Prism (Not The Kind From Physics)
I just stumbled over the following, and found it interesting. Well, at least noteworthy.
Mozilla Prism: Refracting The Web Onto Your Desktop
At the moment site-specific apps are in their infancy and there aren’t many compelling reasons to use them, in fact they lack many of the features you’re likely used to from the browser. But Prism isn’t intended to replace your browser, nor is it an attempt to section off the web. Rather Prism recognizes that some site are beginning to behave more like applications and for users who want to interact with them more like applications, Prism offers a way to do it.
Yay For Convenience
… and Schnitzel!
And now let’s toast schnitzel!
Not enough time to fry your own schnitzel? A German firm has come up with a frozen version that can be cooked in a pop-up toaster in just three minutes.
Soon To Be Available – Blade Runner: The Final Cut
I have always liked the movie Blade Runner, it has quite the atmosphere and some very nice use of setting the shots. Not to forget some pretty decent acting as well.
Anyhow, I have never gotten around to picking up a copy for my library, and maybe I was right to wait. The review I just stumbled over for the final cut makes me think I know what I want for Christmas 
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A few years later, in 2000, an effort was mounted to produce a legitimate Director’s Cut of the film, and to give it the elaborate DVD special edition treatment its fans had long sought. Some work was begun at this stage, but a variety of business and legal obstacles prevented the project from really gaining momentum. Eventually, however, the Blade Runner Partnership and Warner Bros. were able to come to an agreement that cleared the way for the effort to move ahead, just in time to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary in 2007. An incredible wealth of material related to Blade Runner’s original production was unearthed from the vaults, including some 977 cans of original film negative. Much of this footage was scanned at 4K resolution (some of the 65mm effects footage was even scanned at 8K) and an extensive restoration was begun. Restoration producer Charles de Lauzirika worked closely with Warner and Ridley Scott to assemble the director’s ultimate version of the film. The result is Blade Runner: The Final Cut, which makes its debut this Friday, October 5th, in a limited theatrical run in New York (at the Ziegfeld) and Los Angeles (at the Landmark). It also arrives on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD from Warner Home Video on December 18th (click here for all the details on the various versions that will be available on disc).
Sun Ultra 20 M2 Memory Upgrade
A while ago I wrote what I thought about the Sun Ultra 20 M2, Sun’s entry-level workstation:
If you do decide to buy the base machine, you’re going to want to upgrade the video card (the onboard video is okay, but the quality isn’t great and it’s obscure enough that I’ve had problems with it and Linux). You’ll probably want to upgrade the RAM, too. Watch out, though — the Ultra 20 M2 takes unbuffered ECC RAM, which is expensive and hard to find.
Turns out I was wrong about the memory; while Sun claims you can only use ECC RAM, it turns out that you can use non-ECC RAM too. I put 2GB of Kingston ValueRAM into my Ultra 20 M2 and so far it’s working perfectly. I wish I’d done this ages ago!
Open Source .Mac Replacement
Welcome to notMac, a free, open-source utility for using the client-side dotMac services provided by Apple. Since many people already operate their own servers and don’t require dotMac’s server-side features—such as an @mac.com e-mail address or online access to their contacts—the notMac Challenge was started to encourage the development of a method for using the other OS X and iLife integrated services—like syncing and iDisk access—using one’s own hardware. Thanks to the generous contributions of people from around the world, and a dollar-for-dollar matching fund, the challenge raised $8,622.
Zune – Take 2
New Zunes to take on Apple’s iPod
Microsoft has launched three new models of its Zune digital media player in an effort to compete with Apple’s iPod.
The players – which come in 4GB, 8GB and 80GB models – have wi-fi so users can automatically download music, photos, and video from their computer.
I do find the numbers interesting:
Last year Microsoft sold 1.2 million Zunes compared to 100 million iPods shifted since its launch in 2001.
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