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Politics

30 Seconds Finalists

MoveOn has the finalists of the Bush in 30 Seconds up. Lots of good choices. I’m partal to In My Country” (low -bandwidth).

I find it striking comparing the anti-Bush vs. the anti-Clinton issus when they both were incumbits.

Cliton :

  • phone sex with an intern
  • wife involved in a $25,000 relastate scandal
  • wife polotically involved

Bush:

  • invaded a two countrys
  • pissed off almost every country in the world
  • accused of trying to subvert the bill of rights

Just a little prespective.

Categories
Politics

30 Seconds Finalists

MoveOn has the finalists of the Bush in 30 Seconds up. Lots of good choices. I’m partal to In My Country” (low -bandwidth).

I find it striking comparing the anti-Bush vs. the anti-Clinton issus when they both were incumbits.

Cliton :

  • phone sex with an intern
  • wife involved in a $25,000 relastate scandal
  • wife polotically involved

Bush:

  • invaded a two countrys
  • pissed off almost every country in the world
  • accused of trying to subvert the bill of rights

Just a little prespective.

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Web

OmniWeb’s Tabs

Damm I really like OmiWeb’s Tabs. Very much what I was hoping to see when posting. Still waiting form a crude version for Mozilla/Firebrand to enter the sceen.
Update: There is a preview page of OmniWeb5’s features with release info. Alas the public bets isn’t due til February 2, 2004.

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Web

OmniWeb’s Tabs

Damm I really like OmiWeb’s Tabs. Very much what I was hoping to see when posting. Still waiting form a crude version for Mozilla/Firebrand to enter the sceen.
Update: There is a preview page of OmniWeb5’s features with release info. Alas the public bets isn’t due til February 2, 2004.

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Apple

Keynote Time of Year

iPod mini cool but Apple still needs a MP3 player in the $100-150 range. The 50% increase storage on the $299 iPod might be my tippingpoint.
Now the coolest. GarageBand is potentially one of the coolest piecies of software form Apple. Now let the see hear the new creations assisted by GarageBand. Kinda makes me wish I was back in highschool with a guitar and a keyboard.
Everything else seems more incremental.

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Apple

Keynote Time of Year

iPod mini cool but Apple still needs a MP3 player in the $100-150 range. The 50% increase storage on the $299 iPod might be my tippingpoint.
Now the coolest. GarageBand is potentially one of the coolest piecies of software form Apple. Now let the see hear the new creations assisted by GarageBand. Kinda makes me wish I was back in highschool with a guitar and a keyboard.
Everything else seems more incremental.

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News

Hollywood Mars Landing

A way cool Hollywoodized Mars lander landing.

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News

Hollywood Mars Landing

A way cool Hollywoodized Mars lander landing.

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Development Politics Rant

Warez and Shareware Developers

Nick Bradbury, developer of TopStyle, HomeSite and FeedDemon, did a test to see how many were using warez’d versions of TopStyle or more acurately how many ran TopStyle once. Now the one big mosterously gigantic hole in his logic, how many first runers would have been actual purchasers? I’m sure that small developer software sales are lost, but I’m betting that the amount is actually much smaller than anyone would expect.
The same situation applies to movies and music online. Sure there is rampent downloading. But how many would have been a purchase absent of the downloading option? Again I’m betting much smaller than anyone would expect.
Eventually that situation will change. Sometime around when the current highschoolers are running things. Just like the American Factory Worker, digital content creators are going to lose those nice fat cushy margins. So you have a choice come up with a new buisness model for getting money into the hands of digital creators. Digital rights management and laws that don’t mirror the reality of the users wishes just don’t cut it.

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Development Politics Rant

Warez and Shareware Developers

Nick Bradbury, developer of TopStyle, HomeSite and FeedDemon, did a test to see how many were using warez’d versions of TopStyle or more acurately how many ran TopStyle once. Now the one big mosterously gigantic hole in his logic, how many first runers would have been actual purchasers? I’m sure that small developer software sales are lost, but I’m betting that the amount is actually much smaller than anyone would expect.
The same situation applies to movies and music online. Sure there is rampent downloading. But how many would have been a purchase absent of the downloading option? Again I’m betting much smaller than anyone would expect.
Eventually that situation will change. Sometime around when the current highschoolers are running things. Just like the American Factory Worker, digital content creators are going to lose those nice fat cushy margins. So you have a choice come up with a new buisness model for getting money into the hands of digital creators. Digital rights management and laws that don’t mirror the reality of the users wishes just don’t cut it.