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Tuesday, April 29, 2003
The Gist of It
Well, another one bites the dust. My favorite TV Listing Site, Gist will, according to its website, "cease operating its free and subscription ("Gist Gold") online television listing services...Gist will continue to develop and sell its Electronic Program Guide software to global television service providers." Can't anyone besides porn make content on the web work?
Posted at 11:42 AM
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It'll Probably Still Suck
Posted at 10:00 AM
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Not Music to My Ears
Apple's new music store got the idea right, but the pricing wrong. 99 cents a song is about 10 times too high. Downloading an album would cost MORE than buying the album on CD. How is that a deal? Apple got suckerpunched by the greedy bastards who run the music industry. Since there is no cost now to physically produce the CDs and jackets, plus distribute them to record stores, what exactly costs 99 cents a song?
Posted at 09:59 AM
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Monday, April 28, 2003
Reality Bites
I like Survivor, Blind Date, The Bachelorette, etc. as much as the next Joe Millionare, but do we really need a whole channel devoted to reality TV?
Posted at 02:23 PM
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Friday, April 25, 2003
Sinéad
(Note: it's hard to remember how to put that é symbol in!)
Sinéad O'Connor says she's quitting the music business. Which is a shame. Sure, she's out there. Ok, I haven't bought an album of hers in, oh, 13 years. But those first two albums are brilliant, and I vividly recall seeing her tear up that picture of the Pope and it was shocking, riveting, irreverent. In short, the spirit of rock n roll. I wish her well.
Posted at 09:12 PM
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Thursday, April 24, 2003
Hot Chicks
I'm not a fan of the Dixie Chicks, but they're brave.
Posted at 11:52 AM
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Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Piling
My desk is a mess. There are always piles of paper everywhere. Thus, it is pretty natural, given what I do for a living, to think about how this translates to the digital world and how to replicate a similar experience, what Donald Norman calls a "pile cabinet." I'd been even thinking about doing my grad school thesis and project on it. Of course, the good people at Apple, headed up by Gitta Solomon have already done quite a bit of research (pdf) on the matter and even hold a patent on the idea. And now there's rumors it'll be included in Mac OS X 10.3.
Posted at 02:57 PM
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Not-so-Good Friday
Is there a reason ANYONE is preaching at the Pentagon? Last time I checked, Church and State were supposed to be separated.
Posted at 02:33 PM
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Friday, April 11, 2003
Sarcasm
I am shocked to hear the U.S. will be running Iraq's oil fields for a while.
Posted at 01:56 PM
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Thursday, April 10, 2003
For Sale
Nothing like having a For Sale sign on your house. Christ, it is a lot of work to get ready to sell your place. Hopefully it will pay off.
On a related note, we found a place to live in Pittsburgh in Forbes Terrace. So much going on these days!
Posted at 02:16 PM
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