Well, I just finished installing Leopard on my 4th Mac (one was for a friend of mine) and my initial thoughts are this… Fantastic OS, buggy installer. I had to do a full install on one of the four computers…
Month: October 2007
Geek
Frak! Galactica Season 4 pushed back to April!
For whatever reason, Sci-Fi is pushing back the season premiere from the previously announced January date to April. THIS is why the networks are losing me as a viewer, decisions like this. I think I now watch on a regular…
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RUN, DON’T WALK, to buy the new 2001: A Space Odyssey DVD/HD/Blu Ray release
After over three hours of watching the movie/extras on the DVD, I HIGHLY recommend the new 2001 release that came out today. Even if you have a “lowly” DVD player, this is a incredible improvement over the previous release of…
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Happy Birthday Weird Al!
He’s 48 today, and shares the birthday (different year) of Johnny Carson (RIP). Here’s a vid you may not have seen… [youtube]GWc6QQ9JlMc[/youtube] Yes, that’s Donny Osmond in the background. Yes, he has some sweet moves. Frighteningly so.
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Peter Davison returns to Doctor Who!
Just announced, Peter Davison is returning to Doctor Who to reprise his role as the fifth Doctor for a mini-episode slated to air in November. Details here.
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MARK THE DAY – January 4, 2008…
Hat-tip to Mark Evanier, letting all of us know that the lost “classic” i.e. one of the worse movies ever SKIDOO will be airing on January 4, 2008. Wow. Besides the soundtrack from Harry Nilsson, and the fact that Groucho…
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If you’re looking for a good B&B in Pennsylvania…
Might I recommend Shrute Farms. They have some great reviews on Trip Advisor.
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Well, that’s more like it: Apple will be supporting third-party apps…
Cats and dogs, living together, MASS HYSTERIA! Apple yesterday announced that there will be a software development kit coming for the iPhone. Up to now, independant developers wanting to leverage the computing power of the iPhone had to hack their…
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Galactica Season 4 Teaser Video
Is here: [youtube]VysVxz2_rQg[/youtube] Umm, do you HAVE to wait till next year, SciFi? Come on, you’re KILLING ME here!
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Kudos to NBC on new The Office site…
I’m a big fan of The Office, and this past week’s episode featured a fantastic ad at the end of the show “recruiting” people for Dunder Mifflin, the fictional paper company, and pointed viewers towards the new (discussed in the…
Movies
Another notable anniversary – James Bond turns 45
Well, the movie character, separated in countless ways from the original Fleming literary creation, turns 45 today. On October 5th 1962 Dr. No was released in the UK. Must have been something in the water over there that day, because…
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It was 50 years ago today…
…that Sputnik was launched and started the space race. As a history buff and a fan of space exploration past and future, I could not let this anniversary pass without a mention. Here’s the man behind this pivotal moment. I…
Apple, Geek
More iPhone update reax – this time from Leo Laporte
I posted earlier about the feedback – mostly negative – towards Apple’s update of the iPhone software that removed the ability to install third party open source apps and rendered “hacked” phones (that work with networks other than AT&T) deader than…
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For all you Scrappy Doo fans out there…
(Boy THIS title will really boost my web traffic…) Mark Evanier, who was one of the original writers on many classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons is posting, for the record, the secret history of how Scrappy Doo came to be. Because, dammit,…
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Finally… U.N.C.L.E. on DVD
The preorder and details page went up today on the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Time-Life complete series on DVD set. It is not shipping till the end of November, but I’ve waited so long I can wait a little longer. Here’s…
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Here’s to the crazy ones…
If you are mildly interested in the whole tech world, you may have noticed there’s a pretty huge outcry from many voices that took place this past week over the latest update for the iPhone. Basically the latest firmware update…