Silverlight goes 1.0, Linux support coming

I sat behind Miguel de Icaza at MIX this year, good to see he’s involved. Linux support is probably more philosophically important to Silverlight than anything.

After ditching Apple, NBC opts for flex pricing and more DRM with Amazon

Ars really nails the crux of the NBC/Amazon deal - basically, it boils down to much more restrictive DRM and the ability to bundle crappy content with the (increasingly rare) good stuff

ISO rejects Microsoft’s Open XML format

“Some critics of Microsoft blamed the company’s own aggressive lobbying for its defeat.” Or maybe the fact that Open XML sucks ass.

Etiquette Notes: The Proper Method for Ordering Burger King’s New “Trapped in the Closet”-Themed Sandwich, The “Chuck & Rufus”, as Demonstrated by Sylvester

I want to have Scott Simpson’s babies

Boy injured on escalator, parents blame Crocs

Not only are they ugly but they will KILL YOUR CHILDREN!!!

Mortgage market collapse threatens nation’s banner ad industry

Life imitates Onion once again

Apple is pulling NBC shows from the iTunes store before the fall season

NBC wanted $4.99 a show, inspiring a well deserved W.T.F? I’m sure whatever craptacular solution the big old brains working for Zucker are sure to hastily deliver will suck royally, driving folks like me to torrent the next season of Battlestar Galactica.

360° holographic imaging, not coming to a living room near you any time soon

NBC won’t renew its iTunes contract for shows

And just how in the hell am I supposed to watch The Office? This is so goddamn dumb I don’t even know where to begin.

Paul Addis, the dude who ruined Burning Man for a bunch of angry hippies