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Trading Analog Dollars For Digital Pennies
A VC — Jeff Zucker, head of NBC Universal, was famously quoted earlier this year warning that the media industry had to work so "that we do not end up trading analog dollars for digital pennies." It's a great line and an even better observation. But I think it's inevitable and it's going to happen no matter how hard they try to avoid it. Analog and digital, it turns out, are polar opposites. Analog has physical costs which lead to scarcity driven business models. Digital has zero marginal cost (or near zero) which leads to ubiquity driven business models. In the world that Jeff grew up in, a studio created a TV show, let's say ...

Catch the Sneaky Bastard Wind With New Thermal Leak Detector
Wired: Gadget Lab — You always hear people saying they will find the air leaks present in their house before the winter comes, but they never seem to get around to it. Black & Decker's new thermal leak detector should make things easier for these impertinent procrastinators. Are you listening, family members? The detector works by simply pointing it at the walls (including heavy molding) of the house and determines leaks through color signals. A green light indicates regular temperature, red light shows hot spots, and a blue spot shows you the exact place where cold air is bursting in. The detector promises to catch temperature changes by as ...