On Rating Music

When set up properly, Smart Playlists in iTunes can be very powerful. Up until recently, I used them sparingly (a playlist just for Music Videos, for example). After reading up on what can be done with Smart Playlists, I decided to set some cool ones up in my library. There was a catch – rating [...]

Blu-ray Digital Copy

For a little while now, Blu-ray discs have occasionally come with what’s called a Digital Copy. This is basically a way for consumers to have a digital copy of the movie that they can use for watching on devices other than Blu-ray players (PCs with just a DVD drive, Macs, iPods, etc). The way the [...]

Biz Stone is Bill O’Reilly?

One of the most common approaches to building an application in recent times is a combination of Agile Design and Extreme Programming. The basic premise is this:
- get a prototype out as soon as possible
- iterate constantly to keep up with changes in design
In other words, get a product out, worry about other stuff later. [...]

Why Watchmen Won’t Do Well*

*At least, not as well as people expect it to. For now.
Currently, Watchmen has made $171, 988, 644 (USD) worldwide. That number doesn’t mean much in and of itself, especially if (like me) you don’t really follow how much each individual movie makes in the box office. From that number alone, it’s hard to tell [...]