Category Archives: Television

Hollywood: Give up on DRM

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Ted

Check out this ars technica article. It describes the lengths that Hollywood is more than willing to go to prevent piracy of its movies from Blue-Ray and HD-DVD discs. For example, to prevent such content from being copied when played … Continue reading →

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Katrina: Why it was (and still is) different

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Ted

This week is the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. I have just finished watching Spike Lee’s HBO documentary on the subject: “When the Levees Broke.” If I were a movie reviewer, I … Continue reading →

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Losing it over Lost!

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Ted

I love Lost. The TV series. It is currently my favorite series on TV. And I look forward to the next season as much as anyone. But the producers of the show seem on a mission to destroy it with … Continue reading →

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