Tom’s Two Cents

My wife wanted to watch North and South last night while I was gone, but after calling every video rental store in town she finally gave up. Well guess what? It was available in the Netflix “Watch Instantly” section, along with over 12,000 other movies and TV shows. But she is not the type to watch a movie on a laptop. And since the instant movie viewer currently only works via Internet Exploder, I would have to open VMWare Fusion on our mac first, start Windows, etc, etc, etc.

Enter the Netflix Player by Roku.

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It looks like cameras, phones, and other gadgets can now be made waterproof. Sid Martin, director of technology at Northeast Maritime Institute, has a new, molecule-thin invention that keeps your electronics working even when wet. It’s called “Golden Shellback.” Interestingly, no one at CNN or The Wall Street Journal originally believed him when he tried to go public with the invention.

Article: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080731/NEWS/80731010
Video: http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/golden-shellback-visits-nbcs-today-show/