Daft Punk’s “Derezzed” from the TRON: Legacy soundtrack, played on five floppy drives.
Source: Engadget
I Work For The Internet
We work for the Internet. And we’re guessing many of you do too. Whether it’s researching, selling, coding, supporting, designing — so many of our careers depend on the Internet.
One argument that’s been made to Congress is that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is needed to protect American jobs. In truth, the new liabilities this bill would impose on startups could stop American innovation in its tracks.
To make this clear to Congress, we’ve built IWorkForTheInternet.org to show the world how many of our careers depend on the Internet.
If you work for the Internet, please add yourself and spread the word.
Source: staff
Pingtest.net
I just noticed that the Speedtest.net people have started a Ping testing service. This is very useful since so many uses of the internet depend on a good Ping (streaming video, games, etc). I’ve actually gotten a good score as of this post, at least from a near by server.
Penny Arcade on Zune Pass
My MacBook Pro Upgrade Options
I’ve been thinking of selling my 1 year old MacBook Pro to upgrade to the latest.
Option A: 2.53 GHz 15” MacBook Pro 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive, 512MB graphics
$2,499.00 MacBook Pro + $349.00 AppleCare + $19 Remote = $2,867.00 before tax
+ 9.5% sales tax = $3,139.37 after tax
-$1,600 from selling old MacBook Pro (Assuming I can sell it for this much)
Total cash out of pocket: $1,539.37
Option B: 2.4 GHz 15” MacBook Pro 2GB memory, 250GB hard drive, 256MB graphics
$1,999.00 MacBook Pro + $349.00 AppleCare + $19 Remote = $2,367.00 before tax
+ 9.5% sales tax = $2,591.87 after tax
+ $92.99 320GB 2.5” Hitachi 5400RPM hard drive + $139.99 4GB RAM upgrade kit (no tax and maybe $9 shipping = $241.90)
Grand total of $2,833.85 after tax and upgrades
-$1,600 from selling old MacBook Pro (Assuming I can sell it for this much)
Total cash out of pocket: $1,233.85
Only about $305 savings if I were to buy the lower-end model that wouldn’t even be a big upgrade from my 1 year old MacBook Pro. It would make the most sense to go with option A.
I may also look for an online reseller that doesn’t charge tax in the state of TN, it would save me a good bit on the MacBook Pro if I could.
Update: Amazon doesn’t seem to charge tax in TN.
2.53 GHz 15” MBP $2,494.00 + 2 day shipping $19.89 = $2,513.89
Plus I could buy my AppleCare (with-in 90 days) and AppleRemote from Amazon or another (discount) reseller also without tax.
Update: MacMall offers a $100 rebate on the new MacBooks, however they are based in TN so they would likely tax me. Here’s the 2.53 GHz model.
Yes I know it’s already on a bunch of blogs, but this is too cool. It’s Radiohead’s song Nude played by a bunch of old computer parts, a scanner, and printer. Note: The video really starts at 1:00 minute in.
