Brian T. Nakamoto

All Things Digital

D5 was the catalyst for a flurry of cool announcements from Apple, Microsoft (yes, MS actually made something cool!), Palm, and Google.

Apple made good on bringing DRM-free, 256 kbps songs to iTunes. They also consolidated all of the free iTunes U[niversity] content. Wall Street liked YouTube on Apple TV the most.

Microsoft took Steve Jobs' advice and may have finally found a way to innovate their way out of stagnation. Technology like Surface is going to be pretty awesome once it becomes ubiquitous.

Poor Palm. Perhaps they can use the Linux-based Foleo OS on a future Treo.

Google Street View is cool. Google Gears also looks promising for Apollo.

Yep, it's definitely time to work on something cool too...

Body English

Yeah!

Lil Jon emceed Body English Sunday School at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Vegas. The party was off the hook!

Mad props to Tin for getting us in over a crazy 3-day weekend.

Flying Clear

The Clear experience at SJC worked well for the Memorial Day weekend. The process would have gone even smoother had the first Clear scanner worked, and the TSA allowed liquids through the security checkpoint. Granted, the latter issue has nothing to do with Clear. It may finally be time to figure out how to get all of the fluidic toiletries into a one-quart bag...

Memorial Day

Thank you.

Free Computer Recycling For K-12 & Higher Ed

Apple is recycling an unlimited number of old computers from any manufacturer. The free promotion is available to accredited K-12 and Higher Education institutions until June 30, 2007.

Individual Apple customers can take advantage of the standard, free Apple Recycling Program. iPod owners even get a 10% discount on a new iPod at the Apple Store when they recycle an old iPod.

MySpace Namespace

Finding an available "MYSPACE NAME/URL" these days is about as easy as finding a decent dot com domain that's not taken.

bite me

L@Z!*

*Laughing at Zune!

Center Court With C-Webb

Center Court With C-Webb is a restaurant by Chris Webber. It seems like an okay place to watch a game if the BJ's across the street is overcrowded. The food is somewhat flavorless and either too dry or too greasy. On the plus side, service is pretty good, and C-Webb leaves beer brewing to the professionals.

Note to self: Compare C-Webb's pork sandwich to Big Nate's Barbeque in the city...

A Fair(y) Use Tale

Slashdot dug up this short film about fair use and copyright law by Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University.

24 - Day 6 Finale

It's clear at the end of the sixth day of 24 that Jack's daughter must return next year. Why not! The second half of this season was wild. One thing is for sure: Jack needs to get the hell away from Los Angeles!