“Angel Flight” – Honoring Our Fallen Soldiers

My Mother emailed this video to me; I had to share. Radney Foster, Darden Smith, Darius Rucker talk about the making of “Angel Flight.” Buy this special “Radio Tower Remix” on iTunes.

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Redskins 2010

Wow – last nights game was a nail biter! We gave Dallas every opertunity to beat us but they just couldn’t help shooting themselves in the foot. A win is a win… We’ve got a lot of new faces and great players this year. Hopefully we can work as a team and go the distance. [...]

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How to Revert iTunes 10′s Crappy Visual Changes

I hate it when companies change a programs user interface (UI). I really hate it when companies change a single UI for a program in a collection or operating system. I don’t know what Apple was thinking when they went crazy re-designing the iTunes 10 UI. Perhaps it’s a glimpse into Apple’s future OS design [...]

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Apple TV

Wow – I have been waiting for this for so long now… Thank you Apple! “Apple TV has been redesigned to be small in size but big on entertainment. Rent from the largest selection of HD movies — many available the same day they come out on DVD. Watch Netflix titles instantly. Rent TV shows, [...]

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Apple Fall Event

I really hope Apple announces a new Apple TV today. I have been putting off getting one since I heard rumors of a revision. Please Apple Gods; grant me this wish! I can’t wait to get rid of Netflix…

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H.264 Standardization, The Final Nail In Flash’s Coffin

The big news announcement of the day is that MPEG LA, license holder for a number of high profile video standards has declared all h.264 video will be royalty free, so long as the video is provided to the end user for free. The technical implications of this are lengthy, dull and tedious. The short [...]

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The Mysterious Origins of the Mac “Spinning Beach Ball of Death”

I always wondered about this one. I guess I should have figured it out for myselft but things are always much clearer when someone spells it out for you… Spinning Beach Ball of Death (SBBOD) Officially the “spinning wait cursor” the spinning beach ball of death spells trouble to most Mac users, so we usually [...]

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U.S. Border Patrol – On The Job!

You ain’t getting across here… (Usted no está recibiendo a través de aquí…) Keep up the great work! ROFL

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Shift It – Simple, Fast, FREE Window Management App

I have seen so many references to the window management application Divvy lately. Divvy looks very cool, but I like free! I have been using “Shift It” for a while; It works great! The Shift It application will let you resize and move your windows without having to use a mouse (and/or via the Menu [...]

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Creepy (and pointless) Robot

Give a big freaky wave to the “Telenoid R1″ humanoid robot. WTF? The Telenoid R1 robot is designed to add an element of realism to long-distance communication by recreating the physical presence of the remote user. The robot’s actions mirror those of the remote user, whose movements are monitored by real-time face tracking software on [...]

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