Stephen Jacob (mavjop) wrote,
Stephen Jacob
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Nathan/Drive, Wal*Mart Video, Steve Jobs/DRM, etc.

So, there's a new promo spot for Tim Minear's "Drive", with Nathan in it!

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Wal*Mart has apparently just launched a video download service. In Firefox, it looks like this:



Isn't it a good thing they only support IE/Windows/WMP10?

Steve Jobs has spoken out on DRM and selling music on-line. I am quite surprised to see him write so frankly on the topic, when it seems like a large portion of their revenue stream relies on big music companies deluding themselves that DRM really works.

A former colleague of my father's, Aftab Khan, has been honoured with a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Very cool. He deserves it.
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