Seems that some people have found how to add value to Apple TV. I’ll become interested in the device when I can record and play TV with it with less hassle than I have with the crap Handan digital TV received I have now and it just looks like this might become reality. I guess this is again a lesson about the collective intelligence of the Internet – if you put modifiable hardware or software out there, there’ll be a lot of hacks, quickly. (via /.)

Check this building out. Some mad scientist has created a plan for a new Singaporean apartment block. I’m sure the view must be nice but I’m not sure if I could ever enter the building due to a slight fear of heights. I have no issues most of the time but being in there would be a major OMFG-I’m-standing-on-nothing style experience. Kudos for making the world look more sci-fi though.

Wonder who’ll actually purchase a flat there. link (via Boing Boing)

You still have a couple days to vote in the YouTube Video Awards 2006. It’s going to be interesting to see what content rises to the top and especially interesting to see how the media publicizes the winners.

There’s a story up on TorrentFreak about P2P killing the classic piracy industry. Sounds logical to me. If this is indeed true, I wonder what the actual monetary change in piracy has been, when “classic” forms of piracy are counted out. Let the speculation begin!

Tony is very clear about why his rags to riches story has gone back to rags again. ‘File-sharing, P2P – call it what you like. When you asked a customer why he wasn’t buying anything, 9 times out of 10 it was BitTorrent this, LimeWire that …’ P2P is a very powerful machine and although Tony could see that his operation was feeling its effects, he admits that he sat back and did nothing about it and consequently, his business has paid the ultimate price. Other industries affected by P2P should take note: Don’t be a Tony. Overhaul your business model. Quickly.

(Via Boing Boing)