Tuesday’s Coming…

…and you should definitely bring your raincoat.  Fall Dashboard Update Time!

The major functionality of being able to play MPEG-4 Part 2 files with Advanced Simple Profile (Divx & Xvid for your pirate-y types out there) is HUGE for most of us techie folks, and will no doubt require Sony to respond in kind with their Divx update.  (2.02, anyone?)

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Battlestar Razor!

Last night dragonwyntir and myself  headed into philly for the sticky red carpet event of the month: A free screening of Battlestar Gallactica – Razor, the two hour film produced to keep rabid fans from going comatose while waiting for the 2008 return of the final season of the show.  The event was hosted by Microsoft, specifically by Mass Effect and the new Zune, although no Zunes  or attractive blue aliens were on display, but we were treated to a few AAA trailers of Mass Effect, and the same Zune commercial, twice (I have no problem with you hawking your wares a bit when you treat me to a free screening, and I know you paid a lot for that ad, and I definitely hope my Zune makes me trip my *** off when I get it, but if you want to show me two commercials, make them different commercials!!! I get it, pink bunnies, sign me up).

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