The Ultimate Guide to Anamorphic Widescreen DVD. I got curious after seeing this listed as a feature on discs I was looking at buying.
Well, I’ve been working on getting unpacked, and shopping for the immediate items of furniture that I think I should have. There is a huge difference between a one bedroom apartment and a two bedroom house in terms of room. Since I have only dialup access at home currently and was quite busy, I didn’t sign on all weekend. I’ve become quite spoiled with high speed everywhere. Since Earthlink and Bell South can’t get to my Static IP DSL install for at least another week, I’m going to have to either spend more time in the office to do my personal stuff or deal with the slow dialup. On Friday night, I got the pool completely cleaned out and got the chemical balance where it was supposed to be. This led to two days of swimming in the pool. I’m really going to enjoy having it.
I slept in a house which I own by myself for the first time in my life last night. I woke up this morning to birds chirping, and Loofa, my cat, attempting to get to the birds through the bedroom window. I guess she hasn’t had too much bird experience living in apartments. It felt great to wake up in my house. Of course, when I got out of bed and saw the hundred or so cardboard boxes full of my life, reality set in. One thing I should say is that moving into a new house in the middle of the week, then returning to work, is not a good idea. I can’t concentrate at all. Finally, I had pool school this morning. I learned about Ph and Chlorine, and filters and cleaning. A pool is a lot of work, but of course I knew that. I’m just hoping to get three of four weeks of swimming in before I have to close it. Well, back to work.
Nathan’s new feature article on Web Graphics: A Review of Web Based Color Pickers , is a ridiculously thorough review of 32 color pickers.
I see a lot of links to the HP/Compaq merger. I wonder what Microsoft thinks of the two makers, who control something like 68% of the consumer PC market, becoming one company. Suddenly, Microsoft is almost beholden to a single vendor in that one space. For the record, I think that this is a bad merger, and unless it is executed in a very very careful manner, it could prove to be the death of both companies.
American Head Charge(Produced by Rick Rubin) File under industrial metal. Real good.
One more note. Choosing a satellite TV programming provider is a confusing process. It’s difficult to compare DirectTV and DISH Network side by side. In the end, I went with DISH Network because it seemed to offer more programming for less money. Both are cheaper for the same amount of channels than my current digital cable AT & T setup.
Tomorrow is d-day for moving into the house. Needless to say I am tired, have not been using the net, and probably will not be posting much for the next couple of days as a result. Packing has gone well, but I can’t say enough how much I am not a fan of moving. I’ve never done it well. There are stories there, but why bore you with the details of previous idiocy when there is plenty current idiocy to report?
Via Ev’s site I discover that Grand Royal is going out of business. The record business is very difficult for indies, I have difficult first hand knowledge of this fact. It’s ironic that I bought the most recent release from the label this afternoon.
I think the fact that I can relieve stress by abusing helpless chatbots might be an indication that I am a bad person.
XSLTDoc “This tool is itself an XSLT stylesheet that analyzes another stylesheet and builds a clean documentation on it.” (via iboy/aaronland)
I went to see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back last night. I really enjoyed it. Apparently, Kevin Smith’s next project is a new Fletch movie named Fletch Won.
This is really neat AgentBaseball lets you get up to date MLB info via AIM. (from Metafilter)
Did I mention that the house I bought is a bungalow and that I’m moving in next week? So I’ll be packing this weekend and reading American Bungalow Magazine. Lately, it’s felt wierd to go to sleep in my apartment knowing that I own a house.
Sony axes eVilla Web-surfing appliance. I’m sure this has got to make Palm feel great about their recent purchase of Be, the company that provided the OS for the device. (File under yet another failed network appliance.) When PC’s are a cheap commodity, you have to provide consumers with something that competes not only on price, but also in feature set. More than likely, the entrance of a successful device in this category will come from the game console space. People buy them already, so there is no need to convince them to buy a new class of device that they are unfamiliar with.
Okay, this whole Web Services thing is starting to make my head hurt. It’s tiring to constantly be trying to figure out who is trying to trick you and who is trying to lock you in. This confusion I feel right now is exactly what some companies want me to feel. Then I will rush into their safe mothering arms. eeessh
what is the purpose of this page? Is it somehow related to this page? (update: there is an explanation of the second site’s purpose.)
This Quicken ‘02 for OS X review asks a very relevant question: What is Apple doing about .NET?
I was unaware that Crossgain had been purchased by BEA. It makes sense, considering that Crossgain’s whole original mission, before Microsoft practically destroyed the company by enforcing non-compete agreements with it’s former employees there, was to create the same sort of Internet platform that .NET represents.
Slashdot | Breaking Windows. This review of Breaking Windows is very good. If you have not read this book, you should.
This new Handspring device looks really interesting.
Microsoft.Net–a new monopoly? “Microsoft.Net can be summarized in one simple statement: Microsoft is building an Internet monopoly.”