Archive: December 2007
Podcasts I Love: The History of Rome - December 27, 2007 9:31 AM
One of my favorite podcasts is Mike Duncan's The History of Rome (iTunes link). Duncan's essays and delivery are clear, concise and entertaining, and I just can't get enough. But here's a fun story. Lori is also a student of...
- ⇒ Transformers Animated FTW (link from Dec 27, 2007)
I missed Transformers Animated last night, so I'm just now watching it. I loves it. From the homages to G1 (in the intro animation, and the Spike, Daniel & Carly combo to name two) to the actual characterization, this series is far and above superior to any other post Beast Wars series.
- ⇒ iPhone 1.1.3 firmware is awesome (link from Dec 31, 2007)
According to this video, which I'm inclined to believe (because it's cool and makes me happy), the 1.1.3 iPhone update includes the ability to move items around the homescreen and to add Safari bookmarks directly to the homescreen. It also includes cell-tower triangulation for location-based searching in Google Maps, and (finally) multiple SMS recipient functionality. I can't wait. Here's a link to their original news story and a photo gallery of the updates.
- ⇒ RIAA is not awesome (link from Dec 31, 2007)
It is now the official, documented legal stance of the RIAA that copying CDs you have legally purchased to your own computer for personal use is illegal. The concept of fair use is spinning in its grave.