Month: September 2005

Blogging hiatus over?

The three of you who’ve stuck with me through my slow blogging period are probably noticing that the rate is starting to pick up.  I’m getting the itch to start blogging a lot more, so hopefully the pipeline won’t be quite as empty as it has been.

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HD DVD and Microsoft

Tom’s Hardware has a very interesting article up about Microsoft’s recent decision to adopt HD DVD rather than Blu Ray.   I have kind of ignored the whole debate, but recently it has become clear that Blu Ray is truly dedicated to controlling content even more than DVD’s do today and to the complete exclusion […]

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The E-Ring TV show – some potential, lots of irritants

A friend of mine recently recommended E-Ring as a show worthy of watching.  I told him that I didn’t want to get addicted to any more shows, as our MCE system records more than we can watch anyway (we don’t watch that much TV).   Well, in any case, a few day ago Deb and […]

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I’m in some sort of purgatory

I woke up at about 2:45 this morning, and I haven’t been able to get back to sleep.  There are thunderstorms rolling through, which initially woke me up, but it gets much more complicated than that.   I recently returned from the Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference) in Los Angeles.  After coming back from there, […]

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Looking for a good place to donate for Katrina relief?

http://www.angelflightamerica.org Flying your own airplane for this sort of thing incurs a lot of costs beyond fuel.  By contributing to Angel Flight America, you can at least help them with their fuel costs.  They are still spending a lot of money (and their time naturally) shuttling food and supplies to the effected areas.

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