As home-theaters and other alternatives rise in the market, is it only a matter of time before movie enthusiasts stop going to theaters all together? Movies at a theater in general are becoming less and less appealing; not because of the quality of the production or the physicality of a theater but rather the experience all together. On the site The Big Picture , they listed a few reasons why theater attendance is declining. These reasons included high prices, cellphone use/talking in theaters, availability of movies on Netflix …
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The Nokia N-series had a huge impact on the mobile phone market, arguably more than the iPhone. Here’s a quick review from our very own Matt - you can catch more of his great videos by visiting Matt’s channel.
Watch in HD (or on iPhone).
Thought the developer half of the audience deserved this one. I’ve often felt the pain - have you? Any stories? I should really slow down with the brain-storm posts. Clicky.
I had somebody asking me why none of their shipment of Mac Mini’s worked with their standard microphones. I wasn’t entirely sure either, so I had a look around on Google for some answers. I soon found the answer in the MacRumors forum.
“The Mac mini’s input is a line-level input, whereas the mic line on most analog headsets needs a mic-level input (to power the mic). The mini isn’t giving the mic any power, so it’s not going to work.
After reading the countless posts on Macrumors and other sites regarding the statement Jobs made about not working on a touchscreen Mac, I was inspired to write. No, I’m not writing a plea to Steve, begging him to begin development on a touchscreen Mac. I’m not going to be one of those guys. What I’m here to say is that I wonder why there is so much hype and so much Apple bashing because of touchscreens. This innovation shouldn’t be tearing Apple apart! We should embrace it, cherish it, …
Apple stated that there will be no updates/upgrades to their product line this year, despite rumors that the iMac and Mac Mini were to be receiving speed bumps before the new year. I guess I got my hopes up for nothing. The next Macworld event is scheduled in January 2009, so we will all have to wait until then. Read all about it here
To twitter from Skype, simply add username ‘twitter4skype’ to your contact list, and message the following (using Shift+Enter for new lines):
/account
username
password
However - I had great trouble turning it off again when I realised every few seconds new tweets started pouring into my window (and so down the side of the screen).
Turning it off again. To turn it on/off, type #on or #off respectively. Use #exit to log out. Now I know, I just need to share it before the next unsuspecting victim has to abandon their account.
The blog’s been down for a couple of hours while we upgrade to the new theme. Work’s still being done - please stand by!
Update: Most of the work is now complete. All stats have been reset down to 0 again.
Thought the developer half of the audience deserved this one. I’ve often felt the pain - have you? Any stories? I should really slow down with the brain-storm posts. Clicky.