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Entertainment retailer Hastings reported a 0.2% slip in revenue in Q2 2008 (press release). Total revenue was $125.7 million versus $125.9 million in Q2 2007. Comp store music revenue, which comes from CD sales, fell 11.7%.

One specific thing made me wince when I read that Dell is working on a new MP3 player (a second stab at the market). I'm fine with a new Dell player. There is certainly room for more MP3 players, although I think the odds that Dell is going to either grow the market or capture all but a sliver of Apple's share are very slim.

I am often still surprised at how many advertisers are not investing in search marketing. The basic reporting of cost and revenue can easily prove that search is a valuable tool for any marketing campaign. In fact, I often advise many people to invest in search marketing first. Then use “left over” funds to fulfill all other marketing needs.

Davidson County

A roundup has begun at LP Field in which you can drop off old computers, along with many other no-longer-want ed electronic de vices.

The event will last through Saturday. Vanderbilt University is among the sponsors, along with Apple and Canon.

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research has issued a press release on the “Technical Corrections” bill:

Call me digitally dumb or digitally delusional.

It's just that keeping up with the constant flow of technological change usually results in me standing alone with a stupefied look on my face. I ponder on it, trying to maintain a useful footing in the digital world, but such footing always seems to be tentative.

Here are some miscellaneous shopping links clogging up my inbox.

These are affiliate links, but from time to time I do post other discounts and stuff that aren't that people send me.

(Big hint to the Land's End people: the free shipping thing a while back was a big hit)

The first real episode of Podcast Appalachia is now available for download. You can find it on iTunes or download it directly here. In this episode, I attempt to define the geographic boundaries of Appalachia and examine how these boundaries have changed over the years. Please, take a listen and let me know what you think!

I was perusing old blog entries over at Will Hoge’s MySpace page and came across this interesting post he made last Valentine’s Day.

This is what he had to say: