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Who WATCHES movies?

Who WATCHES movies? 09/09/2004 07:19 AM
Cory Doctorow: The sterling satirists of Loading Ready Run have produced a sharp, funny and amazingly true short film in response to the "Who makes movies?" anti-piracy spots that we're subjected to before we see our $10-13 flicks.

This spot, called "Who watches movies?" and features a graphic designer talking about how grossly offensive it is to pay a stack of money, sit through interminable advertisements, then be lectured at in a film made by some distant coked-up Hollyweird fatcat. 4.4MB MP4 Link (Thanks, Paul!)

The first five SPOT watches

The first five SPOT watches 01/02/2004 05:00 PM
There's a listing on Microsoft's website of the five different SPOT, or Smart Personal Object Technology, watches which are supposed to hit stores soon. As...

Martian Watches

Martian Watches 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
24:39 NASA is running their Spirit Martian explorer program on Martian solar time. With the project day running 39 minutes longer than a real day, engineers found they faced difficulties adjusting to this virtual timezone. Their solution was nearly as old as timekeeping itself.

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day 01/09/2004 09:56 PM
Researchers working on the Mars lander are rising and sleeping on Martian Standard Time, the daylight hours on the lander's plot of Mars. The martian day is 24h, 39m long -- which means that the rover crew had to get custom-made timepieces (for "had to," here, read, "thought it would be really cool to") manufactured for them by a master watchmaker.

My next novel, Eastern Standard Tribe, (due out in just a few weeks!) revolves around the way that your sleep schedule determines a lot about your social circle and hence your beliefs, alliegances, and so forth. A friend of mine in DC who used to work for the CIA just read the book and wrote to point out that the military has been running timezone-tribes for years, so that all the people commanding and supporting some distant operational unit are rising and sleeping on a schedule synched with daylight hours in some far corner.

But I bet they don't get cool watches like this one -- someone should manufacture and sell 'em. My sleep-schedule is so scr0d that I would happily wear this thing and abide by what it told me about my circadian. Link (via MeFi)

Watches watch pilots

Watches watch pilots 06/30/2004 12:56 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 30 2004 5:37PM GMT

Jack Watches Your Back

Jack Watches Your Back 05/17/2004 01:34 PM
Jack Chick's tract has become inflamed by homosexuals. "I believe the time will soon come when godless judges will close churches that call being gay a sin." (05-16)

Big Brother watches Britain

Big Brother watches Britain 09/01/2004 09:13 PM

Martian Watches | Metafilter

Martian Watches | Metafilter 01/11/2004 03:51 AM
Martian Watches .. Metafilter

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ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches

ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches 12/19/2004 02:54 PM
Ad - www.microsoft.com Dec 17 2004 9:11PM GMT

Retro Nintendo Watches

Retro Nintendo Watches 06/06/2005 12:09 AM

Some of my favorite childhood memories involved these big jars of tamales that my dad would buy and that I'd make and eat in bulk coupled with a few minutes of LCD gaming goodness on my old Pac Man watch. As a result, I was a pretty fat kid. Well, I can relive those artery clogging days with these retro watches feature 'tenda favorites like Donkey Kong, Zelda, and G.I. Joe (?). As a rule, these things last about five days before something cracks and then you're out of luck, but it's nice to recapture those low-fi days of yore in these trying times.

Plus, we like anything that shows a little pale belly skin.

Retro Nintendo watches with playable games [T3]

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples 04/15/2005 09:58 AM

Evergreen's new "EG-MPW256CII" offers absolutely nothing over previous MP3 watches, except for perhaps style. Whether or not you determine the style of the watch to be appealing is unrelated. Evergreen offers blue and pink versions of the watch "intended for couples." It will play audio from its 256MB of internal memory for about 10 hours. Let's hope Evergreen was smart enough to give it a second battery for keeping the time.

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Time Is Now for High Tech Watches

Time Is Now for High Tech Watches 09/27/2004 04:41 AM
G4 Tech TV Sep 27 2004 8:24AM GMT

'In Europe you have watches but in
Africa we have time'

'In Europe you have watches but in
Africa we have time' 01/03/2005 08:23 AM
So get in your car and wait

Microsoft MSN wireless watches released

Microsoft MSN wireless watches released 01/23/2004 12:11 AM
BoingBoing pal Mike Outmesguine (/OUT-mess-geen/) says:

These are neat rechargeable watches that feed you weather, headlines, etc. just like your alphanumeric pager did back in 1993. Ironically, I saw the ad on Weather.com. Coverage is sparse. It took me a couple tries on the zip to find the coverage near Los Angeles (hint: 91301 bad, 90066 good.) I have no idea what it's like elsewhere. (I hate zipcode lookup applets that don't give you proximity.) Microsoft MSN site showing all the watches: link. Fossil site for the Dick Tracy watch: link. From the website:

"MSNR Direct is a specialized wireless service that delivers personalized information through enabled watches. Smart Watches with MSN Direct provide you timely, glanceable information conveniently available at the flick of the wrist. Receive accurate time and stay connected to the information that matters most to you including news, weather, sports, stocks, personal messages, appointment reminders, and more. Find everything from a stock quote to the latest sports scores of your favorite team all with a simple glance!"

Sparse details on actual services provided (no games, mp3s or ringtones, apparently), Services include news, weather, stock quotes, appointment reminders, and personal messages. I don't know if I'll give up my Tokyo Flash watch just yet. Maybe I can go retro 80's multi-watch.

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Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying

Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying 01/19/2004 11:43 AM
Reader Dave Boulton says that Microsoft gets it wrong about SPOT watches and flying:The Microsoft service agreement does say they have to be turned off,...

Spying software watches you work

Spying software watches you work 04/29/2004 06:29 AM
Spyware is rampant on computers in US businesses, a survey has found.

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores 12/16/2003 06:31 PM

Boardbug Baby Monitor Watches

Boardbug Baby Monitor Watches 08/11/2004 09:58 AM

The Boardbug is a watch-like baby monitor that has two distinct modes. In the first "baby" mode, the devices work like a traditional baby monitor, broadcasting audio from the child's unit to the parent's and even sounding a warning buzzer if the baby outsmarts the latch and takes the unit off. Plus it has a built in thermometer to monitor temperature levels in the baby's room.

The "toddler" mode takes all those features and adds on a proximity-based "safety range" and a panic button, which sounds a startling klaxon so you can easily determine which freeway your child is playing in, but sadly does nothing for the periodic anxiety attacks that come from realizing you've got 16 more years of this shit.

Read - Product Page [BoardBug via CoolHunting via ShinyShiny]

CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain -
Aug 31, 2004

CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain -
Aug 31, 2004 09/04/2004 03:05 AM
CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain - Aug 31, 2004 .. Quote: .. :

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SPOT watches must be switched off for
flying

SPOT watches must be switched off for
flying 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
One thing we hadn't realized about those new SPOT watches: because they have an FM radio receiver built-in, the radio has to be switched off...

Microsoft Spot watches delayed

Microsoft Spot watches delayed 11/17/2003 06:55 AM
The Register Nov 17 2003 6:31AM ET

Microsoft's Spot watches run slow

Microsoft's Spot watches run slow 11/18/2003 09:16 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 18 2003 8:08AM ET

Tissot offers MSN Direct watches

Tissot offers MSN Direct watches 07/26/2004 07:15 PM
Swiss luxury watchmaker Tissot SA has joined Fossil Inc. of the U.S. and Finland's Suunto Oy in offering watches that use Microsoft Corp.'s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), Microsoft said Monday.

Spyware watches 'every keystroke'

Spyware watches 'every keystroke' 12/22/2003 08:55 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 22 2003 7:07PM ET

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
Do those MSN SPOT watches stand a chance? Mobile data pundit Alan Reiter says (this) (and this), summarized by BB reader John Troyer:

- They're big and ugly
- They need to be recharged daily
- They crash and sometimes die when shocked with static electricity
- They have to be turned off on planes
- Coverage is spotty compared to pagers and mobile phones
- News blurbs are 25-word useless snippets
- You have to tell MSN when and where you are traveling for it to work away from your home area!
- Nobody's *ever* made money selling generic headlines, weather and sports via wireless.

Reiter also says:

"However, syncing with MS Outlook is useful, and Reiter does believe they could catch on if Microsoft repositions to emphasize the fun aspects: downloadable watch faces, games, etc. ... [The watches] look as if they were designed by the Borg, on a very bad day. Many years ago Motorola introduced its first pager watch, I was there. I was pretty excited about the product. But when I spoke with a Motorola executive, he said the company wasn't sure whether the target market would view the device as a smallest, sexiest pager or as the world's ugliest watch. Unfortunately for Motorola, the view was the latter. Pager watches have generally died quick or lingering deaths. But the operative word is "death."

Link to earlier BoingBoing entry on MSN SPOT Watches

RFID everywhere--dogs, watches, kids

RFID everywhere--dogs, watches, kids 07/23/2004 04:29 PM
ZDNet Jul 23 2004 7:34PM GMT

Dog Drives Off As Owner Watches Hockey
(AP)

Dog Drives Off As Owner Watches Hockey
(AP) 09/15/2004 08:53 PM
AP - An exuberant dog left in a truck while the owner watched Canada win the World Cup of Hockey managed to throw the vehicle into gear and coast down a city hill.

Smart watches tell Microsoft time

Smart watches tell Microsoft time 12/17/2003 08:27 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 17 2003 7:38AM ET

Have Your Kid Read This Item As She
Watches TV And Uses The Computer

Have Your Kid Read This Item As She
Watches TV And Uses The Computer 03/28/2005 12:56 PM
Adweek Online Mar 28 2005 5:04PM GMT

Recent HomelandDefenseStocks.com Online
Investor and Industry Conference
Provides Investors and Industry With

Recent HomelandDefenseStocks.com Online
Investor and Industry Conference
Provides Investors and Industry With 04/14/2005 04:02 PM
Market Wire Apr 14 2005 7:58PM GMT

Microsoft launches SPOT Watches at CES
2004

Microsoft launches SPOT Watches at CES
2004 12/20/2003 01:30 AM
I4U Dec 20 2003 0:11AM ET

Microsoft, Partners Delay SPOT Watches

Microsoft, Partners Delay SPOT Watches 11/16/2003 09:20 AM

Michael Moore watches the media watching
him

Michael Moore watches the media watching
him 07/28/2004 01:02 PM

Smart Watches for MSN Direct Ship to
Retail

Smart Watches for MSN Direct Ship to
Retail 01/08/2004 07:34 PM
Smart Watches for MSN® Direct are now shipping for broad retail availability, as announced by Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates during his keynote address at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou 03/27/2005 03:49 PM
Baku Today Mar 27 2005 5:57PM GMT

Dr. Joe Webb to Conduct Printing
Industry Economic Outlook Webinar for
WhatTheyThink.com Subscribers and the
Industry, Sponsored by EFI

Dr. Joe Webb to Conduct Printing
Industry Economic Outlook Webinar for
WhatTheyThink.com Subscribers and the
Industry, Sponsored by EFI 06/08/2004 02:59 AM
Printing industry forecaster and commentator Dr. Joe Webb will speak at a printing industry economic webinar sponsored by EFI (NASDAQ: EFII) on June 23rd from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EDT; it is free to the industry. Signup form is at http://members.whattheythink.com/home/webinar.cfm [PRWEB Jun 8, 2004]

Grizzled Nevada Sentinel Watches as Town
Withers

Grizzled Nevada Sentinel Watches as Town
Withers 06/26/2004 11:01 AM
Once a great mining center, Goldfield, Nev., is now a crumbling carcass, a near ghost town of 300 people.

NetCrunch watches heterogeneous networks
from a single console

NetCrunch watches heterogeneous networks
from a single console 06/12/2004 04:40 AM
What are you using to monitor your heterogeneous, NetWare-centric network? Do you need a few minutes to create a list of the products you use? If so, how would you like to be able to monitor the whole network from one console? If that sounds like a good idea, read on.

MSN Direct Kicks Off Football Content
for Smart Watches

MSN Direct Kicks Off Football Content
for Smart Watches 09/01/2004 01:41 PM
Just in time for football season, Microsoft Corp. today added football content, including scores, standings, statistics and game information for the 2004--2005 season, to the MSN® Direct sports channel.
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