Tag: tv
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Meerkat Confusion
The meerkats on TV have an uphill struggle when even the Mac’s spell checker doesn’t understand their plight.
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My delicious.com bookmarks for November 14th through November 15th
Happy 40th birthday, Intel 4004! – In a way this stated the whole microcomputer… I hate to say "revolution" but I can't think of a better word. How the BBC’s HD DRM plot was kept secret … and why – Your licence money going to benefit rights holders at your expense… The Real Cost of…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for October 31st through November 8th
Broadcast television is 75 years old today – "On 2 November 1936, the BBC began filling the airwaves, broadcasting from its Alexandra Palace facility in North London." Broadcast television is 75 years old today – "On 2 November 1936, the BBC began filling the airwaves, broadcasting from its Alexandra Palace facility in North London." A…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for February 10th through February 14th
The Mac App Store: It’s an honor thing – "Apple’s approach is simple. It’s an honor thing. The company believes that, given the choice, people will do the right thing. It also understands that anti-piracy techniques don’t stop pirates, but they do get in the way of honest users." Nokia’s 15-year tango to avoid Microsoft…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for June 2nd through June 6th
iPad App Pricing – Nice analysis of iPad and iPhone application pricing. The Value of Ideas – "Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything." Or actions speak louder than words. The IBM Muppet Show – "IBM. The Muppets. Two venerable institutions-but not ones we tend to associate with each other. Yet in the late 1960s, before…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for May 16th through May 25th
May 25, 2001: Towel Day Honors Hitchhiker Author Adams – Do you have your towel with you today? Twenty Years Later, Remembering Jim Henson – Still funny… Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 – "I wish I had more time… but the weather wouldn't co-operate. Typical Iceland." Really nice time-lapse photography taken in…