The New York Times ran a fairly comprehensive story recently about Netflix’s recent troubles. Writers Nick Wingfield and Brian Stelter went over the quick introduction and sudden abandonment of Qwikster, as well as July’s 60 percent price hike. I think they pinpointed exactly why people reacted so differently than CEO Reed Hastings and the Netflix […]
There are times when I despair at mankind’s ability to inflict pain on itself. This is one of those times. Actor/director/weirdo-with-a-following Tommy Wiseau stars in the new web series The Tommy Wi-Show (get it?) from Machinima, in what can only be described as a horrible mess produced solely on the cynical knowledge that regardless of […]
All’s been quiet on the Netflix front for a week or so, so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone when the company made an unexpected announcement early yesterday morning (emphasis mine): It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to […]
Just when you thought 3.5 floppies were utterly useless, in comes Polish Super Genius Paweł (SileNT on his website), who programmed two old floppy drives to play The Imperial March from Star Wars. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJOz_y9rZE’] Paweł tells us how it works: It’s nothing new and it’s very simple. The sound comes from a magnetic head […]
Yesterday, the ladies over at The View talked about an Android app that’s been in the news lately. First reported by Gadgetbox, “Is My Son Gay?” has drawn fire for being tasteless and incendiary, with some even calling it dangerous. But is it really that bad? [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibZrDYF0r40′] Leaving aside for a moment the standard […]
Time for Olde Tyme Techcitement, where we take a look back at technology relics. It’s basically your grampa talking about the good old days, but sooner and totally more reasonable than dumb boring stories about how all this used to be farmland. This time around we have some techcitement that really is old. You know […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings made a huge announcement late last night. In a few weeks (no firm date yet), Netflix will be split into two entities. Streaming services will continue to be offered by Netflix, while DVD-by-mail will be offered under the name Qwikster. The announcement was made in two parts, a video (below) and […]
Facebook’s List Team announced changes to the website’s friend lists last night. As usual with Facebook, the results are, well, let’s just call them mixed. The Good: Smarter lists are a welcome sign. Rather than having to populate the lists yourself (definitely a first world problem), Facebook automatically does that based on similarities in alma […]
Somehow I missed the news in May that Yahoo had sold the Delicious brand to YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. After Sunday’s New York Times article on their plans for the once-preeminent online bookmarking service, I’m positively stoked. When the men heard about Yahoo’s plans to close Delicious, their ears perked up, and […]
A massive blackout struck the American Southwest Thursday afternoon and continues to affect millions this morning. At its peak, the power outage affected five million people, stretching all the way from Orange County, California through Arizona and into northern Mexico. Though some power was restored around 9:00 PST, officials expect most areas to have widespread […]
