http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/ Amol Sarva's weblog en Copyright 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:17:36 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lexy ]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/content_over_the_phone.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/content_over_the_phone.html News Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:17:36 -0500 DVDs, Hollywood’s Profit Source, Are Sagging - NYTimes.com The independent tracking service Nielsen VideoScan paints a bleaker picture, reporting a 9 percent drop in overall DVD sales during the third quarter alone and a 22 percent decline in sales of higher-priced new titles]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/dvd_sales_down_consumers_vanis.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/dvd_sales_down_consumers_vanis.html News Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:01:40 -0500 Wonderful movie! I have a soft spot for these epic desi films -- including the non-desi Darjeeling Limited, and the very desi The Namesake or Monsoon Wedding. And so forth. But this Slumdog movie was terrific tonight! http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/slumdog_millionaire.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/slumdog_millionaire.html Reading List Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:23:11 -0500 Safe from the Losing Fight ｻ Can you make a living off an iPhone app? ]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/volume_on_the_apple_app_store.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/volume_on_the_apple_app_store.html News Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:56:26 -0500 Your Weekly Address from the President-elect | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team ]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/weekly_youtube_address.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/weekly_youtube_address.html News Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:18:56 -0500 techPresident – Obama Puts Well-Known Internet Advocate in Charge of FCC Review [I]n a final statement that's likely to send shivers down the spines of telecom company executives, she [Crawford] said that she believes internet access is a "utility."]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/cool_sounding_selections_for_f.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/cool_sounding_selections_for_f.html News Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:39:08 -0500 Read more.... http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/what_a_month_its_been_for_peek.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/what_a_month_its_been_for_peek.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:07:39 -0500 USA Today on Peek Tech gadgets fall into two categories: "Because-we-can" gizmos loaded with a battalion of features, or dirt-simple ones that do just one or two things well. The Peek e-mail device I've been testing marches in the latter camp. It's refreshingly uncomplicated. Peek is aimed at consumers who want to read e-mail or write new ones using a tiny Qwerty-style keyboard from anywhere, but who have stayed away from smartphones because they're too complicated or costly....]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/usa_today_peek_is_easier_to_us.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/usa_today_peek_is_easier_to_us.html News Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:52:56 -0500 Paz counted to 10 today! One, two, three... you get the idea. http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/pascale_counts_to_10.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/pascale_counts_to_10.html Junior Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:44:42 -0500 The O List - Gifts Under 100 Dollars ]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/peek_on_oprahs_list.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/peek_on_oprahs_list.html News Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:28:36 -0500 Apple's iPhone Faces Off With the Game Champs - WSJ.com ]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/games_on_phones.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/games_on_phones.html News Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:09:05 -0500 For South, a Waning Hold on Politics - NYTimes.com Less than a third of Southern whites voted for Mr. Obama, compared with 43 percent of whites nationally. By leaving the mainstream so decisively, the Deep South and Appalachia will no longer be able to dictate that winning Democrats have Southern accents or adhere to conservative policies on issues like welfare and tax policy, experts say. That could spell the end of the so-called Southern strategy, the doctrine that took shape under President Richard M. Nixon in which national elections were won by co-opting Southern whites on racial issues. And the Southernization of American politics — which reached its apogee in the 1990s when many Congressional leaders and President Bill Clinton were from the South — appears to have ended. “I think that’s absolutely over,” said Thomas Schaller, a political scientist who argued prophetically that the Democrats could win national elections without the South. The Republicans, meanwhile, have “become a Southernized party,” said Mr. Schaller, who teaches at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. “They have completely marginalized themselves to a mostly regional party,” he said, pointing out that nearly half of the current Republican House delegation is now Southern.]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/the_end_of_the_southern_strate.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/the_end_of_the_southern_strate.html News Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:28:02 -0500 boxee blog ｻ why we launched boxee for Mac before Windows ]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/mac_vs_windows.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/mac_vs_windows.html News Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:42:39 -0500 Now that the big O has won, I have to confess I think he's great. Since there's all this 'team of rivals' and 'I will listen to you especially if we disagree' stuff going around, here are some people I think Obama should involve centrally. I think now is the time for dream team stuff, not during the campaign. From the Democratic wing of the Democratic party, of course: - Rahm Emanuel is a killer choice - Schumer should be a point man in Senate From the rivals: - Hillary would be an interesting choice to hand the health care reform to get it done 2008-style - McCain - try to make him an ally on tax cuts? - Richardson needs a job like State? Though State could be a good one to give a republican - Defense would be a good spot for a Clintonite like Wes Clark? Or are we talking progressive types here? On the other side: - Jindal - is there a big job he could be offered? It would be a get b/c it would further slay the conservative comeback hopes - Powell - make him a special advisor to the president or something like that -- no specific job http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/people_i_like_in_politics.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/people_i_like_in_politics.html Ideas Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:44:40 -0500 Worst. Bug. Ever. ]]> http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/horrifying_android_bug.html http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2008/11/horrifying_android_bug.html News Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:17:29 -0500