Look, I’m as excited as you are to start this whole cycle all over agin, to get back to work, to sharpen knives and swords and hedge trimmers and get on with it all. But right now, I’m having trouble getting Signal out. I read, but I’m not quite there….after all, we’re supposed to be on vacation, right?

So here are just a few links for ya. Thank me later.

The Web Is Dead.  Long Live the Internet (Wired.) In which I disagree: The Web Is Dead? A Debate. And this: Is the web really dead? from BB.

Nielsen plans to raise $2 billion in IPO: filing (Reuters) And there ya go. Folks, question Demand all day. Then, look at yourselves, willya?

Agencies Divided on Where to House New Mobile Units (Ad Age) How about in the middle of your business? LOCATION, folks.

Things that go Boing Boing in the night (iMedia) And interview with my partner David Pescovitz, one of the happy mutants at Boing Boing.

The Hidden Health Benefits of Alcohol? (HuffPo) Like we didn’t already know this.

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The FM program of the day is the Sorel Boot Up Beautifully Sweepstakes. You know, Summer is almost over, and you need these boots.

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