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Anyone Feel Like Going Faster?
2008-02-19 20:04:00 We all dream about getting to our destinations faster, but isn’t there a point when we go too fast? Reaction Engines in Oxfordshire, England are working on a hydrogen-fueled concept plane that would have a sustainable speed of 3,800 miles-per-hour. In loose translation, you would be flying at Mach 5, and could get from England to ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Anyone Feel Like Going Faster?", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/19/a2-j et/" }); More About: Technology
Official: HD DVD Is Dead
2008-02-19 09:24:00 As was speculated the other day, HD DVD is dead. Toshiba has made the official announcement in Tokyo just a few minutes ago. Oh well, I should have known I would be the curse that would kill it, but what ya gonna do? Now… bring on the clearance sales so I can pick up some cheap final ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Official : HD DVD Is Dead ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/19/hd-d vd-is-dead/" });
Laptop Debates
2008-02-19 04:03:00 It’s that time again… computer buying time. For the most part, my Compaq Presario V2000 has served me well, but I am in to so much heavy blogging work in the evenings now that I am starting to see a lot of sluggishness. Also, if I want to stay with Windows XP, I need to ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Laptop Debates ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/18/lapt op-debates/" }); More About: Technology , Computers , Blogging
Toshiba To Pull The Plug On HD DVD
2008-02-17 21:49:00 Well, it isn’t 100% official yet, but it looks like Toshiba is prepared to pull the plug on HD DVD fairly soon. I knew this was coming once Warner Brothers said it was going Blu-ray only, it was just a matter of when. Last week was the killing blow when Netflix said it was dumping ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Toshiba To Pull The Plug On HD DVD", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/17/tosh iba-to-pull-the-plug-on-hd-dvd/" }); More About: Technology
How To Watch Internet Videos On Your TV
2008-02-16 21:33:00 More and more companies are turning to Internet downloads to deliver media in to our homes, but, for now, you mainly have to watch them on your computer. While this may be okay for watching something as short as a YouTube video, it’s not always the optimal way to watch a feature length film. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How To Watch Internet Videos On Your TV", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/16/how- to-watch-internet-videos-on-your-tv/" }); More About: Movies , Technology
Iniana Jones, X-Men and Transformers? Oh My!
2008-02-16 06:41:00 In the “I still don’t like the title of this movie” department, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has its first trailer out. Roy instant messaged me, asking if I was going to rag on it like I do a lot of trailers, but this one honestly left me indifferent… which ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Iniana Jones, X-Men and Transformers … Oh My!", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/15/inia na-jones-x-men-and-transformers-oh-my/" }); More About: Movies
Online Wars: Halo 3 Vs Call Of Duty 4
2008-02-15 01:07:00 I can’t believe it, but I think I’ve been swayed from my love of playing nothing but Halo 3 on Xbox Live. Triston McIntyre, of GAMER.BLORGE.com, told me while we were co-workers that I should give Call of Duty 4 a try. I mumbled and grumbled that I was fairly loyal to Halo, but since ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Online Wars : Halo 3 Vs Call Of Duty 4", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/14/onli ne-wars-halo-3-vs-call-of-duty-4/" }); More About: Video Games , Xbox 360
People On The Internet Can?t Read
2008-02-14 00:56:00 A little while back I downloaded Google Talk on to my beloved BlackBerry 8830. It’s a great little piece of software that gives me all of my normal Google Talk functionalities: status, chats, saves the chat histories to my account, and so on. Now, here’s the problem. I downloaded the program and set it up with ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "People On The Internet Can’t Read ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/13/peop le-on-the-internet-cant-read/" }); More About: Technology , Life
As The WGA Strike Comes To An End, Here Comes The Fallout
2008-02-12 09:22:00 Well, it looks like it’s all over. The Writer?s Guild of America (WGA) didn’t get exactly what they wanted the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), but close enough. So, when do you get new TV shows? The Watch With Kristin column over at E! has a huge list done show-by-show, but basically, expect ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "As The WGA Strike Comes To An End, Here Comes The Fallout ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/12/as-t he-wga-strike-comes-to-an-end-here-comes- the-fallout/" }); More About: Writing
Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Offer, Microsoft Hints At Hostility
2008-02-11 23:10:00 Wow… this could get ugly, and fast. Yahoo has officially rejected the offer from Microsoft . ?After careful evaluation, the Board believes that Microsoft?s proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo! including our global brand, large worldwide audience, significant recent investments in advertising platforms and future growth prospects, free cash flow and earnings potential, as well as our substantial unconsolidated investments. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Offer, Microsoft Hints At Hostility", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/11/yaho o-rejects-microsoft-offer-microsoft-hints -at-hostility/" }); More About: Business , Internet
Death And The Internet
2008-02-10 21:13:00 I recently wrote a list for Mashable about preparing for your death on the Internet . It was actually inspired by a story I came across for another list I was working on (I swear, I make lists in my sleep now). It was a blog post done by a blogger who had been ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Death And The Internet ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/10/deat h-and-the-internet/" }); More About: Life , Blogging
Yahoo Holding Out For More Money From Microsoft?
2008-02-10 05:30:00 It appears that Yahoo is going to reject the current offer from Microsoft under the grounds that it is too low. While Microsoft offered them $31 on February 1st, a 62% premium over their closing price on January 31st, the rumor is that Yahoo wants to hold out for $40 a share, or $51.1 billion ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Yahoo Holding Out For More Money From Microsoft?", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/09/yaho o-holding-out-for-more-money-from-microso ft/" }); More About: Business , Internet
Sources For Free & Legal Music
2008-02-09 05:39:00 With organizations such as the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) making it tougher and tougher for consumers to stay inside the confines of the law in the ways they obtain music. So where can one turn for free, but legal, music? I’ve ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sources For Free & Legal Music ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/08/free -music/" }); More About: Internet
Sansa TakeTV Video Player
2008-02-07 22:57:00 I’ve been wanting to get a Sansa TakeTV 8 GB Video Player for ages. There is also a 4 GB version, but as it’s $99, and the 8 GB is $149, I opted for the 8 GB. So, what exactly does it do? I’m so glad you asked! Downloading videos (legal ones, of course) from ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sansa TakeTV Video Player", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/07/sans a-taketv-video-player/" }); More About: Technology
Buffy Season 8, Issue 11
2008-02-06 19:22:00 ***MAJOR SPOILERS*** SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Buffy Season 8, Issue 11", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/06/buff y-season-8-issue-11/" }); More About: Review , Buffy the Vampire Slayer
WGA Strike Week 13
2008-02-06 03:03:00 I haven’t talked much about the Writer?s Guild of America (WGA) strike because there isn’t much going on. There have been talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), and apparently there has been some movement, but nothing definite as of yet. The WGA did release the following letter to their members ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "WGA Strike Week 13", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/05/wga- strike-week-13/" }); More About: Movies , Business , Writing
The New York Giants Did Win? Right?
2008-02-05 00:05:00 I skipped the Super Bowl because, well, football bores the living heck out of me. As I was working a way, someone on Twitter said that after the Giants won, the Patriots coach, Bill Belichick, acted like a really sore loser. As displays like that always interest me, I decided to check out ESPN later ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The New York Giants Did Win… Right?", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/04/the- new-york-giants-did-win-right/" }); More About: New York Giants , New-York
The IFPI Calls For ISPs To Enforce Copyrights
2008-02-03 23:19:00 As a follow-up to my piece about The Music Industry Vs Net Neutrality, it seems that the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is following in the footsteps of U2’s manager, Paul McGuinness. In their Digital Music 2008 Report (PDF link), John Kennedy, the chairman and CEO of the organization, issues a letter of how ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The IFPI Calls For ISPs To Enforce Copyrights ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/03/the- ifpi-calls-for-isps-to-enforce-copyrights /" }); More About: Business , Internet
Microsoft-Yahoo, What Does It Mean?
2008-02-03 04:51:00 With a day now to digest the Microsoft -Yahoo news, I still can’t exactly figure out what Microsoft thinks they’re going to gain from this. Yesterday, when I had the fun of assembling Microsoft-Yahoo: The Complete Coverage, I read somewhere around a hundred or more opinions on the subject, and no two of them seemed ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Microsoft-Yahoo, What Does It Mean?", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/02/micr osoft-yahoo-what-does-it-mean/" }); More About: Business , Internet , Yahoo!
Microsoft-Yahoo
2008-02-02 05:00:00 Did anything other than Microsoft -Yahoo happen in the world today? For those of you who slept through the day, Microsoft is looking to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion dollars. It sent the tech world in to a tizzy, and I got to spend my day doing round ups of the coverage. It was tiring ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Microsoft-Yahoo", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/02/01/micr osoft-yahoo/" }); More About: Business , Internet , Yahoo!
Cloverfield 2
2008-02-01 02:19:00 Well, this is just unfortunate news. Variety confirmed today that Paramount has greenlighted Cloverfield 2, with plans to reunite the creative team behind the first film: Drew Goddard will write, Matt Reeves is negotiating to direct again, and J.J. Abrams will be back to produce. As I said in my review, the film had a lot ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Cloverfield 2", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/31/clov erfield-2/" }); More About: Movies
The Music Industry Vs Net Neutrality
2008-01-31 21:57:00 U2, the world famous rock band, wants to turn all ISPs in to copyright police and have them stop all that darned piracy! Paul McGuinness, the gentleman on the right in the picture, has been the manager of U2 since it’s inception. In other words, the man helped craft one of the biggest acts ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Music Industry Vs Net Neutrality ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/31/the- music-industry-vs-net-neutrality/" }); More About: Internet , The Music
The New York Times
2008-01-30 20:06:00 I debated bringing this up as I am not one for shameless self-promotion, but no other ideas for a post are leaping out at me. Let me give you the timeline first. On Saturday the 26th, I wrote an article over at Mashable.com about the move to make Facebook applications available to websites via a Java ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The New York Times ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/30/the- new-york-times/" }); More About: Blogging , New York Times
Computer Gamers
2008-01-29 17:47:00 Computer gaming enthusiasts are an interesting lot. Case in point was a comment I found on this post on Engadget about how people are still flocking to Windows XP, even though time is running out. One commenter mentions how he’s skipped Vista as he prefers a more stable OS to work with. He ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Computer Gamers ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/29/comp uter-gamers/" }); More About: Computers , Video Games , General , Computer
The Youth Of Today
2008-01-28 07:43:00 While playing a quick game of Halo 3 (you can see my lousy service record here) the other night before bed, I somehow ended up with seven teenagers on my team. Considering the hours I play, that was fairly odd, but no big deal. The problem was 2 of them were female, and ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Youth Of Today ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/28/the- youth-of-today/" }); More About: Video Games , Xbox , Xbox 360
Anyone Know An Accurate RSS Mesuring Device?
2008-01-27 23:20:00 This isn’t the first time that I’ve suspected the RSS feed service, Feeburner, of being on crack. As you can see from the screen shot on the right, no two days in a row show the exact same number. 1/19 - 37 1/20 - 32 1/21 - 35 1/22 - 34 1/23 - 39 1/24 - 36 1/25 - 30 1/26 - 35 I ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Anyone Know An Accurate RSS Mesuring Device ?", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/27/anyo ne-know-an-accurate-rss-mesuring-device/" }); More About: Blogging
How Social Networking Bit Officer Nohejl In The Ass
2008-01-27 00:30:00 It seems that you are no longer only responsible for your own actions, but also the actions of anyone you befriend on a social network. School resource officer John Nohejl of the New Port Richey Police Department is under criminal investigation is under investigation by the his department and the Florida attorney general’s cyber crimes unit ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How Social Networking Bit Officer Nohejl In The Ass", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/26/how- social-networking-bit-officer-nohejl-in-t he-ass/" }); More About: Social Networking
New Star Trek Movie Is Making Me Nervous
2008-01-25 18:50:00 So… this picture hasn’t been 100% confirmed yet, but it’s looking like the picture to the left is the new Enterprise from the new Star Trek movie they’re working on. (You can click it for a MONDO-sized view) If it is the real deal (which I believe it is), they really are going ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New Star Trek Movie Is Making Me Nervous", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/25/new- star-trek-movie-is-making-me-nervous/" }); More About: Movies
The Wire
2008-01-24 22:54:00 I came across the unfortunate news that The Wire is losing viewers. Why, I have no clue. With the current writer’s strike going on, you would think people would be starved for new entertainment, and with this being the final season, you would think would be glued to it. For those of you unfamiliar with ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Wire ", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/24/the- wire/" });
School Administrator?s Wife Calls Students ?Snotty Nosed Brats?
More articles from this author:2008-01-24 00:08:00 In a rare fit of “I have no effin’ clue what to blog about today”, I took a hint from ProBlogger, and threw the question out to my Twitter followers for a suggestion. Low and behold, I got a good one back from Leslie Carbone! Thanks Leslie! It seems that a Ms. Candy Tistadt, ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "School Administrator’s Wife Calls Students “Snotty Nosed Brats”", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/01/23/scho ol-administrators-wife-calls-students-sno tty-nosed-brats/" } ); More About: General 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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