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Re: Star Wars Battlefront + Xbox One Elite Bundle Giveaway

Luke Stay — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 18:55:02 -0000

Luke Skywalker, because he's my namesake.

Re: 320GB Media Hard Drive Content Update

Luke Stay — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:29:57 -0000

Favorite game I have on my storage device is Uno. It's the game that finally got my wife playing the Xbox.

Re: Share Your Favorite Movie Clips Legally With MovieClips.com

Luke Stay — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:58:40 -0000

I'm not sure, you'd have to check either with the owners of the site: movieclips.com, or a lawyer.

Re: Name a Better Phone

Luke Stay — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:31:21 -0000

Better phone? I'd say my home phone that never drops calls and always has service (landline) is a better phone.

Better cell phone? Probably any cell phone that doesn't have any signal issues.

Better mobile device? Now you've got me.

I think all Consumer Reports is saying is that as a cell phone, they can't recommend it due to signal issues, but that doesn't mean it's not the best mobile device on the market. It's like you said, it all depends on what you want in a phone.

Re: Movie Review: New Moon

Luke Stay — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:39:50 -0000

You mis-interpreted, at the very least, my hate for this franchise. It has nothing to do with the audience and everything to do with simplistic, disturbingly passionate writing that reads like a pulpy romance with Fabio on the cover. I had the same problem with Harry Potter. I see nothing wrong with pre-pubescent girls (and even boys) reading this smut, but these grown women I see posting status messages on Facebook about how dreamy a pre-pubescent fictional character is and what they did with said fictional character in their dreams last night should be ashamed of themselves.

What would these same women say about grown men drooling over Miley Cyrus or even Taylor Swift? It's just as disgusting when the child being drooled over is fictional. I have no hate for women that just read these books, it's just as mind-numbing as many of the video games I play, but when they start talking about these characters as if they're real, I break out the hate stick and start hunting them down like the Seniors in Dazed and confused.

As far as Leonardo DiCaprio goes, my hate for him has nothing to do with the throngs of girls and now women that fall for him and everything to do with the fact that I think he's an over-rated actor. He can't do an accent to save his life (he was horrible in Blood Diamond and worse in The Man in the Iron Mask) and the only roles he plays convincingly are the ones not far from his true self (see Catch Me if You Can). I didn't hate him in The Departed, but I did hate him in Gangs of New York, both directed by Scorsese and in both he was out-shined by his many co-stars. I hated Titanic for its weak, cliche story as well, not for its fans and followers. James Cameron makes beautiful, technically-sound movies, but behind all the flash and spectacle are boring, empty stories.

In short, you have over-simplified and falsely analyzed at least one viewer's hate for this franchise and I think you may find the same for many of the Twilight-haters you chastise here.

Re: Google Reader's Magic Finds Personalized Highlights In Feeds

Luke Stay — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:45:07 -0000

Re: Google Reader's Magic Finds Personalized Highlights In Feeds

Luke Stay — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:58:39 -0000

To be fair, Jesse's feeds are about 40% relevant. I guess you could call that "blood relevant."

Re: Google Reader's Magic Finds Personalized Highlights In Feeds

Luke Stay — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:29:15 -0000

Cool feature, gives validity to the "Likes" feature, but I prefer to read things in the order Reader fetches them. I always "sort by oldest" and trudge through the feeds until they're all read. I'm stubborn that way. Course, I also only follow people (on Reader) I know and whose shares I'm interested in, and I only subscribe to feeds whose content is at least 80% relevant to me (unless I'm related to them... cough, Jesse, cough, cough...).

Maybe I'm missing out on some valuable feeds that way, but I'm pretty satisfied with it. It's like my own, personal, semi-interactive newspaper. I don't understand all the "big" bloggers who try to use Twitter, FriendFeed, or even Facebook to replace it. I guess they're trying to use these services much differently than I do.

Re: Review: What Doesn’t Kill You by DrChocolate

Luke Stay — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:27:12 -0000

I need to add this one to the queue.

Re: Google Voice Update

Luke Stay — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:12:15 -0000

Thanks Brandon! I was so excited, I had to share it with the world.

Re: I Heart Google

Luke Stay — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:11:15 -0000

I wrote this back when GOOG 411 had just come out. In New York City, it kept
finding businesses that were no longer open and phone numbers that were
disconnected. Admittedly, I haven't tried it since, but they've integrated
it with Google Voice, so I may start using it more. Text is just so easy.

Re: What is this Google Reader Anyway?

Luke Stay — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:09:14 -0000

Yeah, I've heard their mobile apps are great. Someday I'll have a phone that
can run them.

Re: Favorite iPod-Ripping Applications

Luke Stay — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:52:19 -0000

Oh my! Happy to help. What happened?

Re: The Mighty AfroWhitey Will Save Your Life

Luke Stay — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:42:11 -0000

Have you tried any out yourself? Do they really work? Do you have a link?

Re: Favorite iPod-Ripping Applications

Luke Stay — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:49:24 -0000

Is it worth the $30 price tag? What makes it so great? You gotta sell it, man!

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

Luke Stay — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:29:31 -0000

Sorry for the delay, I ran out of time before going out of town and didn't have internet for the past week. Here's a couple programs that may help: http://www.afrowhitey.com/articles/favorite-ipo...

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

Luke Stay — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:26:03 -0000

Happy to help! That's too bad about your computer, but it is a common issue. Lots of people have asked me how to get their music off of the iPod. There are a bunch of programs out there that manage this for you and I'll try to find the best ones for a post early next week.

Re: Organize Your Cables … Or Die?

Luke Stay — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:53:22 -0000

We may see consumer friendly models sooner than you think. They have already developed charging pads that allow you to simply place your electronics on a pad to recharge. There is one called WIldCharge that seems to be leading the pack. The main problem devices like this have however, is that no standard has been developed that battery makers have to abide by to be compatible with these devices.

So the technology is there, but it is up to battery makers and the charging pad companies to come to some sort of agreement about the best way to make this mainstream. Until then, you'll have to stick often bulky adapters on your gadgets to get them to work.

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

Luke Stay — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:40:55 -0000

Following the instructions in this post would actually download all the music in your library onto your work hard drive. You have two options to solve your dilemma. First, you could create a separate library on your home computer for the songs you want at work, and copy only those files over. Second, you could try an iTunes streaming program. I haven't actually tried any, but Lifehacker just reviewed one called PulpTunes and laid out the process. Here's the post:

http://lifehacker.com/52747...

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Computers

Luke Stay — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:39:15 -0000

Thanks, Russell! Trying it out now.

Re: Universal Media Group Just Doesn’t Get It

Luke Stay — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:56:24 -0000

If it's YouTube being greedy, and not the major record labels, why did the labels come after YouTube so hard claiming copyright infringement? My point with this article was to show that Universal (and the other major labels, i.e. Sony, EMI, Warner) don't understand the concept of social media. YouTube is a social site. It's a place to share videos with as many people as you can. Putting limits on how you can share those videos defeats the purpose of the site.

Yes, I agree that YouTube/Google doesn't care about exposure for artists. And yes, when it comes down to it, YouTube is a site made to generate profit. My point was that Universal should care about exposure for their artists. YouTube wanted Universal's videos because they generate lots of pageviews, and pageviews == ad revenue. However, as described by John's source (above), Universal wanted such a large piece of that revenue, that YouTube had to require that embedding be disabled. It was the only way to both pay off the labels and still be a successful company.

When it comes down to it, I agree with you, both parties are being greedy. They're both businesses trying to turn a profit and business, by its very nature, is greedy. All I'm trying to say is that Universal should relax a little in this case, because while they may not be happy that someone is earning ad revenue off of their property, they can take comfort in the fact that millions of people are being exposed to their artists, which brings them more money in the long run. I'm not naive, I don't expect anything to change, but if Universal, or any other major record label understood social media a little better, they would be doing a lot more to work with these sites. The Beggar's group gets it, why can't the big guys?

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Users

Luke Stay — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:55:11 -0000

True, but then you risk having duplicate files all over your computer. This is just one work around to a complicated problem.

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Users

Luke Stay — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:54:18 -0000

I was actually planning on covering that very scenario in a future post, so stay tuned!

Re: How to Use iTunes With Multiple Users

Luke Stay — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:58:15 -0000

Great question! Common problem, here's the answer: http://support.apple.com/kb...

Re: How to Survive the DTV Switch

Luke Stay — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:08:46 -0000

Thanks Dan! Glad I could help!