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I want my ATV!

This week Lifehacker had an excellent article on the Boxee open source multi-platform media center and how to install it on an AppleTV.

While the excellent Boxee application can be installed on computers, installing it on the AppleTV makes for an easy solution to add the ability to view DRM-Free media. The AppleTV, at its low end [...]

January 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Gadgets, Internet, Media, Technology | View Comments

25 Things You Probably Don’t Want to Know

I’m a huge geek. (Surprising, I know.)
If I’m not geeking on the computer, I’m geeking down by the television. Between the three video-game consoles, an Apple TV, too many unwatched DVD collections, and Netflix streaming to the XBOX there is endless entertainment I will never catch up on.
Given the above two items; laptop + recliner = [...]

January 30th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Social Media | View Comments

Evernote Saves Information Age Damsels

I was extremely saddened when Google decided to cancel their Notebook service this past week. Notebook in tandem with Google Reader have been the staples of my Internet experience; working together to find and save assorted bits of interesting information for (potential) future reference. (Alright, lets be honest, most if it never gets used again, and [...]

January 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Computers, Internet | View Comments

Plato on Social Media

There really is nothing new under the sun, if you take Jason Mical’s example and apply Plato’s model of ‘Socratic Discourse’ to the realm of social media.

“So ignoring the marketplace does not mean your ideas, platforms, or brands are not being analyzed and scrutinized. It simply means that you’re insulated yourself in your own ivory tower.”

This [...]

January 21st, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Internet, Social Media | View Comments

A Hard Day’s Night of the Living Dead

This morning’s amusement is provided by YouTube and whoever created this fake moving preview. I give you The Beatles vs. the Zombies. Please put your tray tables in their upright, locked position and secure all liquids; especially any that might take a nasal [...]

March 25th, 2007 | Tags: , , , | Category: Humor, Internet | View Comments

Protect your Blog Rights!

And for those in places with even less freedoms, who are in even more potential danger for practicing free speech, Reporters without Borders brings us The Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents.

The book can be downloaded as a .pdf file from their website. The content is informative, and I can only hope that some day [...]

July 11th, 2006 | Tags: , , | Category: Activisim, Internet, Social Media | View Comments
 
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