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…
Author: Joseph Dickerson
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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…
Geek, Movies
Review – Superman Returns
Originally Published June 29, 2006 For years fans have discussed the “Superman curse.” This curse is supposed to fall on the actors who portray the Man of Steel ““ apparently a streak of bad luck comes with playing the part,…
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Disaster Preparedness Public Service Announcement
Originally Published November 19th, 2006 OK, this is my public service announcement posting for the year, so bear with me. I spent a nice afternoon this weekend with my brother-in-law, an insurance salesman (reseller/independent agent) and he was telling me…
TV
“What do you mean, ONE of his last words?”
I neglected to mention when I wrote previously about the DVD release of the first season of Saturday Night Live the one reason I’m excited to see its release. No, it’s not the classic Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise…
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James Randi, Dan Rather and a brief lesson in logic…
Last month, I read an interview with Dan Rather, late of CBS News. In the new interview, Rather stated that he still stood by the story he green-lit that cast a critical light on President Bush’s National Guard duty. Well,…
Movies
Review – Casino Royale
Originally Published November 20th. Thank God. I thank God everyday for the many blessings my family has received, and I can add another one to the list. Bond is back. And he’s back in rare form. Caught Casino Royale on…
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James Kim
Originally Published December 6th. If you have been following the story via news sites, Digg.com or the MSM, there is no need to rehash it, but I feel I had to post something about the death of James Kim, just announced…
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Stumble Upon
Originally posted December 20th, 2006 Just discovered the StumbleUpon site/service and I like it quite a bit. The basic premise is that you are directed to semi-random web sites that match the interests you indicate. You can add any sites…
Apple
Goodbye iweb, hello WordPress
iweb 2, WHERE ARE YOU? Well, I was anxiously awaiting the anticipated update to ilife to be announced during Steve Job’s MacWorld keynote this morning, so that I could continue to use the software to easily post my blog.…