Cancel Napster

Aug 23, 2006 | 64 Comments

Hey, Napster? Thanks for making it an absolute pain in the ass to cancel our account – yet another reason to abandon your service. I had to call a phone number to tell you that I wanted to quit. Why? MTV’s new URGE service is far less problematic. Far less. I really like the Clix, [...]

Pluggd Keeps Us Plugged In

Aug 20, 2006 | 6 Comments

Expect to see plugs for Pluggd in the near future: they’re sponsoring our Internet connection on the cruise next week! As it stands, I’ll be checking in at least once a day from the Holland America cruiseliner – text and photos, guaranteed. I’ll post daily audio experiences as well – so long as upload speeds [...]

MP4 Support in WMP11

Jul 5, 2006 | 13 Comments

Don’t count on MP4 playback out of the box in the next version of the Windows Media Player. I filed this “bug” a few months ago, but apparently not supporting MP4 (by default) in WMP11 is a feature: “Spend the money. Pre-install the codec. The PSP relies on it, the iPod relies on it, and [...]