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Video iPods are out, and they’re hot. So how does one make something so hot, even hotter? Spice it up with some 2.5” pornography that’s how!

Apple probably won’t say that they’re for or against the many sites that are now catering to specialized video file downloads aimed at iPod use. But experts say that it can only help all of the involved parties. Apple sells more video iPods, the adult film industry gets another check in the bank, and people on the go can now get their jollies with video and audio. The only loser I see here is the trashy novelist writers, and Fabio, who poses for the covers.

iPod porn is a great idea: nobody but the viewing party sees and hears what’s going on. For people on the go, those costly hotel “premium” channel subscriptions don’t have to linger on your expense account. Yet, I can see an issue when wanting to show your mom pictures of your last trip to Hawaii, and then BAM there’s Jenna doing her thing in full motion.

I can recall not so far back in the past, making fun of myspace.com for being a friendster knockoff. “Basically, they just stole the friendster idea, and improved where friendster falls apart” I said. I can’t say that I’m a philosopher, but many shared similar thoughts. The folks at myspace, “Tom”, decided to do just that. Make something better that what was available.

Musicians took a hold of that, and myspace welcomed them with open webspace. There’s approx 550,000 musicians/bands on myspace.com, with 35 million total registered users –yes I’m one of them.

So what does myspace do? Sell, keep things the same, and start a record label! Why not? A community of 35million is plenty enough to start up a record label. There’s also half a million bands just dying to get signed. Foreseeing this one was about as easy as foreseeing lance take the tour one more time, Steve showing us a video iPod, and me spending my next 4 paychecks at newegg.com, yet I’m surprised to hear this.

“Radio has become less and less important” –Chris DeWolf Myspace CEO

There comes a time in every geek’s life where he needs to put his foot down. This geek has crossed that point, and the dirty sneaker is headed fast towards the anti-static carpeting.

Splogs must stop. what is a splog? Spam-Blog.

Spammers have stolen the forbidden fruit, robbed the innocence, and plagued the last sterile spot on the internet. Ok, I’m going a bit far here, but I am one passionate blogger. I for one, feel violated. I for two, feel angry. I for three, feel the need to blog about this!

According to Ken Young of vnunet.com, Phlog, Vlog, and Zlog are all predicted mutations of the word blog. Too bad they beat you to ‘vlog’ Ken, ever hear of a video-log? Sheesh.

(a real splog, cross between a clog and slipper.)

It’s times like these that i validate those psychos who show up to the office with two M-16’s taped together and a grenade launcher under each arm.

Maybe I’m being too dramatic, but Sony has really touched a nerve this time. Engadget reports that Mark’s Sysinternals Bloc has uncovered some malware/adaware/spyware of Sony Music. That’s right. Sony. Sony’s CDs will not play on most CD-ROM’s, unless you use their bundled player. Apparently installing this player also installs a hidden program that hog system resources, is poorly written, and was more pain than a root canal without novocain to uninstall.

DRM isn’t the answer, lower prices and an easy means of distribution is. While Sony spends man hrs coding and covering up junk like this, they could be researching more efficient means to get the music to the people, for a small cost. If I didn’t have hot coffee in my had, I’d show those Sony exec’s a thing or two. But hot coffee can cause 3rd degree burns, at least I think it can.

There’s an old saying “two heads are better than one”. This is true when you’re taking a math test, or trying to solve a riddle, but it goes only so far. The online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, takes this old staying way further than it should have. If you’re not familiar with Wikipedia, it’s an encyclopedia where the content is created by everyone instead of a few ‘boys in the back room’.

The saying says “two heads”, not 6.5 billion heads, are better than one. Wikipedia is just finding this out now. The content quality is below par, “An encyclopedia can’t just have a small percentage of good entries and be considered a success.”

And I fully agree. My father used to tell me that encyclopedias are like chains, only as strong as the weakest link. Wikipedia has tons of links, and a lot of them seem to be rather weak. The concept is great, but I’m not encouraging my nephew to reference Wikipedia on his 3rd grade report on African Elephants, he just may be misled.

Spam is one of my favorite foods, although mother doesn’t approve. I eat Spam and eggs, with rice, in sandwiches, and with green eggs and ham, Spam I am. I also hate spam. The email kind of spam give me nausea and diarrhea of the inbox. Spam emails that is.

Where did they get my email address? No, I don’t want cheap software, pharmaceuticals, a larger male member, or a cheap wristwatch as a novelty. I just want the emails that are from people I know to occupy my inbox.

It looks like Spam (food) started in US, and now spam (those darned emails) are coming from Asia. Americans are trying to correlate some sort of anti-spam effort, but it seems tough to get rid of. And let’s mention that spam is more than the above mentioned marketing emails. Spam is heavily related to phishing and hacking.

The spam thing is getting out of hand if you ask me. A good name is being dragged through the dirt, stepped on, spit, chopped, chewed and spit out. Find out more of what’s going on with this Asian-spam at businessweek.com.

Music and me are like peas and carrots. Money and me are like Tom and Jerry. So when CD’s came out, and blank tapes were abundant, I made copies of my friend’s discos compactos. The quality wasn’t as good, the shiny disk factor was null, but there was one advantage to purchasing tapes over CD’s: choice. I never bought the same blank tapes twice. With more selection and different colors to choose from, it was fun to run out of tapes and purchase new ones.

Some crazy Japanese site posted up every single blank tape ever made, ever. Those on dial up, prepare for a long load time, but it’s worth it. I think that the third gear tapes were my favorites. And of course the audioDEMAGNETIZER was always a favorite of mine. If I only had a tape deck in my car still, I’d rock out just one more time for the nostalgic factor.

I am not one for plastic surgery. We are the way we are. Nature, God, fate, whatever you believe in, has us looking just the way we should look.

Windows was not created by God, nature, fate, or anything else of similar caliber. Therefore I deem it a green light to pump up the bust, suck out the fat, and give your old XP installation a facelift.

Powertoys made by Microsoft, for Microsoft is my plastic surgeon of choice. Tools and trinkets like SyncToy, ClearType Tuner, Alt-Tab Replacement, and Image Resizer are among the few interesting Powertoys offered.

Sure the name PowerToys yields an image of enormous jackhammers, 50” rotary saws, and 300bhp chain saws. But these little tweaks are still pretty cool after the letdown of a deceitful name.

Right now I’m sitting on dial up via AOL. I haven’t dialed into an ISP since 1998, and I don’t miss it one bit. The boing beep boing boing sounds don’t bring back happy nostalgic BBS memories either. But the fact of the matter is, I’m connected to the internet. Having a computer that isn’t connected to the net is about as useful as a bike with no seat. Being connected is everything.

Verizon knows this, and has decided to push their 3G network just a bit harder than they have been. They lowered the prices and have helped integrate EV-DO ( a.k.a. 3G) chips into laptops. WiFi used to be an add-on only feature, but is now standard with almost any consumer laptop.

This way we could be connected all the time, Continue reading →

I’ve fallen in love. Her simple looks yet complex features send tingles from my elbows to my fingertips and then back. She’s slightly on the bigger side, comparably, but she can go for almost 4 solid hours. I’m in love I tell you. The catch here is that I’m a Montague, and she, she’s a Capulet. The oldest story in the book, and I’m here singing the cliché anthem of someone who can’t get what they desire.

“Oh HTC-Apache, a.k.a. the PPC-6700, Oh HTC-Apache, a.k.a. the PPC-6700, where for art thou HTC-Apache, a.k.a. the PPC-6700?”

We’ve never formally met. She only arrived on the scene less than a week ago. She is exclusive to Sprint/Nextel and I’m under a contract signed in blood with T-Mobile. The 416 MHz Intel processor, WiFi, EV-DO, Bluetooth, MiniSD card expandability, Speakerphone, 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder, and the sliding QWERTY keyboard make her the phone of my dreams. Oh, did I mention that you can make calls on this device as well? The PPC-6700 kicks the Sidekick II, squashes the Blackberry, and is a hatrick compared to the Treo.

I have heard rumors, and pray each night I rest my eyes, that she’ll be available at T-Mobile. Then my only problem will be mustering up the $479.99 to purchase the PPC-6700.