If you liked Late to the Party, you'll love this. :)
Flute Player vs. Rock Band
Back in school (elementary, middle, high school, and freshman year of college) I played the flute in band, so I have great appreciation for this video where someone uses a flute to "sing" in Rock Band. Very cool! :)
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Hollywood needs to wake up and smell the technological advances
An indie film called Ink got a lot of free marketing when it became a popular torrented movie.
It caused interest about the movie on IMDB to skyrocket, and
supposedly interest in the movie's release on disc is high as a
result. Instead of the filmmakers whining about this and crying,
"Piracy!" they are grateful for the attention torrenting has built up.
I've never heard of this movie before reading this article, but I'm
definitely going to check it out now.
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More on that Asus T91MT
Last night I posted about the Asus T91MT, already tempted by such an inexpensive convertible Tablet PC device. Well, earlier this morning, a Twitter buddy, Rodfather, just posted a link to an intro video for the Asus device that makes the T91MT even more tempting. Even though the video is clearly a simulation and doesn't show how things actually work on the T91MT, I was impressed by two things in the video: 1) it seems that Asus has implemented palm rejection, which I didn't think they would do in a netbook, and 2) there's multitouch, and Asus has a kiosk-y UI and built-in apps that seem to make good use of multitouch. I like this trend of manufacturers putting a "skin" over the device's OS to make things easier to use, or faster to boot up. Since the T91MT is going to be a Windows 7 netbook (the first one, IIRC), you will have both the ease of use of the "kiosk OS", and the power of a full Windows OS (or Linux if you decide to change things up) for when you're not just browsing or checking e-mail. Perhaps now I will finally get a netbook of my own. I'll be watching the T91MT with great interest!
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My Tablet PC is now a Kindle!
The Kindle PC app (beta) is finally here. I had to load it immediately on my Toshiba M200 to test it out, and for a version 1.0 app, it's not too bad. There's a lot of wasted space on the screen with those gray margins on the left and right, but you can tap in those areas to go forward or back a page. Luckily for me, I can also use the M200's little joystick to turn the pages. This is going to be fun to use on a large and high-res screen (though the M200's screen seems so dim compared to my MacBook). Can't wait for the app to drop for the Mac. This app is another reason why a Mac tablet form factor would be an awesome thing to have.
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ASUS delivers Eee PC T91MT to Amazon.com, completes world tour
ASUS delivers Eee PC T91MT to Amazon.com, completes world tour
by Richard Lai
posted Nov 9th 2009 at 1:11AM
It was only two weeks ago when the ASUS T91MT -- the first-ever Windows 7 convertible netbook -- dropped by Amazon's German site, and now the Eastern wind from Taiwan has finally reached US soil. Amazon.com buyers are offered pretty much the same configuration as their European counterpart: Intel Atom Z520, 8.9-inch multitouch swivel screen, 1GB RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium. While there's only one color option available for now, those who're cool with white will be spoiled with a 32GB SSD -- twice as much as the German version yet $200 cheaper. Any students out there going to pick one of these up for some improved note-taking before Christmas exams?
[Thanks, Bernard]
via engadget.com
Even though I use a MacBook as my primary machine, I still have a place in my heart for Tablet PCs. I know in the past people have pooh-poohed TPCs for various reasons, one of the major ones being their high price. This ultra-portable one from Asus has a great price. I hope some people (like students) buy these and realize how useful Tablets can be for taking notes, especially if you prefer taking notes on paper. Taking digital notes and having them be searchable can be a boon for students, especially because it's easy to add sketches, diagrams, and other handwritten items that you can't easily do when typing up notes on a regular laptop.
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Guess the TV show
Random shot of paused TV. Anyone know which TV show this is? Bonus
points if you know what episode it is. :)
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