The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will have an announcement on Monday about EFF’s plans regarding the First4Internet XCP software and the SunnComm MediaMax software that Sony BMG included in 24 million copies of their music CDs. The software has affected the computers of unsuspecting customers when they used their CDs on computers running the Windows operating system. More information is on the EFF Web site.
Ok, I’m totally off the deep end for DirecTV (did I mention that I have an addictive personality?). Whatever.
Here’s a couple of must read Web sites that track the goings on with everything in the DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) industry, straight from the mouth of my DTV installer “Mike.”
If you’re into DVR’s (TiVo and what have you) you need to check out:
DVRChatter.com
TiVoCommunity.com
Ok, I need to take a deep breath.
OMG, I just got DirecTV installed and no, I didn’t kiss the installer when he was done or anything (like in the TV commercial), but I came damn close! Good riddance Comcast! I can’t wait to kick it with some serious NFL Sunday Ticket this weekend and their NFL total geek package with the split screen games et. al. DirecTV treats you really nice as a new customer too. Four months of the whole enchilada (their premium package with the works) for $49 per.
A major plug has to go to my friends at WeaKnees.com who hooked me up with not one, but two kick ass DirecTiVo DVRs. Just take your wallet and FedEx it to them. They rock.
And I’m back with TiVo after a short Hiatus with the Comcast DVR. The jury’s still out on which picture is better, but I can’t wait to spend the next 24 hours straight setting up all my Season Passes and Wishlists and whatnot—something I sorely missed with Comcast.
I’m a tad overwhelmed with all this tech, so that’s it for now 
The PowerPage is back online after our migration from Web Objects to Movable Type. There’s still a lot to do but we’ve got over 8,000 stories in the archives and that’s a great start. Whew. Now I need to take a bit of a breather for about a month and gear up for the PowerPage’s tenth anniversary which we’re celebrating in December. Has it really been that long?