At the 2008 CES in Las Vegas last month, a couple of the remaining large movie studios put their support behind Sony’s BluRay technology, effectively putting the last few nails in HD-DVD’s coffin. While both were good formats, BluRay had more studio support, enabling it to win and put an end to yet another senseless format battle. Thing is, will anyone care?
Yearly Archives: 2008
Nintendo DS Thoughts
I’ve owned a Nintendo DS handheld gaming system for a year and a half now. I recently came across an old Game Boy cartridge, which worked in the original black and white Game Boy. I couldn’t help but think about how far gaming has come in the past couple of decades, and how much playability there is in the Nintendo DS, which is poised to become a successor to the Game Boy Advance as the top selling handheld gaming system. There’s a lot to like about the DS, and it does a few things uniquely that other handhelds do not offer.
Office 2007: from bad to worse!
The new features in Office 2007 made me want to give it a try to see if it was any kind of improvement on Office 2003. Thing is, whenever Microsoft releases an “upgrade”, it often becomes a downgrade. How does Office 2007 hold up? Read on, where I explain why I want to call this thing MS Office Vista.
Honda: Future Models
Anyone who knows me, knows that I’ve been a Honda fanatic for awhile. I’d struggled with other cars that left me stranded, or just fell apart well before their prime. (Don’t even get me started on our ’02 Malibu.) But I’m usually excited to see new Honda models come out, since Honda keeps their models on a strict 5-year schedule now. At the North American International Auto Show back east in Detroit, Honda has unveiled two cars. Read on for a couple of “borrowed” pictures!
Burt Bacharach: Something Big
If you have been looking around the world to get CD versions of Burt Bacharach’s A&M albums, there is no better time than the present to grab yourself a copy of the Something Big box set, issued by Hip-O Select. Fortunately, Bacharach’s A&M albums are under the same corporate umbrella as his Kapp recordings from the 60s, so it was an easy task to put all of them into a box set. So, how good is this set?