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Bejeweled 2 is available today!

For those among us, that don’t own a Palm-based PDA, never having heard of this little app is OK.  We understand.  Really we do (but secretly think you’re a little weird for not having a PDA yet, in the first place).

But for everyone else, this is great news.  Been waiting for the sequel to this addictive game for a few months.

Should be fun.

Wired is reporting that the Senate is now considering a bill sponsered by the MPAA and RIAA that, among other things, will make it illegal to use software to fast-forward through comercials and previews on DVDs.

Here’s is engadget’s opinion:

They want to make it illegal to use software or hardware to skip all of those commercials and previews that the studios are placing before the beginnings of movies on DVDs, something which is freaking ridiculous since it’s your DVD playing on your DVD player in your home. How about making it illegal to not pay attention, too?

Oh, and BTW, wtf ever happend to fair use?  Hasn’t ANYONE in the Senate read Free Culture.  If you haven’t read this book, you do not deserve to have an opinion on copyright law.

Update: Opps.  Forgot to list the price.  It cost $211 from Sears.  That’s without the lame-ass Sears warranty.

Started looking on the internet a few days ago and basically came to the decision that I wanted s mini-shelf system.  Just wasnt’ sure which one yet.  So I go out shopping with my son, Adrian, last night (the girls were away at Brownies..).

We went to Circuit City, Best Buy and lastly at Sears ready to give up.  I really didn’t have have a clear idea of what I wanted but I know it had to have a few things:

• CD player (3 to 5 disc capacity
• Decent sounding bass
• Radio w/ ok reception
• Aux inputs (for the DVD / gamecube)

At Sears we ran into the JVC model in the picture above.  Sounded really nice, aux inputs, all that.  But the really cool thing that I just love, is this thing is a DVD player as well!  I still can’t get over that.  That means I can replace my home stereo AND my crap cheapo DVD player all in one swipe.  Sound was pretty good too (for a mini-shelf sys., of course).

Got it home, set it up, present it to Tam.  She loves it too, so I’m cool there. 

Just wanted to recommend this unit to anyone in the market.

Product Link (JVC’s website)