You MUST
* do the tour of the Gaudi cathedral (La Sagrada Familia)
* eat lots of tapas, especially trying different shrimp and chorizo dishes
* walk Las Ramblas (preferably with a cigar)
* find a place called El Pollo Rico - awesome
* sangria, sangria, sangria
* check out the museum (can't remember the name) on the top of Montjuic (sp?) - in addition to being a great museum, there's a killer view of the city from up there
* adjust your eating clock - lunch is at 2pm, dinner at 10/11pm.

have fun!

Ben - yeah, I didn't get a chance to play with HD content because (as I said in the review) I only had a few hours and all the stuff I have thats actually IN high-def wasn't on the network. I'll do a second review next week when I get back home to look into the rest of the features. Shoot me an email if there's anything in particular you'd like me to take a look at.

Thanks for the link!

Jason,
You really want to go on record as saying Twitter is going to replace ONE HALF of all IM conversations, email, and flickr usage??? You so sure about that? I'll take, say, any wager you want to make that that doesn't happen in my lifetime...

Jason - all great points, but you make one incorrect assumption: you think that there is a public perception that Digg is "an open community" and that it has "credibility". Neither perception is accurate.

When you take a single step away from this space, it becomes instantly clear that (1) Digg is controlled by a small group, (2) their interests do not reflect the masses, and (3) when you get Dugg all you get is a traffic spike and nothing more...

There's virtually NO difference between brands. NONE. It's all digital, so it comes down to: are the cables made correctly, or NOT made correctly. In fact, while at CES I interviewed a guy from Ethereal (a company that manufactures premium cables) and even he said the same thing (although he didn't get every detail right as you'll see): http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/01/14/are-all-hdmi-cables-the-same/

Xbox 360 (when i get one)

I like all the improvements except for one, and it's a biggie for me. In the old menus, pushing DVR took you straight to your 'recorded shows' screen, and you had to navigate menus to see your schedule and lists.

In the new menus, pushing DVR takes you to an interim screen to select from these choices, then you have to select 'recorded shows.' The problem here is this: 90% of your usage time with the DVR is viewing recorded shows. I really can't stand that they'd add more steps to the MOST COMMONLY USED function in order to make accessing the infrequently used features a little easier.

Bad UI decision.

Otherwise, it's definitely better.

Great article. The question to ask is how much of a "custom" gadget do you want? If all you want to do is take Taiwanese/Chinese generics and resell them, well, you need a heckuva marketing budget. If you want to "invent" products, you need engineering resources, which don't come cheap. "Modding" an existing device also takes resources.

A commentor pointed at SlimDevices' success, and this should be watched cautiously. First, they HAD engineers to do the work. Second, just because they "got acquired" doesn't mean everybody made out like bandits.

But if you do decide you want to get deeper, give me a ring. I was the VP of Product Management for Sling Media and helped get the Slingbox off the ground. Would love to hear what you & Peter have dreamed up. :)

yes please.

Uh, hello? Star Trek TRANSPORTER anyone?

Also, I think the Minority Report "UI" is a really awful idea. Forget carpal tunnel, try waving your hands in the air for 8 hours a day!