“I got tired of not being able to download my own music.”
Madonna, on licensing her music catalog to iTunes because she apparently couldn’t figure out how to use file-sharing software to download it, Engadget, 7 September 2005
Month: September 2005
THE STANDARD RETENTION PACKAGE INCLUDES A TABLE-THROWING
“Mark’s decision to leave was disappointing and I urged him strongly to change his mind. But his characterization of that meeting is not accurate.”
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, denying that he threw a chair after learning that an engineer was leaving to join Google, News.com, 2 September 2005
NEITHER SNOW NOR RAIN NOR HEAT NOR FIBER-OPTIC CUTS
“Is the Internet hurting the mails, or helping? It’s doing both.”
Pitney Bowes CEO Michael Critelli, on the cunning persistence of atom-shifters in an age of bits, The New York Times, 4 September 2005
AND HARVEY IS HIS MESSENGER
“You gotta put something at the center, and they’ve got a big rock, left over from pre-Muslim days. That’s why they go.”
Burning Man founder Larry Harvey, comparing his desert arts-and-drugs festival to a major world religion, Wired News, 2 September 2005
“BLOGGING” DOES SOUND LIKE IT WAS INVENTED IN SAN FRANCISCO
“There’s nary a gay bloke I’ve met who doesn’t read dozens of blogs.”
David Hauslaib, on launching a frequently updated website for homosexualists, Wired News, 1 September 2005
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