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I think this page does a good job of describing what Manovich meant by variability in new media. The last statement, "Consequently, new media position the audience as users; able to manipulate and customize the media's experience for themselves to a greater degree than any previous form." is an ideal way to describe this phenomenon. The user of new media plays a huge part in how the media being viewed plays out over time. Interactivity is the cornerstone of this variability principle and I can see it being extended in the future to accomadate our (the users) needs and wants in ever more changing ways.

This site rehashes over a few of the principles of new media and gives a more visual look at them. Which is much more pleasant to me than just a wall of text!

I like this website because it gives the 5 priciples with and image and a good explanation of how to view it.

This website is very interesting because it talks about the five principles of New Media.  It provides images as examples and it explains how each principle is composed and the content the images have.

In Manovich's article elaborates on five principles that describe new media: numerical, modularity, automation, variability and cultural transcoding. This website discusses transcoding in relation to Manovich's article with 2 examples: mp3 and the the web.