Hello.

It’s grumpy opinionated Tuesday.

Questions for News Corp over rival's collapse: Software company NDS allegedly cracked smart card codes of ONdigital
(I’ll be watching Panorama)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/26/news-corp-ondigital-paytv-panorama

“He could easily not have known, because, as you can imagine at these kinds of parties you’re not always dressed, and I challenge you to distinguish a naked prostitute from any other naked woman.”
(Gosh)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17518485

Quora: Why did Instagram become so successful?
(See if you can read this entire page. It sums up much of what’s annoying about Quora.)
http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Instagram-become-so-successful

Twitter launches self serve ads
(If Twitter ads can be as unobtrusive as Google ads, they’ll be fine.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/03/26/twitter-goes-google-with-launch-of-self-serve-small-business-ads/

NONONONO Cat (Hip-Hop Remix with lyrics!)
(I think the lyrics(!) might be what make this so amazing.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIBrutiKbUY [via @doctoe]

Michael Jackson’s Beat It w/ Resynthesized Audio using Chris Watson
(I love the idea. I love Chris Watson. I love ‘Beat It’. The result is, let’s be honest, surprisingly horrible. Perhaps Chris Watson needs to stop recording nature and start recording more singing.)
https://vimeo.com/30484820
(via @waxpancake)

The Good Warriors of the Net - IP for Peace
(Marvellous. “Why not your refrigerator?” indeed.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9XWxD6cJuY
[via @abscond]

Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds