matt and gen offer some informed analysis of the tivo quandry [anil dash's daily links]
This is an interesting post regarding retouching photos, before and after views. It would seem that you can't trust how anyone looks in a magazine.
One thing I vividly remember growing up is watching family movies. My mom had a handheld Super 8 camera that she used to document vacations, day trips, and mundane home life. It's not like we were rich by any means, but I can still see my parents buying the brand new Elmo Super 8 projector and movie screen. I loved running that projector. I loved those old movies.
Features and pricing are up for TypePad. Yay!
Move over "American Idol," the most talented kids in the country are at Camp Ovation. Based on an actual summer camp for young actors, singers and dancers, Camp is the dramatic, hilarious and show-stopping story of a group of extraordinary kids growing up and discovering who they really are.
Camp, my friend Todd Graff's movie, opens in select cities on Friday. It's already playing in NY and LA. Check the release schedule to see if it's playing in your city. Spread the word...it's funny and touching.
Even more bad news for TiVo: Time-Warner Cable in New York (and a few other places) is going to start offering subscribers a set-top box that can record TV shows like a TiVo. The box they're going with is Scientific Atlanta's Explorer 8000 (pictured at right), which has an 80GB hard drive and dual television tuners for recording two shows at once. What's most threatening to TiVo isn't just that they're offering this, it's the fact that they're going to charge less than TiVo charges for its monthly service and there's no extra charge at all for the equipment. [Gizmodo]
I'm housesitting for a friend in SF right now, and since they don't have a DSL line, I figured I could find an open wireless point to borrow. From one corner of the apartment I could get enough signal to get on a network but couldn't connect to anything online. I pulled down my airport status and noticed an option marked "Connect..." so I clicked it and to my amazement saw the reports from a modem. A minute later I had a connection. Then I realized what just happend.
Holy crap, I just caused someone's airport to dial out successfully because I told it to.
Now I've had an open wireless point in my last three homes, free for anyone to use because I think it's a great shared resource, and I'll rarely need all the bandwidth my DSL or cable line offers. I don't feel bad borrowing someone's line either, but tonight I felt like I crossed some boundary accidentally, by launching a modem and tying up a stranger's phoneline in a home somewhere nearby. I had no idea that Apple Airports allow network users control of the point's modem, but apparently it's been in there since the first versions.
So complete stranger, thanks for the bandwidth I'm using to post this, but I'm going to log off and probably not use it again.
[A Whole Lotta Nothing]RSSJobs—job hunting via RSS. I continue to be fascinated by how people use RSS. Of course the site has a general RSS feed. [inessential.com]
Rocco DiSpirito, of The Restaurant, has a blog off an American Express site. [anil dash's daily links]