Category: entertainment

27 December 2010

Streaming Movies Should Cost 99 Cents

Filed under: entertainment,gadgets,Services - 27 Dec 2010

Seeing as I was planning to go see the new Tron: Legacy movie today (I did–it was pretty good IMO), I figured it’d be a good idea to refresh my memory and watch the orignal. …

27 November 2010

Roku: Bringing Internet Content To Your TV

Filed under: entertainment,gadgets - 27 Nov 2010

Over the years, I’ve read about a number of devices that bring content from the Internet to your TV. I even bought a device last year that let me watch movies compressed on a computer on my TV. It never …

30 January 2009

ScreenPlay TV Link from iomega

Filed under: entertainment,gadgets,portable - 30 Jan 2009

screenplay-tv-linkSometimes, simple is good. And in the ScreenPlay TV Link from iomega, that’s exactly what you have. A simple device that you can hook up to …

6 November 2008

They’re Doing WHAT To The Electric Company?

Filed under: education,entertainment - 06 Nov 2008

Growing up, The Electric Company was one of my favorite shows. …

2 October 2008

Why TV Will Be More Lean-Forward In The Future

Filed under: entertainment,itunes - 02 Oct 2008

I am now convinced that, over time, TV as we know it today will be more lean-forward, i.e. watched on a computer versus a television screen (lean-back).

My 8 year old son and my 4 year old daughter–without any assistance from …

21 September 2008

Anathem: Light Reading (Not)

Filed under: entertainment - 21 Sep 2008

2008.09.16 - Share on OviGiven the relative funk I’ve been in with respect to blogging, I’ve been trying to expose my mind to some …

8 September 2008

Made a Cameo in the Latest Mobile Industry Review Show

Filed under: entertainment,phoneboy - 08 Sep 2008

Last week, I went out to the waterfront here in Gig Harbor to meet someone to learn about a company …

6 September 2008

Fancast: Watching TV In The Cloud

Filed under: entertainment - 06 Sep 2008

I can’t remember where exactly I heard of Fancast. Maybe it was those stupid emails Comcast send out to customers every month. …

3 September 2008

A-La Carte Cable More Expensive?

Filed under: entertainment,telecom - 03 Sep 2008

I got a comment on my blog from someone from CableTechTalk, which is a blog of sorts set up by the National Cable and Television Association (NCTA).  Clearly, this is a lobbying firm for the cable MSOs in …

31 August 2008

Comcast: Sell Me The Shows, Already!

Filed under: entertainment - 31 Aug 2008

p. runway partyAfter thinking about the Comcast 250GB cap thing a bit more, I really think the caps are anti-competitive. Yeah, I said it, anti-competitive. Why? …

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