Que es?
The Weblog of Brett Singer. Bringing the world what it needs most - a blog.

Note: Sorry about all of the 'hot deals' entries (someone referred to this blog as CorporateShill.com).
The deals and things are being fed into Multineedia.com. We will soon move the deals category over to Multineedia so you don't have to read it, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Heavy Metal Umlat: The Movie
Now THIS is an audioblog. The history of this page, as told by Jon Udell. Brought to my attention by Jim Nachlin.

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TiVoToGo protocol and Info (or how to get stuff of the tivo w/o tivo desktop)
From TivoCommunity.org, some info on how to get to the files on your Tivo without using their desktop software. According to MSNBC, you can convert the files to MPEG with TMPGEnc. I'm sure his bosses at parent company NBC would love to read that. Anyway, this is a cool feature that will be useful, but Tivo has done such a crappy job of promoting it (I happened to see it mentioned in one of their stunning bad print ads) that it won't help their sales.

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Football Players Make a LOT Of Money

Some news from the gridiron:

January 22, 2005 11:44 PM ET
Bengals: Johnson threatens holdout if franchised
The News
Running back Rudi Johnson told the Bengals that he would sit out the 2005 season if the team uses the franchise tag to keep him in Cincinnati next season, Johnson's agent told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "He feels he has earned the right not to play for insecurity," Johnson's agent, Peter Schaffer, told the Enquirer. "It's not anti-organization. It's not Corey Dillon. Rudi feels his contributions to the team and his stats warrant that, if he is going to play for the Bengals, that it is not for one year."
Our View
The franchise tag would ensure Johnson almost $6 million next season, but Rudi is looking for a long-term deal, something along the lines of five or six years. He played for $1.8 million in 2004 and set franchise records for rushing yards and attempts.

Via Fanball.com.

At first glance, I thought, "WTF? This guy says he'll sit out the season if he doesn't get what he wants? What a baby. He's making over a million a year." But with the season he had, why shouldn't he make more? The real problem is that there's so much money to go around. If they can even consider paying him that kind of cash, the league and the team owners must be making an absolute fortune. I guess I'm a bit of a socialist, but that money should be spread around the world more. Why should I be worrying about giving money to Tsunami victims (and I did give money) when these guys could probably come up with enough cash to feed the entire planet 12 times over?

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Dub Playlists
Dub and Dub and Reggae Roots. Good listening. You can close your eyes and pretend it's not brutally cold outside.

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