Category: entertainment

8 September 2008

Made a Cameo in the Latest Mobile Industry Review Show

Filed under: entertainment, phoneboy - 08 Sep 2008

Last week, I went out to the waterfront here in Gig Harbor to meet someone to learn about a company …

6 September 2008

Fancast: Watching TV In The Cloud

Filed under: entertainment - 06 Sep 2008

I can’t remember where exactly I heard of Fancast. Maybe it was those stupid emails Comcast send out to customers every month. …

3 September 2008

A-La Carte Cable More Expensive?

Filed under: entertainment, telecom - 03 Sep 2008

I got a comment on my blog from someone from CableTechTalk, which is a blog of sorts set up by the National Cable and Television Association (NCTA).  Clearly, this is a lobbying firm for the cable MSOs in …

31 August 2008

Comcast: Sell Me The Shows, Already!

Filed under: entertainment - 31 Aug 2008

p. runway partyAfter thinking about the Comcast 250GB cap thing a bit more, I really think the caps are anti-competitive. Yeah, I said it, anti-competitive. Why? …

20 May 2008

So Why Not iTunes?

Filed under: entertainment, itunes, mac, music - 20 May 2008

I have a couple of Macs–and a lot of PCs. While I don’t listen to music that often, I have collected quite a bit of it–mostly on these plastic disks called CDs. Some of you might have heard of them …

13 May 2008

The Networks Stream To Your Cell Phone on AT&T

Filed under: entertainment, mobile network operators - 13 May 2008

I managed to play with AT&T’s Cellular Video offering today. On their site, they offer clips to a wide variety of things. On the front …

2 May 2008

The Twilight Zone Now on CBS.com

Filed under: entertainment - 02 May 2008

I can’t remember where I found out about it now, but cbs.com has, in addition to their primetime shows, a few classic shows. Specifically, they …

19 March 2008

Wave Broadband On An Acqusition Spree

Filed under: business, connectivity, entertainment, telecom - 19 Mar 2008

Wave BroadbandBack when I lived in Port Orchard, Wave Broadband was my cable company, at least after they took over from Charter Communications. The switchover was a bit rocky, but during …

15 March 2008

Soylent Green–Low Tech Science Fiction

Filed under: entertainment - 15 Mar 2008

Soylent GreenI’ve heard the phrase Soylent Green before, and I vaguely remember it being a movie. However, I never actually saw it until recently. I have to say, it’s a fairly heavy …

27 February 2008

Why Aren’t All TV Shows Online?

Filed under: entertainment - 27 Feb 2008

I am now to the point where that the TV I actually plan to watch happens either on the computer directly or with the assistance of a computer (i.e. the computer …

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