Category Archives: News

I’m no Rupert Murdoch, but sometimes things happening on the global stage are interesting.

Canada Culls Seals, Han Is Better Than Luke and Another Link Is Found For Evolution

Inventory: Seven Songs With Factual Or Logical Mistakes In The Lyrics | The A.V. Club Factually inaccurate, eh? Of course these aren’t the only ones, but he does a good analysis. The Dilbert Blog: Smoking in Cars Fascinating comments on another aspect of rude behavior. Snarkmarket: Frankly This Is Just Chick Lit for Huge, Huge Nerds This looks very interesting…but I love the Barnum graphic novel where he’s working for the Secret Service and they’re fighting Nikola Tesla who’s trying to conquer the world…so funny. Rooster Teeth Productions: Breaking the Law This just makes me laugh…but the administration does have a point I think…the shirt is kind of provocative and not just an inside joke like some of the other shirts…dangerous, but funny. Column from PC Magazine: A Telematics Revolution This is absolutely fascinating…I experienced something like this with my laptop on a recent trip (my laptop with Microsoft Streets … Continue reading →

The Entertainment Industry Goes Digital and Cartman Takes On Family Guy

The Dilbert Blog: Space Heaters Scott Adams sneaks filthy content into the newspaper. Did you see it? I saw it, but it’s not nearly as filthy as the whole baby controversty that happened last month. Snarkmarket: Movies, Your Way A new movie critic site that does a lot of aggregation. Awesome! Scotsman.com Sport – Proud Woods puts his father before Masters Tiger is a fascinating character study and this article doesn’t do a bad job at picking him apart. Panasonic to roll out Blu-ray player in September – INQ7.net This article is just another facet of this fascinating technology battle. First Blu-ray delayed and then HD delayed (although not as much)…what’s going on here? Opinions from PC Magazine: The Truth About Vista Picking apart what’s good and bad about the next Windows New court rules for Guantanamo trials – World – theage.com.au Yeah, they don’t get American civil rights, but … Continue reading →

Obesity: The Latest American Fad and Sacramento Plans To Cut Smog

The Dilbert Blog: A Moving Experience Scott Adams has the most morbid thoughts…he’s like a kindred spirit to me. Column from PC Magazine: Death to the CrackBerry John Dvorak tears apart the BlackBerry…and it’s about damn time. Experience Disney’s California Adventure in Just 10 Minutes! – Music Mix – MiceChat This is very cool. Download of the Day, part II: hotDigg screensaver – Lifehacker Groovy. Download of the Day: JDiskReport – Lifehacker Looks like a freeware version of TreeSizePro Turn your Greasemonkey scripts into Firefox extensions – Lifehacker Now if only I knew how to write Greasemonkey scripts 🙂 Happiness quick fix – Lifehacker You can’t buy it…but you can get it for free… Ex-Pilots Credit Plane Design for Survival Built to last… Bush’s war powers upheld – 04/04/06 – The Detroit News Hooray! Movie downloads an evolutionary idea? Is the world ready for this? SACRAMENTO / Breakthrough plan to … Continue reading →

Henry Selick Gets Back To Work and Clerks 2 Trailer Online

JimHillMedia.com-MouseWatch: With great power comes … … (4/03/2006) Whoa. Ok. So we have to deal with a lot of sequels…I think that’s ok in the long run because eventually John Lasseter will be more in control of the creative properties…isn’t it? At 30, Apple Is Mainstream — And a Target A history of Apple and projections of their dangerous future… Guardian Unlimited Film | News | Fox execs score a Homer run Way to circumvent the media. The web was ablaze with this story as it was happening. Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Blair launches FBI-style crime squad British FBI? Rock on! Movie studios expand ‘download to own’ services in U.S. – Technology – International Herald Tribune Hooray! Download instead of buying DVD’s! This is the future. Freed hostage denies empathy with her captors – World – smh.com.au I still don’t understand why they let her go? Nobody is … Continue reading →

April Fools Day!

Tiny Ohio town freaked out by Mario prank – Joystiq Posterchild Mario Question Blocks! Small town America wouldn’t understand this. Now if you hit up a big city like New York or something, you’d have enough geeks to enjoy it rather than it being a problem. Maybe this could be a great flash mob…I don’t know. Official Google Blog: Cupid’s algorithms Leave it to Google to figure this out… ;p Living Without Technology – Columns by PC Magazine A rather amusing take on going cold turkey on technology…

Lord Of The Rings Musical Less Than Spectacular, Brazil Enters Space Race and Nazi Death Camp Gets Politically Correct

Muslim scholars take Blair to task on foreign policy – Jakarta Post I hope Blair’s got the guts to stand up to them…U.S. alliance could be on the rocks if he doesn’t… BBC NEWS | Europe | Poland seeks Auschwitz renaming No. It’s the world’s job to teach it’s children what Auschwitz was…and why change the name? Just add the subtitle “Nazi Death Camp”…wouldn’t that work? Bush backs ‘orderly’ migration Damn it! You know, I’m just so tired of this issue and I wish Bush would get it through his head that amnesty is not the answer. ‘Ten dead’ in Iran quakes Ouch! High school was time of torment So this guy is an activist to punish bullies…but without bullies, nobody would standup for bullied people…this issue is very complicated for me to completely understand. Iranians reject call to abandon nuke bid UN: If you don’t stop your uranium enrinchment…we’ll…we’ll…what … Continue reading →

Britain Suggests Universal ID Cards, Supreme Court Justice Defends POW’s Lack of Rights and Microsoft Brainwashes Children

The Future of Credit Cards – Earning virtual currency for spending in the real world & other world bridging This is an absolutely fascinating analyzation. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admits to brainwashing his kids not to use Apple iPods This is a biased posting of the news, but I’m intrigued by his talk of the combo music and communications device…obviously referring to project origami Dindal and Fullmer Depart Disney Feature Animation So it has nothing to do with the Pixar transfer? I don’t know anymore… JimHillMedia.com-No more “Gnomeo”?! “Robinsons” to be … (3/28/2006) Uh oh…so disney has been off-track all this time? Shutting so many things down so quickly is always dangerous. But then again this whole power transition could be dangerous. Stem cells from brains help rats walk, study says The first step is to test it in rats…then we can cure Christopher Reeves…oh wait, it’s too late. Damn! … Continue reading →

Ocean’s 13 Announced…They’re Going To Steal Russia Right Out From Under The Russians’ Feet

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Afghan Christian asks for asylum There’s the answer…asylum. DNA in Space Spiffy! Astronomers found a galaxy shaped like a double helix! ‘Ocean’s 13’ antes up 7/21 – MiceChat WHAT?!?! I mean, the 2nd one was ok, but it this really necessary? I can only hope that with the scribes of Rounders behind it that it will be slightly tighter than number 2. Download of the Day: Orb – Lifehacker YES! Free streaming video from home! I love this! Let the future begin! BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft warns on browser bugs More bugs? What is this? Why does it seem like IE is so incredibly vulnerable all of a sudden? Are hackers getting in some last minute laughs before they move on to killing IE 7? BBC NEWS | Americas | Judge ‘rejects Guantanamo rights’ It’s about time. Prisoners of war are not … Continue reading →

The Pope Demands That Muslims Respect His Wishes…”He’s A Da Freaking Pope!”

BBC NEWS | Health | Larks hit hardest by clock change I didn’t know people could be categorized like this…amazing! I think I’m an owl, because I stay up later more easier than I get up earlier…just wish I could find a job that supported that philosophy Health News Article | Reuters.com – US scientists make pigs with heart-healthy fats Healthy bacon…something about that just sounds wrong…but science encourages it. Have boffins found the missing link? This is very interesting…if they found the missing link, I’d have to renounce my theory that man was created in one day by God as being literal…doesn’t really affect me…and what’s a boffin? 7 Killed in Shooting Spree at Seattle Party – Los Angeles Times He was jazzed on something and thought they were really zombies. I don’t know…messed up tragedy. SPACE.com — Comets Posing as Asteroids Might be Source of Earth’s Water Asteroids … Continue reading →

Bill Gates Reveals His Future Plans For World Domination…That Is World Wide Web Domination

Does The Godfather Have Muscle? – Forbes.com So they screwed up by not releasing it by Christmas…I wonder what was improved by the delay? Gates sizes up the Web’s next generation | Newsmakers | CNET News.com Gates defends Microsoft’s seeming inaction in the evolution of online content Russians agree gas deal with China – Markets – Times Online Rusia and China teaming up…didn’t Tom Clancy do a story like this? Technology News: Portals & Search : Google Launches Finance Site in Latest Portal Play Google continues to revolutionize how we use the web…with their products BBC NEWS | Technology | BBC vows to reinvent web services More online content isn’t a bad thing…especially if it’s free. New DA VINCI CODE trailer hits! Looks like fun! Oh, didn’t I tell you? I don’t have problems with the movie adaptation anymore…it’s just a story! Bruce Campbell speaks about the EVIL DEAD remake! … Continue reading →