Watermarking to replace DRM?
More insidious and subversive, or more open and unrestrictive? Is watermarking merely the new replacement for DRM as something that will undesirably be attached to our audio files? Do you really want to have to listen to advertisements every time you pla
(tags: audio drm microsoft music watermark universal)
The software awards scam
Don’t [...]
Since I was out of town on business and busy with many other things over a period of a few weeks recently, I found that I had somehow managed to “unplug” a little bit, and haven’t been doing much in the way of playing games since then. It’s actually been rather nice to not be [...]
playing LUMINES LIVE! (LUMINES LIVE!)
playing STRANGLEHOLD DEMO (In the demo)
playing BioShock (Demo) (Discovering an abandoned lighthouse far out in the Atlantic.)
playing Geometry Wars Evolved (Playing game)
playing ACE COMBAT 6 Demo (Campaign Mode Demo
Engaged in Gracemeria mission.)
Deleting all the extraneous themes for WordPress automatically installed by DreamHost’s one-click.
Universal to track DRM-free music online via watermarking
The missing key in the Universal plan?
(tags: drm internet music tecnology media copyright)
Transforming Your WordPress into a Tumble-Hybrid
Great write-up on hacking WordPress code to create a Tumble-log hybrid that treats different types of content with different styles.
(tags: howto wordpress tutorial blogging hacks tumblelog)
Working with Twitter Tools and a few super-secret ideas for my blog.
If you see a bottle of this monstrosity that is currently taking the name of Mountain Dew and and the name of Halo in vain, please don’t pick it up. Don’t do what I did and let your curiosity overtake your intuition when it informs you that a soda this bright an orange/red color cannot [...]
Behold! A look at what Microsoft is clearly missing out on with their online service right now!
I used to be OK with the fact that I was paying $50 per year for online console gaming. It costs money to run that kind of infrastructure, and to design the services that are so cohesive on a [...]
As I’m sure more of the Internet will soon discover, the pricing mistake mentioned earlier in this space that I had hoped to take advantage of is no more:
Dear Best Buy Customer,
Thank you for your recent Rock Band software order on BestBuy.com.
Unfortunately, our website incorrectly stated that the Rock Band accessories were included with your [...]
The iMacs are coming!
Apple cut the smallest display out of the product loop, redesigned the enclosure in aluminum and glass - which may be part of their new environmental initiatives, and added a glossy display, new keyboard and a few smaller features to the iMac lienup today. Looks nice. Notice one thing, though:
The border around [...]
A wonderful new study shows that preschoolers - preschoolers - are more likely to think anything tastes good if it has the right branding on it (in this case, McDonald’s).
Even carrots, milk and apple juice tasted better to the kids when they were wrapped in the familiar packaging of the Golden Arches.
The study had [...]
Can anyone please clue me in on what I just watched here?
I’ve seen some weird Japanese video game advertisements in the past, but this one’s a touch beyond. A touch.
For a couple of short hours this evening, the pre-order page for Rock Band on Best Buy’s Web site looked like this:
It’s clearly just someone who uploaded the wrong item description, and I highly doubt that they’re going to honor that $60 price (which is clearly for the standalone game and not for one with [...]
I’m hoping that some kind of bizarre copyright lawsuit doesn’t bring this thing down, but for the time being, you too can experience gaming the way it once was in the day of monochrome displays and before modern graphics (or even ancient tile-based graphics systems really existed).
It looks a lot like this, updated with a [...]
I don’t think I could explain things any better than this video can.
An introduction to Faceball from Face Ball and Vimeo.
I’ve also added an article to my wiki for Faceball and am looking forward to hosting the eventual First Annual Markel Invitational Faceball Tournament.