• It is still August ... and it is hot almost everywhere ... at my
10K feet above sea level the temperature hit 85° yesterday (well, for
about 3 hours). My Sheltie,
Brigadier, doesn’t like the heat much, either.
• In Aspen this week for the
Technology Policy Institute’s
Aspen Forum
... impressions later this week. Lots of decision-maker’s are
participating ... policy and politics go hand-in-hand. Warmer there,
though ... it is 2K feet lower (but the drive over Independence Pass –
where the
USA Pro Cycle race will cross Wednesday – is a treat with the top down).
• I’m sure you noticed the coverage (we read it on
Business Insider)
... but this might just be the solution to the coming impact that
baby-boomers (I’m not one, I’m older) will have on so-called entitlement
programs. Some down under researchers claimed that every hour of
television you watch after hitting 25 cuts almost 22 minutes off your
life ... MVPDs and programmers are doing everything in their power to
help this along ... so, what’s on channel 100?
• Our friend
Harry Jessell of
TVNewsCheck has a nice idea (a stretch maybe, but nicely timed and aimed) he calls “a plan for spectrum peace in our time. Click
here. The good part, aside from the thoughtful proposal, is his description of the
NAB v.
FCC
resembling Democrats v. Republicans over the deficit reduction in
Congress ... but adds, “I’m sorry. That’s a little harsh. Let’s say it
makes them look like a couple of hyenas tearing at a rotting wildebeest
carcass.”
Meanwhile, MVPDs are guilty of phone trees ... still, I hate them. So here’s an app for real people ...
FastCustomer
(apps via Android and Apple) has a long list of companies that you can
pick from, when you call them the app asks the phone tree to “press one
to speak with your next customer” ... if that happens, it calls you
back. Nice.•
