In September, NBC announced that come this fall they would launch a new service, named NBC Direct, that would enable viewers to watch some of NBC’s top TV shows as ad-supported downloads. While NBC plans to use many platforms to…
We’ve been following, off and on, the steady meltdown of AACS, the encryption scheme used in HD-DVD and Blu-ray, the next-generation DVD systems. By this point, Hollywood has released four generations of AACS-encoded discs, each encrypted with diff…
Susan and I hosted the family thanksgiving this year and it was fantastic. We had ten people altogether including ourselves there was: Mom, Dad, Uncle Em and Aunt Syd, Aunt Janie, Cousin Whit and Josh and their newborn Liam. The menu was: Starters Pumpkin Dip with Local Apple Slices Poached Pear, Macadamia Nut & Spinach Salad [...]
“We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.”
“The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren’t any space aliens. We can’t be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we’re not all there is. If so, we’re in big trouble.”