December 24, 2008

Funny How To: Transition to Digital TV

By : Roy
Filed under : humor

As broadcast executives shake in their boots at the prospect of not being able to show you advertising while you’re watching TV if you don’t get a digital TV converter by February 2009, the broadcasting industry has bombarded us with commercials, PSA’s and helpful websites, coupons and instructions to make the transition to digital easier.
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December 23, 2008

Modesto priest recants

By : Roy

After the the win of pro-choice candidate President-Elect Barack Obama, Father Joseph Illo of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Modesto, CA  sent a letter (PDF) to all his parishioners stating that if they voted for a pro-choice presidential candidate, they could not receive the Eucharist until they went to Confession lest they fall out of [...]


December 19, 2008

I need some help

By : Roy
Filed under : web apps

I need some ideas for a website.  I have a decent domain name, ModestoBuzz.com.  What can I do with it?

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December 15, 2008

US Auto Execs: You wouldn’t buy our shitty cars so…

By : Roy

The small print reads,
“You probably thought it was smart to buy a foreign import of superior quality, with better mileage and resale value. Maybe you even thought that years of market share loss might prod us into rethinking our process and redesigning our products with better quality in mind.  But you forgot one thig: We [...]


December 5, 2008

Apple’s iPhone as a Gaming Console Controller?

By : Roy
Filed under : apple, code, iphone, software, technology

This is awesome! The folks at Ars Technica got in contact with the developers of Moto Chaser (a 99 cent motorcycle racing game for the iPhone/iPod touch) and pitched them a brilliant idea.  Using an undocumented SDK class in the iPhone that streams video through the video outport, they created a TV version of the [...]