• 8Feb 10

  I feel like I need a new blog...

  But I have nothing to write about.

  I like Mass Effect 2.

  I also like apples.

  Hi.

  • Posted Feb 8, 2010 10:22 am GMT
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• 27Jan 10

  Thoughts on the iPad

  So the iPad announcement came today...I followed along via Gizmodo's live blog. Here are some thoughts:

  • iPad is a horrible, horrible name.
  • While I get Apple's need to find a niche between a full-on Macbook and an iPhone, this doesn't seem to be much more than a large iPhone. There's still no external storage, no full operating system, no having multiple programs running simultaneously, etc.
  • Pricing is good, all things considered. Top of the line is still cheaper than a Macbook, low-end is just a little pricier than an iPod Touch
  • iWork looks awesome.
  • Prepare to pay out the ass for accessories. By the time you buy a dock, keyboard, mouse, etc. you could have just gotten a Macbook.
  • ebook service looks great, but the eBook services on an iPhone suffer from battery and glare problems, this won't change.
  • Call me when they announce a true tablet in the form of a Macbook Pro with this type of screen technology.

  I'm happy with my Macbook and iPhone combo. Together they do everything this device does, and both do it much better. By trying to get in the middle ground, it seems Apple is not excelling at anything. For those without an iPod Touch/iPhone and/or Macbook/iMac I could definitely see the appeal, though.

  Maybe this time next year when they announce the 2nd generation I will be more on board.

  • Posted Jan 27, 2010 1:16 pm GMT
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• 20Jan 10

  The late night debacle

  I have been watching Conan for close to 15 or his 17 years as a late night talk show host. I was a regular viewer of Late Night. I will adamantly defend his time on the Simpsons was the acme of the series. I have TiVo'd every episode of The Tonight Show and watched at least the first third of every episode. Yeah, I likes me some CoCo.

  Now, Jay Leno on the other hand...I like Jay. Well, that is to say I liked him. I was never a regular viewer of his Tonight Show, but when I tuned in I was never displeased, I just never found him to be a good host. I never really watched Letterman either, but I've always enjoyed his Late Show much more on a whole. Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Fallon all take a back seat, I've seen their shows a handful of times.

  Okay...So everyone by now probably knows that Conan is on his way out from his stint as host of the Tonight Show and it seems as if Leno will be taking back his chair. It doesn't get much more cluster****y than that. There are many obvious, glaring questions I have...Not just for Leno, but NBC. Obviously these questions will not be answered, but here they are anyway:

  • What happens when Jay's ratings are in the gutter? Are you going to fire him yet again and try to find a replacement or just let him hold the chair until he dies?
  • As a follow-up to the previous question, who is even a leading candidate as host for The Tonight Show? Jerry Seinfeld seems to be the golden boy, but I doubt he would want to walk right into a daily job after living on easy street for the past decade or so.
  • Why does Conan have to get the shaft in this situation? You (NBC) have already spent tens, if not hundred, of millions of dollars relocating an entire staff and building a new set...Not to mention the cost of severance pay for an entire staff now...Leno could have been given his walking papers and the whole mess could have been avoided.
  • Why is Leno even taking this position back? It just makes him look like a douchebag. He's not entitled to anything, he has been on NBC only 1 year longer than Conan, it's not like he has gained that much tenure. Sure, he had ratings, but Conan could have in due time. Leno dragged in ratings for some time...

  The whole situation irks me to no end. I'll follow Conan wherever he ends up. Personally, I'm hoping he will head back to write and produce for the Simpsons, even if it's just for one season. Talk shows are fine and all, but the market is pretty saturated. I'm not sure that any rival time slot would be able to match the ratings of Leno or Letterman.

  • Posted Jan 20, 2010 6:20 am GMT
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