BYOB Archive for July, 2008
BYOEarthquake
If an earthquake hits Hollywood in late July, does anyone actually feel it?
27 Comments »If It's Friday, It Must Be BYOB
Here’s a little grist for the mill…
BYOB
This one is only for sane, sober commenters, thanks.
73 Comments »Sloooooow Week
People are revved up about The Dark Knight, though interestingly, most of the box office hype is coming from Fandango and MovieTickets.com, which are hyping themselves and their services in the process. It feels more like a little like the noise over Sex & The City. Of course, that turned into a $57 million opening weekend… but people are hyping the upcoming one as being almost 2.5 times that big… and if you look at the old ticket pre-sale info, Dark Knight is not at running 2.5 times S&TX’s number. Still… anything can happen. The DK vibe is strong… but there is sure to be a lot of controversy around kids under 10 and women once they start seeing the film in droves.
I can’t stop singing “Mamma Mia,” but I still can’t reccomend the film.
Anyway…
There must be SOMETHING else to discuss, right?
Monday In The Park With Dave
The day suddenly got full… running, running…
The revelation of the weekend was the 2.0 update for the iPhone. It’s interesting playing with it after reading all the yawning reviews of the new iPhone 3G on Friday. The story is, as many did indicate, the new application store, which you can use from the phone itself, and not so much the new phone. Then the really real story is the transformation of the device via these apps and the potential that adding 3G to those apps creates.
I have never thought of dumping the Blackberry as “the mail phone” and the main phone until now… and I haven’t even bought a 3G yet. Between the truly revolutionary website for The New York Times – which isn’t just regurgitation, but actually allows you to browse news in a different way, led by photos, not words… and fascinatingly leads with Business and Op-Ed – the AOL Instant messaging services, photo and community site access from most of the big providers, working radio from dozens of internet radio providers, improved gps, video beyond YouTube, and all kinds of wonderful toys, this is an experience that steps as big and wide as the initial iPhone