TLP001 - In the premiere episode of “The tomorrowland.com Podcast” I review the Promise SmartStor NS4600, and discuss setting it up, using it as a media server, and explain how to set up a dynamic dns so that you can access it remotely and stream videos to your iphone over the net. Click Podcast in the header bar to watch the episode here in HD!
A new ad starring Ben Stein and Shaq promoting a special price for Comcast Digital Cable totally misses the mark by showing the two handcuffed together and then making a point to emphasize that they’re going to be shaq-led for 12 months. The idea is supposed to be that Shaq represents “Being the best” and Ben represents being frugal. But instead all I get is that I’d be locked into the deal for a year. It doesn’t help that after the two are handcuffed they are shocked to discover the duration of their deal…
With less than 30 days until WWDC I’m starting to get anxious about what new Apple iGadgets might (or might not) be released. Will Steve Jobs be back from his curious sick leave to unveil the next big thing? Or will it be another disappointing and uneventful keynote? The rumors have certainly been flowing recently and whether they’re based on anything real or are just wishful thinking on the part of a few fan boys, they’ve got me hopeful that my dream mac might be in my hands soon enough. Either way, what might be has been enough to make me hold off on upgrading my first generation iPhone - hoping that I’m only a month or two away from that third gen iPhone hardware to go along with the 3.0 iPhone software. But what will this new iPhone be? And what of this controversial mac tablet?
About 2 months ago I was mocking up my own concept for a mac tablet when real life got in the way of blogging. Since then I’ve blogged very little. I’ve also seen (on other sites) a couple of very cool mockups, one that would be completely awesome but is at least a few years off due to it’s flexible OLED design, and another that is extremely close to what I was planning. Whipping up a fake now would be completely academic.
Being somewhat of a fan boy myself it’s sometimes difficult to distinguish between my wish list and what I expect will really be released. But here’s my take on WWDC 09… Read… »
My blog updates have been few and far between these days. Fortunately this has presented me with several new ideas for posts, all which are “in queue” waiting to be written. In the mean time NAB happened. HOPEFULLY there are a couple of good posts that will come out of that. For example, I think I’ve found the perfect solution to my storage quandary and if rumors are to be trusted I’ll be getting an advanced model to review. It fits in the NAS category and I’m super excited about trying it out.
Read on to see what’s been going on plus twitter and some ideas I have for future posts…
One clear sign that times are tough is when people start mowing their own lawns. As money becomes tighter we are forced to look for areas where we can cut back. Today this was my reality. Through this traumatic experience I’ve learned a few things about money, life, love, hard work, and lawn care technology.
Take the jump to see the rest of this gruesome photo, and to get the details of what I learned today…
In 1986 I went into my local Atari ST store and was furious to find a cheap Othello-type game selling for $30 - which was like 100 bucks in ‘86. Why sooo serious?! Well, because in my opinion it was a total rip off. First off it showed no creativity - the graphics were just black and white circles for game pieces. And second, it should have been free out of a magazine (back then you’d just type in the code). It was a total rip off. So I set out to write my own version of the game, and mine looked more like a 3D game table. The rest of that story another time.
To my point, a similar thing has certainly happened to the makers of the iPhone app Bang!Bang! and Boom!BOOM! Shotgun Free (iTunes links). They had what they thought was an original idea. They set out to make it professional, using realistic graphics and hollywood sound effects, and they worked it through the iPhone app approval process. Only to find out that Apple was approving several ‘gun’ apps all around the same time. No proof of this of course, but I suspect that Apple might have held theirs back to time the releases closer together. I believe theirs did hit the store first, but others soon followed, including what can only be described as an extremely cheap knock off called Shotgun Pro. But plagiarism is the best form of compliment, right? And competition is what makes this country great.
But still, the idea that Shotgun Pro had made it to #2 on the Entertainment charts got under their skin a bit. And to be honest it also makes me scratch my head as it is a somewhat un-inspired soundboard app. So to combat it they too set out on a mission, to ‘pop a cap in the arse’ of the competition. Take the jump to read on and see the video…
What is happening to DVD Tuesdays? Twilight was released on Saturday and Bolt was released Sunday on Blu-ray (regular DVD releases Tuesday). I stopped at Best Buy to get a copy and found an array of blue tag specials on Blu-ray titles. Needless to say I ended up spending a little more than I planned on. If you want to add some low priced titles to your collection, head over to Best Buy sometime this week, before the deals are gone…
Ok… Unfortunately I’m old enough to have lived through old Coke vs New Coke vs Classic Coke - which by the way isn’t the same as the old Coke. This might be just a matter of taste too, but I belive the original iPod Shuffle is still the best iPod Shuffle. By now it’s quite obvious that Apple’s business model is to come out with new iPods every few months so that there’s always a new iPod that you’ll want to buy. For most of their other iPod models the new ones generall are better than the old ones. But I still have my original iPod shuffle and it still works great. And while it doesn’t talk to me, it has some features that make it the best..
I’ve been looking forward to Jimmy Fallon taking over the Late Night spot. Last night around 1am I realized that I forgot to TiVo Monday night’s episode which had an interview with Joshua Topolsky from Engagetand a performance by my old friends The Lonely Island Boys. Luckily there’s this new fangled thing called hulu. Tonight, I’m in the middle of watching the eiposde now and so far it’s the funniest one yet.
I’m glad to see Jimmy embracing the tech side so much that he’d interview Joshua. The Apple fanboy in me is also comforted by the mac on his desk.
You can watch the entire episode below (for as long as the link works) or at hulu.com. Full screen it’s almost as good as cable…
UPDATE: After watching I realized that the TiVo description was wrong. Turns out the Lonely Island Boys were not on that episode. For shame. Here’s another clip of them with Jimmy from Feb 11th.
TLP001 - In the premiere episode of “The tomorrowland.com Podcast” I review the Promise SmartStor NS4600, and discuss setting it up, using it as a media server, and explain how to set up a dynamic dns so that you can access it remotely and stream videos to your iphone over the net. Click Podcast in the header bar to watch the episode here in HD!
In 1986 I went into my local Atari ST store and was furious to find a cheap Othello-type game selling for $30 - which was like 100 bucks in ‘86. Why sooo serious?! Well, because in my opinion it was a total rip off. First off it showed no creativity - the graphics were just black and white circles for game pieces. And second, it should have been free out of a magazine (back then you’d just type in the code). It was a total rip off. So I set out to write my own version of the game, and mine looked more like a 3D game table. The rest of that story another time.
What is happening to DVD Tuesdays? Twilight was released on Saturday and Bolt was released Sunday on Blu-ray (regular DVD releases Tuesday). I stopped at Best Buy to get a copy and found an array of blue tag specials on Blu-ray titles. Needless to say I ended up spending a little more than I planned on. If you want to add some low priced titles to your collection, head over to Best Buy sometime this week, before the deals are gone…
Ok… Unfortunately I’m old enough to have lived through old Coke vs New Coke vs Classic Coke - which by the way isn’t the same as the old Coke. This might be just a matter of taste too, but I belive the 
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