STEVE JOBS AT HOME IN 1982 — “This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.”
This just seems wrong. No?
SF Skateboarders do tetris IRL
Summer in San Francisco
Chevy is touting their upcoming Volt car which is calculated to get 230mpg.
But every time I see this marketing campaign I am only drawn to the number “23”. The smiling electrical outlet just does not come off as a 0 to me.
23mpg is really anything to be too impressed about.
Full House Alternate Intro
Diggin’ these short Macaframa clips. Fast ride down Rhode Island St in Potrero.
Massan on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
I dig Amit’s analysis. This seems to happen more frequently than one would expect. We’ll have to chalk it up to “convenience” fees.
The season’s broken up across 5 DVDs, 2-3 episodes each (12 episodes total).
In the current state of online video, your legal options* are…
- iTunes: $2.99 to BUY an episode = $35.88, or buy the season for $35
- Blockbuster: $5.48 to RENT a disc = $27.40
- Amazon: $37 to BUY the DVD set. Free shipping. Interestingly, Amazon offers to let you trade it back in when you’re done for a $14.25 Amazon credit, return shipping free. If you’re up for the hassle, that’s effectively $22.75
Observations:The fastest option is iTunes. About 5 minutes to download an episode. Downside: Each episode is massive (over a half GIG!) so I’m going to delete the file and this is basically renting for the cost of buying. Plus, I can only play it on an Apple device.
It costs almost as much to rent from Blockbuster as it does to buy the series. And it’s mind-boggling, but true, that the least expensive option is to have a warehouse ship you over a pound of physical discs in a brown box, and then for you to send that box of discs back after watching them. Bits don’t weigh a thing, but they’re still quite expensive compared to atoms.
* I’m not including Netlfix because getting a membership to watch one series is not a reasonable or repeatable option.
