Christophe Maximin

Whatever happens next, history has been made this year. I’m really looking forward to see how all of this will end, in November.
Well done so far, America.

Next time, when you don’t know what you’re talking about, just say “I don’t know”, especially if you’re appearing on live television. By the way, this advice applies to everyone, political or not.

(Or “Why the MSNBC video player is great”)

1- It just works

I’m a GNU/Linux user (ubuntu!), so I probably should not say this, but I don’t care: It is in “full Adobe Flash”, so it’s really simple: Either you have a Flash player installed and everything is fine; either you don’t.
Yesterday night, I wanted to watch the Indiana and North Carolina Democratic Primaries live coverage, and MSNBC was the only place I could; And I think it has something to do with the fact their player isn’t a strange mix of Javascript, Flash and WMV streams, like CNN live for example.

2- The good video quality

This screenshot speak for itself I think (click to enlarge):

3- The playlist

You can navigate through all categories and put videos into a playlist while watching a video, which is very useful.

4- The advertising

The ads are non-repetitive, so you won’t get crazy watching the same ad over and over again, every two of three videos, like at comedycentral’s dailyshow or colbertreport.

”PS: This post wasn’t sponsored by MSNBC”

They are more of a reminder actually, of things I haven’t shared on some webservice. By the way, you can follow my friendfeed’s feed here.
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Humor me while we conduct a little thought experiment. Imagine that Barack Obama had lost 10 contests in a row. Imagine that he now trailed Hillary Clinton substantially in the number of Democratic primaries and caucuses won, in total votes cast, in pledged convention delegates, in the overall delegate count, in fundraising and in the ineffable attribute called mojo. Imagine that Obama was struggling, at this late hour, to come up with the right message. What would the conventional wisdom say?

That it was over, of course. That Obama was toast. That staking everything on the March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas was a starry-eyed hope, not a plan, and that it was time to smell the coffee.

– Washington Post, Eugene Robinson: “If Obama Went 0-for-10…”