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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:18 AM

What Now?

I have had some readers ask what is to become of this blog. Well, it started out discussing Office Development , then it covered Threat Modelling , and most recently it has been about HDi . There have been several posts about the Pet Shop Boys and then
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:36 AM

A Concert with PowerPoint Slides?

As you may know, Howard Jones played an acoustic show in Seattle last night with Robin Boult on guitar. The performance was fantastic, and the venue ( The Triple Door ) was actually quite nice with a limited menu coming from the kitchens of Wild Ginger
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Monday, January 14, 2008 12:02 PM

Good News

Not one but two bits of good news this morning! Firstly, TWICE reported on Toshiba's plans for HD DVD this year. Probably the biggest news was that the entry-level HD-A3 player will have a new recommended price of only $149 and that the higher-end models
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Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:04 PM

What I’ve Learnt about Coffee Lids

When I first moved to the US over eight years ago, I thought it was very odd that people put lids on their take-away coffee. I found it quite strange to drink through a hole in a lid rather than to just drink directly from the cup, and routinely discarded
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Sunday, September 30, 2007 11:43 AM

Wikipedia editing

Short post: In the interests of full disclosure, I've started editing Wikipedia on various topics related to HD DVD. Initially I made several "anonymous" edits, but decided to create an account for transparency and so I can "watch" pages as they change.
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Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:01 PM

Tech Acronym of the Day

TPM (Trusted Platform Module): noun . A dedicated chip that performs cryptographic operations and cannot be inspected or tampered with unless you have frickin' sharks with electron-tunnelling microscopes attached to their heads. OK, so it made someone
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Friday, January 19, 2007 11:06 PM

Paperless

I fly pretty regularly, but in the past seven years I've never had a paper ticket. I always just zip through the electronic check-in counter, passing mild looks of disdain at those other people milling around with their pieces of paper stuck in long winding
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:19 AM

iRiver Clix First Impressions

My trusty old Rio Carbon died the other day when it fell out of its little carrying case and was abruptly introduced to the cold, harsh reality of a concrete parking garage floor. RIP, Rio. I needed a replacement (otherwise I can't bear spending time
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Saturday, August 05, 2006 12:44 PM

Looks like I'll be down $300 on November 14th

But what better way to spend it than 236 episodes of Friends ? Thank you, Warner Bros. I hope they offer it on HD DVD so I don't have to have 40+ DVDs lying around...
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Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:52 PM

Updates coming

I know it's been a while since I last blogged anything -- I was on holiday last week and I've been busy this week. I will try to post more iHD samples (and part 3 of the inheritance series) sometime soon...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 5:32 PM

Random Post about Music

Armin van Buuren's State of Trance 2006 is a must-have CD for any trance fans. I recently learnt that the BBC chose the Pet Shop Boys' track Numb for their World Cup Montage [no hyperlink; it was taken down]. And the Pet Shop Boys will be in Seattle on
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Monday, July 10, 2006 4:12 PM

More Interlaced / Progressive Info

Seems not everyone believes me when I say that for filmed content (24fps), 30i gives the same end result as 30p. Well, check out the latest review of the Samsung BD-P1000 player for a bit of a hint. The review very clearly states (and you can confirm
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Saturday, July 08, 2006 8:52 PM

Dead Man's Chest

Just a quickie tonight -- I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest last night. Brilliant movie! It's a little slow to start, but it soon picks up with pretty much more of the same fun and adventure from the first one . The soundtrack
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Thursday, June 01, 2006 7:23 PM

Something About Lies and Statistics...

CNet is running a story about reader reaction to the new Windows Media Photo format . From the fine article : In an unscientific poll asking whether a JPEG competitor is needed, almost half of the 5,621 voters said maybe, "but I'm concerned about it being
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Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:21 AM

HD DVD Commercial

This message was sent with low priority. Toshiba has a cool HD DVD commercial up on their website at http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/hddvd/ Unfortunately it's a Flash page so I can't give you a direct link <sigh> but you can just click on the image
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