Comcast's streaming video, within the house. Implemented via transcoding in the house -- like a slingbox that slings just over local wifi.
Place your bets. New iPad to be announced at Apple event starting in half an hour. Signs point to incremental feature bump rather than a large leap forward. I think 512MB RAM (up from 256), and front facing camera for video chat. Plus probable second rear facing camera (this one doesn't make sense to me, but 3rd party iPad case design leaks all show a cut out, so I'm saying it's true solely on that evidence.) Maybe slightly larger screen (smaller bezel) but same resolution. No SD card slot. No USB. No Thunderbolt. Really new iPad with more major changes to come in September.
Also revamped Mobile Me may well be announced, finally providing some clarity to the purpose of their *massive* new data center in NC. I'm guessing this will provide "cloud" storage for iTunes Store purchased media so that you can access from any of your iDevices. But not, as some people are speculating, cloud storage for all your digital media (i.e., I think they won't allow you to upload and store non iTunes Store purchased media.) Also I think no streaming music or video services (i.e., no pay $x/month to stream whatever music you want a la Rhapsody) making Apple's LaLa purchase still a bit hard to understand. Some basic features of Mobile Me to become free (or maybe "basically" free, like $1.99 from App Store), but anything really useful will be an add on with a (probably too high) price.
Yes I have no life and find guessing these things sort of fun.
Also revamped Mobile Me may well be announced, finally providing some clarity to the purpose of their *massive* new data center in NC. I'm guessing this will provide "cloud" storage for iTunes Store purchased media so that you can access from any of your iDevices. But not, as some people are speculating, cloud storage for all your digital media (i.e., I think they won't allow you to upload and store non iTunes Store purchased media.) Also I think no streaming music or video services (i.e., no pay $x/month to stream whatever music you want a la Rhapsody) making Apple's LaLa purchase still a bit hard to understand. Some basic features of Mobile Me to become free (or maybe "basically" free, like $1.99 from App Store), but anything really useful will be an add on with a (probably too high) price.
Yes I have no life and find guessing these things sort of fun.
ars technica gropes the atrix
clinton st getting a chinatown dumpling outpost. i eat at vanessa's but ive read prosperity are their equal.
I read Frank Rich is going from the Times to NY Mag. Is that true? If the Times wanted to confound their critics they would hire Glenn Greenwald as the new liberal op-ed voice. Of course I don't think the Times cares at all about making me happy or confounding their critics.
RIP freewheelin' Suze Rotolo.
house of david / via antiques road show
not exactly funny but some impressive talent for jimmy kimmels post oscar bits.
Roger Ailes to be indicted? Fingers crossed.
portland here i come w/ the great mr dibenedetto!!
Sunday Feb 27 Rain/Snow High: 44°F Low: 41°F
Monday Feb 28 Rain High: 43°F Low: 37°F
Tuesday Mar 1 Rain High: 43°F Low: 42°F
Wednesday Mar 2 Showers High: 43°F Low: 39°F
why the hell am i moving to a place thats colder than NYC in feb??
Sunday Feb 27 Rain/Snow High: 44°F Low: 41°F
Monday Feb 28 Rain High: 43°F Low: 37°F
Tuesday Mar 1 Rain High: 43°F Low: 42°F
Wednesday Mar 2 Showers High: 43°F Low: 39°F
why the hell am i moving to a place thats colder than NYC in feb??
"Best restaurant" lists are tricky. How can any sensible eater compare an iconic pizza parlor or the joint that serves that simply transcendent cheeseburger with the lapidary perfection of a French Laundry or the genre-bending inventiveness of a WD-50? On what terms is it possible to stack the culinary monuments of Manhattan, Chicago, or Los Angeles up against the really-very-good but necessarily more modest establishments of, say, Buellton or Murphysboro? Talk about apples and oranges.
Corinne Vionnet collects hundreds of similar amateur / tourist snapshots of famous sites from the internet and then layers them together.
bowery dinering
this womans voice is great
i saw here once and saw her in her new hometown portland, OR last time i was there
http://www.housingworks.org/events/detail/live-from-home-with-alela-diane-wild-divine/
i saw here once and saw her in her new hometown portland, OR last time i was there
http://www.housingworks.org/events/detail/live-from-home-with-alela-diane-wild-divine/
very useful netflix instant search tool: instantwatcher
Engaget fondles Xoom -- Hits retail tomorrow. Wifi-only version coming later.
Interesting take on Apple's subscription kerfuffle. Apps aren't magazines and vice versa.
streaming video twofer:
Google’s YouTube in Talks to Stream NBA, NHL Games Live
CBS and Netflix Announce Two-Year Licensing Agreement For Library Content
Google’s YouTube in Talks to Stream NBA, NHL Games Live
CBS and Netflix Announce Two-Year Licensing Agreement For Library Content
