Saturday, January 12, 2008

Coffee & TV

I'm probably the only person on the face of the planet that never watches tv. And when I say never, I really mean nothing but football. However, if you're like 99.9% of the US population, you probably watch something on television. So, time to get mathematical on yo' ass.

Figure that 99% of the population watches tv, then drill down into the 70% that use the internet, you can probably guess that maybe 30% know about torrents. Of those, maybe 20% actively use them. So, for you 20%, here is my gift to you.

Ted , for Mac
No, not going to guess how many of the 20% use macs. Lifehacker (great site to bookmark) featured this really sweet software which will automatically go out and seek the shows that you watch on a regular basis. Goodbye VCR, hello Ted.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Seek Up

Need to test drive your music? Did your friend recommend a band to you, but you loathe MySpace and really don't like the idea of downloading or purchasing before you listen? Frustrated with the 20 second preview clips on Amazon that only give you the most popular song parts?

Now you have SeeqPod. This new player does a nifty search of music online and allows you to stream, and even create playlists of songs.

What I like most is the ability to send a playlist of songs and artists to my friends. What I like least is the ability to grab an entire album at once, or download to my computer.