Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

Venerable wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
speaking of tech predictions, here's a story in line with this month's Wired cover:

Do you know where your kid is? Check Google's maps

as with all things google: could be cool, could be scary…

i'm gonna go with scary. . .let me just say that the number of people who are willing to volunteer away their privacy is kind of bewildering to me. . .and i think the wired editor who wrote about making himself available only scratches the surface of that (although it is amusing that one of the first people he talked with was looking for sex). . .google has even more areas that it's looking to take on.

You sound like an old man who's about to have his first child…

vansmack wrote:

Venerable wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
speaking of tech predictions, here's a story in line with this month's Wired cover:

Do you know where your kid is? Check Google's maps

as with all things google: could be cool, could be scary…

i'm gonna go with scary. . .let me just say that the number of people who are willing to volunteer away their privacy is kind of bewildering to me. . .and i think the wired editor who wrote about making himself available only scratches the surface of that (although it is amusing that one of the first people he talked with was looking for sex). . .google has even more areas that it's looking to take on.

You sound like an old man who's about to have his first child…

ha ha ha. . .that may be true. . .but i'm still younger than you.

Venerable wrote:


ha ha ha. . .that may be true. . .but i'm still younger than you.

But I'm not too old to be your 13 year old daughters first year 2022 technology equivalent to Latitude "friend," now am I?   

Oh wait, yes, I am which makes is even harder for you, doesn't it?

vansmack wrote:

Venerable wrote:


ha ha ha. . .that may be true. . .but i'm still younger than you.

But I'm not too old to be your 13 year old daughters first year 2022 technology equivalent to Latitude "friend," now am I?   

Oh wait, yes, I am which makes is even harder for you, doesn't it?

uh-huh. . .keep telling yourself that. . .i think you'll be too busy building a moat around your 4 girls. . .

tell me, is this your dream or nightmare?

I laugh every time I see that picture. I don't know why, but it makes me laugh.

You seem to forget - I, unlike you, am not having girls.

I'd put this my flog, but suspect smackie gets better viewership ratings then I….

Hollywood, Mon Amour is the new project from the producer behind Nouvelle Vague, where this time they do reworked versions of music from 80's movies.  Several singers are on board for this one including Skye from Morcheeba doing a cool version of Blondie classic "Call Me".  Expect the album in March…

http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodmonamour

LOVE IT!!!!!!!  Eye of the Tiger!

And I read your posts every time.  I was even going to call people out for not going to see you buddy perform the other night as a show of support for all that you do for us.

Kosmo, that might replace my current favorite song:

Soko - I'll Never Love You More

**EMERGENCY IMPULSE BUY PAGE FOR SMACKIE**

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115508&CMP=AFC-C8Junction

thoughts?

i've been on the lookout for netbooks for a while, this seems too cheap to pass up… i can get a 7% corproate discount at dell, but it doesn't bring the mini down to this range

I think this is already out.

kosmo wrote:
I'd put this my flog, but suspect smackie gets better viewership ratings then I….

Hollywood, Mon Amour is the new project from the producer behind Nouvelle Vague, where this time they do reworked versions of music from 80's movies.  Several singers are on board for this one including Skye from Morcheeba doing a cool version of Blondie classic "Call Me".  Expect the album in March…

http://www.myspace.com/hollywoodmonamour

$239?  Can't beat that.

Jump on that, buy a 2GB RAM chip to throw in there for $40 $20 and you'll be styling.  If you need a USB flash drive to put Win or Mac OS, get one of those too (4GB).

You might also want to get a 4/8/16GB SDHC to keep all your personal files on and to transfer between your desktop to your netbook.

Charlie wrote:
I think this is already out.

Import only?

vansmack wrote:
$239?  Can't beat that.

Jump on that, buy a 2GB RAM chip to throw in there for $40 $20 and you'll be styling.  If you need a USB flash drive to put Win or Mac OS, get one of those too (4GB).

You might also want to get a 4/8/16GB SDHC to keep all your personal files on and to transfer between your desktop to your netbook.

would it be easy to add XP to this if i wanted to?

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
would it be easy to add XP to this if i wanted to?

Yes, I can help you with that.  Or Windows 7….

This is a good forum for you to peruse…

I saw it out there on the internet somewhere. Thinking that it might not quite have been legal for me to download it, I decided not to.

vansmack wrote:

Charlie wrote:
I think this is already out.

Import only?

Hoya, I should also tell you that a few colleagues of mine have that machine and love it.  They're coming out with a 10 inch version soon so the 9inch versions are coming down in price.  The only main difference between that and the dell is one hour of battery life and it's a little more difficult to upgrade the RAM, but that's a one time job…

Charlie wrote:
I saw it out there on the internet somewhere. Thinking that it might not quite have been legal for me to download it, I decided not to.

vansmack wrote:

Charlie wrote:
I think this is already out.

Import only?

Yup import at the moment…. In the US the release date is 3/3/09 per
http://worlds-fair.net/hollywood_mon_amour/

There some "promo" MP3s floating around at the moment…

vansmack wrote:
Hoya, I should also tell you that a few colleagues of mine have that machine and love it.  They're coming out with a 10 inch version soon so the 9inch versions are coming down in price.  The only main difference between that and the dell is one hour of battery life and it's a little more difficult to upgrade the RAM, but that's a one time job…

thanks to your encouragement, i just pulled the trigger.

tech purchase endorphin rush streaming into my brain.

need to lay down, rub gums.

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
thanks to your encouragement, i just pulled the trigger.

I have probably convinced 20 people to get a netbook and not once has someone sent it back or sold it (and each one of them paid $100-$150 more than you paid). I would be shocked if you were the first to do so.

vansmack wrote:

Well, that only took a year:

Sirius XM Rate Increase For March 11th CONFIRMED

But this on the other hand surprised even me!  I knew Echostar bought XM's debt the other day, but I'm shocked they're forcing a takeover…

Sirius XM Prepares Bankruptcy Filing

February 11, 2009

By ZACHERY KOUWE

Sirius XM Satellite Radio has been working with advisers to prepare for a possible bankruptcy filing in a move that could put pressure on the satellite company EchoStar, which owns a substantial amount of the company?s debt.

Sirius has been working with the restructuring expert Joseph A. Bondi of Alvarez & Marsal and the bankruptcy lawyer Mark Thompson of Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett to help prepare a Chapter 11 filing, people close to the company said. The documents and analysis are close to being completed and a filing could come within days, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Sirius, whose radio stars include the popular shock jock Howard Stern, has also been working with the investment bank Evercore Partners.

Charles Ergen, who controls a satellite-television empire including the Dish Network Corporation and EchoStar, recently acquired the majority of a $300 million tranche of Sirius debt that matures next Tuesday.

Since the news about the debt purchase has emerged, questions have surfaced over whether Mr. Ergen will make a bid to purchase Sirius. The threat of a possible bankruptcy filing could force Mr. Ergen to make a formal offer for the company now if he doesn?t want to go through an auction in bankruptcy court.

It could also compel Mr. Ergen to agree to convert his debt into an ownership stake in Sirius at a higher price than he originally considered.

With more than $5 billion in assets, Sirius would be second-largest company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection so far this year, according to the research firm Capital IQ?s database. The Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, which had more than $7 billion in assets when it filed in late January, was the biggest so far.