Category: General

On 28 October 2008, Robin Harris at ZDNet wrote: Blu-ray is in a death spiral.  12 months from now Blu-ray will be a videophile niche, not a mass market product.With only a 4% share of US movie disc sales and HD download capability arriving, the Blu-ray disc Association (BDA) is still smoking dope.  Even $150…

If you really want to turn it up, go two better — to twelve.

People made a big stink about Steve Jobs getting a new liver.  But if they have heard as many stories as I have about how many active alcoholics get liver transplants, then continue to drink; I think their anger would be justified; especially if it could have gone to someone who has made the positive…

Regular readers may recall my several tirades when George Bush declared a, “‘Win’ in the ‘Drug War’.”Last week (15-Sep-2009) in the Christian Science Monitor, they ran an article, “Is war on drugs worth it? Maybe not, new FBI data suggest.In fact if we changed our tune and regulated these commodities as a taxable income source…

I voted for True Blood as the Breakthrough Performance because the other two choices were stupid.  And, as I looked at the front page of the Emmy site, I noticed that Heroes starts tomorrow.  I probably won’t watch, because I think it has jumped the shark.Is there anything you want to watch, or has TV…

Avast maty!  Don’t forget to talk like a pirate today!

For the first time I’ve ridden the event, it wasn’t overcast or raining.  A glorious day for biking.Shown at the Como Park Pavilion are Mrs. Wingnut (Jill), Dr. Wingnut (Jonathan), Julie, Dave, and Pam (Thanks to Denise for running the camera).