Yes, he’s still alive. Happy 86th, Abe!
Month: February 2007
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Added flickr photos
Added a plug-in to display photos from my new flickr account – it’s not much but I will be adding lots more soon. Click here to see the photo gallery.
TV
Ah, the warm sweet smell of MST3K…
I was discussing with my friend Tony at lunch the other day how much we missed Mystery Science Theatre 3000. For years it was “appointment television” for fans of bad cinema nationwide: every Saturday afternoon you had MST3K and for…
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New G.I.Joe Club site
…And just as I realized I was being remiss in my geek duties to not have posted a Trek entry before today, so to am I remiss in not mentioning that my pal Lanny Lathem recently posted a new and…
Trek
Obligatory first Star Trek post: Wil Wheaton, Trek reviewer
I’ve been off my game – almost two months posting with a WordPress blog (after abandoning iweb) and I have yet to post a Trek entry. Geez. Anyway, Wil Wheaton has been doing retro-reviews of episodes of Star Trek:…
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VIDEO: Georgia Aquarium
And finally, in my last of my video posting frenzy, here’s a 9 minute segment I edited together from visiting Atlanta’s new (at the time) Georgia Aquarium. Hope you like it. [youtube]MxlBk2h_LX0[/youtube]
Disney
VIDEO: WISHES Disney Fireworks show
And along similar lines to my last posting, here’s video from the Walt Disney World Wishes fireworks show. Enjoy. [youtube]d_-aN3fffEs[/youtube]
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VIDEO: Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Parade
Still migrating content from my old blog, and here’s something I posted there – it’s video of the Disney parade that was part of a special ticketed event – Mickey’s Not-so-Scary Halloween Party. Lots of great stuff, and my wife…
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Behold the power of Caruso!
My wife is a devoted watcher of all three CSI shows, and whenever I come into our living room and see her watching CSI: Miami I cannot avoid doing my bad David Caruso impression. “Now, let you tell you what’s…
Disney
Disney’s Circle of Life Attraction…
Originally posted June 2006 Wanted to discuss this as it made a great impression on me – the Circle of Life Movie in the Epcot Land Pavilion. This movie.. well, let me find the proper words… THIS MOVIE IS THE…
Geek
Superdickery!
Superman may well be a champion of justice, as well as the last son of Krypton, but for a while in the 50s and 60s, he was… well, a dick. Numerous evidence has been uploaded to the Internet and is…
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Retro 80s Movie Fest, courtesy of Netflix’ Video On Demand”¦
Netflix finally rolled out their video on demand service a week or so back, and so far I’m impressed. You have to download a player (really a plug in for windows media player) and they have a varied selection of…
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Howard Hughes vs. The Godfather – how cool would that have been?
Originally published April 2006 I’ve been doing some reading on Howard Hughes recently, spurred by a blog post from Mark Evanier’s News From Me> site, and I stumbled upon some interesting facts about Hughes stint in Las Vegas (besides the…
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Damn you, DRM!
Ok, I posted the earlier link to AOL’s U.N.C.L.E. episodes without some of my caveats, so here they are: Damn you, digital rights management! I mean, I spent hours downloading episodes and then I had to watch it through the…
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Happy Anniversary James Lileks!
A quick note wishing a happy anniversary to a man I have had the pleasure to exchange pleasantries with (via ye’ ol’ Internet) – James Lileks today celebrated his 10th Anniversary on the world wide web. For over a decade now…
TV
Downloads from U.N.C.L.E.
Well, it’s not the DVDs that were stalled due to legal issues last year (which I detailed on my old dead .mac blog) but it’s the next best thing: Downloadable episodes of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. have been added to…