CLODCASTING

“We’re creating a new way to let a lot of people participate personally in radio — sharing their feelings on music, news, politics, whatever matters to them.”

Infinity Broadcasting CEO Joel Hollander, on trading shock jocks for Internet amateurs on a small AM radio station, Wired News, 27 April 2005

THE DALEKS — NOW *DEADLY* BORING!

“We have taken all the perceived weaknesses of the Dalek and made them deadly.”

“Doctor Who” special effects artist Mike Tucker, on making the robotic villains marginally less risible, BBC News, 24 April 2005

THE HACKER DIET 2.0

“This is dietary advice for people who have computers. And that is the segment of the population that probably needs it least.”

Nutrition expert Marion Nestle, on the government’s new online-only food pyramid, Salon.com, 21 April 2005

REDEFINING SEARCH ENGINE SPAM

“We thought, ‘The Search for the Holy Grail,’ and search is a big interest for Yahoo.”

Yahoo executive Murray Gaylord, on promoting the website through Broadway’s new Monty Python musical, The New York Times, 22 April 2005

OPEN SOURCE IS OKAY, BUT COLD, HARD CASH IS BETTER

“We would love to grow a lot of our Windows sales.”

Sun executive John Fowler, showing the effects of a recent reprogramming session in Redmond, CRN, 21 April 2005