I linked to this brilliant comedy clip before. It was taken down due to copyright violation.
However, I just learned that Hulu posts some of these clips legally on YouTube. This one will not be taken down.
Lisa finds heaven in Springfield’s new Mapple Store.
Hulu has already posted 158 clips like this from shows including Simpsons and Family Guy.
Checked one dread product today:
CAD$171 = US$138
So … the same product costs $28 more on the Canadian site.
That’s a big enough differential to keep me on Amazon.com despite the potential hassle of the products being held up at the border.
Leave a comment if you see it the other way.
So far, I LOVE it. (Though I’ve only used half the features.)
With the amount of in transit time I have, it’s perfect for me. Especially while running and biking.
A small speaker has been added since the first generation.
Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation)
If interested in getting one for yourself, watch Apple’s “Guided Tour” video.
The 8GB plays 36hrs of audio, 6hrs of video when fully charged, new.
Main downside is that — unlike the iPhone — the Touch has no GPS. (A battery hog anyway.)
It does have a GPS alternative:
For iPod touch with Maps, the Maps application provides your approximate location using information based on your proximity to known Wi-Fi networks (when on and available). The more accurate the available information, the smaller the circle identifying your position on the map. The feature is not available in all areas. Known Wi-Fi networks are predominantly in urban areas.
There is no microphone on this device. But I plan to add one included with new headphones.
George tells me I need to jailbreak this one to make full advantage.
The selection of films in Canada is smaller than in the USA, but actually downloading a movie could not have been easier. It worked perfectly.
For my first movie, I chose a FREE one, the mockumentary Rain of Madness. It’s a parody of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse.
It follows co-writer Justin Theroux as a fictional documentarian named Jan Jürgen documenting the behind-the-scenes the filming of the Ben Stiller Vietnam war spoof Tropic Thunder.
Hallö iTunes.
Movies are available either for rental or purchase.
Apple will open the first Calgary retail store today at Market Mall. Introduction video:
Apple originally planned to open a store at the Chinook Centre in late 2006, about 10 miles southeast of this new location. However, the store never materialized, and it’s not clear why Apple’s plans changed. …
I’m looking forward to having a Genius Bar in my town.
Something tells me this is the iPhone competitor Apple will be looking at most closely.
… how does this one stack up against the one and only iPhone? It doesn’t have quite the finish of the iPhone (both in terms of hardware or user interface), but it comes pretty damn close. (John Biggs at CrunchGear calls it “almost perfect”). And more importantly, it matches the iPhone on many fronts. It’s got GPS, WiFi, a touchscreen, an accelerometer, a camera, Gmail, Google Maps, a Webkit-based browser (just like Safari on the iPhone), and an App market.
The first Android phone even has some things that the iPhone doesn’t, like …
Touching The Android: It’s No iPhone, But It’s Close – TechCrunch
In the States it’s only available on a crappy network, T-Mobile.
I’ve been totally into the new $300 million Microsoft ad campaign. For once the world’s most boring company is interesting.
Game on.
In the long run, though, MS is doomed to failure. Like Charlie Brown, the best they can ever hope for is to be a lovable loser.
… After dumping its $10 million contract with Jerry Seinfeld after just three ads (only two of which even aired) Microsoft has created new ad copy where regular people and a few celebrities say, “I’m a PC!” One problem with the campaign’s credibility: the ad work was created using Macs. …
Someone hurriedly scrubbed the evidence from the internet after discovery.
I suspect this might be one of the last of the long series of Apple ads encouraging people to switch from Windows.
It was published on the NY Times site itself. Amazing!
(via Paid Content)
Nevertheless, the word tonight via Valleywag and Engadget, among other sources, that Microsoft will be dumping Jerry Seinfeld from its upcoming TV spots (and bringing in a John Hodgman look-alike to directly target Apple’s “I’m a Mac” campaign) is making us think. Why lose the Sein? He brought a slightly cranky, slightly spacey vibe — not a bad matchup for Bill Gates, when you come down to it. …
Too bad. I was looking forward to more of those goofy TV commercials.
But MS is writing it off as just another blunder. The most recent in a long series.
Rick McCharles 