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If you did not hear the story late last week, Blockbuster is going to file for bankruptcy as early as next month. This is not as much of a surprise, as many people have seen this coming for the last few years, with the explosion of services such as Netflix and RedBox.

Movies and content in general are being streamed now more than ever before. People are no longer lining up at the movie theater to see a movie or going to a video store to rent a movie, instead they want their movies and content on demand. Continue reading “The Calm before the Cloud” »

When I moved to North Raleigh, I brought with me my CD tower. Yes, a CD tower that holds CD cases. Those things still do exist.
As I was unloading all of my stuff though, I could not feel that this was a giant tower was a bit aincient.
When I was in high school and college if I ever walked into a Best Buy I would buy a CD immediately, but those days are long over though, and I have my Iphone to thank for that. These days my phone streams Pandora radio, local radio stations, and thousands of other podcasts, which has made the CD obsolete in my eyes.
So who owns CDs these days, or buys them for that matter? In the day and age of streaming content has the CD become extinct? Continue reading “Monday Poll: What to do with these Damn CDs?” »

This is how I spent my Friday afternoon.

5 for Friday:

1. Google finally goes Realtime, well kind of at least.
2. Digg 4 Goes Live.
3. Use your GMail Account…to make a phone call?

Continue reading “5 for Friday: A flat tire and other announcements.” »