atmaspheric | endeavors

Slippery Slope… Pandora’s Box… you name it. This is a tricky bit. If you have the protection built in the premium content guys might be more likely to offer content (HD even) to a PC. Consumers of course want nothing like this inside… and then of course you factor on the [...]

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(This is far from telling of corporate America, but I was at a loss for a better title.)
While at the airport today I was told I was no longer going to attend a meeting in California. The plane was actually boarding at the time… nice timing.
Keeping it real in the life of advertising and [...]

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Over at The Furrygoat Experience we read of one possible future in home media management:
…the server should be the box that actually has the TV card and records video.
Think about it – with the upcoming living room war between Sony Playstation 3 and XBox 360, combined with all of the connected devices (PC’s, UPNP DVD [...]

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I realize I have not posted in a while for real and thought perhaps now over the long (perhaps for you) weekend might be a good chance.
There have been quite a few changes in my life recently… new job and trying to buy a house and on top of that a car or two.
First, the [...]

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While the PS3 won’t be tying into a Media Center it still sounds like an amazingly capable system. The Cell Processor will be able to drive up to 2 HDTVs though from the article I can’t tell whether those are both able to be 1080p – though 1080p is not exactly widely available or [...]

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Wired’s piece, The Xbox Reloadedis a great read and something anyone interested in Digital Home “stuff” should check out.
MS clearly has the Xbox pegged as a very serious Game machine (check out those specs!) but also capable of so much more — especially when paired with a nice high end Media Center.

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While this only works on the Japanese ROM it’s a great sign of how the platform can be expanded.
Hot on the heels of the news that Sony’s UMD format has been hacked comes reports of a Game Boy emulator for the PSP. For those of you with North American PSPs and version 1.5 of [...]

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I just don’t get why you would pay extra for something as unattractive as a fake convertible top.

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Barney at the Wheel

Originally uploaded by atmasphere.

If you ever get tired while driving, you can rest easy knowing “I Love You” Barney can step in and take the wheel.

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Jupiter Island May 2005

Originally uploaded by atmasphere.

Currently kicking back for a few days…

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iPod vending machine

Originally uploaded by sbisson.

Very cool… Too bad you need to charge these units before you can really get much use from them.
I’d imagine the next step would be to include your .Mac ID and purchase some music as well – or perhaps a pre-filled iPod by genre.

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This is some sucky news… I had just seen a spot on Comedy Central announcing the return.
Dave Chappelle’s namesake sketch show on Comedy Central is off the air “until further notice,” the network stated this afternoon. The show was set to hit television on May 31 for this, the third season, but has apparently [...]

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Spotlight is totally cool…
Once it gets an index going it unbelievably quick to track new stuff. As an example, I just emailed a link to someone, invoked spotlight and pasted it in. Spotlight found it right away… Gotta love the integration with Mail. It’s a definite advantage in using Mail vs. Entourage.
Searching [...]

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Safari can’t open the page.
Safari can’t open the page “https://enteryoursitehere.com” because the network connection was reset, which sometimes occurs when the server is busy. You might be able to open the page later.
I am seeing this way too often. Trying to get an eBook, a piece of software and dealing with a credit card.. [...]

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Apple Developer Connection has posted its Automator Programming Guide. This 84 page tome [pdf] explains everything you always wanted to know about coding Automator Actions (but were afraid to ask). [

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So Tiger arrived today from Amazon, a day before they said it would, but clearly after the date I expected based on my pre-order. Anyway… installation was smooth. All told it took about 45 minutes on my Powerbook, which is the only machine I’ve worked on too make sure the kinks don’t plague [...]

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AdiumX was just updated:
Adium X 0.80, a major update to its multi-protocol instant messaging application. Adium 0.80 brings a completely new status system with available messages and invisibility on supported protocols, built-in secure encrypted messaging via Off-the-Record Messaging, the long-awaited file transfer progress interface, customizable built-in Growl notification system support, blocking, customizable service and status [...]

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I just happened to look in this window on my way to a meeting today and saw
this woman making all these eggs. I think it was a small gallery and that
it was called “East Meets West.”
That’s a lot of eggs…

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Nice piece in the NYT about Adam Curry’s deal with Sirius… He’ll be hosting a daily 4 hour show on channel 148, Talk Central. The show will have advertising (designed to fit in with the flow) and will be all about Podcasting as you might expect. Adam Curry’s Podshow starts on May [...]

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