Archive May 2005
Gaming Console Wars
Why the Xbox is for Suckers: I've been playing Video Games since the golden age, Atari 2600, Commodore 64 and of course the original Nintendo. At some point I've played every mainstream system. Including oddities like the Magnavox Odyssey 2, Collecovision, Atari Lynx (light years ahead of the Gameboy) and the TurboGraphx 16. With each [...]
Getting an iPod?
I'm (proudly) a Microsoft Digital Media MVP. The Windows Media / Mobile platform is in big trouble. This is just another possible win for the iPod. I don't own an iPod, and I don't yet want to own an iPod (perhaps I should get one of them free iPods?) – but the writing is clearly [...]
Newton, Iowa – Screwed
I defintely raised the ire of countless Iowans the other day; nobody likes it when their home turf is poo-pooed, especially when one speaks from experience. It's impossible to fight stereotypes, isn't it? :) But it seems that I was partly right. An old fraternity brother sent word: “On the Iowa post I agree with [...]
Interview with Brent Simmons – Hour 2
In the second half of the conversation with Brent Simmons he talks about the elegance of Mac apps, the advantages of developing software for Mac OS X and his past as a developer for both Linux and Windows. During this hour Brent’s Luddite leanings in the realm of personal video recording are revealed, prompting Chris [...]
Interview with Brent Simmons – Hour 1
Brent Simmons designed what is arguably the first elegant newsreader, NetNewsWire, back in 2002 for the Mac OS X platform. Version 2.0 released last week with support for podcasting, feed searches and a number of other major enhancements. Brent is a local Seattleite, a former developer of Radio Userland and an avid science fiction fan. [...]
Full-Text Feeds are Dead
Let me illustrate to you why I don't put full text in my RSS feeds anymore. From a NGOS search feed for the keyword “lockergnome,” I discovered a link to an article that had been posted to our RSS channel: 1. technology.updates.com… No big deal, it's just a pointer… but it's pointing to another pointer… [...]
Stealing Star Wars
Via Slyck, a press release from the MPAA: “There is no better example of how theft dims the magic of the movies for everyone than this report today regarding BitTorrent providing users with illegal copies of Revenge of the Sith.” “Fans have been lined up for days to see Revenge of the Sith. To preserve [...]
Interviewing the NetNewsWire Guy
On tonight's show, we're sitting down with Brent Simmons… otherwise known as “the NetNewsWire guy.” Well, at least that's what we call him. NetNewsWire is one of the most popular news aggregators on the Mac platform, having leapt onto the scene a few years ago. v2.0 was just released this past week, and we figured [...]
Interviewing the NetNewsWire Guy
On tonight’s show, we’re sitting down with Brent Simmons… otherwise known as “the NetNewsWire guy.” Well, at least that’s what we call him. NetNewsWire is one of the most popular news aggregators on the Mac platform, having leapt onto the scene a few years ago. v2.0 was just released this past week, and we figured [...]
Breakin' the Law
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Switching from Napster
Yahoo!'s seriously undercutting the market with their $5 a month price tag. Ponzi's been using Napster at $15, but I'm trying to push her to the other side. She claims that Napster has exclusives, but… I just don't see it. Aren't all these music services serving up the same stuff (generally speaking)? Might as well [...]
Ruminations of Chris Pirillo
With Ponzi scheduled to arrive at SeaTac in the middle of the broadcast, Chris recorded the last hour ahead of time. Ranging from his experiences with exchanging an iMac at the Seattle Apple store to frustrations with short keyboard cables his enthusiasm for Tiger remains undiminished. Next up on the gadget acquisition list: a Sony [...]
NewsGator Buys FeedDemon
This Word DOC was sent to me a few days before it went public, so… I saw it fit to post it here (as that's usually what folks want when they send me such attachments). Usually, when you see text in a typewritten font here, it's not my own. ;) Q: What is FeedDemon? Nick: [...]
