iPod Zepto at McSweeney's

Saturday Night Live recently tried something akin to what Jon Fitch has done much better here at McSweeney's.

THE IPOD ZEPTO: INCONCEIVABLY SMALL.
BY JON FITCH

HVD > HD-DVD & B-R?

The continuing battle over the next generation DVD format rages on. Will it be Sony's Blu-Ray or the HD-DVD? Both goofy names if you ask me (you didn't). Well, if the folks over at Hitachi Maxell get their way, it may not be either for long. They're working on HVD, a disc based on holographic technology that will allow storage of an entire season of Lost in high definition on just ONE DISC.

Read more at Red Herring.

Tivo on iPod

I posted October 6th and October 20th about how it would be great if we could transfer TiVo recordings to the iPod. I just found an article that says TiVoToGo will be expanding soon to allow transfers not only to the new iPod, but also to the PSP.

READ MORE HERE

Metropolis / Chattanooga

Chattanooga's downtown resurgence is featured in the November issue of Metropolis magazine. I picked it up initially for the cover story on the new Bloomberg headquarters in New York where I work. I was surprised to see that the issue featured an article on Chattanooga and glad to see that the article is available for free online.

READ IT HERE

"Development" is arrested

I read a report from Reuters that Arrested Development's season will be cut short. Only thirteen episodes will see air this season, presumably its last. Such a shame. The best shows never last. Let's hope My Name Is Earl keeps its viewership up so it doesn't meet the same fate.

Lord, I Apologize

A surprisingly insightful look at "redneck" comedian Larry The Cable Guy by Bryan Curtis on slate.com.
CLICK HERE to read it.

Incident Report

I was at a coffee shop yesterday morning and bought a medium coffee with steamed milk which I then spilled on my hands. It was extremely hot. The coffee lady came from the back with gels and creams and a cold pack. She gave me a new coffee free and I felt sufficiently mothered. The other customers waited for my skin to bubble up. The woman asked if I wanted to fill out an incident report.

Incident report was new to me but i knew instantly what it was. It's a "this is what i'm saying happened in case this ever comes up in court" document. I assured her that I was the idiot who spilled the coffee on myself, that it was my fault and no one else's. I don't want to go to court any more than they do. I'll make my money the old fashion way. As an assassin for the CIA.