

The only punctuation is a failed attempt at an ellipses, and apparently the “Shift” key was broken and the spacebar occasionally didn’t work.

I think I went to school with someone who wrote like that (granted I was in 2nd grade for the 4th time). I’m joking. Or am I? No, I am. Or not. This joke works much better when you see my face.

This could be my biggest fear as someone who works in broadcast television.

Now, they claim this was supposed to be a recorded segment, and the wrong tease was cued up. Last time I checked, a station like WNBC (which is facing major cutbacks) would be on some sort of automation system. Which means a Media Manager-type would have to ingest the spot, and I’m hoping would catch “what the fuck are you doing?”

It definitely makes for a more exciting newscast, though.

Anyone in television have an opinion on that?