Mike Benner : Music

Wow, WAY OFF TOPIC

Apr 13 by Michael Benner

So while talking to my wife tonight she informed me that The New Kids on The Block are back together...this is one reunion I didn't see coming.

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OK, this post is going to be more of a rant, but sometimes we just need to let things be heard. Let me start by saying I understand I am a rare case for Microsoft, Xbox 360 and Live, but that doesn't make their handling of issues any better. You see several years back I bought a Xbox (before Live was around) and enjoyed it. Then

Another Format War?

Sep 5 by Michael Benner

Way back in the day I remember a jumble of cables and boxes stacked on top of our TV. There was a dial for rotating the antenna on the roof, a box with the work "ON" written on it, another box with "Z TV" and even one that said, "HBO". What was interesting is that they where just switches that you flipped and boom a movie (usually already running) was on your TV.

This was the beginning of cable TV, except only one channel per box. Over time there were mergers and acquisitions and of course, no one remembers the others and everyone knows HBO.

But, what does this have to do with the current format war? Well, I propose that Blu-Ray and HDDVD

Not allofmp3.com, but still cheap music

Aug 15 by Michael Benner

So, with the closure of allofmp3.com, my inexpensive music purchasing as slowed. Then suddenly (and in my excitement, I don't even know who to give credit to) I found musicmp3.ru. These guys have picked up the torch.