Alright, I have to comment on this, because it's freagin pissing me off.
Sony, the company that just a few months ago decided to screw over their CD purchasing customers by secretly including a piece of software that essentially opened up a customers machine to being hacked (Sony rootkit)... have decided they were going to screw over the retailers for their new "Blu-Ray Discs."
Sony is a gigantic hog of a company who cannot realize that they're losing a battle for supremecy - one stupid decision after another. The reality is, they seem to believe that we (the customers) should be grateful to Sony for allowing the us to spend our hard-earning cash on the proprietary crap they sell. I haven't purchased a Sony CD in over 5 years. Why? They screw the artists, they've screwed the customers, and now they're aiming for the trifecta of screwing the retailers as well (Sony's Blu-ray titles taking shape).
I hadn't planned on buying any PS3's or anything, but this just chaps my ass to know that they think customers are that stupid. Like we can't decide for ourselves which technology is going to be best. It's as if they think consumers are like punch drunk boxers, waving wads of cash around to drop in the lap of the person who'll tell us our own name.
Come on Sony - get a grip. People hardly pay $10 to go see a movie in the theaters anymore - especially that 5 years ago it used to cost about half that. What makes you think anyone is going to pay an extra $10 (that's about $35 a movie) to buy a hyped-up, bloated DVD replacement, especially when the players are over $500 to begin with? In case you haven't noticed, there aren't that many people out there with HDTVs! Even those of us technically inclined (myself included) are a little hesitant to spend over $700 on an overblown TV when cable companies don't even offer more than 5 channels in Hi-Def.
Boycott doesn't seem to catch Sony's eye. So how about we just outright forget about them. I don't want to hear a mention of them or their stupid technology any more. In my mind, they don't even exist. They should be like Atari. An old and busted company that couldn't stand the weight of their own ego to save their life.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
A touch of melancholy
Wow - after a week of straight craziness in Pittsburgh, it's all over. Getting to be at the parade was fun. I can't believe how many people came downtown to see that. It took me over an hour to get across 5th Ave just so I could go to work!
Anyway, I suppose I should start posting thoughts here in this blog because I don't think very much any more. Those times that I do, it's probably best to commit them to some form of legible text because I'm most likely forget them after about 5 minutes.
This last year has been almost a complete disaster. I gave myself about 6 months back in June to get my shit together and really get into working on something different than grad school Speech and Hearing stuff. The job at the Trib made me want to die at times. I hated the schedule, though some of the people there were really cool to work with. I learned a lot, so I can't say it was all bad... but I have to admit, working a somewhat normal schedule vs. the terrible shit they had me doing is much more bearable.
Now, I'm just a lot more responsible when shit goes wrong - and who do they call when stuff stops working? That's right - me (or the helpdesk).
I don't know, it feels good to finally get healthcare, and I love the fact that Amber and I are starting to look for a house of our own. There's a lot to be said about having stability and a career... who'd a thunk it.
My music goals have finally started to be a little more fruitful. I still haven't written a song in over 5 years, but at least now I'm able to sit down and play a little bit. I can't believe how much I used to play vs. how much I do now. Priorities in life seem to change so quickly, you forget what the hell you were trying to get done in the meantime. I figure I've got a few more years left before I'm famous - but I can be patient.
I find myself needing to sleep a lot more than I used to. It sucks because my day seems hardly begun and I get home and it's off to bed. I used to have such amazing stamina when it came to staying awake, going out, having fun... all those things that I look at now and realize were because I was young. God... being old at 26 is not the way it should be.
Time to start working out - getting healthy, cause 10 years from now, I don't want to look back again and think "Wow, I sure could walk a lot further without getting winded."
Anyway, I suppose I should start posting thoughts here in this blog because I don't think very much any more. Those times that I do, it's probably best to commit them to some form of legible text because I'm most likely forget them after about 5 minutes.
This last year has been almost a complete disaster. I gave myself about 6 months back in June to get my shit together and really get into working on something different than grad school Speech and Hearing stuff. The job at the Trib made me want to die at times. I hated the schedule, though some of the people there were really cool to work with. I learned a lot, so I can't say it was all bad... but I have to admit, working a somewhat normal schedule vs. the terrible shit they had me doing is much more bearable.
Now, I'm just a lot more responsible when shit goes wrong - and who do they call when stuff stops working? That's right - me (or the helpdesk).
I don't know, it feels good to finally get healthcare, and I love the fact that Amber and I are starting to look for a house of our own. There's a lot to be said about having stability and a career... who'd a thunk it.
My music goals have finally started to be a little more fruitful. I still haven't written a song in over 5 years, but at least now I'm able to sit down and play a little bit. I can't believe how much I used to play vs. how much I do now. Priorities in life seem to change so quickly, you forget what the hell you were trying to get done in the meantime. I figure I've got a few more years left before I'm famous - but I can be patient.
I find myself needing to sleep a lot more than I used to. It sucks because my day seems hardly begun and I get home and it's off to bed. I used to have such amazing stamina when it came to staying awake, going out, having fun... all those things that I look at now and realize were because I was young. God... being old at 26 is not the way it should be.
Time to start working out - getting healthy, cause 10 years from now, I don't want to look back again and think "Wow, I sure could walk a lot further without getting winded."
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