links for 2008-03-24

And the YouTubers have voted. Good to see Felicia Day’s The Guild, Tay Zonday’s “Chocolate Rain” and the Harry Potter Puppet Pals all taking honours!

Jericho, revived but very well-oiled fan activity after first being cancelled at the end of season one, is now completely dead for CBS. Sadly, dedicated fans still need to bring in big numbers or shows just don’t make it.

A new alternative in the 2008 election race courtesy of Battlestar Galactica! [Via Jean]

Lawrence Lessig’s attempt to leverage online communities to reform the US Congress is under way. This attempt will be extremely instructive about the amount of power and influence that can come from a web-based movement.

An interesting look at the demographics of iTunes Movie downloaders and some speculative answers as to why Zoolander is at the top of the charts. [Via Chuck]

A visual history of pretty much ever gaming console system since 1970. Amazing how they’ve changed, but also how similar the design of a console system remains!