Pure Pwnage visited the DivX booth for 45 minutes to give a rare, insider's commentary on the evolution of the show. The video is also available in HD on the same Stage6 channel. Don't forget to watch Jeremy and Kyle play Wii with Gej and pwn noobs from the CES audience, in part 2 of this video.
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Friday, January 19, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
Alternatives to Apple iPhone
If you were excited by the iPhone announcement, you may have missed photos of the LG wide-screen smartphone,LG KE850
The Sony w880 also looks promising.
The OpenMoko FIC Neo1973 Smartphone was announced several months ago and will be available in February, 2007.
As I've pointed out in previous postings, I'm not a big fan of all-in-one devices. Yes, the iPhone includes a camera, a music player, and PDA functionality. However, the 2 Megapixel camera isn't likely to replace my 10 Megapixel Pentax, the 8 Gig music player won't replace my 30 Gig iPod, and iPhone lacks the applications available on the iPaq. I expect my PDA to include Word, Excel, handwriting recognition, DivX Mobile Player, removable memory cards, IRDA, and maybe most importantly, the ability to install 3rd party applications.
The Sony w880 also looks promising.
The OpenMoko FIC Neo1973 Smartphone was announced several months ago and will be available in February, 2007.
As I've pointed out in previous postings, I'm not a big fan of all-in-one devices. Yes, the iPhone includes a camera, a music player, and PDA functionality. However, the 2 Megapixel camera isn't likely to replace my 10 Megapixel Pentax, the 8 Gig music player won't replace my 30 Gig iPod, and iPhone lacks the applications available on the iPaq. I expect my PDA to include Word, Excel, handwriting recognition, DivX Mobile Player, removable memory cards, IRDA, and maybe most importantly, the ability to install 3rd party applications.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Funnier with a Duck?
The Laugh Lab was created to analyze humor among various cultures. Researchers collected a lot of jokes and visitors rated them. Among the findings, ducks were concluded to be the funniest animals. Furthermore, statistically, the best jokes have an average length of 103 words.
However, I noticed that the funniest joke the lab uncovered was only 102 words long and had no mention of a duck. So, by adding the word duck, I have attempted to improve upon the world's funniest joke. Here it is:
However, I noticed that the funniest joke the lab uncovered was only 102 words long and had no mention of a duck. So, by adding the word duck, I have attempted to improve upon the world's funniest joke. Here it is:
A couple of New Jersey duck hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: “Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: “OK, now what?"
Thursday, December 21, 2006
OS X Liger
This picture just cracked me up. FYI, Mac OS X operating system releases are named after cats. There has been Tiger, Panther, and the forth-coming Leopard.
In the movie Napoleon Dynamite, the lead character describes the "Liger" as "pretty much" his favorite animal. It's only natural for Steve Jobs to consider a Liger release.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Wit Winner
It seems that I won a "battle of wits" on another website and I didn't even realize it. I posted a comment back in May, 2005. It wasn't until today that I discoved Chris Dye later recognized my winning contribution.
The way I found out is thanks to Google. I regularly search for other websites that link back to my website just to see who is citing me. You can do this easily with the following Google query: http://google.com/search?q=link:williamfrantz.com
Another lesser known feature of Google is finding pages similar to my own. You can do that with this query: http://www.google.com/search?q=related:williamfrantz.com
Oh, my winning entry went like this:
The way I found out is thanks to Google. I regularly search for other websites that link back to my website just to see who is citing me. You can do this easily with the following Google query: http://google.com/search?q=link:williamfrantz.com
Another lesser known feature of Google is finding pages similar to my own. You can do that with this query: http://www.google.com/search?q=related:williamfrantz.com
Oh, my winning entry went like this:
Invent a cheesy line of dialogue that thankfully was dropped from a movie. Name the movie, the scene, and the line.
"Luke, I'm your father and I built C3PO so he's your half-brother." -- Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker in Empire Strikes Back
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Team America Costumes for Sale
Last year, Angela and I dressed as Team America World Police for Halloween. We spent a lot of time collecting the pieces and creating the jackets. The final result was pretty good and the costumes proved to be a crowd pleaser.
We can't very well use these again this year, so they are up for sale on e-Bay. Please bid on them if you are interested.
UPDATE: The Team America costumes were sold to some gent in Canada. I hope he had fun with them.
We can't very well use these again this year, so they are up for sale on e-Bay. Please bid on them if you are interested.
UPDATE: The Team America costumes were sold to some gent in Canada. I hope he had fun with them.
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Zune Can and Cannot
Here's an interesting post from a Microsoft employee called "Zune Sharing explained"
http://www.zunester.com/2006/09/zune-sharing-explained.html
I still have a few questions.
http://www.zunester.com/2006/09/zune-sharing-explained.html
I still have a few questions.
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