Silverlight competes with Flash

The video players, Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight, are in a heated competition according to USAToday.

If you watch video online — on YouTube, MySpace, CNN, Hulu or elsewhere — you're viewing in Adobe's Flash, a software plug-in that's on 98% of computers.
But Microsoft hopes to change that with a new version of its Silverlight plug-in and software, designed for higher-quality online video and snazzier graphics on websites. The software giant has signed up some big partners to help show off Silverlight, including online movie rental service Netflix and rival Blockbuster.

I've learned my lesson - to distrust anything touted by Microsoft. I will stick with Flash, and there's no way I will download Silverlight.

OpenOffice.org downloaded 10 million times

The free office suite program had 10 million downloads of its latest release.
Hopefully it's not just one person.
OpenOffice.org Achieves Ten Million Downloads at the End of its Beijing Conference

Rachel Getting Married review

Rachel Getting Married = A-
Awesome movie. I loved the story, acting and music. Although I typically like Jonathan Demme directed movies, my biggest complaint was that there was too many hand-held shots. To the point it was distracting to movie. Some I understood, but there was just too much for me.
Roger Ebert and James Berardinelli really liked it, and I pretty much agree with their reviews.
Attended the movie Tuesday at Keystone.

What Just Happened? review

What Just Happened? = C-
There were some funny parts, but not enough to elevate it past the grade I gave it. The acting was decent too, still very disappointing.
James Berardinelli didn't seem to think much of it either. Couldn't find a Roger Ebert review.
Attended the movie at Keystone Tuesday.

OS X running on a netbook

Wired, which seems pro-PC to me, wrote a story titled "Apple has 'Interesting Ideas' for netbooks" and then shows OS X running on a PC netbook.

"We'll wait and see how that nascent category evolves, and we've got some pretty interesting ideas if it does," Jobs said.He added that to the company's knowledge, netbooks aren't selling all that well. However, recent reports strongly disagree.

In my opinion the MacBook Air is a high-powered netbook, granted it's priced significantly higher, but the screen is significantly larger too and it's a more robust computer than netbooks.

AT&T offers free Wi-Fi to iPhone users

The full story is here.
I've been wanting an iPhone since I first heard about them. With Verizon, it's all about the network, and it's top notch. Add to that the high quality customer service. I won't be switching anytime soon, but this news makes it more tempting. Yet some places already offer free Wi-Fi, why not visit those places instead?

Zack and Miri Make a Porno review

Zack and Miri Make a Porno = A
It's hard not to like a movie that features hockey, sex and lots of laughs.
Roger Ebert and James Berardinelli gave it favorable reviews, but not as many stars as I thought they would.