Month: February 2008

Ex-Disney chief says Writers Guild strike is overNewsday, NY – Feb 8, 2008BY VERNE GAY | verne.gay@newsday.com February 8, 2008 The former chief of Disney, Michael Eisner, declared Thursday night that the writers' strike was …Hollywood …

Disney perfects art of family cruisingAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USA – Feb 8, 2008It's been 10 years since Disney started its cruises with the Disney Magic ship, followed in 1999 by Disney Wonder. Two more Disney ships will launch in …

My oldest son and I are big fans of Rifftrax, which are audio files produced by Mike Nelson and other alums of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 that sync-up with popular movies. Like on MST3K the group mocks and ridicules the…

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Guy Kawasaki on VC money, entrepreneurship & Web 2.0E-consultancy, UK – Feb 8, 2008Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of eight books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, …

Disney, union stalled over where to hold contract talksLos Angeles Times, CA – Feb 8, 2008Talks between Disney and one of the resort's biggest unions are stalled for an unlikely reason: The parties have spent two months trying to agree o…

Lisa looks the DVD release of this 1970 animated film.

Geez, I’m old.

This is a repost, of a kind – I had embedded this video on my site way back in 2006 when it was running off of iWeb. Which, well, kinda sucked. iWeb, not my blog. My site back then was,…

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Courtesy of Aint it Cool News, here’s some of the new FX shots for this weekend’s episode, The Ultimate Computer: Drool, dah-ROOL… Sorry, I’m a huge fan of space ship designs and the classic Trek ship design is one of…

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Nimoy On 'Star Trek XI' And SpockTrek Today, Netherlands – Feb 7, 2008By T'Bonz The high quality of the Star Trek XI script enticed Leonard Nimoy back into the pointed ears. As reported at SciFi Pulse, from a radio show by …

Casting Bites: From 'Twilight' to 'GI Joe'Cinematical, CA – Feb 7, 2008He's landed a lead role as the villain in GI Joe. So, I guess he's the notorious arms dealer? Not a bad jump up for the man. One day, you're ju…

Eric Stillwell Invites fans to "Yesterday's Enterprise" Screening …TrekWeb.com, CA – Feb 7, 2008By GustavoLeao / 02:55, 7 February 2008 / General Star Trek Board Member Eric Stillwell will offer two programs this weekend and t…

ZDNet ResourcesZDNet Blogs – Feb 6, 2008… Apple product marketing says QuickTime Player almost reached Windows Media Player market share Frank Casanova, senior director of Apple Computer …

Report: Apple cuts iPod, iPhone, and MacBook orders (again)Apple Insider, VA – Feb 6, 2008With respect to Apple's computer business, the FBR analyst said his checks indicate the company has cut its first quarter MacBook build forecast by …

Report: Apple cuts iPod, iPhone, and MacBook orders (again)Apple Insider, VA – Feb 6, 2008With respect to Apple's computer business, the FBR analyst said his checks indicate the company has cut its first quarter MacBook build forecast by …

Digital Media OnlineMacworld: 8-Core 3.2GHz Mac Pro Fastest Apple Ever!Digital Media Online, CA – Feb 6, 2008It's truly the fastest Apple computer EVER! I used to have the Power Mac G5 Quad, and it puts that machine to shame. My old Quad …