Archive for July, 2008
‘Zombie’ Aint The Term I Would Have Used… (RE: Cracked)
I must admit something, I do take fondness in laughter and hilarity. Wit is also up there as well. For the past while Cracked has been Digging (its a website, I am not trying to be hip) out some good “Top #” lists, and I generally agree with the points made. I, a nerdXcore to the maxXcore (to the power of hXc), even finds it odd that I have a few comments-worth-blogging about the negateness that tech has apparently swallowed traditional media with.
#6. Phone Books
There really is nothing to say about this, it is the one that I fully agree with. My phone book at home is never actually opened. We have our dentist, doctor, lawyer and church phone number written on the front. The book is big enough that you really cant lose it. But it really is a waste of a few hundred pages for a few numbers that should be in my cell any ways…
#5. MP3 Players
My first comment on this is on the use of example by the apparent decreasing MP3 player sales. You know why I first bought an MP3 player? Because my MP3 CD player was bonk and held only ~200 songs. You know why I got my second one? Because I filled up 40GB real fast. You know why I still have my 80GB iPod Video? Simply put, I don’t have enough to fill it up. Mind you, I got rid of a good 35GB of music (from a 90GB) and then had my entire HDD crash and had to re-download it all… but the point remains: no one will ever need more than 80GB, never mind 160GB.
I like having all my music on my iPod, it is convenient when my mood changes on the bus. But then people ask about video. You can store your entire compressed DVD collection on that thing and still have all of your CDs. Flat out, we really do not need more room. I am banking on the 160GB iPod video to be the biggest one we will see in a long time. I mean, look at the new Nano and iPod Touch? You can see where their efforts are headed to now.
The second argument is the whole cell-phone thing. My answer is this: my iPod is a better and bigger player and has a better battery than my cell-phone. And I mean, I shelled out a few hundred for this baby (never mind my rad skin), I have no reason to toss it.
#4. DVDs
The HD war between HD-DVD and the BR ended a few months ago. Sony praised itself for its amazing new Blu-Ray format and expected, in the wake of their win, sales to spark. They went up 2%. Thing is, we really don’t care that much.
There is a growing-age of all technology, of course. When you buy a HD/ BR disc you are getting some great picture, right then, right there. When you buy a Plasma/ LCD/ any TV you get a generally crappy picture that gets better over years.
That’s were we are at. Until we all get all new TVs, the DVD really is not going to be much worse than its HD counter part, not until we upgrade properly. Even Kevin Smith thought the DVD was a gong-show, but has also admitted to its amazingness. The DVD is where we first saw series of TV shows come home in boxes, and especially in old/cartoon television, and HD set up is not going to help much.
Give it time, Luke.
#3. Magazines, Catalogs and Newspapers
I do not think that the amount of money a company makes from magazines alone is enough to pay for the money spent printing them. I am no expert on the topic, and actually am entirely writing this opinion of imaginary facts, but we can all pretend. I mean, I do like flipping through a $10 magazine every month or so and, about once every 3 issues, going out to buy a product that cost me $5.
I am not that mentally deranged that, however, I am the only person here today that just… feels better reading from recycled paper than an LCD (or CLR, if you are a loser) screen. I mean, I pre-paid and pre-ordered the last Harry Potter book, … and the Deathly Hallows, a good 6 months ahead of time. I downloaded the .pdf a good 2 days before the book arrived. Do not tell me that there was not a good damn reason I never read that file beforehand.
I muchly agree with this Digg user in this quote;
I was waiting for them to say books, and was so glad when it didn’t come up.
I like books.
#2. Video Games on Disc
Because hard drives crash and DRM is a whore.
#1. Cash
I am not being lazy for cutting this last one short, but I agree with this man on every account. I mean, I better manage my monies when in cash, but that is just because I am horrible with monies.
Comic-Con 2008 - “The Golden Age of Superhero Movies”
If Jesus, Odin, Zeus and the Dhali Llama all took a poo in a cup, had Hitler swirl it all around in his mouth, throw it up, let it harden and then Bruce Willis took an Uzi to it… it would still not suffice to the amount of “Holy crap” that was uttered in this first day of the SDCC. Nor would, in the case of another carefully crafted pun, be as “Holy [a] crap” as that seen today in San Diego. Some say E3 died, at least the E3 I grew up with. No, it did not, it split itself into two beings; the keynote’s were trimmed into the new ‘E3′. Wherein the energy and vigeur once wetting the floors of the Los Angeles Convention Centre has been moved to the San Diego Convention Centre. That is where nerds Hulk it out, hXc.