DTV converter trip-up
Posted by Tim | Filed under Le Internet, Personal
I was helping Gaby set up a converter box for her TV, and strangely, the antenna plug didn’t fit! We ended up buying a newer antenna and that also didn’t fit. Our converter box, by Philco, didn’t seem to fit any antennas! Fortunately google had one good result: “Antenna Jack Won’t fit Converter Box” . [...]
Wizards of the Coast Finds More Online Troubles
Posted by Tim | Filed under Dungeons and Dragons, Games, Le Internet
From Gleemax’s unfinished launch to its sudden closure (with bumbling apologetic explanation) to the new layoffs, Wizards has fallen flat, again, online. A company that releases excellent (if expensive) stuff can’t find a way to make its online presence matter. Now, Magic and D&D are good enough that any web and software products can be [...]
eBay’s Magic Is Gone
Posted by Tim | Filed under Le Internet
CNN Money writes about eBay’s slide from a financial point-of-view. This quote from an earnings call made me reflect on some of the things I knew: “Buyers are increasingly buying from the highest rated sellers and buying less – in fact, they have stopped buying – from lower rated sellers,” Donahoe said Wednesday in a [...]
The Dark Knight – The Message Board
Posted by Tim | Filed under Le Internet
The Dark Knight was awesome! In my post-cinema glow, I poked around for the trolls on the IMDb message boards. The mind of the forum troll is complex and nuanced, full of anger, and sometimes just perversely hilarious. Let me be your tour guide. (Note that there are mild-to-major spoilers deep in the actual posts, [...]
