Hulu Plus
Hulu has added a subscription service. Not sure how successful it will be at $10 a month when content is limited and it will by no means replace traditional television subscriptions. Netflix's Watch I...
Standardizing Artist Naming in iTunes
Okay, this doesn't apply to just iTunes, but since it is the de facto application for downloading music, they have more of an impact on standardizing a naming convention. This would also apply to Amaz...
First Thoughts on the iPhone 4
I received my iPhone 4 today, a day earlier than expected, and wanted to give my quick thoughts. There will be plenty of tech reviews surfacing over the next week, but here is a personal perspective f...
In the Event of My Demise
In the event of my Demise when my heart can beat no more I Hope I Die For A Principle or A Belief that I had Lived 4 I will die Before My Time Because I feel the shadow's Depth so much I wanted 2 acco...
The Emotions of an Apple Ad
Apple is known for designing products that elicit strong emotions. They rebranded the personal computer and made it colorful and fun. Last night I began thinking about how they are playing towards you...
Cardinals Sign More Former Talent
I'm loving the moves that the St. Louis Cardinals are making this year. In the face of a struggling pitching staff, roller coaster hitting performances, and general fan unease, the Cardinals have made...
Hip Hop Hipsters
I give hipsters a lot of shit for, well, being hipsters, but there's another group of people who were around before the hipster fad. They dress a certain way, listen to music "you've never heard of,"...
The PS3 as a Media Center
Since I purchased my PS3 several months ago, I have come to the conclusion that it has been one of the best electronics purchases I have ever made, behind switching to Macs. Even though I'm not much o...
Baseball as a Metaphor for Life
I love the writing of Rescue Me a lot and I also love baseball so it's no surprise that I think the following monologue nails it on the head. Anyway, baseball and life, one in the same. Everybody alwa...
The Lost Finale
I am a huge fan of the TV show Lost so it's probably no surprise that you're reading a post regarding the finale that aired this past Sunday. What did I think of it? I loved it and I hated it. I loved...
Conan O'Brien Might Be a Genius
On Sunday I made the trip to Missouri's red-headed step-child, Kansas City, to see Conan O'Brien on his Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television tour. In case you didn't hear, a while back I...
Website Backups are Essential
Everyone who has ever had a website disappear on them knows that having a current backup is essential. I have seen the poor soul who has had his server crash and lost years worth of blogging way too m...
Diablo Cody Writes Horrible Movies
There, I said it. She's a bad writer. The writing in Juno was bad. Jennifer's Body was the equivalent to your 50 year old dad using slang to sound cool. Just awful. Her columns in Entertainment Weekly...
Facebook and Privacy
I remember when Facebook was a small startup targeted to students on college campuses. It was called The Facebook then, making reference to the freshmen facebook that many universities put out. It was...
Baseball Diversity
While reading an article about the lack of black players in baseball I posed a question to my coworker. The exchange went as follows: shep: do the cardinals have a single black player on their team? C...
Conan is Moving to TBS
Surprising news broke today that Conan O'Brien's show will be moving to cable's TBS. A lot of people, including myself, were shocked by this, especially since news broke late last week that negotiatio...
Radium - The De Facto Radio App for the Mac
A while back I switched to Google Chrome as my main browser on my Mac. With it came one problem: XM Radio Online would not work in Chrome on the Mac (works fine on Windows). Thus began my search for a...
The Harmony One
For my birthday I asked for Best Buy gift cards because I really wanted to get a Universal remote to control my new TV, receiver, and PS3. I decided to get the Harmony One from Logitech. I got it and...
On Email
I have way too many email accounts. I have accounts set up on this domain (using Google apps). I have accounts set up for my real name domain as well. Also I have [email protected]. And then there'...
The Problem with the Entertainment Industry and iTunes
I have way too many DVDs. They take up shelves and books and, in this day and age, a horrible way to store media. Ever since I got the ability to stream video files to my PS3 I've preferred to have di...