Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The Apple Store (U.S.) - Elgato EyeTV 250 Digital TV Recorder
The Apple Store (U.S.) - Elgato EyeTV 250 Digital TV Recorder
Posted here for my reference. This looks like a neat option for converting old videos to DVDs.
Posted here for my reference. This looks like a neat option for converting old videos to DVDs.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Comcast - Game Invasion Package
This morning I received an email from Comcast that 8MB service is now available. Along with higher download speed which is nice, it doubled my upload speed. For a gamer... or anyone who uses their connection as much as I do, the upload is what you live for. Now my praise here for Comcast is not about the service. I have only had it for an hour so I can't say it is more stable or better in any way. What am I praising them for? Simple, I was able to upgrade my account in less than 15 minutes and just restart my modem. They made it easy for me to spend the money and simple to upgrade.
Congratulations Comcast, you made it easy for me to upgrade so I did.
Congratulations Comcast, you made it easy for me to upgrade so I did.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Personal Data on Veterans Is Stolen
Personal Data on Veterans Is Stolen
I have just gone ahead and assumed my personal information is available to any thief who wants to use it. If it is not my bank, my employeer, or now my Army I assume no one will be checking when a loan application is filled out.
I have just gone ahead and assumed my personal information is available to any thief who wants to use it. If it is not my bank, my employeer, or now my Army I assume no one will be checking when a loan application is filled out.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
The good news is we have a new weapons system in space...
CNN.com - Report: Spacecraft crashed into satellite - May 15, 2006: "Determining that it wouldn't have enough reserve fuel to complete the mission, DART began shutting down about 11 hours into the mission, but not before crashing into the satellite."
The bad news being we don't have a remote repair system. I call this making lemonade from lemons. Leave of the docking equipment and repair tools and add an explosive payload.
The bad news being we don't have a remote repair system. I call this making lemonade from lemons. Leave of the docking equipment and repair tools and add an explosive payload.
Monday, May 08, 2006
The days of the FCC controlling what you hear and see are over. The world of entertainment is now flat.
The days of the FCC controlling what you hear and see are over. They have been over since the advent of cable television, but we never really noticed. Today with Satellite radio, podcasting and broadband internet connections as ubiquitous as water fountains, the time of federal governance is over. Certainly if one is silly enough to commit an illegal act and "broadcast" it via alternative means then the government will step in and arrest the idiot, but it is silly to still sit here and wait for permission to speak.
You can say I am wrong with examples like Opie and Anthony returning to CBS radio for half of their morning show, but the show, expletives and all is still aired on XM Satellite Radio. The vanilla bleeped out cleaned up version is run on terrestrial radio. So if you are too cheap to purchase a satellite radio subscription then just go listen to a podcast to hear adults talk like adults.
The day is near when writers, directors and producers will get fed up with censors telling them what we are able to hear. There are more than enough people in Hollywood who never have to work again, but still love to create. As portals for their work become available and obvious to them things will change.
Today, much like when the flattening of the earth took place 10 years ago, things have already changed. We just haven't noticed it yet. One day we will get that new who via iTunes instead of tivo'ing it. We will hear the next great radio personality on satellite, or via a podcast rather than on our local radio stations.
The times are not changing, indeed they have changed. It will just take a decade for our brains to catch up. One day we will walk into our children's rooms and they will be watching the next great drama series on their computers while we watch Family Guy reruns on cable. They will laugh at us for not knowing about the new show and the change will be complete.
Like the world, the state of entertainment is now flat.
You can say I am wrong with examples like Opie and Anthony returning to CBS radio for half of their morning show, but the show, expletives and all is still aired on XM Satellite Radio. The vanilla bleeped out cleaned up version is run on terrestrial radio. So if you are too cheap to purchase a satellite radio subscription then just go listen to a podcast to hear adults talk like adults.
The day is near when writers, directors and producers will get fed up with censors telling them what we are able to hear. There are more than enough people in Hollywood who never have to work again, but still love to create. As portals for their work become available and obvious to them things will change.
Today, much like when the flattening of the earth took place 10 years ago, things have already changed. We just haven't noticed it yet. One day we will get that new who via iTunes instead of tivo'ing it. We will hear the next great radio personality on satellite, or via a podcast rather than on our local radio stations.
The times are not changing, indeed they have changed. It will just take a decade for our brains to catch up. One day we will walk into our children's rooms and they will be watching the next great drama series on their computers while we watch Family Guy reruns on cable. They will laugh at us for not knowing about the new show and the change will be complete.
Like the world, the state of entertainment is now flat.
Friday, May 05, 2006
Rutan Takes Aim at NASA's CEV Plans, Likens it to 'Archeology' - Yahoo! News
Rutan Takes Aim at NASA's CEV Plans, Likens it to 'Archeology' - Yahoo! News: "'The budget forecast [for NASA] is to go out and spend hundreds of billions of dollar to go to Mars and yet you don't have the courage to go back to the Hubble ... it looks like you got the wrong guys doing it,' Rutan concluded."
As I read this all I can think of is Ben Bova's writing. I forget the character's name but Rutan sounds like the asteroid miner who complins bitterly about NASA and their inability to get the job done.
As I read this all I can think of is Ben Bova's writing. I forget the character's name but Rutan sounds like the asteroid miner who complins bitterly about NASA and their inability to get the job done.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Google Adsense and Plone
Let me start by saying this is in no way asking you to go an click on any think on my site. That would be a violation of the terms with google and I honestly don't need it right now. I am just happy that I got adsense running in a portlet for plone. If all of that is gibgerish to you, that is okay. The cool part is that it is on every page of my site thanks to the portlets. It is fun to see what ads it ties to my short stories.
Monday, May 01, 2006
A wake for an Indian warrior
RockyMountainNews.com
There is no commentary here. Go though the slide show and draw your own conclusions. If your eyes are dry by slide number 17 I will be surprised. Read the captions.
There is no commentary here. Go though the slide show and draw your own conclusions. If your eyes are dry by slide number 17 I will be surprised. Read the captions.
