Category Archives: Entertainment

Big bandwidth charging overage now

Comcast and others plan on overage fees for using the connection you’re already paying too much for. Even as bandwidth nears commodity status, the big providers are still charging like it’s the rarest mineral on earth. Now they want to cap your monthly transfers and charge you exorbitant fees for going over. All I want [...]

Simplified TV

I took steps to simplify my living room, including clearing the mantle (middle English for ‘holds clutter’) and simplfying my television area:

Badges are really annoying

Democracy has too many badges:

Blue is new in feed. Green is new download. Orange is downloading. All are annoying.

iPhone Lives!

Yes, the Apple iPhone exists. And it’s already changing the market, 6 months before its release! I’m certain a lot of folks at RIMM and Palm are unhappy, but they really haven’t done anything amazing in a while anyway.
Also, Apple TV… Unless it can handle IPTV or something similar like the XBox 360 will I [...]

Children of Men

Children of Men is one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. It’s beautiful despite the absolutely terrifying future it portrays. I haven’t come away from a movie so moved since… never. It’s strange how uplifting such a depressing subject can be.
There are several scenes in the movie shot so naturally one forgets it’s [...]