If all my friends were burns…

May 4, 2006

If all my friends were burns, I would have, according to friendster, 54 1st degree burns, 2882 2nd degree burns, and 93458 3rd degree burns. I would be a sad wreck, and very likely dead. I thank my lucky stars that my friends aren’t burns.

My new favorite website…

May 4, 2006

…is this. How can you not love a site that has for its top level navigation the categories: ●Somooth Move●Soft Machine●Ample massiveness●Giantic form●Appearance/Disappear●Any place. Any time That’s pretty much exactly how I want my obituary to read. In the future, when obituaries are done in powerpoint.

Here comes the lockdown

June 6, 2005

It’s speculation, but I’m buying: Apple and Tivo strike deals with Intel to take advantage of hardware-based DRM. You think maybe Apple is anticipating demands from a nervous MPAA that they have a secure environment in place before launching an iTMS-like movie store?

The Register: Microsoft’s IPTV strategy "in tatters"

June 2, 2005

The Register is reporting that MS has dropped the ball when it comes to IPTV. I think they’re being a bit dramatic, and putting too much stock in he delayed launch of Swisscom. Microsoft is concentrating on the US market (the article talks mostly about Europe), and I think they’re waiting for the 360 to [...]

Akimbo service reviewed

June 2, 2005

Akimbo is a set-top box that provides access to internet-based video content. This product won’t get off the ground, because the content offerings are too limited to make it an alternative to traditional cable or satellite service rather than simply a nice complement to it. Plus, the box is too expensive for what it does, [...]