Archive for January, 2008

Jan 30 2008

The Crisis of Significance

  One last time I’ll attempt to turn you on to the significance of what Michael Wesch from Kansas State University is trying to do. His talk at ELI 2008 in San Antonio is titled "Human Futures for Technology and Education", and his subtitle is "The Crisis of Significance". As the facilitator notes, Michael is [...]

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Jan 22 2008

Global Climate Destabilization – A Conversation

Published by Andy Rush under Education,YouTube

    The Global Warming debate is, needless to say (but I’m saying it anyway to further this blog post), a contentious one. As Greg the Science Teacher Guy says, a more accurate term is Global Climate Destabilization. So whether you think humans are causing the planet to warm or not, or whether you even [...]

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Jan 15 2008

Thank you, Professor Wesch

  I’ve talked about Professor Michael Wesch and his Digital Ethnography class at Kansas State University a couple times in the past (here, and here). His class, and especially the videos that have been produced as a result are a wonder. The good professor’s latest post is a wealth of information related to putting together [...]

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Jan 15 2008

One Man’s Interpretation of the Hi-Def War

Published by Andy Rush under Audio & Video,HDTV,YouTube

    It is interesting to watch this story unfold, but this video encapsulates the situation so well. Bill Hunt, by the way, is one of the editors at Digital Bits which I don’t read. I prefer Engadget HD‘s coverage. Today they remind us not to forget that the porn industry still needs to weigh [...]

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Jan 14 2008

PCs Play Hi-Def Discs, Will Apple Finally Join?

  Even with Apple’s Leopard and its more then 300(!) new features, Blu-ray playback isn’t one of them. Yet. Macworld is this week and rumors are starting about Apple launching into the high-definition disc fray. Will it be Blu-ray only? Apple is firmly in the blue camp. Will the combo drive now be a Blu-ray [...]

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Jan 08 2008

Freakiest advertising dancer ever!

Published by Andy Rush under Flash,General

Of all the crazy “LowerMyBills” advertisements, this one freaks me out the most! The girls legs and those boots (?) have a nauseating effect on me, and it has been on Weather.com for the last several days now. Please stop. Please?

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Jan 08 2008

About Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD

Published by Andy Rush under Audio & Video,HDTV

I’d like to elaborate on my first post of the year, which is now relegated to a placeholder for my first lie of the year. My purpose here is to put forth some facts, perspective, opinion, and some predictions. This was probably going to be that first post, but I was still suffering from the [...]

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Jan 06 2008

2008 has barely started and I’ve already told a lie

OK. In my last post, my first of 2008, I lied. It was parenthetical, but still a lie. Well at least it was an implied lie that I was in a "blogging funk" and that my post was going to cure that. Neither was true. In fact it is much closer to the truth that [...]

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Jan 05 2008

Ouch! Blu-Ray Landed One.

Published by Andy Rush under Audio & Video,HDTV,Technology

  (This is to get me out of my blogging funk) HD DVD group cancels CES press conference in wake of Warner announcement. Fight photo courtesy of Ari Bakker

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