Caption: Is the idea that an elephant is on the ramp any more ridiculous than a frictionless ramp?
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Incredible Bender Case Mod
I’m a huge Futurama fan – heck, my financial advisor even bears a striking resemblance to Philip J. Fry – so it’s no surprise that I’m more than a little envious of this Bender case mod (click image for more details):
Comcast TiVo
Looks like I will finally be able to stop feeling guilty about calling my non-TiVo a TiVo.
Tucked into the back of the room was an unlikely star of the show, the Comcast TiVo. Kellie McKeown, Director of Engineering for TiVo, provided a demonstration of the unit for me.
Aside from the Comcast branding and minor UI tweaks, it looks like the TiVo interface fans of the DVR are accustomed to, with a few extra features thrown in like metadata searches and support for Comcast’s On Demand programming. The remote control is the same; the sound effects are the same—it’s the TiVo experience fans of the DVR have come to appreciate. The Comcast TiVos also highlight HD content in the program guide and offer a “Get It In HD” option for WishList and Season Pass recordings. The TiVo software runs on the Motorola 3400 and Motorola 6400 DVRs, with the 3400 offering HDMI connections in addition to the usual composite, component, and coaxial connections. [...]
Comcast will then begin rolling out the TiVo software once the trials are over some time later this year.
iPhone: iWant
Now, if only I can find an extra $599 lying around…
Seriously, the geeks at Gizmodo have been doing a great job of live-blogging Apple’s announcement of the iPhone. From what they’ve captured so far, this thing is the real deal. This is what a mobile phone should be.
Kudos to Apple for always being so innovative and ahead of the curve.
I wonder how much skrilla I have in my change bucket…
First pics
This is one of the first pictures I took with my new D80. Obviously, I have no clue what I’m doing, but even in point-and-shoot mode, it takes damn good pictures.
Hitachi to ship 1 TB hard drive this year
1 TB drives getting ready to hit the streets
Ho. Lee. Crap.
And they’re only going to cost $400, which will surely go down with time. Insanity.
My first computer (Pentium 200 MHz) had a 2 GB hdd, and that was top of the line at the time. 1 TB? That’s just ridiculous. And my coworker just informed me that Seagate plans to have a 37.5 TB drive out in a couple of years.
This is great news considering that I am the recipient of a brand new Nikon D80. Since I am just now learning how to use it, you can bet that there will be gigs and gigs of “learning” photos.
Yes, I love technology… But not as much as you, you see… Always and forever…
Halo theme performed live
Hard-core gaming nerds, check this out. A group of friends performed the theme from the video game Halo in their living room (click image for video):
Reindeer Tipping
Yes, you read that right: Reindeer Tipping
(click image to play game)
Back to the Future Timeline
What doesn’t Wikipedia cover? (click image for Wikipedia entry)
One more reason I’m glad I switched to Flickr
My old photo hosting company (name rhymes with “freebase”) was plagued by downtime and the dreaded red X. Flickr has been rock solid, and their upload application makes uploading files a snap.
Well, the best just got better. Flickr Pro accounts will now enjoy unlimited storage and bandwidth. No more 2GB monthly limit!
(Not that I have ever approached 2GB of uploads in a month, but still, having no constraints is a plus in my book.)
Edit: I was trying to be nice and not bag on them because they might have been going through a rough spell when I was having the dreaded X problem, but I just visited their site for old time’s sake a few minutes ago, and this is what I found (click thumbnail for full-size image):
Edit 2: Even worse! Fer fark’s sake! But, hey, at least the photos themselves are showing up, right?
