The Dyson vacuum is attractive and certainly seems to have a lot of street cred with the geek crowd, but according to the January issue of Consumer Reports, it’s not the top of the heap. It’s not even close.
Consumer Reports tested thirty-two upright vacuums including the Dyson DC07 Animal. What place did the [...]
65 cents per song. $6.50 per full-album.
This seems to be more or less the same across most online music stores as can be seen on the CD Baby digital distribution price list. A few notable exceptions include Musicmatch, MusicNet (AOL’s service) and BuyMusic who pay a dollar less or more per album.
Two Easy Predictions
I’m [...]
I saw a program on PBS about 41 tracks that John Lennon carried around in a Discomatic portable jukebox in the early 60s. It’s pretty cool this thing exists to begin with, but they carted this vinyl jukebox around to the artists whose songs were actually in the jukebox to have them speak of [...]
When I lived on the Lower East Side, one of the many perks was constantly running into Swoon’s art on random walls and doorways. Wooster Collective has pictures from Swoon’s show in London.
I think Alex Trebek should retire when he’s good and ready, but when it does happen it seems like a natural choice to offer the job to uber-nerd Ken Jennings. He’s likable, articulate and already knows all the answers, plus I’m hoping to one day see Sean Connery say “Suck it Jennings!” In [...]
Here’s the most obvious comparison that came to mind when thinking of Tivo and Windows XP Media Center 2005.
Model
Features
Price After Rebate
HP Media Center 2005 PC
DVR, Music, Pictures and much more.
$974.99
Tivo Series2
DVR, Music and Pictures
$99.00
The Winner: Tivo
The cost difference is just too dramatic. Yes, Media Center does a lot more since it’s a full PC, [...]
It looks like Seattle toy store Schmancy has a new website which seems to fit nicely into the Fancy Schmancy Pants trilogy (cute). If you haven’t been to the store, it’s worth a stop.
My original encounter with Schmancy
After a brief rest from the site due to the holiday and a downed Internet connection (Comcast is not in my good graces as a result), I will return to regular posting. If you see people dancing in the streets with their laptops in hand, you now know why. My thanks to the [...]
