http://www.stargeek.com Stargeek PHP News, SEO and Tools Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:18:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your current blogger here at Stargeek, me, is moving over to a new host. Dan Zarrella has set up NEGeek.com as part of the BWP network of websites. So if you like my unique view on tech, politics, and culture intersecting you can find me there. http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-16-moving-servers.html Has anyone else seen this steaming pile of (err…) video yet? It’s almost like Google is out to prove that I’m right about their grappeling with how to spend all that money. C’mon. With that much cash and talent you can’t come up with a better video sales mechanic ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-11-google-video-hardly-ready.html So it appears that Microsoft has decided MacOSX is no longer a threat. Considering all those Mac users that will soon be buying up Windows to run on their boxes, it’s not hard to see why. Windows is releasing a Windowsmedia plugin for quicktime on the Mac platform. This ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-11-windowsmedia-comes-out-with-quicktime-plugin.html Victor Yodaiken makes some good points about Digital Rights Managment and the law of unintended consequences. There isn’t a “good” way to implement DRM where it won’t affect all systems in unpredictable ways, some of which can have deadly consequences. Imagine, if you will, your doctor suddenly not being able ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-11-digital-rights-out-of-control.html So really, is there any difference between an Intel PC and a Mac Intel PC? No. No word on if they’ll allow Linux to run on the (what do you call it now) PC(?). Apparently Microsoft is thrilled that their will no longer be major retail architectures that don’t ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-10-windows-to-run-on-the-pc-mac.html Just in case you thought I was joking with the post about The Register and podporn here’s a link to one purvayor of the stuff. It’s a landing page, so (as of this writing) there’s no actualy content on there to offend. Just don’t click the links. So. ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-09-hide-the-ipods-its-podporn.html While little Johnny is beating a prostitute to death in GTA3: Liberty City Stories he may be at risk of (err…) malicious porn sellers. El Reg has brought to light the nefarious plot to subvert the youth of wherever you happen to be by way of the good people ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-09-porn-on-handheld-displays-somehow-puts-children-at-risks.html A team from Missouri-Columbia has found a causal link between people viewing violent images and being inured to violent images. While it’s no great shock that people that regularly view something have a muted reaction to it (this probably occurs in war zones and violent areas, too) their immediate conclusion based ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-09-violent-images-inure-viewers-to-violent-images.html While the media wonks over at the BBC have masterfully put together an article that deviates from the topic in less time than it took to read, they do manage to bumble through an entire range of topics, getting each one wrong. First, phones will not replace mobile gaming gear. ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-09-mobile-phones-are-not-gaming-platforms.html Now what kind of a farce is this. If I had a monopoly of 90% market share, a product that is pervasive and a toehold in every other related market, I’d pretty much figure that my continued existence was in the bag. Especially if somehow worse came to ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-08-microsoft-putting-on-dog-and-pony-show-for-regulators.html Not only are they regressing to Television sets as a “portal technology” but now both Yahoo and Google are “going mobile”. I swear if I didn’t know better I’d assume they had the same marketing department and shared it to cut costs. While the cell phone has long been touted ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-06-yahoo-and-google-to-go-mobile.html My first objection to this, and I think the most sane, is that it won’t happen because you’d have one too many Bills at Microsoft. I mean. Seriously. You couldn’t insult “Billy-Boy” without someone saying “wait.. do you mean the one with the intern or the one ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-06-steve-balmer-to-be-replaced-by-bill-clinton.html We’re going to go (errr…) back to the future and start using TV’s for everything. That’s right. While everyone’s been flocking to any alternative media in site what we all really want is Google and Yahoo on that big paperweight in the living room. Let me make something perfectly ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-06-tvs-are-your-past-future.html Open Document will still reign as the standard of the state of Massachusetts, according to this eWeek piece. Apparently Microsoft didn’t have the sway to flat out bully the state into eating it’s Office products. While it hasn’t already happened, which would make me a whole lot less skeptical of ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-05-massachusetts-to-go-with-open-document.html Apple’s attempt to hobble the Motorola ROKR phone with embedded iTunes has been sucessful, and Motorola is droppying iTunes for Linux. The hundres song limit and crappy interface seemed to have doomed the ROKR v1 to an early death. The new phone has a raft of new features. Included ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-04-motorola-cans-itunes-for-linux.html BBC is running a nice wrapup on Sony’s CD fiasco. Apparently they’ll make mewling noises and fling cheap product to the masses then walk away. Now, my problem with it is this. If you or I were to infect 10’s of thousands of computers with trojans we’d be seeing ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-04-bbc-wrapup-on-the-sony-fiasco.html Wikipedia, the online dictionary and general web reference, is thinking of going with advertisements. Actually, I”m not entirely sure what comprises “Wikipedia” or who makes the decisions, so it might just be the founder Jimmy Wales who’s hot to monotize on the “open” dictionary. This seems to be a horrible ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-03-wikipedia-going-with-ads.html Groklaw has an interesting piece on the life and times of Peter Quinn, the man who tried to state that open formats are the right way to go for Boston. Apparently the politicians that receive money from Redmond didn’t like that and forced him out. Moreover, there’s been a media ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-03-microsoft-is-like-the-mob.html I finally figured out how to use DAP Tex foam sealer. You need to shake it. A lot. Also, make sure to clean out the nozel and straw before putting it away. Trust me, you’ll thank yourself later. This has been your Northeast Winter Home Improvement tip of the ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-02-filling-in-the-gaps.html Looks like PC hardware has taken a boost in 2005. Sales for hardware of the personal computing variety were up 126% while the console and toy department was down 9%. There isn’t as much of a trend away from the PC as gaming outlet stock would suggest. There recent ... http://www.stargeek.com/2006-01-02-pcs-up-consoles-down.html