Jan

30

Vista? Not on my desktop, thank you.

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Hurray! Vista is released. Now we can all get back to doing whatever we were doing previously. Hype aside, I’m not excited about this release, for the following reasons;

  • My , laptop and server aren’t ‘Vista Ready’,

  • I’m not going to invest to upgrade (my do what I need them to currently),

  • I run Ubuntu and XP, dual boot,

  • My centres are first-generation Xboxes,

  • I don’t feel like being an unpaid beta-tester for Microsoft (I may be in a position to acquire a new computer with Vista when SP1 is released — as you know it will be),

  • Much of my existing is not currently Vista compatible — I’ll have to upgrade to newer versions, yet another pain I don’t need.

  • drivers — I’ll have to upgrade to newer versions, if they exist (or wait until they’re made), or toast my investment (joystick, game pad, scanner, printer…etc), yet another pain I don’t need.

And here’s a few articles about the vista release and launch, should you need more reason to wait:

…and finally:

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Jan

17

Joost: iTV or Internet TV — a quick first look

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Joost: iTV or Internet TV -- a quick first look (image: 4hddw7p)Karl Marx called religion the ‘opium of the ’. Modern pundits have ripped that quote, calling television the ‘opiate of the masses’.

I wonder what they’re going to make of Joost.

On first blush, it’s streaming TV for the broadband-connected PC — TV if you will. Pick your channel and watch. , just like traditional TV. .

But wait, what’s this interactive and stuff, iTV? My old Electrohome didn’t have that. Read more

Jan

17

Got Joost? I do, and I hope to be writing about it soon…

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Like so many other pop-tech folk, I immediately jumped on The Venice Project (they’ve since changed the name to Joost) site when it became clear that this was a TV for the project by the same folks who are changing the rules for telephony; Skype.

My beta test invitation arrived today, so that means I’ll be trying Joost tonight.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to discuss the here shortly, but I’ve got one so far, how do you pronounce that name?

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Jan

16

iPhoney — an iPhone skin for your Treo and Palm TX

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File this under the / funny, parody and homage categories.

Can’t wait for the Inc. ? Then check out iPhony, a (as in ) launcher /skin for your device. The developer is a respected Palm application / simulation developer who put this together for , and is now taking a bit of heat for it.

We’re not linking to it, as any reasonably -savvy surfer knows, a using any of the popular engines will reveal many to the iPhony .
Oh, and is, of course, issuing takedown notes to anyone posting the actual launcher , or of the launcher — copyright violations you know.

Anyway, there’s lots of for with this issue….what’s that old saying…any press including bad press as long as they get the name right?

 Update: after three months, this could be the last surviving iPhony link on the internets.

Jan

7

Where’s winter?

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Wheres winter? (image: 330436927_19634c1e6c_m)I took this in the mid ’90s, along Saskatchewan Drive overlooking the North Saskatchewan River after a fresh snowfall. This is my kind of winter. Not this warm, slippery, icy, brown-ish winter. I like something White, crisp, cold and clean.

It also makes for ;-)

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