Los Angeles Business from bizjournals: Broadband share. San Diego is tops on list with 52 percent share.
Great Hubble shots
A slide show of some spectacular shots from the Hubble Space Telescope, from Australia’s news.com. Works better with faster access.
Scientific American.com: Hubble’s Most Penetrating View Yet of the Early Universe
Also Wired News reported Friday that U.S. Senators are asking NASA to re-think plans to not repair the telescope and let it fail in a few years.
Ad Age Factpack
Ad Age Factpack: A Quick Reference Synopsis of the Year’s Marketing and Advertising Data. Answer questions such as: Which marketer spends the most on advertising in the U.S.? How much does a TV ad cost? What is the total spent on advertising in different media? Which are the top 25 largest U.S. magazines and newspapers by circulation? Factpack is a 60-page PDF. Tip from Rex Hammock’s Weblog
Open Records Law? Never heard of it.
This is becoming a story with predictable results. Go ask county and state officials for the records that state law says anyone is entitled to see and then see all the ways they deny access and try to intimidate you.
Reporters usually get what they request. If you’re thought to be a regular citizen, you don’t. Here’s what happened in Florida and Texas. Tip from Boing Boing Blog and Tim Porter.
Million-dollar matchmaker
Getting to know you
Wired: Extra! Extra! Read All About You More newspapers are asking more information about readers. “To convince advertisers to spend online, newspapers say they need to get enough data about their users to tailor ads to the most receptive possible audience. Thus, it’s necessary to have enough data about its audience to determine, say, how people live within driving distance of a particular store, or which readers would be most interested in offers from luxury-car dealers.”
Buffett’s annual letters
Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is great reading. It was posted midnight Saturday and continues to be discussed today at Motley Fool and CBS MarketWatch.
Books — Mar. 9
Current: Scout’s honor: a father’s unlikely foray into the woods by Peter Applebome
Finished: Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Audio book
Current: Lost victories: The military genius of Stonewall Jackson by Bevin Alexander
Glue advice
This to that.com tells you what to use when glueing things together.