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Universal dumps MP3.com CEO  #
Monday, 03 Sep 2001 02:29PM
Subject URL: Universal dumps MP3.com CEO

Less than a week after it acquired MP3.com, new owners Vivendi Universal have kicked out the outspoken CEO Michael Robertson and replaced him with the far more corporate-friendly Robin Richards, who was previously president.

Robertson has issues with the subscription model being sold by the major labels, and had problems with working with a "large company". (via Null)


Technology  #
Monday, 03 Sep 2001 11:31AM
Went to buy a PIII800 and some more RAM on Saturday. Quickly discovered my aging Abit BX6 motherboard only has a 100hz BUS. So no PII800 for me, and it limited my RAM purchase to 128Meg 100 chips. Not 256Meg for me. No more upgrades for me... I bought a 128Meg100 chip for $40 and now I'm in the 320Meg zone. Cool Edit Pro is much happier. Unfortunately if I want more processor power it's new motherboard time. And I've always said, when you want more memory, new motherboard and new CPU, it's new computer time. Possibly stupid but I don't care. I'd like an internal IDE CD-Writer to replace my dying SCII4x anyway, which should solve a lot of problems.

But no.... next purchase is a new camera. Problem is do I go digital (and hence, 3 to 4 times more expensive) or do I go a film based camera (hence lots more features for the same price) or heck, even a video cam. I was tempted by a Canon I saw for $800, but for that price I could get a killer film camera. And I know if I wait a year I could get the same digital camera for about $5 at the market. Which begs the question of all tightwads, how often will I use it? Difficult question because it's impossible to know until you have it. It's hard to know how much you'd use a digital until you've experience their ease. Maybe I should find someone who has one and borrow it. To get over the pointless desire to consume.

Anyway, I've pretty much decided to just get a film camera and wait out the "digital revolution" and get something really goovey in a years time.


Broken Record  #
Monday, 03 Sep 2001 08:30AM
citylink tolls (both ways)... $8
parking (no change given)... $7
petrol.. $who really knows
getting to work 40 minutes early?... pointless