Recent Comments:
Clef du Vin Wine Enhancer {Luxist}
Dec 10th 2007 1:16PM This sounds like complete snake oil to me. Replicates the oxidation of wine in seconds? Unscientific nonsense.
1) The aging of wine is more than just the oxidation of the volatile components. If this were the case, there's no reason to age wine, just let it breathe a bit longer after you open the bottle. Breathing and decanting both encourage oxidation, which does help mellow the wine, but nobody would claim it to be identical to aging.
2) Air, or substantial amounts of chemical or catalyst will oxidize. A quick dip with an overpriced piece of metal won't.
This is in the same vein of deceptive (self- or otherwise) claptrap as $200 ionic bracelets, Hamony Chips, and $500 wooden knobs.
I expect better from Luxist!
Amazon's Unbox video download service "now available" on TiVo {Engadget}
Mar 7th 2007 9:40AM I have a TiVo Series3 and just signed up. Easy as pie, but...
None of the content available is in HD, including OTA content (TV episodes) that originally were. In fact, while the PC downloads are 16:9 for those, the TiVo downloads are 4:3. WTF?
This is the same problem as with iTMS. If these vendors don't offer equivalent quality to what people can download for free (albeit illegally), then people will continue to use BitTorrent and its ilk to get content, especially OTA content which should be the easiest for them to provide.
Sad.
