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- Still waffling between criticizing this anti-"brogrammer" piece as narrow-minded and realizing that I'm just ignorant. http://t.co/A326moHG 2:34 AM, May 17 from web ReplyRetweetFavorite
- I love seeing @woot's "time-wasting videos" that were filmed in actual Amazon offices. http://t.co/ryxz00KK 5:26 AM, May 15 from web ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Aside from me momentarily sitting in an unlicensed taxi at King Street Station, my trip to Portland to meet @[REDACTED] was a huge success. 5:29 AM, May 14 from web ReplyRetweetFavorite
- There is only one cloud icon in the entire universe. http://t.co/mG5QqIoM 11:22 PM, May 11 from web ReplyRetweetFavorite
- If you only know Richard Attenborough from "Jurassic Park" and BBC narration, you need to see "The Great Escape." 4:58 AM, May 11 from Twitter for Android ReplyRetweetFavorite
- RT @AmazonKindle: Wizardry is on the way: All seven Harry Potter books to join the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library on June 19! http://t.c ... 8:16 PM, May 10 from Twitter for Android ReplyRetweetFavorite
- I wonder if "The Avengers" has anything to do with this Google Trend. http://t.co/ti5g2Iz2 8:34 PM, May 7 from web ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Sign I've been living in Seattle long enough: only today realized how well a Nalgene bottle works as a vase. http://t.co/wywdsqM8 8:14 PM, May 6 from Twitter for Android ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Has anyone thought about having a race just like the Kentucky Derby, only without the horses? 4:54 AM, May 6 from Adium ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Bizarre IMDb page title of the day: "Least Popular Arians Born In 1973." http://t.co/83jHVwRP 12:12 AM, May 6 from web ReplyRetweetFavorite
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Category Archives: Media
Where every social networking service is wrong, and how to do it right
You join a new social web site. You invite all your friends. You rejoice that all your friends are here. You multicast some information. You lament that some of your friends don’t share enough while others share way too much. … Continue reading
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In Search of Online Video Standards
Over 4 years ago I cut cable out of my monthly bills: I downgraded from the $80 basic digital cable package to a $13 option that includes little more than local and public-access channels. Since then I’ve saved a couple … Continue reading
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The Media Box Has Arrived!
After two months of delays, the hatbox-shaped Sony VAIO VGX-TP1 PC is finally shipping. Mine arrived last week, and I took a few photos of the various components as I unboxed them. Just like the initial photos showed, this is … Continue reading
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TV Without Cable: April Review
Last month I spent just under $20 on Internet-delivered video versus $70 for my typical cable TV bill. Year-to-date, my spending is $127.14 versus $280 for cable. More than half of my spending last month came from the Xbox Live … Continue reading
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Amazon EC2 to Encode Video?
I just got an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) account. With EC2 and Simple Storage Service (S3), I think I can convert my DVDs into iPod-video-sized files much more quickly than my desktop and laptop could do. Here’s one person’s … Continue reading
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TV Without Cable: March Review
As my DVD stockpile has grown and as I’ve spent more time at work, I didn’t buy very much video in March. In fact, I’m still working through the $50 of iTunes Store credit I bought at a discounted price … Continue reading
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TV Without Cable: February Review
February has come and gone. 24 is getting more intense though I still like season 5 better than this season. The Office continues to stand out as a great show in its own right. In February I spent $33.67 on … Continue reading
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TV Without Cable: January Review
In January I spent $61.94 on video, all of it from the iTunes Store. Compared to a baseline digital cable rate of $70.00, I’ve saved $8.06 year-to-date. Most of my expense this month was for a season pass of 24, … Continue reading
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Joost Looks Amazing
The Joost user interface features several unobtrusive widgets that disappear when the user stops using the mouse and keyboard. (enlarge) The folks who brought Voice over IP to the masses with Skype are at it again, making Joost the punchy new … Continue reading
Media Boxes: No Good News at Macworld
Today was the hugely-anticipated keynote at the Macworld Conference & Expo. As expected, we saw the final version of the iTV (now called Apple TV) which streams video from five PCs and syncs with one. For $300, as much as … Continue reading
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