Rimfire: The Writer's Strike and all that Doody...

The writer's strike is coming to an end and the writer's truly won. Not just because they will now receive deserved compensation on Internet distributed content, but because the strike has been instrumental forcing us to leverage different technologies for our entertainment and revealed the increasing blur between media.

With the strike sending television viewing into re-run world I gravitated away from the tube, with the exception of watching the Golden State Warriors, and towards the web, movies and, yes, the good old fashioned novel. On the web I caught up on my You Tubing, of course, but also discovered VIRB, a unique social network site with a decidedly indie music and film bent where you can store all your favorite stuff, share it with liked minded folks and meet new friends, (check out the video of The Wendell Baker Story, a pretty cool film by Luke and Andrew Wilson that debuted at the Tahoe Reno Film Festival a few summers ago.) The good wife and I had enough of reruns of Law and Order and started going to the movies again were Juno blew us away the other night. If Ellen Page doesn't win Best Actress this year, I think we'll both be devastated. I also read that Juno has become an Internet darling with teenage girls posting about it on My Space and Facebook in record numbers. With more time to at hand I also returned to reading and recommend Water For Elephants , the story of an orphaned veterinary student who joins a traveling circus in the 1920s.

Perhaps the strike served a greater purpose by exposing the breadth of entertainment choices across technology. Which, as we move closer and closer to living in the cloud, we will be able to experience from one technology base. One with many different channels where we can simply dial up the type of entertainment we want, when we want and where we want. That day is coming sooner than we think and the writer's were smart to make sure they get their slice of the pie.

And while I'm on the subject of the strike, friends on the front line created this video to help pass the time and get the message out, enjoy!