Does free pay?

Getting much coverage on the interweb over the last 24 hours is The New York Times decision to drop its subscription service. It has to make sense, revenue from ads, more eyeballs on your site etc. I wonder will the Irish Times follow suit?
It would be interesting to see if the advertising revenue turns out to be more than the money they get from subs. I'm sure this information will come out in the future. Personally I don't think I would ever pay to subscribe to a site. There is so much information on the web for free, why should I pay. Take iFoods.tv for example, its basically a social network for foodies, I should be all over it, logging in every day, however its a subscription service so I haven't even given it a second thought. Am I the only one who feels this way?

i love rotten tomatoes

rotten tomatoes searches d'internet for as many websites as possible that contain reviews of particular films. (games are also reviewed) Each review is either "fresh" or "rotten".

The website keeps track of all of the reviews counted and the percentage of positive reviews is tabulated. If the positive reviews make up 60% or more, the film is considered "fresh" and if the positive reviews are less than 60%, then the film is considered "rotten." I find it quiet accurate. Basically rather than relying on the opinion of 1 reviewer it gathers all reviews into one place.

my rss feeds

Below is the list of RSS feeds I'm subscribed to. This list fluctuates weekly. The reader I use is NewGator but forces are pulling me towards Google Reader, up to now I have been able to resist, not sure for how long.

If you dont know what RSS is have a look at this.

list of RSS feeds 22-08-07

ALLstarTRAINER - Mise!
blognation Ireland technology - new technology blog by Conor O'Neill
Blogorrah - Misc Blog, out of action since June but I'm waiting hopefully for it to return
Conor's Bandon Blog - food, reviews, general, some interesting stuff
Damien Mulley - the most prolific blogger, mostly technology
defective yeti - funny
EAT DRINK LIVE - food
Food Lorists - food
I take photees! - photblog, I have threatened (myself, no-one was harmed in the posting of this blog) to un-subscribe but something keeps me hanging in there
In Photos dot org - photoblog of cork
Irish Flirty Something - very funny
ITALIAN FOODIES - excellent food blog, based in Limerick
Random Reflective Rantings - random!
red mum - not prolific, but good
Rocking Grass - food
Should You Eat That? - food
Stuff yer bake - food
The Frugal Tiger - have a read and make up your own mind
The Good Mood Food Blog - food
The Humble Housewife - food
Tom Raftery's Social Media - technology, very interesting
Twenty Major - cursing!
Winds and Breezes - liquorice allsorts

Quiet a few food blogs isn't there?

start collecting pennies

Ever wonder what a million pennies stacked together would look like? I admit, its not one that has kept me awake at night but when I found The MegaPenny Project I was intrigued. Next thing I must do now is pop this casually into a conversation.

jamie at home

His new show started last Tuesday on Channel4. Really enjoyable so far. Loved his carbonara recipe this avo. He loves his food, and is a real believer in "the best ingredients make the best meals".

RSS feeds, an opinion

Use RSS Feeds? I'll post another time about the reader I use, and the blogs I'm subscribed to. In the meantime here is an interesting piece on full feeds and partial feeds.

It makes sense.

virtual office

I found this interesting. Its basically about a virtual office. Using gmail, googleDocs etc.