Sunset on Mnevniki str.

Sunset on Mnevniki str., originally uploaded by rentgen.

Cool sunset in Moscow

Storm coming in

Storm coming in, originally uploaded by steveobd.

An old picture of a nasty storm.

Pool

Pool, originally uploaded by steveobd.

Swimming Pool. This is a swimming pool. It is cool.

Real Japan!

Real Japan!, originally uploaded by setsutomurai.

Yokoso

Rack o' wine

IMG_0333.JPG, originally uploaded by steveobd.

In our villa in Tuscany. Oh, to get back.

Blackburn Rovers at Fulham

Blackburn Rovers at Fulham, originally uploaded by steveobd.

Great game tonight - Blackburn came from a 1-0 deficit to win 2-1

Vinyard, Lucca

IMG_0378.JPG, originally uploaded by steveobd.

Dini Estate in Lucca, Italia. Good wine to be had here.

Big Slug

Big Slug, originally uploaded by steveobd.

A big slug at our villa in Lucca. Good eatin'!

Gotham Gal and I are John and Yoko tonight

Gotham Gal and I are John and Yoko tonight, originally uploaded by fredwilson.

now that's NY

why i haven't been buying blue-ray versions

HD-DVD is dead - but they did one thing really well:  they released titles with HD-DVD on one side, and normal DVD format on the other side.   This was great because with one purchase, you could play the disc wherever you may roam.

Blue-Ray hasn't taken this approach.   You buy a Blue-Ray disc that only plays in Blue-Ray players.  I hope this has something to do with double sidedness and not marketing.  They are packaging an iTunes version with some releases and this is great, but it leaves me out in the cold in a few particular situations.

The biggest one is the car.  People don't buy cars every year.  And as more and more family trucksters have DVD players in them, they are only putting in normal old DVD players.   This means none of your Blue-Ray discs will play in your car.