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Visting San Francisco this weekend
I decided last week to take a last minute trip to San Francisco this weekend thanks to a promotion...
Author: mcreasy Date: 09/20/2004
Portable Media Centers available, WMP 10 available and MSN Music Store
Well what a week it's been. First off let me apologise for not updating for a while. I'm sure many...
Author: mcreasy Date: 09/03/2004
iMovie removes Apple's FairPlay DRM from iTunes Music Store songs?
It's not the first time that Apple's FairPlay DRM has been circumvented, but it appears that by...
Author: mcreasy Date: 08/04/2004
Addendum to my Canon i9900 printer review
I've had my Canon i9900 for a while now and I've noticed the colour output isn't what I'd expect....
Author: mcreasy Date: 08/04/2004
Cheaper internet access
I've been a Comcast customer for almost 18 months and I've generally been happy with the service. I...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/28/2004
Back to school with Dell and Gateway?
In another example of companies using the same stock photos for their websites, Dell and Gateway are...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/27/2004
Finished reading: Quite a lot ;-) & Currently Reading Flatland by Abbott
The Republic - Plato Described as the foundation of western philosophy it's extremely well know....
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/27/2004
Looking for a thermometer to connect to a PC
My officemate and I were talking about this this morning. We'd like to be able to use a PC to...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/19/2004
Limitied DVD copying to be legal in the future?
There's a story that's light on details from Reuters that suggests that limited DVD copying will be...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/14/2004
No time to rip all your CD's?
LoadPod will do it for you! (Assuming you have an iPod and at least 50 CDs and are willing to pay...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/13/2004
Cool computer
Completely frozen solid! More photos here
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/13/2004
MLB.com content will be available on Portable Media Centers
I'm going to have to create a “Portable Media Center” category for all these posts :) I...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/12/2004
Preorder a Portable Media Center
Amazon.com have got a Portable Media Centers page up with lots of info. Plus you can now preorder...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/08/2004
Currently reading: Gogron by Peter D. Ward
Gorgon by Peter D. Ward I'm only about a quater of the way through and haven't gotten to the main...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/06/2004
Finished reading: The Life and Death of Planet Earth by Ward & Brownlee
The Life and Death of Planet Earth by Ward & Brownlee I bought this a couple of weeks ago when...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/06/2004
Sneak preview of Samsung's Portable Media Center
There's a sneak preview of Samsung's Portable Media Center over at Sorobangeeks.com. It's in French,...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/02/2004
Walt Mossberg likes the new HP Media Center PC
Walt Mossberg likes the new HP Media Center PC it seems. This is the same PC I mentioned yesterday....
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/02/2004
What do you say when you store a TV show on your hard drive in Media Center
I was just having a discussion with a PM on this, what's the verb you use when you store a TV show...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/01/2004
Pc Magazine reviews HP's newest Media Center PC
PC Magazine have a review up of HP's newest Media Center PC, the m1000 series. The cool thing about...
Author: mcreasy Date: 07/01/2004
Currently reading: War and Peace by Tolstoy
War and Peace by Tolstoy Famous enough that I really don't really need to give a description of it....
Author: mcreasy Date: 06/29/2004
DVR users watch more ads?
According to a study at MediaPost DVR users actually watch more ads. "Most importantly, the research...
Author: mcreasy Date: 05/26/2004
Meta-blogging
This is me blogging about Bruce Sterling blogging about him being here at Microsoft today.I just got...
Author: mcreasy Date: 05/21/2004
Record set for most naked people on a rollercoaster
British students have set a record for the most naked people on a roller coaster...Read the story @...
Author: mcreasy Date: 05/21/2004
Canon i9900 review
I've always had good experiences with Canon printers so I was excited earlier this year to hear they...
Author: mcreasy Date: 05/21/2004
New Media Center application - TVTonic MCE
TVTonic have made available a Media Center version of their application. Installing it lets you...
Author: mcreasy Date: 05/13/2004
New Media Center PCs from Sony and Alienware
I've spotted pictures of some new Media Center machines...First from Sony, the new Vaio Desktop R...
Author: mcreasy Date: 05/13/2004
Read RSS feeds on Media Center with NewsGator
I haven't actually tried this yet, but it's a really cool idea - a version of NewsGator for Media...
Author: mcreasy Date: 05/13/2004
I'm back and Media Center is going to Australia, Austria, Italy, The Netherlands and Switzerland!
I'm back from a couple of weeks holiday in China (actually I've been back for almost two weeks, but...
Author: mcreasy Date: 05/10/2004
Last post for a while
This will be my last post for a few weeks as I'm taking some time off and won't have much in the way...
Author: mcreasy Date: 04/09/2004
Apple's Fairplay DRM allegedly cracked
/. is reporting that Apple's FairPlay Digital Rights Management (DRM) has been cracked. This means...
Author: mcreasy Date: 04/05/2004
DVDFile.com reviews Media Center and Secondhand Lions
DVDFile.com is the place I visit most often for news on DVD releases and reviews. Today they've got...
Author: mcreasy Date: 04/02/2004
March 20th to the 21st was "Alice in Puzzlehunt weekend" in Washington State
I mentioned the Puzzlehunt before and how some puzzles invovled calling Pizza Hut and another...
Author: mcreasy Date: 04/02/2004
Star Wars on DVD (at last)
This is the DVD set I've been waiting for since I first started buying DVDs (which was about six...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/31/2004
Microsoft Speech Server launch
John has a couple of posts on the Microsoft Speech Server launch. That's the team I worked on for...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/24/2004
Puzzle Hunt (or how to spend a weekend at work without working)
I spent almost every minute I was awake this weekend on the Microsoft campus; other than closing...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/22/2004
iRiver Portable Media Center
See iRiver for the details.
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/19/2004
Installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 will upgrade Media Center to Media Center 2004
If you've got a Media Center PC running the first version of Media Center and didn't get an upgrade...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/19/2004
Portable Media Centers to arrive later this year
If you've been waiting to find out when you can get hold of one of these devices there's a bit of...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/18/2004
Scooby-Doo dancer for Plus! DME
This caught my attention today, there's some Scooby-Doo related goodies for Plus! DME and Windows...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/18/2004
More on the "Broadcast flag"
I touched on this subject last week. Yesterday the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) annouced...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/10/2004
Canabalizing a MP3 player for it's Microdrive
It's been all over the web (well at least the digital media parts of it) in recent weeks about new...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/10/2004
Using FindService and PlayMedia to change the TV channel in Media Center
If you've used the MSN TV pages on Online Spotlight in Media Center you might have noticed buttons...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/09/2004
Curious about which version of Media Center you have?
When the subject of which version of Media Center someone is running there is often some confusion -...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/09/2004
New Media Center Online Spotlight application - ESPN Motion
If you haven't visited Online Spotlight on your Media Center recently, there's a new reason to -...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/05/2004
The "Broadcast flag"
Here's an interesting article on the the MPAA's "Broadcast flag" and what it could mean for the...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/04/2004
Movieoke
I'm surprised nobody thought of this sooner. It's karaoke for movies, just think of all those famous...
Author: mcreasy Date: 03/04/2004