During the show, CNN put up a clip from Jeff’s campaign to get users to submit questions for candidates via YouTube. An admirable goal, indeed. When asked how he found the questioner – Jeff said he met him at a conference and it was just a “man from the heartland.” Indeed – and impressive, too. The question for Mike Huckabee is a well thought out, articulated – and most important – well delivered on camera. Who could this talented amateur be?
Just got home from the CNN studios in DC, after a short piece on Howard Kurtz’ Reliable Sources show with Jarvis. Topic? Web video, anonymous politics, etc. I think my take is a simple one: more speech = better. Restricting that speech, through regulations or law = an awful idea. If I have to listen to the same people complain that we spend $1 billion on political campaigns (slightly less, btw, than this country spends on potato chips every year) whine and cry about all the “nefarious” ways people can use the new internet – I’m going to have to put a fork in my eye.
Wow. That’s all I can say. I’ve been in various electronics stores over the past few months, and keep seeing these ridiculously expensive remote controls. $150-$400 for a universal remote? That must be for people that spend $10,000 on home theater equipment, I thought.
Not so. I bought the Harmony 670 yesterday, and have to say it’s one of the coolest gadgets I’ve ever purchased. Sit down with a laptop – logon to the Harmony website and create an account. Then from there – there’s a VERY simple web wizard with a near-inexaustible database of devices to choose from. Just start inputing your components, tv, the works. Then plug your remote in via mini USB, and download all the data. Basically idiot proof and error free in my case.
But the best part is the operation strings you can keybind. Now – I press “watch TV” and the following happens: 1) tv comes on, 2) switches source input to HDMI. 3) cable box comes on, 4) all the keys on the remote now function to control the cable/dvr/etc. (*except volume* which is bound to the tuner), 5) tuner comes on and switches source input to TV/Sat.
What do you get when you mix Columbia Business School, a cover of the Police, YouTube, and the recent appointment of Ben Bernake as Fed Chairman. A hysterical celebration of the dismal science.
I have to wonder if the best time to promote this new product from Dell (not to mention the recent purchase of high-end custom gaming manufacturer Alienware) is while this Dell testimonial is on its way up the charts at YouTube.
