Monthly Archives: January 2006

Treo 650 Data and Bluetooth are Power Hungry

My new Treo 650 kept running out of battery power in less than a day, despite claimed standby time of several days.  Yesterday I came up to my parents’ house in Mandeville, and realized that I had no charger with me, so I did something desperate: I turned off bluetooth and my email program on the Treo. Guess what? 24 hours later I still have around 80% battery life!  I guess those features really are power-hungry.

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Coldplay’s New CD Full of DRM Crappiness

Boing Boing: Coldplay’s new CD has rules: No MP3s, no DVD players, no car stereos

Don’t bother buying Coldplay’s new CD, unless you only want to listen to music on that chic retro Discman in your closet.

Two interesting and important quotes:

  • “Windows OS also uses the latest files. This CD does not support Macintosh PC software” – translation: we can’t compromise your Mac with our DRM software, so I hope you’re not a mac user. Even if you are….
  • “Except for manufacturing problems, we do not accept product exchange, return or refund.”

Fan-tastic. I don’t remember the last time I bought a CD. I’ve purchased a few songs from the iTunes music store. Ever since iTunes 6 came out and I can’t unlock my music, I haven’t bought any of those either. I don’t need their new crappy locked-down music.

At least this album is available on iTunes, from which you can burn a normal CD that will play in your car

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Upgraded to WP 2.0

WordPress 2.0 was just released, and I made the upgrade. This is basically just a test post to make sure that everything is working okay, including my FeedBurner set-up.