Of the 'Net & Microsoft - Larry Ellison was interviewed in Playboy. What's the most important change heralded by the Net? He said: "Unbelievably cheap global communication. I can send any form of data from here to Beijing for next to nothing. Data can be anything: numbers, words, pictures, movies, music, live communication. The implications of that are far more profound than any one of us can fathom." What about Microsoft's effort to take over the 'Net? Ellison said: "Almost every company is building applications on Internet standards as opposed to Microsoft standards. Microsoft is late to the party. That doesn't mean that they won't keep making a lot of money selling Office and Windows, but they are having a difficult time co-opting the Internet and converting it into the Microsoft version of the Internet. Microsoft, if they could, would co-opt English. Bill would explain why MS English is better than English and he'd make it available to everyone at a low cost. By the time he finished talking, a dollar for Microsoft per conversation would seem reasonable. To have this conversation, we'd have to send Bill a dollar."
12:49:45 PM
A Music & Book Review Blog - yep, and a pretty impressive one too. Check out blogcritics, especially if you like down & dirty reviews of music and books by non-advertising supported critics. You can sign up to review stuff too if you want.
12:04:09 PM
Clint Eastwood could star in this movie - it would be called the Class Actions of Madison County. Southern Illinois, that is. And apparently a place with just the right sort of judicial ecosystem to foster the successful breeding of class actions.
11:26:33 AM
Does Clinton cheat at golf? - Okay, that's a set up line to a thousand jokes. But Stuart Buck has a brief post based on a true event. As an aside, I didn't know that Stuart was from Rogers, AK; that's more or less where my wife is from.
11:22:12 AM
Can TiVo Go Prime Time? - Rick asks this question, points to some info and discloses that he's a rabid fan. So am I. And I was bummed when a power surge blew out my TIVO modem. But I googled the web and found this place, where I sent it off to be repaired. Oh, and to have an additional 90 GB harddrive added. Interesting place if you are a TIVO owner (repairs or not). I'll leave it at that.
11:18:35 AM
Godzilla vs. Davezilla - let's not get too worked up over this thing. If you want some straight scoop from a real life trademark lawyer, see this post by Martin Schwimmer.
