6 month ago
philgyford : MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU - I generally think graffiti is just selfish vandalism, including this, but it's still an impressive feat - a long stop-motion animation using graffiti. Must have taken an age. (via Kevin Kelly)
# copy10 month ago
Greg Storey : Netflix dumps HD-DVD after seeing a "clear signal" from the industry. - Time for Toshiba to take the hint.
Rod Begbie : Netflix, Citing a Clear Signal From the Industry, Will Carry High-Def DVDs Only in Blu-ray Format - Feb 11, 2008 - Further fuel for the "HD-DVD is fucked" fire, slashed-price players and superbowl ads be damned. #
# copy
15 month ago
wearehugh : Commentary: A War of Hype, and Paramount's Big Bombshell | High-Def Digest - "The truth is that both Blu-ray and HD DVD are losing the real battle... They're just losing it to different degrees."
Rod Begbie : Commentary: A War of Hype, and Paramount's Big Bombshell | High-Def Digest - "Considering the real facts of the matter, presumptions that the High-Def format war could be won by either side anytime soon were seriously misguided. The truth is that both Blu-ray and HD DVD are losing the real battle, which is to supplant DVD as the n [via] #
# copy
15 month ago
Rod Begbie : Paramount to Drop Blu-Ray HD DVDs - New York Times - More fun FUD that will ensure that neither format "wins". [via] #
# copy
19 month ago
Rod Begbie : Format War Soliders: Sync'd HD-DVD Purchase by Fanboys Spike Amazon Rank, Blu-Rayers Set To Retaliate - Gizmodo - A couple of hundred HD-DVD fanboys did an organized reverse-boycott, all purchasing HD-DVD discs on Amazon on the same day to try and prove... something. Not quite sure what. Really it emphasizes how lousy both formats are doing that a sales graph can b #
# copy
22 month ago
Rod Begbie : In Raw World of Sex Movies, High Definition Could Be a View Too Real - New York Times - "I’m having my breasts redone because of HD" [via] #
# copy
22 month ago
wearehugh : Blu-ray Volume Unique Keys - Doom9's Forum - couldn't have possibly seen *that* one coming...
Rod Begbie : Blu-ray Volume Unique Keys - Doom9's Forum - And now the keys for Blu-ray discs are getting released, even though there isn't any software to extract the video yet! Outstanding. [via] #
Nelson Minar : Blu-ray keys - Now all we need is the decryption program (via diveintomark)
# copy
24 month ago
deusx : Ray Kurzweil: Computers Will Extend Human Lifespan - VARBusiness - "In just 15 years, we'll begin to see the merger of human and computer intelligence that ultimately will enable people to live forever. At least that's the prediction of author and futurist Ray Kurzweil."
# copy
29 month ago
plasticbag : The Australian reports on the culture change of having Ray Ozzie looking after Microsoft - I'm pretty sure I've met Ray Ozzie, albeit briefly, at some event or other. The shift towards a programmer's programmer at the organisation is pretty extraordinary and after seeing him at ETech I have a fair amount of faith that he's going to have a subst
# copy
