Toni’s Tulips

Hockey Night in Canada = CBC

CBC and Hockey Night in Canada have a new deal - despite concerns last year that the crown corp would be forced out of the bidding by private sector rivals. The Globe and Mail reports the deal includes multimedia properties:

As part of the new agreement, the CBC will own all new media rights associated with its NHL schedule.

[CBC VP Richard] Stursberg said online streaming of telecasts will be available free of charge to the consumer.

CBC.ca will also provide video on demand. As well, there will content produced for mobile phones.

Now that they know they’re locked-in until 2014, they should revisit Vancouver’s Exponentia and their Play-Action game. Seems like a great match.

Recycle Bag The Place to Be

Ozzie finds the paper recycling bag the place to be.

Buy a House on your Credit Card

When you live in the lower mainland of British Columbia, you get accustomed to ‘average’ house prices in the high six figures, and first time house buyers scraping together every penny just to make a 10-percent down payment.

It seems inconceivable that at the same time, in Detroit Michigan, you can pick up a house for about the same price as a new car. Full story at Yahoo news

Steve Izairi, 32, who re-financed his own house in suburban Dearborn and sold his restaurant to begin buying rental properties in Detroit two years, was concerned that houses he thought were bargains at $70,000 two years ago were now selling for just $35,000.

At least 16 Detroit houses up for sale on Sunday sold for $30,000 or less.

A boarded-up bungalow on the city’s west side brought $1,300. A four-bedroom house near the original Motown recording studio sold for $7,000.

Ozzie en Repose

This is the life…

Keyboard with that Laptop Feel

Over the years I’ve grown to prefer the feel of my laptop keyboard over the heavier desktop models. 

I really like the feel of the MacBook keys and my previous Sony Viao had a similar feel to it.

Now I’ve found a desktop keyboard that’s almost the same, and I’m really liking it.

Its the diNova from Logitech, and though I’m not big on wireless keyboards, the feel of this ultra slim keyboard is superb.

I really like the fact that the number pad is a separate unit, and acts as a table top calculator to boot. 

The mouse is a bit flimsy so I’ve opted to stick with my barebones MS optical for now.

Nothing Slack about Slacker

What launched today is a web based music site called Slacker.

But according to TechCrunch its some kind of uber-music-hardware service.

…they have PC based, iTunes-like software coming that will organize the music on your computer as well as play the same radio stations as the web based version… also has hardware ambitions….[and] a satellite car kit in the works that will ensure that wherever you are, Slacker is with you.

Whether this works out or not for Slacker, the idea makes perfect sense.

Right now there’s too much separation between online audio and our devices. iTunes is the closest we’ve got and even if you’re Mac-evolved from pod-to-desktop, it’s annoying to say the least and hardly tuned to what users really need.

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