Update: Bookpool.com is no longer in business. I’m so used to HTML newsletters being useless without images enabled, I was pleasantly surprised today to receive the latest from Bookpool. What’s different here? No images, no scripts, no web beacons, and instantly viewable in my email client! They do have tracking codes embedded in the outgoing links, but they’re written in a safe way that doesn’t trigger Thunderbird’s phishing filters. Bookpool has created a clean design that relies online on styling contained in the message itself. I’d love to see more newsletters like this, but I suppose it would be hard…
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I was paying bills tonight when this message appeared in my inbox: February 19, 2007 To: SIRIUS Subscribers Today is a very exciting day for SIRIUS customers. As you may have heard, SIRIUS Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio are merging to form the nation’s premier audio entertainment provider. I’m pretty excited about this if they can pull it off. I was first thinking this might compare to the VHS vs Betamax war, but this is more of a content battle like you’d expect from two broadcast networks. Having two incompatible satellite radio providers was a pain in this case…
This year I want to experiment with some better graphics to explain Nascar results and stats. With the extraordinary number of penalties given out this week at Daytona, the deduction of series points from five drivers will put them in the hole. None of the online Nascar sites (Yahoo Sports, ESPN, Nascar, etc.) are showing the 2007 standings yet, but if they did it would look something like this: Looking at the results from last year, the average point spread between the 11th place (Tony Stewart) and 31st (Ken Schrader) was about 80 points per position. Being even 100 points…
With the 2007 NASCAR season about to start, I took a closer look at the new TV deal and how it breaks down among the various networks. Here’s how the Nextel Cup races will be divided among the television partners: Fox will air the season-opening Daytona 500 and the next 12 races TNT will have the next 6 races, including the Pepsi 400 at Daytona on July 4th weekend ESPN covers the 7 late summer races, including the prized Brickyard 400 at Indy ABC will broadcast the final 10 races (“Chase to the Cup”) Speed will have the Gatorade Dual…