Last night and a couple nights before, my cat, Pyro, for some reason starting letting out some really strange sounds… I have no clue what the heck is up with him, but he tends to get into these moods and two nights now, make be think … WTF? Read the rest of this entry »

This is neat: Meebo. It’s an online IM client that works through the browser. A few things impress me about this site. First off, it is all done in HTML instead of Shockwave or a combo of the two (like Laszlo). Second one being the ability to add an IM client (this part is shockwave) directly to your webpage.

Now, if I can just find a way to get Trillian to connect to it…This will be a good way to have people contact me without having to worry about an email address getting picked up by spammers or rely on the user to use a crappy form and hope for a reply.

First, you have the catalyst; Steve Jobs creates an open letter advocating the removal of DRM requirement from the songs sold on iTunes. Then the RIAA responded with a complete misunderstanding of Jobs’s original proposal. Now the flaming as started.
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Michael Robertson, the founder of Linspire and MP3.com, has made some interesting points in his post refuting Steve Jobs’s official Apple stance on the issue of DRM on iTunes. He has some good points, but I don’t entirely agree on them all. To run down the list… Read the rest of this entry »

How do you get people to buy a Zune? Offer them a free iTunes Gift Card.

For those of you that don’t understand the irony in this one; Zune is a direct competitor to the iPod, including having their own music store which is not compatible with the iPod, nor is iTunes compatible with the MS Zune.