RIAA Radar is one of the utilities on the web you can use to avoid spending your money in ways that support the RIAA in favor of supporting artists who are not affiliated with the RIAA:
Even though I prefer using Keynote's polish over PowerPoint I think this thing is going to be overkill - presentations using this product are going to be brash, obnoxious infomercials with little substance - akin to watching Entertainment Tonight. So I am sure we will be seeing all the brash, obnoxious companies who favor PR over product using this.
Each day I have a fairly tedious journey to work on the Chicago El. The trip is made considerably more pleasant by being able to read eBooks on an old Handspring Visor. I prefer reading on paper (preferably hardback) rather than pokey old LCD, but the utility of the Visor wins over my preference for dead trees. The Visor holds about 10 books in memory, so I never have to worry about finishing a book mid-journey. Furthermore the software opens to the page I was last on when I switch on the PDA - I never lose track of where I am in the book. When the train is crowded I can easy read whilst straphanging, not so easy with a book.
Same deal when on holiday - I can relax on the beach, or half way up a mountain, or trapped in an airport with an eBook because I always have the PDA with me.
However, I have yet to pay for an eBook. I consider the price charged, and the DRM installed to be outrageous. Choosing instead to read authors who publish eBooks for free (Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Lessig, etc) or trawling through Project Gutenberg.
What I would want is for each dead tree book that I buy to come with a free eBook. That way I can read the book comfortably at home, but use the eBook when it is more convenient. I don't want DRM - I want text that I can port onto any electronic device I want.
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Great idea, personally I am looking forward to:
Quake IV: WWJD Sin City: Deliver Watchtower to the Ungodly
Or at least organize a boycott of the RIAA.
If I buy my CDs from Canada or Europe does this bypass the RIAA getting my money? I want some way of the RIAA knowing that we will refuse to purchase products that fund the RIAA. I want them to know how much money they will lose from people like me if they continue their draconian measures.
You missed one other rant: Cyclists who cycle on the road, but against the flow of traffic. Dumber than a pile of bricks. Equipped with the argument that this way they (and motorists) can see what is happening, Great, but then every collision is head on, and causes no end of grief for cyclists following the flow of traffic.........
I live in Chicago, and am thinking about purchasing a folding bike - narrowed down the choice to Dahon Boadwalk (http://www.dahon.com/) as being the most affordable option for someone scared of Chicago traffic (intend to stick with commuting on the El, but use along the lakeshore and at state parks). This way I can smuggle the bike onto crowded trains and into work, using the bike at lunch and traveling out of the city via public transport.
Anyone out there have any experience of Dahon?
For someone working in an urban environment a folding bike seems like the best way to mix public transport and traveling under your own stream.
You are better off getting the CD's of the radio series (since this is how it all started out) - Audio book of the book of the radio series seems far to circular for me. Though I guess DNA would get a kick out of it.
The problem here is finding it....... I picked up a copy from a bargain bin a while back. I have a feeling BitTorrent or eBay might be a contender. The box CD of the radio series comes with a nice "Don't Panic" logo and very cheesy 1980s style dayglo covers to each disk.
bluetooth,wi-fi,dual screen,touchscreen are going to be the reasons kids buy the DS - think about it. Straight away you have a solidly built gamemachine that is designed for competitive and collaborative play. Nintendo will own the kid market here. Sony will do better with the older and more solitary markets - because it looks "cool."
Kids will be trying to sneak these things into class so they can play against their mates and send messages to each other. You will get DS smart mobs
Personally I am inclined towards getting the DS myself, if only because Nintendo seems to get the ergonomics of games better than anyone else. Less hung up on technical superiority and more on gameplay.
That said, I wish there was something like GTA available on Nintendo......
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CD Quality? Pah!
I kidnap musicians and force them to sing and play by poking them with sharp sticks........
RIAA Radar is one of the utilities on the web you can use to avoid spending your money in ways that support the RIAA in favor of supporting artists who are not affiliated with the RIAA:
http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/Even though I prefer using Keynote's polish over PowerPoint I think this thing is going to be overkill - presentations using this product are going to be brash, obnoxious infomercials with little substance - akin to watching Entertainment Tonight. So I am sure we will be seeing all the brash, obnoxious companies who favor PR over product using this.
Has Darl McBride purchased a copy yet?
And them we may be reading Fahrenheit 625
The temperature at which eBooks burn......
Each day I have a fairly tedious journey to work on the Chicago El. The trip is made considerably more pleasant by being able to read eBooks on an old Handspring Visor. I prefer reading on paper (preferably hardback) rather than pokey old LCD, but the utility of the Visor wins over my preference for dead trees. The Visor holds about 10 books in memory, so I never have to worry about finishing a book mid-journey. Furthermore the software opens to the page I was last on when I switch on the PDA - I never lose track of where I am in the book. When the train is crowded I can easy read whilst straphanging, not so easy with a book.
Same deal when on holiday - I can relax on the beach, or half way up a mountain, or trapped in an airport with an eBook because I always have the PDA with me.
However, I have yet to pay for an eBook. I consider the price charged, and the DRM installed to be outrageous. Choosing instead to read authors who publish eBooks for free (Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Lessig, etc) or trawling through Project Gutenberg.
What I would want is for each dead tree book that I buy to come with a free eBook. That way I can read the book comfortably at home, but use the eBook when it is more convenient. I don't want DRM - I want text that I can port onto any electronic device I want.
Great idea, personally I am looking forward to:
Quake IV: WWJD
Sin City: Deliver Watchtower to the Ungodly
I disagree, but your argument is compelling. ;-)
Or at least organize a boycott of the RIAA. If I buy my CDs from Canada or Europe does this bypass the RIAA getting my money? I want some way of the RIAA knowing that we will refuse to purchase products that fund the RIAA. I want them to know how much money they will lose from people like me if they continue their draconian measures.
Alternatively we could power our cars from the biomass left behind after Gambian rats that have successfully detected mines.
You missed one other rant: Cyclists who cycle on the road, but against the flow of traffic. Dumber than a pile of bricks. Equipped with the argument that this way they (and motorists) can see what is happening, Great, but then every collision is head on, and causes no end of grief for cyclists following the flow of traffic.........
I live in Chicago, and am thinking about purchasing a folding bike - narrowed down the choice to Dahon Boadwalk (http://www.dahon.com/) as being the most affordable option for someone scared of Chicago traffic (intend to stick with commuting on the El, but use along the lakeshore and at state parks). This way I can smuggle the bike onto crowded trains and into work, using the bike at lunch and traveling out of the city via public transport.
Anyone out there have any experience of Dahon?
For someone working in an urban environment a folding bike seems like the best way to mix public transport and traveling under your own stream.
You are better off getting the CD's of the radio series (since this is how it all started out) - Audio book of the book of the radio series seems far to circular for me. Though I guess DNA would get a kick out of it. The problem here is finding it....... I picked up a copy from a bargain bin a while back. I have a feeling BitTorrent or eBay might be a contender. The box CD of the radio series comes with a nice "Don't Panic" logo and very cheesy 1980s style dayglo covers to each disk.
Alternatively those who tilt to the right cannot HTML. ;-)
Guns must get in the way of the keyboard
bluetooth,wi-fi,dual screen,touchscreen are going to be the reasons kids buy the DS - think about it. Straight away you have a solidly built gamemachine that is designed for competitive and collaborative play. Nintendo will own the kid market here. Sony will do better with the older and more solitary markets - because it looks "cool."
Kids will be trying to sneak these things into class so they can play against their mates and send messages to each other. You will get DS smart mobs
Personally I am inclined towards getting the DS myself, if only because Nintendo seems to get the ergonomics of games better than anyone else. Less hung up on technical superiority and more on gameplay.
That said, I wish there was something like GTA available on Nintendo......
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