Friday, December 28, 2007
Yes, we have no more Daylight Saving Time today
When you read this I'm sure the sun and the planets will all be aligned properly again because we are no longer on Daylight Saving Time. The sun is where it is supposed to be at this (fill in the blank) time of day.
Why am I mentioning this in a Internet/technology column? Do I ever have to cook up an excuse for a column subject? Well, were you caught short by any of your smart devices last week? If your digital clocks all of a sudden thought it was an hour earlier than normal last Sunday, it was because they were programmed before Congress changed the date for the end of Daylight Saving Time. I talked about this last year when the new date went into effect. This year some may have overlooked it because it was last year's news. They forgot their calendar smart digital clocks were still set to change. I had one clock with a calendar try to fool me. Fortunately, the rest were too stupid to know the difference. Sometimes, there is a benefit to not being "smart."
Under the heading of the evolution of the Web comes the topic of NBC and online videos. The National Broadcasting System is pulling its videos off of iTunes and getting them removed from YouTube with the aim of providing their own service on a site called Hulu. The site went into the public testing phase last week. It will initially feature material from NBC and Fox.
Some think this could be one of the opening efforts to bypass television and provide their content directly to the customer over the Internet. I've mentioned numerous times that your computer your Internet portal, is becoming the locus of your home entertainment system. With high speed connects becoming more popular and streaming video possible, conventional cable television will become the dinosaur technology of the 21st Century. Initial reports had Internet reviewers scoffing at NBC's effort.
Many questioned the logic of taking content off of YouTube where much of the material had enjoyed wide popularity. Some who have viewed the Hulu effort are not being as dismissive.
As the cliché goes, time will have to tell.
In another Web topic, a WiKi page has been created to share info on the Southern California wildfires.
Why am I mentioning this in a Internet/technology column? Do I ever have to cook up an excuse for a column subject? Well, were you caught short by any of your smart devices last week? If your digital clocks all of a sudden thought it was an hour earlier than normal last Sunday, it was because they were programmed before Congress changed the date for the end of Daylight Saving Time. I talked about this last year when the new date went into effect. This year some may have overlooked it because it was last year's news. They forgot their calendar smart digital clocks were still set to change. I had one clock with a calendar try to fool me. Fortunately, the rest were too stupid to know the difference. Sometimes, there is a benefit to not being "smart."
Under the heading of the evolution of the Web comes the topic of NBC and online videos. The National Broadcasting System is pulling its videos off of iTunes and getting them removed from YouTube with the aim of providing their own service on a site called Hulu. The site went into the public testing phase last week. It will initially feature material from NBC and Fox.
Some think this could be one of the opening efforts to bypass television and provide their content directly to the customer over the Internet. I've mentioned numerous times that your computer your Internet portal, is becoming the locus of your home entertainment system. With high speed connects becoming more popular and streaming video possible, conventional cable television will become the dinosaur technology of the 21st Century. Initial reports had Internet reviewers scoffing at NBC's effort.
Many questioned the logic of taking content off of YouTube where much of the material had enjoyed wide popularity. Some who have viewed the Hulu effort are not being as dismissive.
As the cliché goes, time will have to tell.
In another Web topic, a WiKi page has been created to share info on the Southern California wildfires.
# posted by Richard Polk @ 4:50 AM 
