Archive for August, 2007
Paramount and Dreamworks to support HD-DVD exclusively
Paramount and DreamWorks Animation Each Declare Exclusive Support for HD DVD What a disappointment. At first, I was completely neutral about this stupid format war. When Blu-Ray started picking up speed this year, I admittedly started leaning a bit towards the Blu camp. I had this feeling that with all the movies coming out on [...]
Why is Outlook 2007 so damn slow?
About two weeks ago I upgraded to Outlook 2007. It’s the worst mistake I ever made. This thing is awful. It’s slow, it doesn’t respond to anything, and I have no idea WHAT it’s doing. Just pressing “New” pauses my computer for 5-10 seconds while it thinks about what needs to be done. When new [...]
My new home
So here it is, my new home on the net. A few years ago I tried to get starman.com, but the owner wouldn’t budge on selling. I had starman.cc for a few years, but it was a stupid web site name. Who uses .cc? Nobody. I’ve learned that everyone by default uses “.com”, so after [...]
Is the iPhone honeymoon over?
It’s been 6 weeks since the iPhone got into the hands of the mortals. Is it all that was promised? My idea of a perfect phone was something that allowed me to either stop carrying around two devices (phone and iPod), or at least limited the use of one of them. The features of my [...]
Bronchitis, antibiotics, and why #45 isn’t out yet
So it’s been a while since I’ve written. Actually, it’s been a while since I did anything. As I mentioned on the forums and in the yet-to-be-released episode 45, I’ve had bronchitis. Usually things like this are just a minor inconvenience but this time it kept knocking me on my ass. We recorded episode 45 [...]
