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 Saturday, July 13, 2002

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 Eye TV. Introducing EyeTV--the digital video recorder designed for Macintosh!

(If you have a Mac running OS X, and a lot of disk space, you can jump into the ReplayTV/Tivo game at a fraction of the cost ... and no monthly charges either. And if you have the equipment, just burn your favorite shows to DVD. The question now is: how long before these guys get sued by the networks?)
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 QOTD: "With Bush, Inc., there are so many 'sins,' the recounting becomes a full time job."
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 Uppity-Negro.com. It's all in the tagline: We're living in a science fiction movie. The black guy always dies in science fiction movies.

(Now, haven't we've been saying that all along ... except in Alien, where Yaphet Kotto (Parker) made it all the way to the end, and probably would have survived along with Ripley, except that Lambert wouldn't move and let him incinerate the monster with his flamethrower: a white woman leading to a brutha's untimely demise ... hmm, that's a familiar story. A new weblog discovery, by way of George, who's all about it.)
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 Lawmakers: Keep your tunes to yourself - News.com. In a draft bill seen by CNET News.com, key legislators propose limiting Americans' rights related to copying music or transferring files.

(All of these laws are threatening to take all the fun out of listening to music, or watching TV and movies in the (relative) privacy of your own home. How about this novel idea: instead of paying to have someone perform for you, why not learn how to do it yourself? Take the time to learn how to play a guitar, or stage a play or paint a picture. Learn how to tell a story, and then make up your own. Sure, in most cases your efforts would pale in comparision to the "pros" you so idolize, but on the other hand the time you spent developing a creative skill would enrich your life far more than a CD full of someone else's music ever could. There was a time when every child had to go to music and drama class. Nowadays, hardly any of them do. We can't even entertain ourselves! We have to pay someone else to do it. What a shame.)
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