Sony Recants on Dead Pixels (Sort Of)

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Dead pixels instead of dead trees

Dead pixels instead of dead trees 12/22/2004 01:49 AM

I love books, I love browsing stacks, I love libraries, I love Powell's in Portland, I like collecting books, I always have a stack nearby to read, I love looking through picture books, and I love books even though I didn't really become much of a reader until the end of my college years (I never read for fun until then). Plunging into the Internet fed my book addiction further, as I had to read dozens of computer classics to get up to speed and stay ahead of the curve. Every computer desk I've had until recently was flanked by bookshelves loaded with titles.

Earlier this year, I remember hearing Cory Doctorow give a talk about how ebooks were going to rule the world and folks would abandon the printed page for the laptop screen. I thought it was a good talk, but I felt the thesis was a bit ahead of its time. There's really no comparison between curling up with a book and a blanket in front of a fireplace, versus trying to read thousands of words on a screen.

Last weekend I was doing some house cleaning and I kept finding stacks of books. A stack next to the reading chairs. A stack on the coffee table. A stack beside my bed. All these stacks contained books I bought in 2004, but never read. Some, I got halfway through, but even more I got maybe ten pages in. A few I never even cracked open.

When I think back to the last three books I enjoyed, they were all heard on my iPod, while on a road trip. I can't recall the last book I finished in my hands.

I'm going to take a holiday trip soon to a fairly remote location where there's not much to do besides read. I'm going to sit and read the only book I've wanted to read this year, and I have a feeling it might just be one of the last dead tree books I read for a long time.

As much as I didn't agree with Cory back during his E-tech talk, I'm finally realizing it's coming true in my own life. I read thousands of words everyday on my monitors and I rarely take time to read anything on the printed page, and there's no sign of reversal on that trend. The scariest thing for the bookfan inside me is that I don't think it's bad thing, either.

Long live the ebook. Long live the audiobook. So long, dead trees.

Samsung Guarantees Zero Dead Pixels

Samsung Guarantees Zero Dead Pixels 12/31/2004 10:12 AM

Bush Recants, Says Terror War Will Be
Won (AP)

Bush Recants, Says Terror War Will Be
Won (AP) 08/31/2004 09:00 PM
AP - President Bush said repeatedly on Tuesday that the United States will win its war against terrorism, trying to contain political damage from the doubt he expressed a day earlier.

Sort lists in AppleScript using the Unix
sort command

Sort lists in AppleScript using the Unix
sort command 05/17/2004 12:11 PM
To sort a list in AppleScript, try using text item delimiters and the shell command sort, like this: set the_list to {"c", "b", "e", "a", "d"} set old_delims to AppleScript's text item delimiters set AppleScript's text item ...

Sony PSP Dead Pixel Checker

Sony PSP Dead Pixel Checker 04/03/2005 07:52 AM

Sony answers PSP dead-pixel gripes

Sony answers PSP dead-pixel gripes 03/28/2005 03:16 PM
Users with pixel problems should contact SCEA for instructions on exchanging their PSP after a week or two of use, company says.

Confirmed: Sony to Replace Dead Pixel
PSPs

Confirmed: Sony to Replace Dead Pixel
PSPs 03/28/2005 01:23 PM

This is far from an official word, but PSP Takeover is reporting that Sony is providing free replacement PSPs for those who have two or more dead pixels (well, free plus shipping). Sony's US customer support isn't open yet (8AM PST), but we'll try to give them a ring later in the day to see what's up.

Nintendo was replacing any DS with a dead pixel, not two or more, so hopefully Sony will meet that challenge.

PSP Dead Pixel problem fixed [TBlog]

Update: Gamespot has all the details. The short story is: wait a week or two, and if they still bother you, Sony will replace the screen.
Sony responds to PSP dead-pixel reportsGameSpot]

Unconfirmed: Sony to Replace Dead Pixel
PSPs

Unconfirmed: Sony to Replace Dead Pixel
PSPs 03/28/2005 10:30 AM

This is far from an official word, but PSP Takeover is reporting that Sony is providing free replacement PSPs for those who have two or more dead pixels (well, free plus shipping). Sony's US customer support isn't open yet (8AM PST), but we'll try to give them a ring later in the day to see what's up.

Nintendo was replacing any DS with a dead pixel, not two or more, so hopefully Sony will meet that challenge.

PSP Dead Pixel problem fixed [TBlog]

3,397,120 Pixels

3,397,120 Pixels 04/15/2004 02:36 AM
I got my first piece of Sun hardware today, a 24.1-Inch Flat Panel Monitor. It runs at 1920x1200, and plugged into my 15" PowerBook whose screen is 1280x854, that gives me, well, a whole lot o’ pixels. I haven’t really figured out how to use ’em all effectively just yet, but it’s a nice problem to have. Mind you, when I lean back at my chair and look up at this horking thing, it occurs to me to say “On-screen!” in a clipped English accent and see if I can get the captain of that Romulan Warbird up there.

AMD wants its name in pixels

AMD wants its name in pixels 02/01/2005 09:25 PM
ZDNet Feb 1 2005 6:23PM GMT

Phantom pixels in CSS

Phantom pixels in CSS 06/04/2004 02:16 PM

Last weekend I helped get a great new FCC policy blog up called Wireless Unleashed. It's a cool idea about how once regular TV stations go digital, all the unused stuff above channel 13 could be reallocated as a new free wireless spectrum, kind of like a super powerful 802.11b.

Anyway, now that the site is up, I can point out a phantom CSS pixel problem I encountered while doing the layout. I used a basic three colum CSS layout, with some padding in the main content area. My favorite hack is that it's got a background image to make the post area and sidebar fill their space to the bottom (while using an alpha transparent png that degrades nicely in IE for windows). On this one page, the design called for full-width banners, so I put some inline CSS to override the padding in the white area, and to get IE and moz to display the full width banners I had to resort to an image replacement hack.

Now, here's the crazy part. The center column isn't fixed width in CSS even though it's a fixed width layout, and the banners with people's names on them are the full width of that space. If you look carefully, you'll see a pixel or two of white space on the right edge of the banners. In firefox I see one pixel. In IE/Win, I see about 3 px. If you scroll down below the right sidebar to the last banner, you'll see that it's flush and there's no gap at all. The background line between white and orange doesn't bend, but the banners don't appear all the way to the edge when content is on the right. I can't figure out why, and just gave up on trying.

Prestige or Pixels?

Prestige or Pixels? 01/29/2004 02:47 AM

Ultraviolet Powers Pixels

Ultraviolet Powers Pixels 07/23/2004 09:27 AM

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“Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Extreme Photonix, LLC have devised a flat-panel screen that transmits light 10 times more effectively than traditional liquid crystal displays. The technology could lead to a wide range of efficient computer and television screens, according to the researchers.”…

Eight Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions

Eight Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions 08/22/2004 07:33 AM

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“Microsoft’s lack of multicultural savvy cost the Redmond behemoth millions of dollars, according to a company executive. The software giant has seen its products banned in some of the biggest markets on earth—and it’s all because of eight wrongly colored pixels, a dodgy choice of music and a bad English-to-Spanish dictionary….

hi, when will it ever end? more
pixels-sharper images.whils

hi, when will it ever end? more
pixels-sharper images.whils 09/18/2004 10:13 PM
TechTree Sep 19 2004 2:40AM GMT

Sell your pixels on t-shirts by
*richardspence

Sell your pixels on t-shirts by
*richardspence 03/13/2003 05:02 PM

How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions

How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions 08/19/2004 02:44 PM
Insensitivity to cultural issues has led to some of the software giant's products being banned in some countries.

How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions

How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions 08/23/2004 02:25 PM

10.3: Be aware of non-square pixels in
screen captures

10.3: Be aware of non-square pixels in
screen captures 02/11/2004 11:04 AM
Screen captures in Panther may appear blurred because they have non-square pixels. If you take a screen capture with Shift-Command-3 or Shift-Command-4, then open the PDF screen capture file in Photoshop CS, it will have a pi...

How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions
| CNET News.com

How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions
| CNET News.com 08/21/2004 11:27 AM
How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions | CNET News.com: "When coloring in 800,000 pixels on a map of India, Microsoft colored eight of them a different shade of green to represent the disputed Kashmiri territory. The difference in greens meant Kashmir was shown as non-Indian, and the product was promptly ...

Pixels 3D 5.0: 3-D-Modeling And
-Rendering App Blends Function And Low
Price

Pixels 3D 5.0: 3-D-Modeling And
-Rendering App Blends Function And Low
Price 11/19/2003 11:36 PM
Pixels 3D 5.0 doesn't provide the ultimate tool set for creating 3-D animations and still images. But at $399, it's certainly an excellent choice for beginners. And it may be a reasonable option for professional artists who don't need the elaborate features of high-end, and more expensive, 3-D tools. By Sean Wagstaff (Macworld via MyAppleMenu)

Dead, Dead, Dead. Someday Soon We'll All
Be Dead.

Dead, Dead, Dead. Someday Soon We'll All
Be Dead. 12/02/2003 10:13 PM
I had a 120gig SATA Hard drive in my G5. It died. Dead blocks all over. My last full backup...

Sort-Key-0.11

Sort-Key-0.11 06/22/2005 02:48 AM

Sort-Key-0.01

Sort-Key-0.01 03/27/2005 03:26 PM

Sony to Shrink PlayStation 2 September
17 - 12:18 PM ET News in Brief | Sony
Computer Entertainment is set to

Sony to Shrink PlayStation 2 September
17 - 12:18 PM ET News in Brief | Sony
Computer Entertainment is set to 09/17/2004 12:34 PM
BetaNews Sep 17 2004 5:16PM GMT

Sony and MBNA Launch the SonyCard, the
Official Sony Credit Card in the
Republic Of Ireland

Sony and MBNA Launch the SonyCard, the
Official Sony Credit Card in the
Republic Of Ireland 07/15/2004 03:32 AM
Sony and MBNA Ireland today announces the launch of the SonyCard Credit Card (www.SonyCard.ie) in the Republic of Ireland. [PRWEB Jul 15, 2004]

""Pat isn't with God,'' he said. "He's f
-- ing dead. He wasn't religious. So
thank you for your thoughts, but he's f
-- ing dead.''"

""Pat isn't with God,'' he said. "He's f
-- ing dead. He wasn't religious. So
thank you for your thoughts, but he's f
-- ing dead.''" 05/05/2004 09:39 AM

Vacation of sort

Vacation of sort 06/18/2004 03:34 AM

I just got back home from SFO after watching my wife and son enter the passenger gate.  They are going to Korea to visit family and friends for a month.  This means I'll be on a vacation from family life for the next month.  Heeehaaaw!  So far I got a private poker tourney scheduled for Saturday.  I should do well enough to beat most of the players, but I doubt I'll be taking the big pot home because trying to win the tourney takes too much fun out of the game.

Sort-Flat-0.14

Sort-Flat-0.14 01/23/2004 02:26 PM

HP/Compaq comes through... sort of

HP/Compaq comes through... sort of 10/30/2003 11:49 PM

Sort-Merge-0.01

Sort-Merge-0.01 12/08/2003 08:27 PM

3D depth sort 1.0

3D depth sort 1.0 06/27/2004 11:19 AM
A 3D depth sort implementation.

Sort-Flat-0.13

Sort-Flat-0.13 01/22/2004 06:15 PM

"Some sort of self-loathing or
something"

"Some sort of self-loathing or
something" 04/12/2005 10:56 AM
While Hillary Clinton has little to say about her attacker's gay marriage, Sen. Clinton's husband is ready with a diagnosis.

Sort-NoCase-0.20

Sort-NoCase-0.20 02/15/2004 10:30 AM

Sort-Flat-0.08

Sort-Flat-0.08 01/19/2004 05:05 AM

Q-Sort 2004 v2.0.74

Q-Sort 2004 v2.0.74 01/01/2004 12:22 PM
Q-Sort 2004 arranges the "Programs" section of your Start Menu and your Internet Explorer Favorites in alphabetical order with a single mouse click. [Shareware $8.00 30 Days 718 KB]

A sort of recycling

A sort of recycling 08/13/2004 07:17 AM
USA Today Aug 13 2004 12:00PM GMT

Sort-Maker-0.02

Sort-Maker-0.02 08/30/2004 05:56 PM

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