Archive for the ‘Diversions’ Category

What Do You Think – Windows on a Mac?

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Boot CampMy nerd curiosity must be satisfied, so I’m about to run Apple’s new Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows on my Intel iMac. I’ll let you know what I discover (I’m sure every other Mac site in the universe will also.)

What do you think of this interesting new develpment from Apple?

Where Do I Buy the Drugs These Guys Take?

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Film ReelThe insanity in the movie business continues. Today a group of movie studios announced that they would sell you a downloadable version of some movies, with heavy DRM applied, for twenty to thirty bucks a pop. What are these guys smoking!? (more…)

Gates & Ballmer vs Allen – Cringely

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Robert Cringely, one of my favorite tech writers, has just done an article on the differences between Paul Allen and Bill Gates, that I found remarkable…Prisoner of Redmond – Yet Another Way Paul Allen Isn’t Like You or Me

BBC Commentary on DRM

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

I wanted to pass along this insightful article from Bill Thompson of the BBC on How to right the copyright wrongs. Here’s an excellent quote: (more…)