MGM offersPowerPoints in public web directory

Following up on yesterday's post about a directory of browseable DVD cover art on the MGM.com servers, reader Martin Borus says, "Did you see that you can go up the structure and then down again to see the corporate directory with PowerPoint slides like this one (alternate link), proving that profit margin on DVD is double that of VHS?"

The slide Martin refers to came from a 2002 MGM corporate PowerPoint report, saved as individual jpeg slides in a directory which also contains earlier and later versions of that same report from as far back as 2000, and as recently as 2004: Link.

BB reader Bart P says, "If you don't want to click through all those images, you can use the OpenDirViewer. Then just input the url for the directory you want, select the 'thumbnails' option, and however many you wish to show per page and it makes it all so much easier to find what you want."


Using OpenDirViewer, one can browse all slides in the 2004 MGM corporate presentation (or any other year's edition in this directory) in full, sequential order, like this: Link.

Current version of the report is offered in ppt format on the investor relations area of MGM's corporate website here: Link

Update: BB reader Doug says,

"Looks like a whole bunch of the MGM file structure is open for business. If you jump up a couple of parent directories, you'll see an 'audio' folder with one file marked 'crap'. Not sure I agree with all the entries."

Boing Boing reader Mike shares some thoughts on his blog.