2004 September

I don’t intend to do too many movie reviews, however, I can’t help but point out one surprisingly damned good movie that has gone virtually unnoticed. Man on Fire stars Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, and Dakota Fanning in a superbly-written Tony Scott action film. It was released on DVD the other day and, after seeing […]

It seems like Clear Channel radio stations are everywhere. No matter where you go, you hear the same songs played over and over again, ad nauseam — when they actually play music instead of commercials. I’m no detractor of pop music, but I get tired of hearing the same programming day in, day out.
I […]

A picture’s worth a thousand words… but there are hundreds of digital cameras out there, and you need only one - how do you decide which one is best for you? DigitalCameraInfo.com announced this week the availability of their website, which features free, fun, and unbiased reviews to help people decide which digital camera […]

via Reuters:
“Now that digital cameras have overtaken film cameras in sales, users are
beginning to encounter a familiar problem - what to do with the bulging
image files and folders filling up computer hard drives? Software such as
Adobe Systems Inc.’s Photoshop and Microsoft Corp. Digital Image Suite,
both for the Windows operating system, are being heavily promoted […]

Legal music download services have changed the way music
lovers find and buy music. TunesTracker.com makes the
most popular online music service, Apple’s iTunes Music
Store, even better by keeping music fans up-to-date
about their favorite artists. The service is free.
After registering with TunesTracker, users can enter the
names of up to 50 of their favorite music groups.
Once a day, […]

In theory, if you don’t apply the latest MS security patch, your system could be compromised by a buffer overrun if you download the wrong JPEG file.
Vmyths.com has this to say:“On 14 September 2004, Microsoft issued a “critical” alert regarding a “buffer overrun” in software it uses to display JPEG images. In theory, if you […]

Why am I such a stickler for self-help and personal development?

The nice me says, “I want people to be able to reach their full potential, to
make enough money to comfortably take care of their families, to be able to
finish college, heck, maybe just to make the world a better place.”

With the October 8th release of Are You All That?, an innovative, stand-alone DVD-Video trivia game, over 62 million households can multitask their DVD players and use them as interactive video game consoles to enjoy nearly 300 hours of party fun and family entertainment. Developed by California-based DVD Interactive (DVDi®) and published by Digital Leisure […]

Found SoundSpeedMovie looking for some information on the XL1s’ audio configuration. If you’re doing video production, this sight looks like it has plenty of related audio information. Of course the content is a bit ‘high end’ - but if you’re an amateur or hobbyist trying to squeeze the most you can out of your equipment, […]

Confusing and ultimately unsatisfying, “Vanity Fair” begins well enough. The story starts with a young girl, Becky Sharp, in the painting studio of her father. She drives a hard bargain with a slumlord who comes to her father’s painting studio to purchase a portrait of her mother. This early setup shows the qualities […]

Slyck is currently running an interview with a college girl who settled with the RIAA to avoid bigger damages from fighting the accusations of excessive file sharing.

“The short version: We’re organizing a call-in day to Congress on September 14 to oppose new legislation that would undermine the Betamax decision (INDUCE Act).”
“Here’s why: The Betamax VCR died more than 15 years ago, but the Supreme Court decision that made the Betamax and all other VCRs legal lived on. In Sony vs. Universal […]

Minos Software Group has released Version 2.1 of Minos Album, a Windows application that allows users to turn digital photos into a 3D realistic page-flipping music album just with a few mouse clicks. Minos Album is a new product in the digital photography software market. Minos Album generates the unique web embedded page-flipping music album. […]

I recently ran out of room on the 150GB external drive I use to store all my music and video files. My original plan was to buy a second drive, this time using a 250-300GB model for expansion. After careful comparison shopping and some help from some newsletter subscribers, I opted to build my own […]

With the launch of MSN’s music store and the inclusion of most major download sites in the latest version of Windows Media Player, it was only a matter of time before other Internet heavyweights started making a land grab in what is surely the most hotly contended for-pay content business on the Internet. Yahoo’s purchase […]

You may have noticed that Google recently bought Picasa. Maybe you noticed the link on the google image search page - or maybe you didn’t. Either way, Picasa is an ‘award-winning digital photo organizing software’. It builds ‘albums’ of the photos on you hard drive, and can ‘watch’ for changes or additions in whatever […]

If you’re a photographer, and you live within traveling distance to New York, you might be interested in visiting the PhotoPlus Expo. It’s October 21-23, and if you register before the end of this month you can get the general floor pass for free. Now, lest you think my writing ability and style has vastly […]

In keeping with the idea of fun, we turn the attention of the STBoL Guide to Quality Mind Food on to Tony Robbins

I don’t know if it’s possible for anyone who watched late night TV during the ’90s (and I’m talking 3 am late night here - you know who you are) to have missed […]

Downloading files to iPods and other storage devices is very easy to do in Windows. Too easy, say some IT Managers.

Let’s talk about Jim Rohn. Jim Rohn is
like the grandfather you wished you had. The grandfather that was always there
with the right funny story. The story that seemed to be perfect, the story
that helped you gain the perspective that you needed at that moment. The
grandfather who knew you had to make […]