While I never knew this show existed when it ran, I've been going through and watching many episodes since I found this archive. It looks like it ran from the early '80s all the way to 2002 or so, covering everything from the Commodore 64 to Windows 95, to DVD drives, with tons of stuff in between.
One episode, for instance, discusses all the cool things you can do with a brand new DVD drive in your PC, such as not have 36 discs for an encyclopedia. Another demonstrates all the cutting-edge techniques to enjoy music in 1998, including Napster and mp3.com, as well as high-capacity MP3 players with up to 1.6 gigabytes of storage. An especially interesting segment featured a desktop trackpoint from 1996, accompanied with the observation that "the laptop industry seems to be standardizing on the trackpoint as the pointing device of choice."
Some of the videos do have some audio problems, but overall the collection is very interesting to spend an afternoon browsing.]]>
I would think iOS being based on OS X and NOT using a Java based VM would give iPhone developers an edge over Android. What am I missing? I am not a developer by any means, but does Android have better APIs or tools?
Or does all of this lead back to the restrictions Apple places on its platform which are subjective based on your own preferences and usage of the device?]]>
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/
The new 10.5 beta 1 for windows was just relased the other day. Not only does it have much better win 7 intergration then everyon else other then ie (tabs show up in aero peek, speed dial is listed in the popup, etc) it a bit faster then the latet chrome dev weekly on the sunpsider test
Chrome 5.0.317.2 : 648.6ms
Opera 10.5 beta 1: 516.2ms
The mac and linux builds are into alpha stage and avibal form thier devoplment blog
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/
And for the very aero pic:
]]>Right now local TV broadcasters broadcast digital video signals over the air. However, they could easily broadcast Internet data. I'm thinking that broadcasting the Internet over the air using TV bands is just a matter of time.
Comments?]]>
I'd like to know which country you're in, which ISP you have, what kind of connection, how fast your connection is, if usage caps are imposed and how much it all costs.
I'm with Telstra, our biggest and evilest ISP.
I have a cable connection that goes this fast:
I have a usage cap of 25 GB a month, if I go over I'm slowed to 64 Kbit/s for the remainder of the month.
I'm paying AU$80 a month, which is about US$74.]]>
The little amp in the Nano is not as powerful as the one in the Touch or Classic but it is crisp and clear. As usual the little earbuds that come with the iPod Nano are just adequate. You can use other headphones. I use Sennheiser PMX 60 headphones and I got better FM reception. (you must have headphones pugged in to get FM reception). I like that one can pause live radio. I don't know how many minutes can be stored
Here's one of my first video clips
My Fridge]]>
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Is the store absolutely unusable for anyone else? I mean, so choppy and slow that it's really unusable? I hope there's an update to address that
Well scrolling is slow as molasses, but then again every version of iTunes I ever tried had that same problem]]>
Google Chrome Experiments is a place where all of the cool sites like Snow Stack are showcased. All of them are coded entirely in HTML, CSS and Javascript. No Flash or other third party plugins are required at all.
Some of the experiments may require a recent build of Google Chrome or WebKit nightly build, others run just fine on the run-of-the-mill versions of Safari or Firefox.
Here are some that I particularly liked:
Google Gravity
Google but not as you know it. After you've finished mucking about, try doing a search. I don't want to give too much away, it'll spoil the surprise.
More on Google Gravity here.
Wavy Scrollbars
Wavy Scroll bars is an entire page of vertical scrollbars that move as you mouse over.
Bomomo
Bomomo is a painting app with a difference.
Ball Pool
Ball Pool is another cool site. Instructions on how to use it are on the page but here's an extra tip; press the right mouse button for infinite balls.
There's heaps more to look at and play with but it's good that there's a site that has all of these things in one place.]]>
The antenna cost $79.00
I'm curious about DVRs. Are there any that allow HD output such that you can archive on your computer?
It occurs to me that over the air digital broadcast antennas must be a very volume business. If you subscribe to a cable, Internet or satellite service you get nothing more by using an antenna. So then you'd have to make a decision to get less content, albeit for free. I don't subscribe to any but an Internet service (not for TV) so for me, free over the air HDTV is a big plus.]]>