I love the MPAA
Whoops, I guess I should keep my mouth shut about BitTorrent and the MPAA and RIAA. I take back everything I said here, here, here, here, and oh yeah here. It was all lies.
Oh, and those mean things I said here and definitely here? You knew I was just kidding, right? Are we still homies?
I miss the good old days of the original Napster and even crappy AudioGalaxy. (via Jeremy Flint)
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DirecTV creating their own DVR
This is probably bad news for TiVo, as 75% of their new subscribers right now come from DirecTV. If they lose that source, they'll have to come up with new ways to increase their customer base.
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iPod photo as business expense
Seems they've created software that'll take a PowerPoint presentation (for example) and export it as images that you can than import into your iPod photo. Then you can hook the iPod to a projector. Pretty good excuse to pick one up.
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Traffic building tips
I think I do most of this stuff, but I good definitely do a better job of updating with quality content more often. The focused content will be tough since this is a personal site, but with my design site I should do a better job of that too. Here's a summary of their tips:
- Good content
- Focused content
- Get featured
- Keep them coming back
- Keep it Fresh
- Keep it clean (Your code that is)
- Submit to Yahoo! and DMOZ
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The other great debate
Everyone is talking about who should be ranked number 1 and number 2, and which of the three undefeated teams is going to be left out. The race for who is number 4 is actually much closer, and the consequences of being left out are much worse.
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SlideShow on the Way
Very interesting stuff. I'm still considering options on Matt's site for displaying tons of photos. This may be one good way. Hmmm...
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
IGN has a review up of the sequel to one of my favorite recent games Prince of Persia. Looks like they're not happy about some of the changes that were made but overall still think it's a pretty great game.
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Nintendogs
What an adorable and pointless game. At least it's a game that appears to use the touch screen of the Nintendo DS, it doesn't look like any of the ones that were released with the system really do. (via ModernPooch)
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Don't delete weblogs!
I thought it was an MT-related issue or possibly something I screwed up, but as Greg over at Airbag was told it's actually an MT-Blacklist issue. Apparently Jay agrees and hopefully he will fix whatever the problem is soon.
Both MovableType and MT-Blacklist are great pieces of software that I would prefer to keep being able to use.
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Texas gains on Cal in latest BCS
Texas is now only .0013 points behind Cal in the latest BCS poll released today. A loss or even a close win by them next weekend versus a crappy Southern Miss team could cause Texas to jump them and head to the Rose Bowl.
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Windows Powered Treo for Dell?
Sounds a little like BS to me (and most everyone else too), but there are some rumors that Dell is pressing pressing palmOne to make a Pocket PC Treo. (via Gizmodo)
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PS3 in 2006?
Seems there will be new news on the Sony's cell processor soon. The speculated schedule for the processor has people doing some second degree speculation and guessing the Playstation 3 will be targeted for release in 2006.
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Jeopardy guy loses!
Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy guy,
is going down on November 30th. I guess I'm a little behind on this, Jason originally posted news of it way back in September. I probably wouldn't have guessed the correct answer, but his incorrect answer was WAY off.
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Even Microsoft uses Firefox
Microsoft is showing off their new search engine and accidentally distributed a screenshot of them using Firefox with the story.
That's pretty freaking funny. (via Jeremy Flint)
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Bright Corner is hiring
Holy crap! There's actually a really awesome looking web design, etc. company right in Plano. And they're hiring! I'm not at all qualified (yet), but it looks interesting and seems like they type of place I might want to work at someday. If you are qualified, check out their soon to be redesigned site.
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Top 10 college football helmets
He ranks Texas at number one and takes a shot at Bob Stoops. I don't know who Pete McEntegart is, but he's my new favorite writer.
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Invasion of the Body Switchers
An alternative method based upon the original Style Switcher. The main upgrade is that it enables independent switching of different media types, meaning you can set up multiple screen and multiple print stylesheets and control them separately.
Seems pretty cool but the old method still looks more useful for me. I'll have to look into it a little more.
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sorttable: Make all your tables sortable
JavaScript function that allows you to sort table data simple and easily. (via 5411)
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Onload image fades without Flash
I've really got to find a way to create easy to update and maintain galleries for the sites I'm working on. Here's one possible option, we'll see...
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RIAA sues some more people
The RIAA issues 761 new lawsuits, and guess what?
I'm not one of them! Wooohooo! Suckers!
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Dock substitutes and other launch utilities for Macs
I really need to try out Quicksilver, everyone raves about it and it looks pretty damn useful.
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Own a Sprint Treo 650 Tomorrow
Seems like the new Treo 650 is coming out really soon, possibly tomorrow. People are reporting they've been able to order the new smartphone from Sprint today with overnight delivery.
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Hunt via the Internet
This is pretty ridiculous. First off, how is it any freaking fun? Either hunt in person or in an actual video game, I'm sure that would provide a more entertaing experience.
As for the morality of hunting, obviously this remote hunting idea is completely screwy. But I generally don't have an issue with hunting for food. My family hunts, but I don't. That's mainly a laziness and hating the cold decision rather than a moral one. I do have issues with people who hunt purely for sport. Those that don't use the animal for food and those who hunt more exotic animals.
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Nintendo to give away gold GBA SP's
Stealing a gimmick "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Nintendo is giving away six gold GBA SP's to the people that find a golden ticket. Pretty cool looking and bound to sell for a pretty penny on eBay.
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XML Resume Library
Pretty cool way to take your resume and create a single XML file, and then use that as a source to create different formats of your resume. You can create HTML, PDF, and plain text output formats of your XML resume.
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Halo 2 goes RSS
Freaking sweet. Okay, it's only sweet if you're a complete nerd, but fortunately for me I am.
Bungie.net now gives you the option to access your personal Halo 2 stats via RSS. Now I can be constantly updated on how badly I suck.
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Nintendo reacts to DS demand as orders rise
Two million DS units have been pre-ordered and Nintendo is adding a third factory in order to meet demand, hopefully they fail.
Better plan? Make just two, and give them to me. (via Gizmodo)
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Eli Manning to start for NY Giants
Eli Manning has been named the starting QB for the New York Giants this week. I'm not sure why, if the offensive line could protect Kurt Warner at all he would be having a pretty decent season. All I care about is how this affect my fantasy team. Will they give Tiki Barber the ball more? Will teams gang up to stop the run and force the rookie to beat them. Damnit there are fantasy playoffs to consider here!
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Sony PSP on display
The PSP appears to be ready, so why don't they just release it yet? (via Engadget)
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Latest BCS standings released
Latest BCS standings are out and as expected Texas is screwed. Utah is sixth and Cal is fourth, therefore both would currently be guaranteed at-large spots and we would be left out.
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Lonhorns 2005 recruiting board
A board compiled the Orangebloods.com staff to give a general idea of the prospects UT may be pursuing. Never any new news, but a good compilation of information.
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Colin Powell resigns
Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned from his position in Bush's cabinet. I imagine there will be quite the uproar from the liberals, as I think he was one of the few Republicans they could stomach.
My completely baseless theory? Powell has intentions of running for the presidancy in 2008 and wants to be able stand on his own, and not be forever linked to George W. Bush. Four years away allows him to build support from Republicans and undecided voters alike.
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Jack Thompson is a jackass
This guy is pretty funny. He blames everything in this world on video games. Read his emails in this article along with Kotaku's first exchange with him, he talks in the third person and in one email uses all caps and centers everything as he rambles. Pretty hilarious.
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Scott Peterson guilty
Scott Peterson was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife and second-degree murder in the death of their unborn son.
The penalty phase of the trial is set to begin November 22, he faces a possible sentence of death or life in prison without parole.
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Scrivs on the MSN Search beta
I've seen several posts mention the new MSN Search beta that was released yesterday, this is the first to actually critique the design on it's visual elements and not just on technical issues. He particularly dislikes the buttons, which I had noticed too. The text seems to be too low in the button, or as he says the text is just too big or the button is too small.
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Looking Around the Corner at CSS3
Pretty cool example of what can already be done in CSS3 if you have a good browser. I think his examples of what you can do with substring matching attribute selectors and the opacity property are particularly cool.
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Konfabulator does do Windows
Pretty awesome software that I tried out on my Mac. It makes a lot more sense when using an "always-on" computer, which my isn't how I use my Powerbook. Great looking widgets that range from useful to silly. Definitely worth trying it out.
I have had an issue with it up here at work. I think some other software is screwing with it, but it is working without flaw at home.
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Easier worn effect
Set of brushes for Photoshop to make the "Wicked Worn Effect" a lot easier. (via Authentic Boredom)
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3 new Xboxs?
Interesting news. The dubious part is the first line:
A slide from a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) presentation seen by the INQ points towards Microsoft launching three versions of the Xbox 2, one of which is a fully functioning PC.
Ummmm... Why would information about the actual systems be included in the agreement? Would make more sense if it just said "Don't tell anyone about what you learn today."
Or something like that.
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Sony Vaio U-70
Damn this thing is sweet. Not overly practical but really freaking sweet. The U-70 has a 1.1GHz Pentium M processor, a 5-inch, 800 x 600 pixel LCD screen, 512MB of RAM, a 20GB hard drive, and built-in 802.11b/g WiFi. JK added a Bluetooth card and made the damn thing even more mobile and cool. Lots of good images to check out. (via Engadget)
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Bobby Cox named NL Manager of the Year
Bobby Cox and Buck Showalter were named the managers of the year today. Finally Cox won the damn thing, thirteen straight division titles and it's only his second time to win it (he did win it in 1985 with Toronto).
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Cool USB thumb drive
It only comes in 128 MB size, but it's a real THUMB drive!!!
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Gmail Enables POP access
Gmail keeps adding features, the newest is allowing you POP access to your email. In other words, you can access your Gmail account using Outlook. I don't have the feature yet, but it'll come in handy. (via Gizmodo)
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Johnson named Lombardi finalist
Not really a surprise, but Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson has been named one of the four finalists for the Lombardi Award. The award goes to the nation's top lineman or linebacker.
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Nintendo DS shipping early?
I got an email this morning from Gamestop letting me know the DS would be shipping a week early. Woohoo! This means there will be plenty of time to get it up on eBay for the shopping season.
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Maurice Clarett rats out OSU
Maurice Clarett is a piece of crap, but he's now ratting out Ohio State claiming he got cash, cars, and grades.
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Bloglines pimps Firefox
Coinciding with the official release of Firefox 1.0, Bloglines has a page just for information on Firefox. Great info on what it is, and even better has links to two crucial extensions for people who use both Bloglines and Firefox. I've been using the Toolkit extension for a couple of months now, it's great and makes it easy to keep tabs on when my feeds are updated. There's also a new one called LiveLines that lets you add feeds to your Bloglines subscriptions with one click using the new Firefox feeds icon.
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Bevo Beat
Okay, yeah it's a pretty lame name but it's actually usually a pretty good read. "Bevo Beat" is a blog from the Austin-American Statesman covering UT athletics. It's written by all the beat writers that cover the Horns on a daily basis, so it often has some interesting stuff. It's just random news, observations, and opinions but I enjoy it.
Update:Berg and I have started our own Longhorns sports weblog with an equally lame name, check us out at BevoSports.com. (8/29/2005)
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Texas sixth in newest BCS
Rankings stayed pretty much the same, but Texas passed Utah to move up to sixth in the rankings. We are .0393 ahead of Utah and .0086 behind number five Wisconsin. Utah is guaranteed a BCS bowl berth if they're in the top six, while we're only guaranteed one if we're in top four.
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Berkman tears his ACL
Lance is out 5 - 6 month with a torn ACL. No news on how it happened yet.
Update: As Matt guessed, Lance hurt himself playing flag football.
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D-Backs fire Backman after 4 days
The Arizona Diamondbacks hired Wally Backman without doing a background check. Now after the recent revelations about his history, he's been fired.
Just a couple days ago Diamondbacks' officials stated they would have hired him even if they did know about his history. Why the change in opinion?
Not to be too judgemental, but he does kinda look like white trash. I guess years and years of chewing tobacco isn't good for your smile after all.
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Election results by county
Similar to the state map, but what really stood out to me was the square mileage won. Bush won 2.51 million square miles and Kerry won 511,700 square miles.
Look at Texas, what county is that right in the middle? Did Kerry win Travis County?
Update: Yep, Kerry took Travis county by 50,000 votes. Here's the Texas votes by county. Damn liberal Longhorns! :-)
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Funny Dilbert on why I'm always right
Pretty funny. In case you don't know me very well, I am always right.
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QB attempts 101 passes
Jesus, that's a lot of pass attempts in one game, the previous record was 92 attempts. I wonder how many times they ran the ball.
Lensch completed 56 passes for 507 yards and two touchdowns, with three interceptions, and remarkably was not sacked. He is averaging 59 attempts and 308 yards passing this season for Dana College, a 500-student NAIA school in Blair, Neb.
To put that in perspective, Texas quarterback Vince Young has attempted 143 passes all season!
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Apple doesn't want your opinion
Apple sure has been acting like a big arrogant a-hole of a company lately. First they ignored the defect in the 4G iPods, and now they've implemented a customer rating system on the Apple Store that doesn't allow you to actually rate any Apple products. Why?
Why can’t customers rate Apple products? Would you trust us to display less than perfect ratings on our own products? We didn’t think so!
Here's a nice screenshot of it from Gizmodo.
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Ratherisms
Some of the best:
Do you hear that knocking...President Bush's re-election is at the door.
In southern states they beat him like a rented mule.
What about Michigan? It's been out there for a long time. Is that making your fingernails sweat?
He used a similar one back in 2002:
It's beginning to get exciting as the Democrats' fingernails are starting to sweat.
Hilarious. It's amazing what a SFA education gets you. (via Jeremy Flint)
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Spurrier won't coach UF
Steve Spurrier has withdrawn his name from the University of Florida head coach search. There's gonna be some pissed Gators fans.
This is also probably make the UT conspiracy theorists think this implies he will coach Texas next year.
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Kerry calls Bush to concede
It appears official, four more years for Bush.
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Get Fuzzy on Johnny Damon
Since Jesus plays for the Red Sox, Bucky suggests Steinbrenner will bring in Buddha next year.
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DMN on Frank Okam
Pretty good read on UT freshman defensive tackle Frank Okam from the Dallas Morning News.
If it asks you to sign up to read the article, head on over to BugMeNot and get the log in. They even have a Firefox extension.
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The candidates on sports
It may be too late to sway your vote, but check out where Bush and Kerry stand on sports-related issues such as steroids and Pete Rose.
There's a quote from Kerry claiming he was at the Red Sox vs. Mets game in `86 when the ball went through Buckner's legs. I remember hearing a report claiming it was impossible for him to have been there because there was proof he was in some place else that evening.
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SportsNation Elections
Okay, here's an election that actually matters. Vote on such crucial sports issues as whether MLB should have a salary cap and whether college athletes should be paid. Easily the most important decision you'll make today.
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TiVo Season Pass Top 100
A list of the top 100 programs that TiVo owners have Season Passes for, plus a list of the top 25 rated programs.
The shows on there that I've got on my list:
- Lost
- Joey (for Christina)
- ER
- Nip/Tuck
- Scrubs
- 24
- The Simpsons
- Sex and the City (reruns on TBS for C)
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Chappelle's Show
- South Park
- The OC
It's nice to see "Lost" doing so well, but it is kind of disheartening to see all the reality crap on there. The same morons out there that are watching "Survivor" are deciding today's election. Scary. (via PVRblog)
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Meeting a User's Emotional Needs
Another excellent article from DKR on how to meet all of a user’s needs and satisfy the goals of the business at the same time. He's a great designer but really seems to have a firm grasp of the business side of things as well.
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Dog seat belts
BMW has introduced car safety belts for dogs in Japan. I guess Japanese dogs are more important than ours, bastards.
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Nintendo DS already sold out?
IGN is reporting that GameStop has stopped pre-orders on the Nintendo DS. That's good news for me (if I actually receive the two I pre-ordered.) If the supply is that low and the demand is that high, I can screw soccer mom's willing to pay exorbitant amounts for the damn thing on eBay. (via Gizmodo)
Update: Joystiq is also mentioning it and even brings up my dastardly plan: "eBay-gouging"
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Update 2: Well, that was short-lived. It appears they're taking preorders again now.
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NBA opening night snafu
Mark Cuban's thoughts on this year's Mavs team. Even more telling his thoughts on why the hell the NBA season is kicking off the same night as the election.
I won’t say what i really think about the genius that started the season on election day since it’s probably the same person that started the season on Halloween in previous years. There’s only a presidential election 1x every 4 years. We start on that day..Genius. Let’s see, which are going to get more highlights and press coverage Nov 3rd. The kickoff of the NBA season or the election. The NBA has a great idea to feature “Premiere Week” and we start it on Election Night. Brilliant.
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Keyshawn runs his mouth again
What an incredible idiot.
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CSS rollovers with PNG support for IE
That's a long title, not too much new on the rollover front but good tips on how to use tranparent PNG's and get them to work correctly in IE.
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iPod Photo problems?
You know if MS did this kind of crap people would be screaming for the DOJ to break them up.
The new iPod Photo is just a 4G iPod with a color screen so it still suffers from the same audio glitch. So now not only is Apple pretending the glitch didn't exist and not recalling the defective units, but they're releasing a whole new product with the defect in it.
Luckily Christina's iPod doesn't appear to have the issue.
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