JHill

Some good links in this Plastic article: The Matrix Reiterated. If you haven’t seen it, I wouldn’t read this, though, there are some spoilers. via Plastic…

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Business 2.0 has an interesting article on why Apple should buy TiVo. It talks mostly about the threat of planned network-bound systems, not mentioning Comcast’s recent tests of Tivo-ish hard-drive based box. I’m still hoping for a video iPod that…

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For the holidays this year, in lieu of cash bonuses, we bought most everyone at WebLinc Tivo DVRs with lifetime subscriptions. [For those employees without TV or cable, we got iPods, but that's besides the point.] The TiVos were purchased…

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It appears that Comcast will be testing a set-top DVR in Philadelphia. The idea of using the coaxial as the network is really slick and would drive adoption of the home network a lot further. “Ucentric’s system ‘is full featured,’…

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“The doors opened including the ramp as the pressure system broke down. Everybody was sucked out and is presumed dead,” a military official in the capital Kinshasa told Reuters. This is I want to read, three hours before getting on…

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I’d like to try out Iceland in the summer… It’d be a different world than November MSNBC – Cool as Ice…

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This is a drag. I had been looking forward to this webcast, but Neal says no… “We are sorry that Neal Stephenson has great concerns about live broadcasting the lecture over the internet. So we will not be able to…

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Fish might feel pain. I remember being told that fish couldn’t feel the hook as a kid. I never really believed it, but still liked to fish. I’m not sure what compassionate alternatives that PETA’s referring to… Anglers carp at…

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Darren and Kate gave birth to Ava Grace Swan Hill. Everyone’s healthy and doing great! Kate did most of the work……

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Consumers in CD Settlement May Get Money If the judge approves, those of us who got in on time [3.5 million people] will receive a whopping $12.60. I was really hoping that it would have reverted to charity….

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