Jordin Sparks wins, an open letter to the AI producers, and the year’s best judge.
Jordin Sparks wins, an open letter to the AI producers, and the year’s best judge.
Congratulations to Jordin Sparks for winning American Idol 2007. (Ryan Seacrest conspicuously did not call it “American Idol Season 6″ last night.) But many have criticized American Idol for not being… [read full post]
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Posted March 17, 2007, in Technology, TV, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/727.html)
Numbers 17 and 18.
As I’ve written previously, I’ve given up on TiVo (for 16 reasons). I continue to wait for a great TV technology. TiVo ain’t it. And just when I thought TiVo had no new ways to spoil our TV experience, it came up with a new one last night.
17. Last night, we turned off the TV… [read full post]
Posted March 13, 2007, in Apple, Business, Linux, Music, Technology, TV, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/720.html)
My TiVo experience was a disaster from day one.
Whether I characterize the TiVo as a computer or a piece of consumer electronics, TiVo is the most disappointing purchase I’ve ever made in either category.
Here my complaints with TiVo, in no particular order:
- As previously discussed, the TiVo does not have built-in Ethernet and is
Blockbuster reminds me why I bought a TiVo.
As I mentioned recently, Verizon FiOS TV spoiled my Valentine’s Day movie night when the video-on-demand (VOD) movie I was watching died without explanation. Verizon’s subsequent inept technical service and customer service caused my wife and and I to reconsider our options for our next movie night.
So, on Saturday, my wife… [read full post]
How to spoil a movie night in one easy step.
Last night, my wife and I decided to watch a movie using Verizon FiOS TV’s video-on-demand (VOD) feature. About an hour into the movie, the audio started breaking up and the video started pixelating. Then this error message appeared:
“Error
A problem has occurred with your request. Please ensure that… [read full post]
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This newsletter is Erik’s opinion, not the opinion of Clock Tower Law Group. Thickly settled .
I admit it. I love my job. I love working with smart clients and their cool products and services. I love using patent and trademark law to help them grow their businesses. I love testing and leveraging… [read full post]
Posted December 26, 2006, in Business, Copyright Law, How To, Technology, TV by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/658.html)
I think I tell what I learn!
I purchased a region-free DVD player (also called a multi-region DVD player) for Christmas this year so that I could easily play Finnish language DVDs on my TV. I am half Finnish, my wife is from Finland, and we go to great lengths to keep the Finnish language alive in our family, including making… [read full post]
Open source cross-platform audio and video player.
VLC Media Player 0.8.6 was released 12/10/06. VLC Media Player is an open source audio and video player for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. VLC is particularly good at playing file formats that might not play properly on QuickTime Player and Windows Media Player.
VLC also plays DVDs, and in my house… [read full post]
