http://www.biasedopinions.org politics, techology, internet, books, movies, life and other stuff Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en because i am blogging on boxee http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/06/10/why-there-are-so-few-updates-to-my-blog/ i am in the market for buying a new TV. finally decided on Sony Bravia 46" XBR2. actually wanted to buy XBR3,  just because i am stupid in a way that XBR3 must be better than XBR2, right? but it appears the difference between the two models is that the ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/04/27/circuit-city-unbeatable-price-guarantee-fails-the-test/ i finally got the upgrade to Windows Vista for my Dell XPS 410.  my $2,000 PC that sits neath my TV. the immediate results of my "upgrade": WiFi not working (no support for my US Robotics WiFi USB) Media Center does not identify the Cable connection My TV screen ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/04/14/downgraded-to-vista/ last time i was in israel i picked up a few books in hebrew. mostly centered around israel's recent history. the first one i read was "good arabs" by hillel cohen. it is based on documents from the israeli police and shin-bet services that were only recently declassified. the picture ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/03/09/book-review-good-arabs/ this is an excerpt from the FAQ page from TiVo regarding their new partnership with Amazon. What is the "Pay-TV Blackout Window"? Due to restrictions from the video rights holders, most newly released movies will occasionally become temporarily unavailable for re-download from Your Media Library—even after they’ve already been ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/03/09/pay-tv-blackout-window/ the terrorists are winning. at least in the impact they have on my life. i am talking about airport security and immigration. since i am traveling quite a bit this is a major impact... just went through the security thing in heathrow, london.  these guys have clearly lost it. they ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/03/07/the-terrorists-are-winning/ it seems that the only reading i am doing these days is on planes (after my battery runs out..). which makes it hard for me to make progress. i liked snow, even though i think the best dialogue was very early in the book (between the director on the institute ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/02/10/book-review-snow/ i have not written in a long time. didn't even write a short review of the latest book i finished (snow). i have semi-good excuses i was busy i quit my job i am starting a new company and have an adrenaline rush now i am in newark ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/02/10/long-time-no-write/ i have a policy against reading non-fiction on vacations, but i figured in cold blood does not really count as a non-fiction. i saw the capote film earlier this year, and had in cold blood in my "to read" list ever since. i was happy that when i started reading ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2007/01/14/book-review-in-cold-blood/ the places in between is the account of rory stewart walk from heart to kabul shortly after the fall of the taliban in 2002. i bought the book after i heard an interview with rory about his latest book (prince of the marshes) about his time as lt. governor in ... http://www.biasedopinions.org/2006/12/29/book-review-the-places-in-between/