As an early adopter, I’ve always been surprised at how long it takes the rest of society to catch up. Whether it’s that even today, less then 20% of the US uses a PVR or that even five years ago, less then a third of the US had a DVD player, it’s always a bit [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2006 by Davis
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I’ve always been fascinated with gambling. They’ve actually done studies on compulsive gamblers and have found out that their brains are hard wired differently then the rest of the population. Historically, I’ve been pretty good at avoiding gambling, but if you stick me in front of a craps table I lose all control over the [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2006 by Davis
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Over the past few months I’ve been trying to find an alternative to Netflix’s movie ratings system. My general complaints with Netflix’s current system is that they limit my queue to only 500 movies, it’s impossible to interact with friends through the service (without first having friends to begin with that is), and that their [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Netflix | 1 Comment »
YesButNoButYes linked to a really cool flash game called Dicewars. The game is a cross between Risk and Poker Dice and while the rules of the game are pretty simple, the game itself is remarkably addictive. After playing the game a few times, I’ve yet to win so I’m not sure that I would have [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2006 by Davis
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TiVo recently announced that they were going to start selling second by second usuage information about a sample of their user base to advertisers, in an attempt to help marketers get a better understanding of what works and what doesn’t work in their ads. Some have expressed some concern over the practice and see it [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2006 by Davis
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Blue Monday Hosted on Zooomr
Posted on July 28th, 2006 by Davis
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Real Networks reported their 2nd quarter earnings last night and had some pretty choice words for Microsoft. During the conference call Real CEO Rob Glaser took issue with reports that Microsoft’s Zune player is going to compete directly with Real’s Rhapsody service. “Apple’s success with the iPod and iTunes has raised a fundamental question — [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2006 by Davis
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We are starting to see the first reviews of Cinema Now’s burn on demand program start filtering into the blogosphere and the reaction is a bit mixed. Video Business went through the process of downloading a $10 movie and burning it so that they could watch it on a TV. The good news is that [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2006 by Davis
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Fire Escape Hosted on Zooomr
Posted on July 24th, 2006 by Davis
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I’ve seen a lot of interesting ways for companies to make money, but my jaw just about hit the floor when I read a complaint on the Consumerist this morning that said Hollywood Video has begun implementing a .25 insurance charge against defective DVDs that won’t play. What blows my mind here is that if [...]
Posted on July 21st, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Netflix, Uncategorized | 10 Comments »