Sound Advice closing up shop, liquidating stores

Chromium FTW! (R.I.P.)

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This on the heels of Tweeter closing up shop as well.

Douchee Burger – FAIL

LowCommotion FTW! (Food, WTF?!)

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Games ‘to outsell’ music, video

LowCommotion FTW! (Games, Money, Music)

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UK sales of games will outstrip music and video for the first time in 2008, says a report from Verdict Research.

How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works

Zombie16 FTW! (Tech)

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We are getting closer to tele-presence, I consider this something of an alpha test. It’s a good idea, good implementation but it’s not quite perfect yet. Here’s the tech dirt from Gizmodo:

On the subject’s side:
• 35 HD cameras pointed at the subject in a ring
• Different cameras shoot at different angles (like the matrix), to transmit the entire body image
• The cameras are hooked up to the cameras in home base in NY, synchronizing the angles so perspective is right
• The system is set up in trailers outside Obama and McCain HQ
• Not only is it mechanical tracking via camera communication, there’s infrared as well
• Correspondents see a 37-inch plasma where the return feed of the combined images are fed back to them. Useful for a misplaced hair or an unseemly boogar
• Twenty “computers” are crunching this data in order to make it usable

On the HQ side:

• Only used on two out of 40-something total camera feeds that CNN has

• The delay is either minimal, or we’ve gotten used to satellite delay that we don’t even notice now
• An array of computers takes the crunched info feed from the subject’s side in order to mesh it with the video from Wolf’s side.
• Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the images are actually “projected” onto the floor of the CNN studio so that Wolf can actually talk to the person, you know, in a face to face. So it’s not quite Star Wars just yet. Only after computers merge the video feeds together do you get a coherent hologram + person scenario

TimeTracker :: The Scariest Firefox Add-on

LowCommotion FTW! (Internet, Work)

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Do you spend too much time on Firefox? Do you open tabs faster than you can close them? Cannot get things done? Keep track of how much you browse with TimeTracker.

CNN Will.I.Am Hologram, First time on TV

LowCommotion FTW! (Star Wars, TV)

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Sci-Fi Giant Michael Crichton Dies at 66

Chromium FTW! (R.I.P.)

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I am a big fan of all his books. He will be missed.

What’s So Awesome About 64-Bit?

Chromium FTW! (PC Tech)

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I’ll be upgrading to the new Intel Core i7’s (Nehalem) when they release later this month.  Unfortunately this also means a move to 64 bit Windows Vista.  Read on to find out why more and more 64 bit is the future, and why the future is now.

EA Recommends Hilarious Work-Around for Red Alert 3 CD Key Issue

LowCommotion FTW! (Games, Hacks, WTF?!)

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Amidst all the panicked hubbub of the holiday season, EA slipped Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 into stores last week — or at least, most of it. Not included in many unlucky game boxes was a mega-crucial 0.0001% of the game experience: the last digit of the Red Alert 3's CD Key. Uh-oh.

Fret not, however, if you're planning to commandeer and consume a copy of the game, because EA's brightest minds have put their synapses into overdrive in order to whip up a work-around.

"There is currently a work-around that may allow you to bypass this issue. Since you have the first 19 characters of the code already, you can basically try guessing the last character," said a note on EA's customer support site.

The Five Awesomest TV and Movie Spaceships

Chromium FTW! (Nerdy, SciFi)

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Hmmm no Serenity. Oversight?