X-phile

Yeah, I admit it. I’m one.

But The X-Files really rock! I just can’t get enough of the mysteries and conspiracies, the monsters and the aliens. It’s the most perfect escape from boring reality there is, and there’s enough episodes to last for quite some time.

That reminds me, it’s time for another episode!

iPod uPdate

Got my iPod today. Naturally, I got the wrong model.

Now I’m sitting here with a 30GB iPod I don’t want, and yet no word when I’ll get the right one. Damnit, I’ve been without an MP3-player for two weeks now. It’s not healthy, I tell ya.

Mark Shuttleworth’s take on DRM

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu OS, has written a nice piece on DRM, and how it just won’t work.

The truth is also that, as the landscape changes, different business models come and go in their viability. Those folks who try to impose analog rules on digital content will find themselves on the wrong side of the tidal wave. Sorry for you. It’s necessary to innovate (again, sometimes!) and stay ahead of the curve, perhaps even being willing to cannibalize your own existing business – though to be honest cannibalizing someone else’s is so much more appealing.

You can read the entire article on Mark’s blog.