So, you remember that Vizio Blu-Ray player I bought that I had so much trouble with, and the almost complete lack of information they gave me ( Read more... )

via the EFF:

I just emailed Congress to urge them to oppose the Internet Blacklist Legislation, known as the PROTECT-IP Act in the Senate S.968 and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) H.R. 3261 in the House. This legislation seeks to give the executive branch power to conduct slash-and-burn campaigns against websites that allegedly host - or even ( Read more... )

Things that amuse me today:

Marian Call has a new album coming out on 10/1 titled Something Fierce This Way Comes.

Milwaukee Brewers mark the crime scene (with video) where one of their players tripped, fell, and was "robbed" of an inside the park home run (with video).

I'd heckle Felicia Day at Dragon*Con, but she already found two old hecklers

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion and The Winterpills, Tuesday, November 15th @ World Cafe Live Upstairs

Looks like a few good shows at World Cafe Live this fall.

Disabling anonymous commenting. Getting too much spam. Sorry.

Oh, well look at that. A mobile optimized version of the Cook's Illustrated website. (Still in beta)

Why I won't be buying Vizio ever again - A tale of customer (dis)service ( Read more... )

I've been playing a lot of Magicka of late.  (Steam, $10).  If you liked Diablo II, Dungeon Siege, or Torchlight, there's a good chance you'll like Magicka ( Read more... )

Gotta love Vizio ( Read more... )

In the good news category: the Federal Trade Comission has tapped Princeton professor Ed Felten as Chief Technologist.

Ed Felten has been involved as a researcher into the security (or lack of security) of DRE-style electronic voting machines.  Ed maintains the blog "Freedom to Tinker", which is headlined by the post "Dr. Felten goes to Washington