I watched 24 Hour Party People this weekend. It’s the story of the post-punk Manchester music scene led by Factory Records, Joy Division/New Order and the Happy Mondays. The movie was pretty good. The best thing about it was reminding me how incredible Joy Division was. Go listen to Unknown Pleasures and tell me it [...]
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Enough Already
Just when you thought it might be safe to buy a new high definition DVD player, Paramount and Dreamworks make a mess of things. This is getting ridiculous. I’m so sick of consumers being left out in the cold. There are technical differences in the two formats but not enough for ordinary people to care. [...]
Slingbox on the Road
I bought a SlingBox PRO earlier this summer. I primarily bought it for watching TV in my home office on my computer from my DirecTV HD-DVR. It performs fantastic on my fast home network.
This week, I’ve been watching it remotely in the hotel. I’m very impressed. I’m getting 800+ kbps. That’s about the upper limit [...]
Walking on The Moon
The Police are back. I went to the show tonight in Seattle. I honestly never thought I’d see The Police live so it was quite a thrill.Synchronicity was one of the first cassette tapes I got. I’m not sure I understood it but my mom didn’t like it so it had to be good. I [...]
StarCraft II Announced
StarCraft II finally is being made. And it will be sim-shipped for the Mac. I’m guessing it will release summer 2008.