September 21st, 2007 – 22:13
OK. I had a major case of boredom today. Work was not very interesting. At home, Wifey (hereafter known as La Angela as our private joke) had a girls night out, Eldest and Boy went to see the Padres play the Rockies, and I had Emma for the night — fun until she tuckered out [...]
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August 31st, 2007 – 16:52
Here’s bad news for some: Apple has decided to drop NBC from the iTunes music store, due to NBC wanting to double their asking price to carry episodes and wanting more restrictive DRM.
The price hike NBC asked for would have driven the iTunes price from $1.99 per episode to $4.99 per episode. Apple [...]
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Also tagged abc, apple, drm, itunes music store, music industry, music sales, nbc, steve jobs, universal music
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From Arstechnica.com…
It’s really no wonder Borat had to make a special trip to America to obtain “Cultural Learnings of America for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan.” It doesn’t seem like he could afford internet. For instance, from the article (all money converted to USD):
Unlimited dial up: $111/month.
Unlimited DSL: $3,555/month, modem [...]
What’s your site worth?
Mine’s worth $7,080. (Jebus!) It also says that links are worth about $19/month, and 8 ads could generate $152/month. Not that I ever would, but it’s interesting to know.
What’s yours worth?
Found on Arstechnica’s forums…
October 3rd, 2006 – 19:35
Totally missed this in the business with the moving of the hosts, but today (October 3) was the “Day Against DRM.”
Today is October 3, the International Day Against DRM — the first global day where people rise up and say no to anti-copying technology that treats you like a crook. Remember, DRM doesn’t stop “piracy” [...]
August 12th, 2006 – 15:24
ie, “what is Ben surfing after he’s done all he’s supposed to do at work on a Saturday and can’t go home and he’s sick of watching Inspector Gadget with the volume down low?”
Background: The Lounge is Arstechnica’s “Anything goes” forum — all the non-tech stuff goes here. You have to be a [...]
November 23rd, 2004 – 19:34
Seen on Arstechnica’s forums:
So I just finished playing Warhammer 40K and Half-Life2 both games that have arguably the bleakest game worlds I’ve ever seen.
insert description of each world… then concludes with the question:
Does any other game world have it worse than these two?
I thought of Grand Theft Auto 3 myself, as it’s one [...]
