“SlingLoaded” DISH VIP 922 Details
When EchoStar acquired Sling Media, we all knew it was only a matter of time before DISH Network hardware acquired placeshifting capabilities ... , allows one to remotely watch their live or record television content on computer or mobile phone. Unlike ... . (Perhaps they saw my TiVo iPhone video.) No details on timing, other than this spring, or pricing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 09:48:09
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Be Careful What You Wish For
by Eric Martin Marc Lynch, writing at his fancy new digs, passes along this disturbing account of a lecture he attended given by Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor: It was a profoundly dismaying experience. Because if Ambassador Meridor is taken at his word, then Israel has no strategy in Gaza [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 17:40:01
Media Pumping Obama: Best Dresser, Breakthrough Election, Tough on Terror
-By Warner Todd Huston In a like vein as the story I posted a few days ago showing Reuters helping cover for Obama by lowering expectations, a trio of stories — two from McClatchy and one from the AP — prove to be little more than empty Obama boostering with little worth as news, though the AP piece at least comes close to being newsworthy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:07:02
New Years Resolutions Don’t Work - Here’s Why
I just Googled ‘New Years Resolutions’ - guess how many results turned up? Over 24 million. I’m not particularly surprised. Coaches and lifestyle guru’s right around the world are espousing the need to make ‘realistic’ resolutions and offering all kinds of ways to stay on track with them. Not me [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 13:00:29
Timing and Box Office
David Poland’s latest column looks at Slumdog, which is the favorite to win Best Picture right now, and how it’s faring at the box office: Slumdog Millionaire got to $20 million on Monday. They are still on 614 screens. Searchlight has slowly rolled out into the places where a foreign language film with no stars is a problem [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 19:14:07
It's time to leave economic recovery to the grownups, and have the wingnut obstructionists shut the hell up
When Paulson and Bernanke put their heads together . . . oh, don't get me started. Enough! We need some real economic vision and real political courage, and we need them now."These guys literally can’t conceive of any solutions outside their particular box. If it’s not tax cuts (but never for the middle or working class) or spending cuts ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 22:00:00
G1 and Cupcake - What’s the Deal?
Current G1 owners are licking their chops at the prospect of getting some much desired updates to their Android phones. Features like video recording, stereo Bluetooth, and an on-screen keyboard are the only things missing from an otherwise robust OS. But will the G1 ever see the icing from cupcake’s features? [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 03:21:34
Israel’s Attack
A lot has been said, including at this blog, about the Israeli air attacks against Hamas targets in Gaza, but I think that one point has not received the attention it deserves: the timing. Some argue ... has been firing rockets at Israel for many months, despite the official ceasefire. The real reason for the timing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 21:57:45
Investigators still clueless about the origin of life: Expert
Did life on Earth arrive from outer space or evolve from spontaneous interaction of simple molecules dissolved in the lakes or oceans of the prebiotic world? “It is beyond the realms of science to pinpoint when and where precisely life had its beginning in the universe,” and how it all began on Earth, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 11:01:54
Foreign Objects: Skins (Series One)
Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to look for films worth visiting. So renew your passport, get your shots, and brush up on the local age of legal consent, this week we’re heading to… the UK! Have you experienced the joy of “Californication” yet? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:56:17
Operation Cast Lead Thurs Jan 8th, 2009
Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Last night, after having already struck tunnels and buildings used to store weapons, the IDF stepped up its operations, shelling Rafah. IDF tanks were also reportedly heading towards Khan Yunis (according to Sky News) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:56:28
For Green Investors, the Big “What If?”
An article in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye, leading me to wonder if green investors may be crying the blues in 2009 and beyond. The article talked about federal investigators looking into a Dutch-Swiss oil trader, Vitol Group. The enforcement attorneys were trying to answer a big question: [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 15:00:16
Saving Money on Vitamins
If you buy Nature's Bounty or Nature Madevitamins at the grocery store or drug store, be sure to try this vitamin-buying strategy to save more than 50% on every bottle.Gather coupons. The best source of coupons is the Sunday ad insert. But you can also print coupons and coupons will come with your free samples [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 12:04:00
Kodak Zi6: Pocketable HD Camera
We haven’t done one of our “geek session” videos in a while, so we’re ending the year with one. Good timing too as we have the Kodak Zi6 camera to talk about. I purchased this little device online while I was traveling this past weekend and it arrived yesterday. Now that YouTube supports high [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 17:06:26
How To Sell Stock Photos - Part 1
This article is the first part of a 2 part series in which you will learn about the basics of stock photography, the license types, what to submit and how to make money off stock photography. I’ll also cover a few insider and marketing tips that will help you get accepted and simply create better stock photos [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:01:31
Game Notes: Grizzlies at T-Wolves
by Myles Brown The week after Christmas is normally reserved for bargain shoppers, but as much product as there is going out the door, there’s also a significant amount coming back in. Ashley got a sweater, but she wanted a purse. Adam got an iPod, but he wanted a laptop [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 20:07:57
NY-Sen: Did Caroline Campaign Too Much?
NY-Sen: Did Caroline Campaign Too Much?Caroline Kennedy listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at City Hall in Buffalo, N.Y.. Kennedy is campaigning for the open Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)When the news broke that Caroline Kennedy, the heir to the single most potent political legacy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:20:00
Reviewing my 2008 RE.net Predictions
I've been deficient in my blog posting lately, so I'll squeeze one last one in to 2008. Let's look back at the predictions I made a year ago and speculate out a bit for this year, shall we? Grading my 2008 Predictions, which focused on the RE.Net Zillow.com doesn't IPO in 2008. Grade A: Well that was easy. ( [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 20:21:25
Reboot. Rebuild. Rebrand.
There have been a lot of great posts on this site about the future of the Republican Party and the Freedom Movement. I want to add mine to the pile, but do so in a way that offers a clear framework and three-step process going forward: 1. Reboot, 2. Rebuild, 3. Rebrand [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 14:31:46
Speech of 2008
Our fourth 'picks'. Already picked are our Backbenchers, Frontbenchers and Moments of 2008. Jonathan Isaby's pick: "The speech of the year for me was given by a man whose gift for rhetoric, comic timing and ability to command the attention of the House of Commons are all legendary. I refer [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 08:54:16
Maybe This Transition Is Not Working Out As Well As Democrats Had Hoped It Would
Thus far, the dominant story concerning Team Obama’s performance during the Presidential transition has been to focus on how smooth and ... need time to review it. So the timing very well may slip.” Rep. David Obey (D., Wis.), chairman [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 07:34:55
Our 51st State & Gaza
There was a complaint in the Open Thread that we hadn’t tackled the issue of the fighting in Gaza between our 51st State and Hamas. I don’t know about anyone else, but, for me, I wasn’t feeling it. The reason I wasn’t feeling it was the obviousness of the TIMING of this attack. Yes, Bush told our 51st State to go on and attack [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 05:39:52
Happy New Year
2008 is coming to an end. A wretched year overall, but you know me, eternal optimist, glass half full, all that ... because he was charming, black, had good timing, and got a free ride from the national media [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 16:33:09
In Memoriam
In Memoriam In the early hours of January 1st, 2000, my friend Jamie Babcock took his own life. I'd known Jamie for at least 15 years, though I'm not sure exactly when we met. I do recall that, at some point, he was the "new kid" at my elementary school, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 22:41:43
He's Baaaaack
Jeremiah Wright has been fairly quiet lately, giving just a handful of public addresses in the fall ... and run this intensive workshop. And yet. Wright always has been a preacher known for his sense of timing. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 17:03:36
Leap Second To Be Added End Of 2008 And Its Impact On Clustered Computers / Network
Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2009 by the first 'leap second' a timing tweak meant to make up for ... communications systems among other modern technologies such as clusters, GPS, networks. You need to make [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 01:28:25
The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2008
Magnify the glass, three-sixty-five have passedAs earth's revolution sparks rap evolutionWe look back on the game with our hip hop opticsSeen crops ... , with her impeccable timing, has what I'd call a "machine gun" delivery. She can complement between [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:37:00
Vote Bitch PhD in the 2008 Weblog Awards
This is where you click and vote for BitchPhD.Then you tell your friends about it. And send them the link.http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-very-large-blog/And then you bug them about it.And then victory is ours!(We were up 2 votes to one when I voted. Good timing, hey!)Labels: 2008 Webby, 2008 Weblog Awards, vote [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 20:44:00
Luminaries
Hope you get to see this tonight! I think it’s going to be too cloudy here: ... will set less than an hour after the sun, so timing your viewing just after sunset is crucial. You’ll [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 16:06:14
Four at Four: Oil?s Rally Slips Away
No better an illustration of the market’s fickle expectations can be found than in the crude-oil market, where the price of crude fell 12% to close at $42.63, tempering those thoughts of a surge to $60, $70, $80 and beyond for the price of crude [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 12:41:00
Jewish Voice for Peace statement on Gaza attacks
Statement taken from the JVP site which is here. Jewish Voice for Peace is an organisation seeking to build cross-border solidarity for peace in ... to the other fires burning in the Middle East and beyond for years to come. The timing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 15:58:53
The final bet of 2008: Will Gord survive till midnight?
What I am carrying forward into 2009 At midnight tonight, assuming nothing untoward happens to Gord, ... Election timing and winner I’ve got 5/1 on an election before June 30th 2009 in which the Tories end [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 06:47:31
The irony of it
The timing of the Merseyside derby is pretty terrible and I fear it may be as you suspect. Not sure how much the players really dislike one another though - Arteta and Alonso, for example, are big [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 17:50:26
The Winners From the Year That Was
Jamie Dimon and Ken Lewis: Wall Street desperately needed a hero in 2008 ... , there was his sense of timing. Had he made the offer a year earlier or even three months later, it most [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 13:33:00
Walid Phares: Worum es wirklich geht
(Dr. Benny Peiser) The big picture is obvious. The current conflict is not really about the classic Arab-Israeli process, ... Tehran is pulling the strings and very smartly. Timing the Hamas end to the cease fire between two [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 18:06:01
Launch Multiple Programs with a Single Click- Lacuna Launcher
If you ever wished to launch all your work application with a single click when you start up Windows, ... you more control over timing of the launches with an initial delay and a pause between each [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 21:12:17
Don't Drink and Drive Game
Don't Drink and Drive GameLink: viwawa.com/tp_game_ddnd/playClosing date: 15th February 2009Contest type: Online - GamePrizes: First prize: $300 Shell VouchersSecond prize: $200 Shell VouchersThird prize: $100 Shell Vouchers1x Weekly prize: $30 Shell VouchersRegistration required: YesOthers: Your aim is to try to get the fastest timing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 18:43:00
Lynn Apparently In
CQPolitics is reporting that Gordon England's replacement has been named ... have no idea if Mr. Lynn is a good choice or not, but it is very good timing for the Obama [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 01:55:00
Princely Finance & Taxation
PRINCELY FINANCE AND TAXATION by Bob Hoye (Our Annual Christmas Number) ... of virtually everything after 1929. Moreover, the timing and percent declines on this fall’s crash [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 13:48:57
Agreed
I love going to Everton (despite the quality of the entertainment served up most of the time) ... , the timing of the Anfield derby (coming just before the trial) worries me and I suspect [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 14:52:45
Iraqis Take Control of Green Zone
Iraqis Take Control of Green Zone by BooMan Thu Jan 1st, 2009 at 10:10:24 AM EST The U.S ... -utility vehicles. The timing of this slow transfer happily coincides with the transfer of power [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 15:30:24
Twitter / shakeshack
Twitter / shakeshack: Paul, unreal timing brother. paulscheer: For All My NYC Friends, This is the best thing ever! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:04:04
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