03.03.04
Posted in News
at 5:30 pm
This was taken from an e-mail I received from 321 Studios, makers of DVD X Copy and other products intended to give consumers a chance to make backup copies of their media, like DVDs, etc.
Recently a judge ruled that consumers do not have the right to make backup copies of media they already own and frankly, I have a problem with that.
321 Studios has launched a week long campaign to tell big Hollywood that we have rights too. Here is the e-mail, do the right thing:
Phone the big Hollywood studio executives and demand your digital rights.
Who to Call:
Howard Stringer, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 310-244-4000
Alex Yemenidijan (pronounced YEH – MEH – NEE – JAN), MGM Studios, 310-449-3000
Michael Lynton (pronounced LIN-TON), Tristar Pictures, 310-244-4000
Amy Pascal, Columbia Pictures, 310-244-4000
Dick Parsons, Time Warner Entertainment, 212-484-8198 *Eastern
Michael Eisner, Disney Entertainment, 818-560-1000
Ron Meyer, Universal Studios, 818-777-1000
Saul Zaentz (pronounced ZANTS), The Saul Zaentz Company, 800-227-0466
Steve Jobs, Pixar Corporation, 510-752-3000
What to Say in Your Message:
Request to leave a message for the studio executive. In your message, provide your name and phone number and tell the studios:
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03.02.04
Posted in News
at 2:22 am
Sorry folks…I’ve been catching up on a lot of things plus we just got back from vacation. I promise to step it up here and provide better updates, but right now I have to get my TiVo back online. 🙂
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02.18.04
Posted in Opinion
at 4:44 pm
People never cease to amaze me! There has been recent talk going around that someone cracked the algorithm to always come up with a winning number for the iTunes/Pepsi free music giveaway.
Leave it to the Geek community, which admittedly I am usually a part of, to over analyze a situation when there is a much more logical solution.
It’s not rocket science people! To quote one of the entries in the discussion above…”never underestimate the stupidity of people in large numbers”.
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02.10.04
Posted in News
at 9:35 pm
What browser do you use? About 95% will say Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you’ve ever developed web pages you cannot ignore this massive percentage. However, IE is a piece of crap when it comes to standards. For instance, I love CSS but sometimes getting things to work with IE usually involves a lot of cussing and pulling my hair out.
Another percentage you cannot ignore is the 5% that use other browsers like Safari, Netscape, Opera and Mozilla just to name a few. That brings me to my next little gem…Firebird now known as Firefox. It’s just really the browser piece of the Mozilla suite. It ranks up there with Opera as far as following the standards and has many of the other cool features built in already like a pop-up blocker. You can have themes and also various helper extensions. If you can’t find something, you can even make your own. Try doing that with IE!! There’s my plug for Firebird, errr Firefox, now happy surfing.
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02.09.04
Posted in Opinion
at 6:45 pm
Has anyone seen this movie yet? I’m thinking of taking my team to go see it. There are a few events throughout my childhood that I vividly remember and that hockey game is one of them. I just remember the joy of our team winning, against the Russians even, but what I remember most is the reactions of the grown-ups around me. And I didn’t realize at the time how important this win was to the American Spirit with so many other bad things going on.
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02.03.04
Posted in Opinion
at 3:11 am
Jackson style…everyone else is talking about it, so why not.
And I’ll be darned if I didn’t miss it.
So was it offensive? I’m curious to hear others opinions about Janet’s “exposee” sort to speak…
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01.27.04
Posted in Opinion
at 12:27 pm
We rely on technology more and more every day. Is that a good thing?
Right now, looks like my TiVo may be down for the count and I’m scared! How will I survive? I’ve come to rely so much on that damn thing. And my wife, who wasn’t too sure about it in the first place, is more scared than me, I think.
What piece of technology have you become maybe a little too reliant on?
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01.26.04
Posted in Sports
at 9:05 pm
Wow…2 posts in 1 day!
Everyone who knows me, knows I’m a Yankee fan. Well news today is that Aaron Boone hurt his knee playing basketball and could be out the ENTIRE season. What a big bust he has turned out to be. Other than the one home run off Wakefield, this guy has been pretty worthless…and now this.
That brings me to my real question. How much control should a team have over one of their investments? I mean, should the Yankees have to pay him a salary this year? I’ve heard of a lot of strange things being written into athletes contracts, but how far is too far? Then again, that is a huge investment to pay these athletes without a safety clause and it truly is a business now days.
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Posted in Politics
at 8:59 pm
I’m usually not one to get too caught up in politics.
That said, is it me or are the Democratic hopefuls really weak? I admit I really haven’t been following much, but nobody is standing out to me. I thought Wesley Clark was initially interesting, but has since faded.
Here is an interesting poll on the topic.
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01.20.04
Posted in Opinion
at 3:04 pm
I love to read. And that’s going to be a topic of a future post, but I simply crave information.
One topic that I could alway use help in is finances. Anyone have any good sources of financial information?
I have read a couple of the Motley Fool books…those guys are great and their web site is a good source of info too.
Also, one of my high school buddies has been running his financial portal web site for some time now. Check out InvestmentSeek.com
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