In yesterday’s edition of I, Cringely, PBS writer Robert Cringley wrote that he thinks it makes sense for Apple to buy the floundering Blockbuster. His plan is relatively simple:

Take your Video-out iPod to Blockbuster, drop it in a kiosk dock then download from the local xServe your choice of 50,000 movies. You can rent the movie or buy it and you can even choose the resolution, which may or may not affect the final price. Take the iPod home, drop it in the dock attached to your TV and watch the movie. H.264 decoding takes place in the iPod in hardware.

That sounds like a very pleasant idea, except for one thing: The reason Blockbuster is losing money is because… wait for it… PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSES.

Why leave your house, go to Blockbuster, and plug your iPod in when you can do one of the following:

Get Netflix and have the movie delivered to your house.
Wait two months and TiVo it.
Bittorrent.
Vongo

If Blockbuster really wants to save itself, they should make some deals with the major movie houses and have movies available for download off of their website in multiple formats. That way, they won’t have to tether themselves to one company (read: Apple).

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Star Trek captains William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and Scott Bakula are set to join forces in a new movie.
The trio will reportedly star in the unnamed film that will be set in the ‘mirror universe,’ which was featured in both the Next Generation and Enterprise TV series.

OMFG. I’m assuming that when they say “mirror universe,” they’re referring the the alternate universe caused when someone goes through the Nexus. If you recall, in “Star Trek: Generations” Picard actually meets Kirk (and they kick ass TOGETHER). A Trekker’s wet dream. Anywho, I hope this is true. I’ll be first in line, biatch!

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New “Coke Blak” is a new coffee/coke drink by Coca-Cola.

Delicious!

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“Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report.”

Oh. My. God.

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