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I’m going somewhere with this…

Blu-Ray will go down in history as the last successful mass-market media distribution format. From here on out, all distribution of content will be via Internet. It’s largely a generational thing, really. Most kids (up to people in their early 30′s, generally) seem to be pretty comfortable with electronic delivery of their content. They’re perfectly [...]

It doesn’t mean shit.

You want to stop the RIAA and MPAA? It’s really this simple. Stop buying RIAA-produced music. Stop buying movie tickets to MPAA-produced movies. Stop supporting the content industry in general, who produces vapid mind-rotting “culture” and abuses artists and technical people alike. 10% of us doing this would do more to hurt the industry than [...]

Creepy Drug Store Privacy (and how I predicted it)

I had this wonderful rant all queued up about how a major drug store chain has crossed the line into “creepy” with their updated rewards card program. And then I realized that I already predicted this would happen over 20 years ago, and how many privacy advocates are closing the barn door after the cows [...]

In which Apple won’t take my money..

Today I had what amounts to the worst experience I’ve ever had in an Apple Store. Before I start, let me just say that this is, in the grand scheme of things, a minor annoyance.  Nobody at the Apple Store was less than courteous (although admittedly it is a bit crazy in there), and it [...]