Ah, updating my WordPress blog to 2.7.1 – how exciting!! # The new josephdickerson.com looks great. Awesome chunks of awesomeness. # Using http://namechk.com/ to see what social media sites I am not a member of – jiminy cricket, there’s a…
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VIDEO: How many times did characters in a typical Star Trek episode say each other’s names?
If your guess was 100 times, you’re correct!
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VIDEO: Albert Brooks’ Real Life
I saw Real Life, Albert Brooks’ first movie, last week, and was quite impressed. The film, which was inspired by the American Family documentary in the late 70s, was a very sly parody of the whole notion of reality TV,…
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Another look into my family life… rendered in 3D!
Not actual words spoken in my house last week, but close…
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The all-new Josephdickerson.com!
Well, finally got around to throwing together and updating stuff on ye’ old blog, and am pretty pleased with the results. I also added my music station from blip.fm (with choices only an unmutual soul like yours truly would make)…
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Man, that George Lucas will sell ANYTHING…
Here’s one of his latest action figures…
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DAMNIT, May 8th can’t come fast enough: Star Trek has surprise debut in Austin
Those sneaky sneaky sonsabitches – they promote a free screening of The Wrath of Khan at the Alamo Drafthouse last night… 10 minutes into it, the film breaks… and then… well, let’s just watch, shall we? It was a ruse…
Geek
Honey-do list
A man’s got to know his limitations
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The future of making movies just arrived: Xtranormal.com
OK, I’m trying not to squeeze my Hyperbole Hat on TOO tight, but after a few hours playing with Xtranormal.com, I’m pretty frakkin’ excited. What is Xtranormal.com? Well, it’s a service, both free and paid, that allows you to create…
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Yes, I want one too: The Tauntaun Sleeping bag…
Think Geek did a whole series of “fake products” for April Fools Day – well, one of them looks like it will eventually get made: The Empire Strikes Back inspired Tauntaun Sleeping Bag… “And I thought they smelled bad… on…
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On Shatner’s Transformed Man album…
Bought on Amazon for only 99 cents, here’s my thoughts, rendered in 3D…
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My (very late) thoughts on SXSW Interactive
Hey, sorry, loyal reader, I’ve been derelict in my duties: I promised some recap/thoughts on SXSW Interactive almost two weeks ago and I’m just now getting to it. No, it’s not because I’m just now finally recovering from the many…
Movies
REVIEW: Monsters v. Aliens… in 3D!
I posted an update in my Facebook profile just before I took my three sons to see Monsters v. Aliens that I hoped that none of the characters in the movie had a paddle ball (which is the cliche’ when…
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POTENTIAL SPOILERS: This season’s LOST finale… UPDATED: Sorry, they were foilers…
5/15/09 UPDATE: I was almost completely wrong about with my predictions below – apparently they were not spoilers, they were foilers (fake spoilers) that were being spread on the ‘net that I picked up on. The idea was that the…
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Goodbye: Reax to Galactica’ finale “Daybreak”
”There are those who believe that life here, began out there…” THERE BE SPOILERS HERE. I was completely satisfied with the final episode of Battlestar Galactica. Yes, it meandered a bit in the last 45 minutes, making sure every character…
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Happy International Talk like William Shatner Day!
I… am… happy… toannounce… that today is. Not. Only. WilliamShatner’sbirthday! Itisalso. International. Talk! Like! William! Shatner! Day! Thanks to my Facebook pal (and noted voice over actor) Maurice LaMarche for the creation of such a fine holiday… To celebrate, I…