In a recent post, I ranted about the fact that media companies just don't realize how much money they are leaving on the table by not making their old tv shows available online for free (ad supported) so that people can watch them any time they wish. I am a sci fi fan and during the last 15 years have missed a few really good series because I was so focused on my career and most recently the software for my company. One of the shows that I recently took an interest in , is the Sci Fi channel's "Stargate SG-1". During the late 90's it was on showtime and I never took an interest in it, but since appearing on Sci-fi , I've been able to get into the universe and it is pretty good. Just a few days ago I was searching hulu.com to see if SG-1 was there, and I could only find Stargate Atlantis (which is the spin off series from SG-1) It just turns out while searching for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show clips, hulu had on their main page a splash advertising the availability of hulu.com. It is only the first season , but I gather they'll be releasing the seasons periodically...good going hulu!
As the US economy continues to suffer the doldrums of stagnant investment in many industries, belt tightening budgets in many of the largest cities and continuous rounds of lay offs at some of the oldest of corporations, it is little comfort to those suffering through economic problems that what is happening now, has happened before. True, the severity of the downturn might have been different but the common factors of people and businesses being forced to do more with less is the theme of the times. Like environmental shocks to an ecosystem, stresses to the economic system lead to people hunkering down to last the storm, but it is instructive to realize that during the storm, all that idle time in the shelter affords people the ability to solve previous or existing problems. Likewise, economic downturns enable enterprising individuals and corporations the ability to make bold decisions with regard to marketing , sales or product focus that can lead to incredible gains as the economic
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