Curtis Bridges

Phoronix has it right; I think the GNOME folks exist in some alternate reality. And to be clear, I absolutely love Gnome 3, even more than Gnome 2, which is not a typical stance on these versions. I find the entire desktop environment to be thoughtful, efficient, and cohesive. Despite how pleased I am with Gnome 3, its original design goals, and its future direction, the thought that Gnome could begin to find mainstream acceptance is absurd. Yes, there are lots of anecdotal evidence of non-nerds successfully using the Gnome interface (some of which is my own) -- predicting a 10% market penetration (let alone 20%!) smells of pure crazy. Worse, trying to plan for initiatives like this and a full stand-alone Linux distribution diverts already scarce resources away from the main experience and true work that needs to be accomplished in the future. I applaud the unified, bundled apps Gnome is adding, including both apps for normal people (mail, calenda...

Yes, I still love my TiVo Premiere . I was amazed to find that new product lifetime subscriptions now cost $499 -- we we bought ours, the service was $299 and was a tough call at that price. Ultimately, we went with product lifetime and now we've owned it for over two years -- break even is 20 months (with two consecutive 1 year commitments at $14.99 per month). Of course, since we bought the TiVo 2.5 years ago (our third TiVo since 2002), I've stopped watching broadcast TV (my wife still watches a handful of shows) and have switched from traditional cable service to terrestrial over-the-air broadcasting using a rooftop HD antenna and the TiVo has worked flawlessly on both providers. It will be interesting to see how the coming years pan out; with services like Verizon FiOS , AT&T U-verse , and new players like Google Fiber and a  potentially fully realized Apple TV ecosystem all competing in this space, things are finally looking like we'll...

Google has really polished its message over the last year, between this video and the original Galaxy Nexus commercial , they really have a compelling marketing campaign. "

A well done video showing the current state of elementary OS . I really like the concept behind elementary but I'm happy with the current state and future progress of Gnome 3 . Definitely two projects to keep an eye on for future developments.

This is insane. Even I think this is insane. There is no way this couldn't be simplified.

I took this shot last night while looking for subjects for my 365 project on Flickr - this is a shot of one of the rockers on my front porch and reminds me of summer. My wife and I spend a lot of time sitting in these rockers, watching the kids play in the front yard.

This seems like a decent solution to shrinking form-factor and 30 pin dock issue to me. That said, inductive charging/wireless docking still seems better in the long run.

Personally, I find this incredibly cool. I'd be willing to do it if I were single, living in a major city. video platform video management video solutions video player