Entry for April 08, 2006

Obsolete. It’s a nasty word.

Trawling through my collection of parts for my computer, I found a pen and tablet for writing with. it works pretty much like a mouse. There’s nothing wrong with it, it works just fine. Except it uses a 9-pin connector, commonly called a COM1 plug and my new computer doesn’t have one.

This seems to be a problem for the electronics industry. When I was younger TVs got sold because TVs didn’ last forever. Eventually something broke and they were replaced. But modern TVs can last 20 years.

The new high definition TVs would seem to fall into this category. At present, there is no high definition TV broadcasts, and HD-DVD or Blue-Ray haven’t launched yet. So getting people to buy HD-TVs is proving somewhat problematic.

I know of several people who have stated that they will buy one, but only when their current TV breaks.

Could be in for a wait, then.

Entry for April 05, 2006

Finally bought Firefly today, but noticed something odd.

The sticker on it that used to say “From the creator of Buffy” now says “From the creator of Serenity.”

For the love of…!

Serenity IS Firefly. It’s the same story, it’s the same characters, hell it’s the same ACTORS!

And given that most people buying Firefly now will be doing so after seeing Serenity and being told it was a TV series, it’s totally moot.

Moot, I tell you!