This sounds like complete crap to me. AppleInsider and Ars Technica report that Apple has adopted a new hardward standard that will limit the playback of “Freeplay”-enabled media on non-compliant devices — even if no laws are being broken. Based on the report, it seems that this is going to be a reality across Apple’s [...]
HDCP and Apple
by grlucas on 18. Nov, 2008 in Apple, Gadget, Technoculture
New Media Video
by grlucas on 14. Dec, 2007 in Online, Service, Video
Macon State student Brandon Thompson created a digital story about new media, featuring some brief sound bytes from yours truly. He did an excellent job and is a credit to MSC-TV and the college. Way to go, Brandon.
Writely
by grlucas on 27. Jul, 2006 in Apple, Online
As if Google Notebook wasn’t cool enough. Now there’s Writely, an online word processor that seems to have been acquired by Google (of course). Who needs Word when you can do all of your word processing online? According to their web site, documents can be shared and stored online, to be edited from any web [...]
New Media?
by grlucas on 11. May, 2006 in Technoculture
“It’s now obvious nobody yet knows how to create a successful, and truly new, medium.” Steve Lohr, in yesterday’s NYTimes, observes that new media, specifically that based around the Internet, revolves around two aspects: searching and shopping. All else — the promise of virtual reality, multimedia dissemination, and other interactive digital components — has not [...]
About G. R. Lucas
Gerald "Jerry" R. Lucas is an English Professor, photographer, science fiction geek, Mac and Linux dude, devoted husband, cat owner, part-time runner, full-time vegan, BMW motorcyclist, and Mini Cooper "S" driver. And this is his web site.
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Hemingway’s "Indian Camp"
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On Kafka’s Metamorphosis
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Equipment for England
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Shooting with Nathan
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New Canon 5D
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No Entry
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Rights
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Rainy and Random
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Spring Domesticity
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Shooting with Nathan
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