First it was QuickTime for Windows, then iTunes for Windows. Then Apple publicized that OS X would work on special Intel Macs (or Mactels). Apple has finally released a beta of Safari for Windows. The public beta gives you all of the features that the Mac browser has offered on OS X, including tabbed browsing (yawn), Google searching (yawn, again) and inline highlighted searches (yawn, yet again). I am interested to do my own side-by-side comparison of Safari 3 Public Beta and Firefox 2, or even Firefox 3 alpha. I won’t even waste my time with Opera or Internet Explorer. If I have time, which I probably won’t, I’ll write up something short.
Monthly Archive for June, 2007
I just saw on SlickDeals.net that Best Buy has a FOX TV DVD sale going on this week only. The DVD sets are $20 each. Plus, they have a Father’s Day coupon for 10% off a single item, including DVDs, that will bring the titles’ prices to $18.
Some of the titles that are on sale include:
- The Simpsons
- 24
- Arrested Development
- The Shield
- Angel
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Firefly
- The X-Files
I think we might head out and check out the sale today.
One of YouTube’s popular videos right now is Hitler’s Ultimate Downfall. I won’t tell you much about it, because I didn’t know what it was going to be when I started the video. It’s pretty funny. It’s got some explicit language, but it will be appreciated by the gamers.
I saw a demo of Microsoft Photosynth last year when my former boss came across it while looking for something else. Hell, for all I know we both came across it at the same time, but I think he sent me a link to it. I had set my knowledge of this software marvel aside in my brain, untill Scott posted a video of the TED demo of Photosynth and Seadragon, its parent technology. You can tell that Blaise Agüera y Arcas, the presenter, is really passionate about the technology and his work.
The Tech Preview of Photosynth is quite impressive, and you should check it out. I just spent the last ten or fifteen minutes going through Piazza San Marco to see if any of my photos were included. Unfortunately, I don’t think I tagged my photos of Venice any more precisely than "Venice." Oh well.
Here is the video from the TED site:
Many of you know that I’ve been aching to buy a new HDTV set, especially after Bert and Toni, Joe and Cristina, Brad, and Herschell have each bought one in the past six or seven months. Try as I might, I have been unable to keep up with the Joneses on this one.
Among the reasons for not buying one, the biggest reason is saving up for our trip to Alaska. It’s probably not the smartest thing to go to Alaska and buy a new TV at the same time. Another reason is my reluctance to buy a new HDTV set because of my lack of knowledge/experience with the technology. It’s not like with computer parts, where I can spend a couple of hundred bucks on some new parts and upgrade my system when I please. When you buy a TV, you’re buying something expecting it to last you for quite a few years without being upgraded.
PBS has a good crash course on digital TV by Cringely. I think the content is a few years old. With the exception of the now defunct timeline at the end, the content is good content. So, check it out if you’re curious about HDTV.
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