The Wrong Advices

Joost has finally launched commercially but they aren’t making it easy. I don’t understand why they are still making people jump through hoops to use their service. Just let people sign up already.
From the press release:
Joost now is available to an unlimited number of friends, family and colleagues of existing beta testers. Starting today, when [...]

In this video Intel gives us a glimpse of the technology they envision we’ll all be using in the future. It seems to me we already have alot this technology at present but for various reasons it’s not viable for mass consumption.

It’s cost prohibitive.
In some cases it isn’t mature enough. Take voice recognition for [...]

If you’re interested in other services like Alluc.org I’ve found another two. YouTVPC and Peekvid.
All three of these services where mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article on guerrilla video sites. You may as well enjoy these sites while they are still around because now that they are getting broader exposure it’s only a [...]

I came across a site today called alluc.org, which serves up links to a bunch of sites that stream TV shows.
I thought it would only have budget TV shows from the 60’s, but surprisingly it actually covers most current shows, and it’s pretty up-to-date too.
I’m not a fan of watching streaming video for anything [...]

This video would be a perfect way to do a viral marketing campaign for the new Terminator film.
All they’d have to do is play a bit of the Terminator theme at the end and cut to a big chrome T4 title, and their work would be done.

After waiting a week and getting no reply I thought I’d missed my chance to get into the Spotplex beta, but my invitation arrived today, and I’ve had a chance to play with it a bit and I have a few observations.
For those of you who haven’t heard about it, Spotplex is a service that provides [...]

My first experience with computers was when my parents bought me a Commodore 64. I loved the thing. Looking back I’m not sure why.

When I got mine disk drives weren’t available yet,  so programs had to be loaded from cassette tapes, which often took hours.
Games were simplistic.
The pinnacle of its graphics were stick figures and monotone blobs that vaguely resembled worldly [...]

I’m feeling absolutely exhausted for some reason so I’ll try to make this brief. Here are a few things that caught my eye today.
Sylvester Stallone was held for two hours at Sydney airport after customs officers found banned drugs in his baggage. Apparently they were bodybuilding related. That doesn’t surprise me considering how [...]