Maszman Speaks!

I had a strange prob­lem with a Word­Press plu­gin that was dis­abling com­ments across the board. I deac­ti­vated that plu­gin and com­ments should work again.

Can’t make up your mind on which High-Definition DVD for­mat to buy? You’re not alone.

Despite the fact that you can now legally down­load DRM-free music from a num­ber of sources, the RIAA has started going after peo­ple who rip CDs for their own use. That’s right, grab a song from the CD you just bought and the RIAA might go after you, too.

[Update] That arti­cle was some­what mis­lead­ing, the RIAA is actu­ally suing over shar­ing files, not over rip­ping per se. But it’s still call­ing CD rip­ping ‘unauthorized’.

Canon has sold 30 Mil­lion EOS Cam­eras, both film and dig­i­tal, since 1987.

I never intended to go Canon, hav­ing two Nikon film SLRs since high school. But on the used mar­ket, Canon dSLRs seemed to be way more rea­son­able, price-wise, than equiv­a­lent Nikons. I’m con­tent with my D60 and the soft­ware that works with it (newly updated on OS X and much improved) so I’ll prob­a­bly not switch back.

Cult of Mac reports that Apple’s iPhone Out­sells All Win­dows Mobile Phones Com­bined. I call it “Shut up fat man!”

Mon­roe Ambu­lance was the bid win­ner, Mayor Duffy selected them, City Coun­cil voted for their rival, Mayor Duffy vetoed that vote, now City Coun­cil has over­rid­den that veto. Expect lots of court action before this is over.