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Friday, January 20, 2006
Purcell Reveals Doe's Secret
Dominic Purcell, whose SF series John Doe will begin rerunning on SCI FI Channel Jan. 20, told SCI FI Wire that he knows the show's big secret. John Doe will air Fridays at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
"I think it's an amazing premise," Purcell said in an interview at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, where he was promoting his current Fox series, Prison Break. "I think it's a really cool premise."
In the series, Purcell plays a man who awakes naked on an island near Seattle, possessing all of the knowledge in the world except his own identity. He bears strange marks on his body and can only see in black and white. A group of nefarious strangers, meanwhile, is pursuing him for reasons that are not clear. They call themselves the Phoenix group.
But Purcell revealed the show's secret, which creators Brandon Camp and Mike Thompson never had a chance to unveil before Fox canceled it in 2003.
Ready? (Major spoilers ahead!)
"Apparently I was the messiah returned," Purcell said, confirming an earlier report in Entertainment Weekly. As for the Phoenix group? "They were working for the Vatican. ... The Catholics. They didn't want it to be revealed that the true Christ had returned."
Purcell's character had actually either died or come near death, when all knowledge is revealed, then returned with no memory of his past life.
The one secret Purcell didn't reveal: John Doe's real name. As for whether he'd like to have continued with the short-lived show, Purcell said: "I don't know. I'm pretty f--king happy with [Prison Break's] Lincoln right now."
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
"I think it's an amazing premise," Purcell said in an interview at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, where he was promoting his current Fox series, Prison Break. "I think it's a really cool premise."
In the series, Purcell plays a man who awakes naked on an island near Seattle, possessing all of the knowledge in the world except his own identity. He bears strange marks on his body and can only see in black and white. A group of nefarious strangers, meanwhile, is pursuing him for reasons that are not clear. They call themselves the Phoenix group.
But Purcell revealed the show's secret, which creators Brandon Camp and Mike Thompson never had a chance to unveil before Fox canceled it in 2003.
Ready? (Major spoilers ahead!)
"Apparently I was the messiah returned," Purcell said, confirming an earlier report in Entertainment Weekly. As for the Phoenix group? "They were working for the Vatican. ... The Catholics. They didn't want it to be revealed that the true Christ had returned."
Purcell's character had actually either died or come near death, when all knowledge is revealed, then returned with no memory of his past life.
The one secret Purcell didn't reveal: John Doe's real name. As for whether he'd like to have continued with the short-lived show, Purcell said: "I don't know. I'm pretty f--king happy with [Prison Break's] Lincoln right now."
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
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Thursday, January 19, 2006
American Idol 5 - Denver auditions
OK, I know I will be writing about the American Idol this season but I know I won't be taking notes like this during the mass audition stage of the game. So, I am totally ripping off Sara Cress' blog from the Chronicle. Thank you Sara. My comments are in another color. - Marc
American Idol Season Five
Jan. 18, 2005
I guess Denver doesn't have many talented people. Where the masterminds of American Idol were able to stretch two hours of programming out of Chicago's auditions, Denver's spanned only an hour. But I'm not complaining. Any more American Idol this week would have made me irritable and sleepless.
Let's get to it:
Marlows Davis is first up. He's not nervous, he says, just excited because he's not performing for judges, he's performing for fans. Oh, he's so bad. Oh, he's going to cry. He came such a long way, he whines. They ask where he's from. He's from Denver.
It's at this point that I offer a tip for livening up AI: Allow Simon to carry a gun and cull the sad ones from the herd. OK, maybe that's harsh. How about a paintgun? You can't deny the entertainment value in emotionally fragile kids getting pounded with balls of paint. And holding a gun allows Simon to flex the muscles in his tight muscle shirts, which I suspect is the only reason he does this show anyway.
Next memorable character is David Horning, who wears an American flag as a bandana and a hideous tropical shirt. He sings the line "come on baby, run with me" a few times. Randy says: "Uh, dude? Naw." And this is Randy's second "naw" of the night. Is "naw" the new "dawg"?
And finally we get someone who can actually sing. Lisa Tucker gives me shivers even as she sings an abominable Whitney Houston song. Turns out Lisa's a pro, having appeared on the revived-then-killed-again Star Search in 2003. I'm wary, though. She's clearly been groomed for this sort of competition and I can't stand kids who have been groomed. She's got so much confidence that I sort of hate her. But that's just my own issues talking, don't listen to me. She'll go far, I'm sure. This girl is 16, she can sing.
Brett "Ace" Young is a rocker dude from Los Angeles who sings a song by Westlife. He's all right. Is he wearing blush?
Now we have our first hard-luck story of the night. Rochelle has been evicted from homes left and right. But she's a good singer, so maybe she won't be evicted from another home? I'm not sure how going to Hollywood solves her problems, but she's going.
Cheap shot of the night: Before every commercial the viewer sees teasers of an audition by what is clearly a cross-dressing young man. I guess if you're a 13-year-old girl, you find this sort of thing hilarious.
Next up is a montage of the rock dudes that show up, inspired by Bo and Constantine. Now, tell me, what self-respecting rocker shows up for an American Idol audition? And yet they do and they're horrible and an embarrassment to rock dudes everywhere.
One of them even says: "American Idol rocks!" while flashing some metal. Embarrassing.
The next feel-good story is Chris Daughtry. He has a rock band, and kids and a weepy wife who just wants him to LIVE HIS DREAM. Sob, sob. He sings Joe Cocker's The Letter as my boyfriend sings along in the kitchen: "My baby knit me a sweater." Chris is pretty good, but Simon says, "I'm not sure I'm seeing charisma here." The judges argue and the wife waits outside the door crying and he finally comes out and screams and there's hugging and more crying.
Something you may have missed: I noticed that Randy was wearing white patent-leather shoes. To which I say: Naw, dawg.
The final feel-good story is Garet Johnson. A sweetie-pie kid from Wyoming who has known nothing in his life but bein' a cowboy. He's only ever performed for his turkey. His turkey, people! Before the audition, dad says, "Garet, git-r-done." As much as I abhor that phrase, I loved hearing it in this context.
Garet sings Can You Feel the Love Tonight and there are moments that actually sound rich and deep, like old, fat Elton. And you can hear that he's putting his heart into it and he really means it. He quietly tells the judges, "I only sing in front of a turkey." The judges show concern. Could he get lessons somewhere? Would he have the money for them? Because he's got potential. But you know this kid isn't going to have money for lessons and isn't going to have another chance like this so, shockingly, Simon says yes and so does Randy. Oh, Garet! You are my new hero!
Day two brings us a couple of dumb weirdos. A guy who calls himself "Flawless" and wears these pajama outfits that match from head to toe. He calls himself an entrepreneur (well, the actual word was something like "orange-te-pre-te-newer") because he cleans houses. He's a bad singer and off he goes.
Next there's Ben Hausbach, who wants you to believe he's some kind of genius. He's invented a coaster on which your drink floats, he says, but it doesn't really. He's also horrible and when they try to get him to leave, he says, "You haven't given me a chance to evolve!" Ummm huh?
Imagine it: A paintball rings through the air, Simon's biceps glistening. Coaster Guy gets pelted in the gut with neon orange and falls over, yelling, "but I'm a genius!"
Afterward, "Flawless" tells the camera that he did what he needed to do and Coaster Guy says, "kiss my butt, guys. Kiss my butt."
Mercifully, we're nearing the end. April Walsh, a darling redhead, announces she's going to sing Bjork's It's Oh So Quiet. Randy, for some reason, laughs at this idea. But she's awesome. Simon, of course, dimisses her immediately because she's overweight. Randy and Paula save the day and send her to Hollywood. She has potential.
Oh, and now the big payoff to all those teases. It's Zachary, who is not only confusing but seems rather confused himself. He says people confuse him for a girl all the time and he thinks that's just crazy. But he's wearing girl clothes (in fact, he wore the very shirt I was wearing at the time of watching the show. I got it at Express, if you'd like to know where I shop), so now I'm confused. He sings Whitney Houston's Queen of the Night and I start to wonder if this is a joke, but he cries when they tell him he's terrible. He walks away calling them racists, which is also confusing because he's white. His family is there to comfort him, so I think he'll be OK. I don't know if I will. I'm biting my nails for him. Damn shame.
It left a lingering weirdness over what was an otherwise lovey-dovey show.
American Idol Season Five
Jan. 18, 2005
I guess Denver doesn't have many talented people. Where the masterminds of American Idol were able to stretch two hours of programming out of Chicago's auditions, Denver's spanned only an hour. But I'm not complaining. Any more American Idol this week would have made me irritable and sleepless.
Let's get to it:
Marlows Davis is first up. He's not nervous, he says, just excited because he's not performing for judges, he's performing for fans. Oh, he's so bad. Oh, he's going to cry. He came such a long way, he whines. They ask where he's from. He's from Denver.
It's at this point that I offer a tip for livening up AI: Allow Simon to carry a gun and cull the sad ones from the herd. OK, maybe that's harsh. How about a paintgun? You can't deny the entertainment value in emotionally fragile kids getting pounded with balls of paint. And holding a gun allows Simon to flex the muscles in his tight muscle shirts, which I suspect is the only reason he does this show anyway.
Next memorable character is David Horning, who wears an American flag as a bandana and a hideous tropical shirt. He sings the line "come on baby, run with me" a few times. Randy says: "Uh, dude? Naw." And this is Randy's second "naw" of the night. Is "naw" the new "dawg"?
And finally we get someone who can actually sing. Lisa Tucker gives me shivers even as she sings an abominable Whitney Houston song. Turns out Lisa's a pro, having appeared on the revived-then-killed-again Star Search in 2003. I'm wary, though. She's clearly been groomed for this sort of competition and I can't stand kids who have been groomed. She's got so much confidence that I sort of hate her. But that's just my own issues talking, don't listen to me. She'll go far, I'm sure. This girl is 16, she can sing.
Brett "Ace" Young is a rocker dude from Los Angeles who sings a song by Westlife. He's all right. Is he wearing blush?
Now we have our first hard-luck story of the night. Rochelle has been evicted from homes left and right. But she's a good singer, so maybe she won't be evicted from another home? I'm not sure how going to Hollywood solves her problems, but she's going.
Cheap shot of the night: Before every commercial the viewer sees teasers of an audition by what is clearly a cross-dressing young man. I guess if you're a 13-year-old girl, you find this sort of thing hilarious.
Next up is a montage of the rock dudes that show up, inspired by Bo and Constantine. Now, tell me, what self-respecting rocker shows up for an American Idol audition? And yet they do and they're horrible and an embarrassment to rock dudes everywhere.
One of them even says: "American Idol rocks!" while flashing some metal. Embarrassing.
The next feel-good story is Chris Daughtry. He has a rock band, and kids and a weepy wife who just wants him to LIVE HIS DREAM. Sob, sob. He sings Joe Cocker's The Letter as my boyfriend sings along in the kitchen: "My baby knit me a sweater." Chris is pretty good, but Simon says, "I'm not sure I'm seeing charisma here." The judges argue and the wife waits outside the door crying and he finally comes out and screams and there's hugging and more crying.
Something you may have missed: I noticed that Randy was wearing white patent-leather shoes. To which I say: Naw, dawg.
The final feel-good story is Garet Johnson. A sweetie-pie kid from Wyoming who has known nothing in his life but bein' a cowboy. He's only ever performed for his turkey. His turkey, people! Before the audition, dad says, "Garet, git-r-done." As much as I abhor that phrase, I loved hearing it in this context.
Garet sings Can You Feel the Love Tonight and there are moments that actually sound rich and deep, like old, fat Elton. And you can hear that he's putting his heart into it and he really means it. He quietly tells the judges, "I only sing in front of a turkey." The judges show concern. Could he get lessons somewhere? Would he have the money for them? Because he's got potential. But you know this kid isn't going to have money for lessons and isn't going to have another chance like this so, shockingly, Simon says yes and so does Randy. Oh, Garet! You are my new hero!
Day two brings us a couple of dumb weirdos. A guy who calls himself "Flawless" and wears these pajama outfits that match from head to toe. He calls himself an entrepreneur (well, the actual word was something like "orange-te-pre-te-newer") because he cleans houses. He's a bad singer and off he goes.
Next there's Ben Hausbach, who wants you to believe he's some kind of genius. He's invented a coaster on which your drink floats, he says, but it doesn't really. He's also horrible and when they try to get him to leave, he says, "You haven't given me a chance to evolve!" Ummm huh?
Imagine it: A paintball rings through the air, Simon's biceps glistening. Coaster Guy gets pelted in the gut with neon orange and falls over, yelling, "but I'm a genius!"
Afterward, "Flawless" tells the camera that he did what he needed to do and Coaster Guy says, "kiss my butt, guys. Kiss my butt."
Mercifully, we're nearing the end. April Walsh, a darling redhead, announces she's going to sing Bjork's It's Oh So Quiet. Randy, for some reason, laughs at this idea. But she's awesome. Simon, of course, dimisses her immediately because she's overweight. Randy and Paula save the day and send her to Hollywood. She has potential.
Oh, and now the big payoff to all those teases. It's Zachary, who is not only confusing but seems rather confused himself. He says people confuse him for a girl all the time and he thinks that's just crazy. But he's wearing girl clothes (in fact, he wore the very shirt I was wearing at the time of watching the show. I got it at Express, if you'd like to know where I shop), so now I'm confused. He sings Whitney Houston's Queen of the Night and I start to wonder if this is a joke, but he cries when they tell him he's terrible. He walks away calling them racists, which is also confusing because he's white. His family is there to comfort him, so I think he'll be OK. I don't know if I will. I'm biting my nails for him. Damn shame.
It left a lingering weirdness over what was an otherwise lovey-dovey show.
WB Eager For Spike Film
David Janollari, president of entertainment at The WB, told reporters that the network is eager to air a movie based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character of Spike (James Marsters), if only creator Joss Whedon were available.
"We'd ... love to do a Spike movie with Joss Whedon," Janollari said in a news conference at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
But, Janollari added, "Joss Whedon is busy, fast becoming a kind of a big feature filmmaker. He's currently working on an adaptation of Wonder Woman for Warner Brothers. He's simply not available to us. But he knows, and you guys all know, the door is open any time that he wants to do that, for us to do that movie."
In the meantime, Marsters, who played the vampire character in both Buffy and its WB spinoff series, Angel, has a recurring role on The WB's Superman series Smallville.
Whedon has been tapped to write and direct a Wonder Woman movie and is also developing a supernatural movie, Goners. He last helmed the SF movie Serenity. But he has also said that he's interested in returning to the Buffyverse with a TV movie at some point.
For his part, Marsters has expressed interest if the film can come together before he's too old to play the supposedly ageless vampire.
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Joke time - for the ladies
These are pretty good so I'm posting them -
One day my housework-challenged husband decided to wash his Sweatshirt. Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to me, "What setting do I use on the washing machine?"
"It depends," I replied.
"What does it say on your shirt?"
He yelled back, "University of Oklahoma."
And they say blondes are dumb...
A couple is lying in bed. The man says, "I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world." The woman replies, "I'll miss you..."
"It's just too hot to wear clothes today," Jack says as he stepped out of the shower, "honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?" "Probably that I married you for your money," she replied.
He said - Shall we try swapping positions tonight? She said - That's a good idea... you stand by the ironing board while I sit on the sofa and fart.
Q: What do you call an intelligent, good looking, sensitive man?
A: A rumor
A man and his wife, now in their 60's, were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. On their special day a good fairy came to them and said that because they had been so good that each one of them could have one wish. The wife wished for a trip around the world with her husband. Whoosh! Immediately she had airline/cruise tickets in her hands. The man wished for a female companion 30 years younger... Whoosh ... immediately he turned ninety!!! Gotta love that fairy!
A PRAYER....
Dear Lord,
I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him;
And Patience for his moods.
Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength,
I'll beat him to death.
AMEN
Q: Why do little boys whine?
A: They are practicing to be men.
Q: What do you call a handcuffed man?
A: Trustworthy.
Q: What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
A: You did not hold the pillow down long enough.
Q: Why do female black widow spiders kill their males after mating?
A: To stop the snoring before it starts.
Q: Why do men whistle when they are sitting on the toilet?
A: It helps them remember which end they need to wipe.
Q: What is the difference between men and women?
A: A woman wants one man to satisfy her every need. A man wants every woman to satisfy his one need.
Q: How do you keep your husband from reading your e-mail?
A: Rename the mail folder "Instruction Manuals
One day my housework-challenged husband decided to wash his Sweatshirt. Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to me, "What setting do I use on the washing machine?"
"It depends," I replied.
"What does it say on your shirt?"
He yelled back, "University of Oklahoma."
And they say blondes are dumb...
A couple is lying in bed. The man says, "I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world." The woman replies, "I'll miss you..."
"It's just too hot to wear clothes today," Jack says as he stepped out of the shower, "honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?" "Probably that I married you for your money," she replied.
He said - Shall we try swapping positions tonight? She said - That's a good idea... you stand by the ironing board while I sit on the sofa and fart.
Q: What do you call an intelligent, good looking, sensitive man?
A: A rumor
A man and his wife, now in their 60's, were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. On their special day a good fairy came to them and said that because they had been so good that each one of them could have one wish. The wife wished for a trip around the world with her husband. Whoosh! Immediately she had airline/cruise tickets in her hands. The man wished for a female companion 30 years younger... Whoosh ... immediately he turned ninety!!! Gotta love that fairy!
A PRAYER....
Dear Lord,
I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him;
And Patience for his moods.
Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength,
I'll beat him to death.
AMEN
Q: Why do little boys whine?
A: They are practicing to be men.
Q: What do you call a handcuffed man?
A: Trustworthy.
Q: What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
A: You did not hold the pillow down long enough.
Q: Why do female black widow spiders kill their males after mating?
A: To stop the snoring before it starts.
Q: Why do men whistle when they are sitting on the toilet?
A: It helps them remember which end they need to wipe.
Q: What is the difference between men and women?
A: A woman wants one man to satisfy her every need. A man wants every woman to satisfy his one need.
Q: How do you keep your husband from reading your e-mail?
A: Rename the mail folder "Instruction Manuals
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
American Idol 5 - Chicago auditions
OK, I know I will be writing about the American Idol this season but I know I won't be taking notes like this during the mass audition stage of the game. So, I am totally ripping off Sara Cress' blog from the Chronicle. Thank you Sara. My comments are in another color. - Marc
American Idol Season Five
Jan. 17, 2005
The only thing American Idol has been good for is discovering Kelly Clarkson. The rest of the winners haven't found anything quite as golden as she has and the rest of AI's contributions to pop culture include Simon Cowell impressions and jokes about Ryan Seacrest's hair.
The question at the start of the show's fifth season: Is there anything this show can do to remain fresh?
To open the season, Ryan "Don't Touch the Hair" Seacrest talks about how becoming the next American Idol is the new American Dream. Really? Funny, I thought the American Dream was being able to support yourself and your family and maybe have a swingset in the backyard. And then Seacrest says auditioning has become an American "rite of passage," like getting a car or graduating high school. I laughed.
There were no Kelly Clarksons on the season premiere. Nor were there any outright William Hungs. Just a lot of 'eh's and 'ok's and 'yeah, that's all right's. Without further ado, here's a rundown of what happened during the auditions in Chicago:
There's Derek Dupree. He says, "I'm so passionate that...I often get turned on by myself." That's a pretty good indication that he's bad. Toward the beginning of his lame song medley, he inexplicably wipes his forehead with a dollar bill. He manages to convince the judges that he should be able to come back an hour later to audition again. This was bad.
There's Justin: He can sing anything "from Elvis to Queen," he says, but makes the unfortunate choice of singing Meat Loaf. Oh no! Not Meat Loaf! He sings for a moment before being told to stop and he looks so sad. Like a puppy. After you've beaten it. For giving you flowers! What's wrong with you?
There's Derrell and Terrell Brittenum: They're twins and they make it to Hollywood by singing My Girl, but they had to beg, so I don't expect them to stick around long. Jail birds too.
There's Gina: She likes Simon (riiight) and says he's "the hottest thing I've ever seen." She's wearing Hot Topic punkwear and sings a Celine Dion song. I'm reminded of Sarah Vowell and the "pink of Goth," but somehow I don't think Gina thinks that Celine Dion is so non-punk that she's punk. Nah. Anyway, she's going to Hollywood, mostly because she sucked up to Simon. So ladies, I hope you've learned your lesson: Talent isn't important here.
There's Mandisa: Just Mandisa. She sings Alicia Keys' Fallin' and does a bang-up job. An easy in. Simon doesn't have the guts to say to her face, "Do we have a bigger stage this year? Forget Frenchie, she's like France," because Mandisa would have likely decked Simon. Rightly so. How does a guy that ugly have the nerve to criticize someone else's appearance? Jerk.
It's 7:40 p.m. and I'm starting to fear that this is going to go for two hours. I sort of can't believe I'm giving up Gilmore Girls for this.
There's Kevin Brenneman: He's a very small man. He sings The Weight by the Band. Not bad, but somehow bad. Simon: "You remind me of a wasp." Paula adds that Kevin could make a good living doing a voice for Rugrats. Ooh, burn.
There's Charles Berry: An AI lifer, apparently, having been to auditions for two previous seasons. He says he followed the judges' instructions and took lessons and everything. Then he goes and sings a lame original song about American Idol. Bad idea. Simon: "He should shave off the beard and wear a dress because he'd be a great female impersonator." Which leads to the only honest moment of the show:
Paula (to Simon): "You're an ass."
There's Sheriff Brandon Groves: He sings I Shot the Sheriff, singing the same line over and over and over and over again, which prompts the first "dawg" of the evening when Randy says, "that's a no, dawg." Incredibly and unbelievably bad.
Near the end of the hour, Derek returns, singing a song that includes the phrases "Susan in the bathroom stall," and "Constance will fulfill your needs." He's not sure of the title (I'm as lost as he is) and, after the judges express their disbelief, says, "Maybe I'm not the music type that I thought I was."
This is definitely going two hours.
Hour two starts (didn't watch hour 2 :-( although I still have it available digitally to watch) with Eric Lawhon, who sounds like a girl. More like a girl than me, even. Like Liza Minnelli, maybe. Simon says: "You sing like an auntie." Poor girl. Eric's mother says, "He makes me cry when he sings," and Eric's grandmother accosts Simon with, "Why are you so rude? I think he's unique." This makes me feel really good about Eric. I know that poor girl's gonna make it with the help of his family.
There's Jessica: She sings a song with two bleep-able offenses, gets rejected, then walks out cursing. Walks away cursing. Walks outside cursing. I love her! Someone give her a mic and a stage.
My boyfriend walks into the room, pats me on the head and says, "you're doing God's work, honey."
There's David Radford: He's singing with his family outside in their car and it's adorable. He praises his off-key mother for being "one of the most talented singers I've heard." I love this kid. Paula says, "the package is great." Heh heh. She said "package." He's off to Hollywood.
There's Crystal Parizanski: She's deeply tan and deeply dumb. Simon asks about the tan, she tells him what she's going to sing. Simon asks about the tan again and she tells him what she's going to sing. He asks again and she giggles and says, "I go tanning." She sings her song off-key, makes some awful horking noises and says, "You need me to explain anything?" Simon brings in her mother, basically to embarrass them both on national television.
Remember: this is an American rite of passage these days.
It's 8:30 p.m. and my cat Dapple shows up. She says that there will never be another contestant like Clay Aiken and there's no use watching this show ever again. Can you believe it? My cat's a Claymate.
I never, ever take my cat's advice, so let's get through this last half-hour, shall we?
There's Stuart Bennyman: He's Assyrian. He wears a hat with a feather that reaches two feet off his head. He says his father is the Assyrian Elvis, but that's not enough to get him through to the next round.
There's Yuliya Matus: She's a Ukranian gal. She performs a stripper routine to Bohemian Rhapsody. She says she's hoping for a performer visa, but she's going to be shipped back to the Ukraine for being rather bad. She's crying.
I shudder at the thought of people in other countries believing that American Idol really is the American Dream.
Finally (oh, thank goodness), there's David Hoover, the barefoot, crazy guy who says animals started talking to him when was 16. He's not a very good singer, but Randy says he can go to Hollywood if he promises to talk to animals in Randy's presence. Seems to me that they're trying to create another William Hung.
Hillary Clinton; 'Bush Administration Worst In History' - January 18, 2006
New York, New York (AHN) - Speaking during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, Hillary Cllinton lashed out at the Bush administration calling it "one of the worst" in history.
Oh my. Her memory must be worse than mine! Has she already forgotten about the previous administration?!
She also blasted the Republican controlled House of Representiatives, comparing it to a plantation where those with a contary view cannot be heard.
WTF?
"We have a culture of corruption, we have cronyism, we have incompetence," she says. What does she expect of politicians whether they be Republican or Democrat? And in that one sentence, she just described herself to a tee! "I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country."
Only if she writes the history books! I have said the same thing about her husband's administration for years.
Clinton gave an apology to a group of Hurricane Katrina survivors "on behalf of a government that left you behind, that turned its back on you."
A government that she is part of. I wouldn't go so far as to make that statement.
She was generously applauded by the audience gathered at the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem.
All Headline News - Hillary Clinton; 'Bush Administration Worst In History' - January 18, 2006
Oh my. Her memory must be worse than mine! Has she already forgotten about the previous administration?!
She also blasted the Republican controlled House of Representiatives, comparing it to a plantation where those with a contary view cannot be heard.
WTF?
"We have a culture of corruption, we have cronyism, we have incompetence," she says. What does she expect of politicians whether they be Republican or Democrat? And in that one sentence, she just described herself to a tee! "I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country."
Only if she writes the history books! I have said the same thing about her husband's administration for years.
Clinton gave an apology to a group of Hurricane Katrina survivors "on behalf of a government that left you behind, that turned its back on you."
A government that she is part of. I wouldn't go so far as to make that statement.
She was generously applauded by the audience gathered at the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem.
All Headline News - Hillary Clinton; 'Bush Administration Worst In History' - January 18, 2006
Bye-bye 'That '70s Show'
Fox's veteran comedy "Malcolm in the Middle" will end its seven-season run May 14, while "That '70s Show," now in its eighth season, will bow out four days later, the network said Tuesday.
Fox is in conversations with former "That '70s Show" stars Ashton Kutcher and Topher Grace to return for the show's finale, Fox entertainment president Peter Liguori said during the network's portion of the Television Critics Assn. winter press tour.
"King of the Hill," which is not in production but has never been officially canceled, might come back as early as January 2007 if discussions with the series' producers are successful, Liguori said.
Meanwhile, there haven't been any active negotiations to revive "Futurama," which, much like "Family Guy" before it, is enjoying a second life on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" late-night block. But Fox executives are keeping a close eye on the series' newfound success.
CNN.com - Bye-bye 'Malcolm,' 'That '70s Show' - Jan 18, 2006
Mobile3GPconverter
Need to convert your camera's .3gp files into an .avi format? This program is really fast and easy to use. I love it. - Marc
From the website -
"The Mobile 3GP converter is using "3GPtoRawAVI" converter to convert 3GP files (3rd Generation Partnership Project, *.3gp) to uncompressed AVI files (*.avi) in a user-friendly way. The 3GP video files must have audio in order to be converted. The program offers two modes, one for single file conversion and a second for multiple files conversion for converting many 3GP files at once. In a single file conversion you have the option to convert only the audio, only the video or both. The 3GP file format is being used by the majority of modern mobile phones that have the ability to capture video."
Miksoft also has several other programs available that you might want to check out -
MIKSOFT MovieSlave
The MovieSlave is a very simple cross-platform (Windows, Linux) movie manager. It can automatically fetch movie details from the IMDb.
MIKSOFT Mobile AMR converter
The version 1.4 of Mobile AMR converter is now available. In the new version MP3 to AMR conversion has been aded. This program uses Sony Ericsson AMR converter, to convert AMR files (*.amr) to wave files (AMR to WAVE), and vice-versa (WAVE/MP3 to AMR) The AMR format is used by mobile phones mainly for audio recording.
MIKSOFT TaskFX
TaskFX is a simple and useful to-do list manager, with alarm for tasks in specific date and time and the ability to show selected tasks at the start-up of the program. Also, a birthday reminder is available.
MIKSOFT DVD-fx 2.3
A free DVD player with user DVD database, user selectable colour schemes, DVD decoders included and features enough for an average user.
I probably should post this on my computer blog but I think the .3gp converter belongs here easily enough.
Mobile3GPconverter
From the website -
"The Mobile 3GP converter is using "3GPtoRawAVI" converter to convert 3GP files (3rd Generation Partnership Project, *.3gp) to uncompressed AVI files (*.avi) in a user-friendly way. The 3GP video files must have audio in order to be converted. The program offers two modes, one for single file conversion and a second for multiple files conversion for converting many 3GP files at once. In a single file conversion you have the option to convert only the audio, only the video or both. The 3GP file format is being used by the majority of modern mobile phones that have the ability to capture video."
Miksoft also has several other programs available that you might want to check out -
MIKSOFT MovieSlave
The MovieSlave is a very simple cross-platform (Windows, Linux) movie manager. It can automatically fetch movie details from the IMDb.
MIKSOFT Mobile AMR converter
The version 1.4 of Mobile AMR converter is now available. In the new version MP3 to AMR conversion has been aded. This program uses Sony Ericsson AMR converter, to convert AMR files (*.amr) to wave files (AMR to WAVE), and vice-versa (WAVE/MP3 to AMR) The AMR format is used by mobile phones mainly for audio recording.
MIKSOFT TaskFX
TaskFX is a simple and useful to-do list manager, with alarm for tasks in specific date and time and the ability to show selected tasks at the start-up of the program. Also, a birthday reminder is available.
MIKSOFT DVD-fx 2.3
A free DVD player with user DVD database, user selectable colour schemes, DVD decoders included and features enough for an average user.
I probably should post this on my computer blog but I think the .3gp converter belongs here easily enough.
Mobile3GPconverter
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Guys, plan now for a stress-free Valentine's Day
Guys, ignore this story at your peril
By LANA BERKOWITZ
Rather than wait until Feb. 13, why not make plans now for a stress-free Valentine's Day?Sure, you laugh, it's not even February. Why should I worry about Valentine's? But you know it's coming, and she knows it's coming.
Ignore this advice if you want, fellas — let's face it, most of the burden of this holiday falls on men. But if we save even one procrastinator from sitting in a traffic jam at a grocery store waiting to buy roses on his way home Feb. 14, our mission will be a success.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
• FOUR-DAY GETAWAY: Valentine's Day is on a Tuesday. Now is the time to arrange time off from work and plan a minivacation to celebrate your love and, as a bonus, Abe Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12.
• DINING: Make reservations now so you won't be sharing the holiday with Shaun and other undeads at Winchester pub. Kathryne Castellanos, Brennan's marketing director, says the restaurant already is booking for Valentine's Day and the Feb. 11-12 weekend. Wait till the week of Feb. 7 to make Valentine's reservations and you'll either be eating dinner at 5:30 p.m. or dining at Sonic.
• CARD: Design your own. Decorate it with photos, mementos (real or fabricated) and words that mean something to both of you. Or at least buy a card before the pickings are slim — just don't forget where you stash the card.
• FLOWERS: At many offices, the receiving of flowers is a big deal. You'll be the florist's friend if you place your order now. In addition, many florists offer discounts and guaranteed delivery times if you shop early, according to Lisa Crawford, owner of the Flower Corner shops. Or get a plant. Shop around for a decorative flower pot that fits your love's decor, whether it's unicorns, NASCAR or bunnies.
• EXTRAVAGANZA: This could be the year of the big gift. Leave a small gift — chocolates, love notes, cards — each day beginning Feb. 1, so she'll know you have something special planned for Valentine's Day. And the payoff better be good, because her friends will want to hear all the details Feb. 15.
• LOVE POEM: Write a love poem or recite one. Try memorizing Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Love. Coleridge's ode to Genevieve is very long, but you get to say: "bosom heaved," "blushed with love and virgin shame" and "wild and hoary."
• JEWELRY: Whether you want an engraved engagement ring or a name set in diamonds on a platinum chain, personalization takes extra time. Shop before the crowds jam up your favorite kiosk in the mall.
• BREAKUP: If you barely survived the holidays together and the thought of Feb. 14 makes you squeamish, break off the relationship now. It's the kind thing to do.Perhaps both of you will find someone Valentine's-Day-worthy before the big day.
Chron.com Guys, plan now for a stress-free Valentine's Day
By LANA BERKOWITZ
Rather than wait until Feb. 13, why not make plans now for a stress-free Valentine's Day?Sure, you laugh, it's not even February. Why should I worry about Valentine's? But you know it's coming, and she knows it's coming.
Ignore this advice if you want, fellas — let's face it, most of the burden of this holiday falls on men. But if we save even one procrastinator from sitting in a traffic jam at a grocery store waiting to buy roses on his way home Feb. 14, our mission will be a success.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
• FOUR-DAY GETAWAY: Valentine's Day is on a Tuesday. Now is the time to arrange time off from work and plan a minivacation to celebrate your love and, as a bonus, Abe Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12.
• DINING: Make reservations now so you won't be sharing the holiday with Shaun and other undeads at Winchester pub. Kathryne Castellanos, Brennan's marketing director, says the restaurant already is booking for Valentine's Day and the Feb. 11-12 weekend. Wait till the week of Feb. 7 to make Valentine's reservations and you'll either be eating dinner at 5:30 p.m. or dining at Sonic.
• CARD: Design your own. Decorate it with photos, mementos (real or fabricated) and words that mean something to both of you. Or at least buy a card before the pickings are slim — just don't forget where you stash the card.
• FLOWERS: At many offices, the receiving of flowers is a big deal. You'll be the florist's friend if you place your order now. In addition, many florists offer discounts and guaranteed delivery times if you shop early, according to Lisa Crawford, owner of the Flower Corner shops. Or get a plant. Shop around for a decorative flower pot that fits your love's decor, whether it's unicorns, NASCAR or bunnies.
• EXTRAVAGANZA: This could be the year of the big gift. Leave a small gift — chocolates, love notes, cards — each day beginning Feb. 1, so she'll know you have something special planned for Valentine's Day. And the payoff better be good, because her friends will want to hear all the details Feb. 15.
• LOVE POEM: Write a love poem or recite one. Try memorizing Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Love. Coleridge's ode to Genevieve is very long, but you get to say: "bosom heaved," "blushed with love and virgin shame" and "wild and hoary."
• JEWELRY: Whether you want an engraved engagement ring or a name set in diamonds on a platinum chain, personalization takes extra time. Shop before the crowds jam up your favorite kiosk in the mall.
• BREAKUP: If you barely survived the holidays together and the thought of Feb. 14 makes you squeamish, break off the relationship now. It's the kind thing to do.Perhaps both of you will find someone Valentine's-Day-worthy before the big day.
Chron.com Guys, plan now for a stress-free Valentine's Day
Dead Body Guy
What the ....? What kind of slow-ass news day must it be when CNET and the New York Times and a bunch of others are reporting on this website?
OK, so I'm jealous I didn't think of it. :-)
--Dead Body Guy-- Help Me Live My Dream - Let Me Play Dead
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Saturday, January 14, 2006
American Idol Sings Again
TUESDAY, JAN. 17: Paula, Randy and Simon are hoping to find the next Carrie Underwood in the fifth go-round of American Idol (Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 p.m., FOX). Abdul predicts that female fans will be swooning over a couple of the "gorgeous" male contestants. "The one girls are gonna fall in love with is Ace. And a guy named Patrick too. They both can sing too," Abdul said.
WEEK AHEAD: American Idol Sings Again American Idol : People.com
Attacktix Tactics
This site visited my WoW blog.
My youngest enjoys these toys, thought I'd save this link for him.
Attacktix Tactics | Guide to Star Wars Attacktix Battle Figure Game
My youngest enjoys these toys, thought I'd save this link for him.
Attacktix Tactics | Guide to Star Wars Attacktix Battle Figure Game
Friday, January 13, 2006
Tripod performs at a Comedy Festival
Pay attention to the lyrics, any gamer can appreciate this one. :-)
Tripod perform at a Comedy Festival - Google Video
Tripod perform at a Comedy Festival - Google Video
NBA All-Star Balloting 2006
Be sure to vote for Tracy McGrady (F), David Wesley (G) and Yao Ming (C). I don't care who else you vote for. :-)
In the West, the other forward could be Tim Duncan or Reggie Lewis or Dirk Nowitzki or Kevin Garnett. The other guard could be Ray Allen or Steve Nash.
I have no real preferences in the East.
NBA All-Star Balloting 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
SCI FI To Air New Doctor Who
SCI FI Channel announced Jan. 12 that it will air the first season of the BBC's hit SF series Doctor Who, starting in March. The 13 episodes, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, will air as part of SCI FI Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The series, from head writer and executive producer Russell T. Davies, ran originally in the United Kingdom last year and was one of the network's biggest hits ever. An update of the classic Doctor Who show, the series continues in the U.K. with an upcoming second season that will star David Tennant as the Doctor.
"The Doctor's made all sorts of journeys in time and space, but this is one of his most exciting yet!" Davies said in a statement. "I'm a huge fan of the SCI FI Channel, and I'm delighted that Doctor Who is appearing on a channel that supports and enhances the entire genre."
"With its rich history of imaginative storytelling, Doctor Who is a true sci-fi classic," Thomas P. Vitale, SCI FI's senior vice president, programming and original movies, said in a separate statement. "We're excited to add the show to our lineup."
Meanwhile, BBC Video announced that it has moved the proposed U.S. release date of the Doctor Who first-season DVD set to July 4 from its originally planned February launch.
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Shut up and smoke!
Although politically overactive actor Sean Penn has not stepped into battle, the country’s involvement in Iraq is going to slowly kill him.
The Oscar winner told the audience at an anti-war forum hosted by the Progressive Democrats of America in Sacramento, Calif. the other night that the stress of living under the Bush administration is making it impossible for him to quit smoking, the PDA’s Web site reported. Penn, 45, famously kicked the habit on his 40th birthday after watching his father, Leo Penn, die of lung cancer.
(Marc - Typical liberal, can't take responsibility for his own actions)
“It was time not to be a slave to this (smoking) nonsense, you know?” Penn told Guardian Unlimited Film in 2001.
Once he had broken free from the constraints of chain-smoking, the “I Am Sam” actor threw himself into political and humanitarian work, beginning in 2002 when he placed a $56,000 advertisement in the Washington Post asking President George W. Bush to end the cycle of violence in Iraq.
But it must have been his selfless efforts of 2005 that forced him to seek the solace of nicotine once again.
In June of last year, “The Interpreter” star traveled to Iran as a journalist on an assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle covering the elections. Then, only four months later, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he showed up in New Orleans — with a camera crew — to rescue stranded victims. He wasn’t too successful since he had to bail out his sinking skiff. A real smokin’ effort on his part .
(Marc - LOL)
BostonHerald.com - More Inside Track: Shut and smoke!
The Oscar winner told the audience at an anti-war forum hosted by the Progressive Democrats of America in Sacramento, Calif. the other night that the stress of living under the Bush administration is making it impossible for him to quit smoking, the PDA’s Web site reported. Penn, 45, famously kicked the habit on his 40th birthday after watching his father, Leo Penn, die of lung cancer.
(Marc - Typical liberal, can't take responsibility for his own actions)
“It was time not to be a slave to this (smoking) nonsense, you know?” Penn told Guardian Unlimited Film in 2001.
Once he had broken free from the constraints of chain-smoking, the “I Am Sam” actor threw himself into political and humanitarian work, beginning in 2002 when he placed a $56,000 advertisement in the Washington Post asking President George W. Bush to end the cycle of violence in Iraq.
But it must have been his selfless efforts of 2005 that forced him to seek the solace of nicotine once again.
In June of last year, “The Interpreter” star traveled to Iran as a journalist on an assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle covering the elections. Then, only four months later, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he showed up in New Orleans — with a camera crew — to rescue stranded victims. He wasn’t too successful since he had to bail out his sinking skiff. A real smokin’ effort on his part .
(Marc - LOL)
BostonHerald.com - More Inside Track: Shut and smoke!
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Blogger Headz
Welcome to BloggerHeadz.com, your source for free and custom BlogHeaders. We mostly do blogger headers, but can do custom headers or templates for all types of blogs.
Blogger Headz: Welcome to BloggerHeadz.com
Blogger Headz: Welcome to BloggerHeadz.com
Creative Collage
While doing this search "creating headers for blogspot blogs" on Google, I came across this blog.
Creative Collage
Creative Collage
Beam weapons almost ready for battle
Directed energy could revolutionize warfare, expert says
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - There is a new breed of weaponry fast approaching — and at the speed of light, no less. They are labeled "directed-energy weapons," and they may well signal a revolution in military hardware — perhaps more so than the atomic bomb.
Directed-energy weapons take the form of lasers, high-powered microwaves and particle beams. Their adoption for ground, air, sea, and space warfare depends not only on using the electromagnetic spectrum, but also upon favorable political and budgetary wavelengths too.
Read more at the link below
Beam weapons almost ready for battle - Space.com - MSNBC.com
Stewart: Too Old For More Trek?
Patrick Stewart told the WENN Web site that Paramount may want him to reprise his Star Trek role of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, but that he may be too old should a new Next Generation movie get off the ground.
"Weighty people in Hollywood have come up with a very interesting proposition," Stewart, 65, told the site. "But they told me it was still two, three or four years down the road, by which time I would only be able to sit in the captain's chair and not have the energy to get out of it!"
Officially, Paramount has said nothing about any future Trek films or TV projects, though several script ideas are rumored to be making the rounds.
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Tuning tech catches on with guitarists
No matter how accomplished they are, musicians who play fretted instruments spend a lot of time playing out of tune.
Tuning tech catches on with guitarists CNET News.com
Tuning tech catches on with guitarists CNET News.com
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Heart LOVE SONGS
Released today, go buy it!
Track list -
1. Sweet Darlin WM 28 WM 100 Real
2. Alone
3. Magic Man
4. One Word WM 28 WM 100 Real
5. Love Song
6. Lighter Touch WM 28 WM 100 Real
7. These Dreams
8. No Other Love
9. How Can I Refuse WM 28 WM 100 Real
10. Unchained Melody
11. Love Alive WM 28 WM 100 Real
12. What About Love
SonyMusicStore: Heart LOVE SONGS
2005 Journal of Catchy Colors
Some great photography on this blog, check it out!
2005 Journal of Catchy Colors
2005 Journal of Catchy Colors
Naked and the Dread
Worth reading. :-)
A paragraph from this - "An hour into my first class as a nude art model, the instructor told me to get into a pose I could hold for 20 minutes. I was on a platform in the middle of the room; about 10 students, two of them male, stood around me in a semicircle. I got down on my knees, put my forearms on the floor, and rested my head on my clasped hands. One of the men called out "Great pose!" with such enthusiasm that for the first time in that session I felt really, really naked."
Naked and the Dread - I pose nude for students. Will the art world ever be the same? By Emily Yoffe
A paragraph from this - "An hour into my first class as a nude art model, the instructor told me to get into a pose I could hold for 20 minutes. I was on a platform in the middle of the room; about 10 students, two of them male, stood around me in a semicircle. I got down on my knees, put my forearms on the floor, and rested my head on my clasped hands. One of the men called out "Great pose!" with such enthusiasm that for the first time in that session I felt really, really naked."
Naked and the Dread - I pose nude for students. Will the art world ever be the same? By Emily Yoffe
Serenity And Beyond
Marc - I'm getting confused.
Browncoats around the world cried out in despair when, due to an underwhelming performance at the box office, Joss Whedon announced that the saga of Serenity had ended. No sequels, no follow-ups, no hope. But Whedon isn't a man to let his brain-child die; the man's already resuscitated the franchise once and there's still hope for a third coming.
"A sequel's unlikely," Whedon told Empire with a note of clear regret, "but it's amazing what permutations of something can happen." But if not a theatrical encore, that leaves... yes, you guessed it, a possible return to the smaller screen. "As long as I was able to service the characters with integrity and had enough money so that I wasn't hampered, then I would love to return Serenity to TV. I love that universe; it continues and those characters live on. There could be a series, there could be a miniseries, there could be all sorts of things. I'm not ruling anything out. I'll let it simmer for a while and see if anyone calls."
As for why the film failed to rake in the cash despite uniformly glowing reviews, according to Whedon it's all in the presentation. "It's a question of marketing ultimately. The fact that I like to dance around genres with gay abandon has worked to my disadvantage. Nobody knows exactly how to market anything I do because it usually has so much in it. It has a diffuseness because of it's origin that keeps it from being the easy sell. Some people also said that you can't call an action movie 'Serenity' but I think that's still okay. What was I going to call it? 'Big Smash Bang With Boobies'? Which was, of course my second choice."
DVD sales should, however, put Serenity back in the black and when the bucks start rolling in we can only hope that one of the suits at Universal looks at the numbers, adds the success of the Firefly DVD box set and greenlights a return for Captain Reynolds and his crew. Until that time we advise Whedon to keep his phone switched on.
Empire: Movie News
Serenity Might Fly Again?
Loni Peristere, visual-effects supervisor for the SF movie Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that there's hope for future flights of the cast and crew of the movie, which just came out on DVD. Director Joss Whedon—who also created the canceled Fox TV show Firefly, on which the movie is based—expected that the movie might draw the low numbers it did in its theatrical release, Peristere said in an interview. But he added that the movie's sales on DVD, which came out on Dec. 20, are running neck-and-neck with the hit comedy Wedding Crashers, which bodes well for a possible Serenity sequel.
"We kind of expected this from our audience," Peristere said. "We did so well on [Amazon.com] with the Firefly box set and the performance of that helped us get the movie made. We wish the audience would get up and go to the theater, but it shows that they like to keep coming back and revisiting the world Joss created." Serenity made $25 million at the domestic box office after it was released Sept. 30.
Whedon and his crew are waiting to see how well the DVD numbers go before proceeding with a Serenity sequel, Peristere said. "We really hope to return to this work," he said. "We love the characters. It's fun storytelling, and we all love using our talents. ... It all depends on Joss. He's not giving up on the characters. He had incredible writers who had a million stories to tell, and we're all just hanging out and seeing what the world has to give us, and given the opportunity we'll make more."
In the meantime, fans of both show and movie can enjoy the DVD's various extras, which include an Easter egg: a featurette about the making of the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial that appears in the film. "In the main menu, if you play around with the buttons you'll find a featurette of the Fruity Oaty Bar," Peristere revealed.
(From the main menu highlight "play," then press left, which will highlight a marker on the right side of the menu; press enter to see the featurette.)
"It's all a lot of fun," he said.
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
"We kind of expected this from our audience," Peristere said. "We did so well on [Amazon.com] with the Firefly box set and the performance of that helped us get the movie made. We wish the audience would get up and go to the theater, but it shows that they like to keep coming back and revisiting the world Joss created." Serenity made $25 million at the domestic box office after it was released Sept. 30.
Whedon and his crew are waiting to see how well the DVD numbers go before proceeding with a Serenity sequel, Peristere said. "We really hope to return to this work," he said. "We love the characters. It's fun storytelling, and we all love using our talents. ... It all depends on Joss. He's not giving up on the characters. He had incredible writers who had a million stories to tell, and we're all just hanging out and seeing what the world has to give us, and given the opportunity we'll make more."
In the meantime, fans of both show and movie can enjoy the DVD's various extras, which include an Easter egg: a featurette about the making of the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial that appears in the film. "In the main menu, if you play around with the buttons you'll find a featurette of the Fruity Oaty Bar," Peristere revealed.
(From the main menu highlight "play," then press left, which will highlight a marker on the right side of the menu; press enter to see the featurette.)
"It's all a lot of fun," he said.
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Blue eyes, baby's got blue eyes
Dear Yahoo!:
Why are all babies born with blue eyes?
Ally
San Mateo, California
Dear Ally:
We're not all knowing. To be honest, we're folks of average intelligence who happen to have an Internet connection and lots of time on our hands. So, being neither rocket scientists nor brain surgeons, we were tempted to dismiss this question as the "nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind." Good thing we didn't, because the question has merit and the answer is quite interesting.
As it turns out, most babies are born with blue eyes (perhaps this explains the phrase "baby blues"). Dr. Anne Marie Helmenstine of About.com explains that the transformation has to do with the protein melanin. Melanin is a brownish pigment that adds color to your hair, eyes, and skin. At the time babies are born, melanin hasn't yet been "deposited" in the eyes' iris. Hence, they appear blue.
After about six months, eyes change color depending on the amount of melanin. If you have a lot of it, your eyes will turn brown or black. If you have little, they'll stay blue. And if you have no melanin, your eyes may appear pink. Interestingly, as the site notes, human beings aren't the only creatures with freaky color-morphing eyeballs. Kittens experience the same phenomenon.
Why are all babies born with blue eyes?
Why are all babies born with blue eyes?
Ally
San Mateo, California
Dear Ally:
We're not all knowing. To be honest, we're folks of average intelligence who happen to have an Internet connection and lots of time on our hands. So, being neither rocket scientists nor brain surgeons, we were tempted to dismiss this question as the "nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind." Good thing we didn't, because the question has merit and the answer is quite interesting.
As it turns out, most babies are born with blue eyes (perhaps this explains the phrase "baby blues"). Dr. Anne Marie Helmenstine of About.com explains that the transformation has to do with the protein melanin. Melanin is a brownish pigment that adds color to your hair, eyes, and skin. At the time babies are born, melanin hasn't yet been "deposited" in the eyes' iris. Hence, they appear blue.
After about six months, eyes change color depending on the amount of melanin. If you have a lot of it, your eyes will turn brown or black. If you have little, they'll stay blue. And if you have no melanin, your eyes may appear pink. Interestingly, as the site notes, human beings aren't the only creatures with freaky color-morphing eyeballs. Kittens experience the same phenomenon.
Why are all babies born with blue eyes?
Monday, January 09, 2006
Skydivers set a record
A team of skydivers set a canopy formation world record as dusk descended on rural Florida. The team, with a record 81 people, included three Kennedy Space Center Engineers: Dave Hillebrandt of United Space Alliance, Kevin Keenan of Lockheed Martin and NASA's James Bolton. The skydives took place Nov. 25 and 26, 2005, over Lake Wales, Fla.
Photos: Skydivers set a record CNET News.com
Do you know?
Question: The Osborn 1a computer had three standard Input/Output ports on the front. By running setup, you could configure the CP/M DOS to support what three types of printer I/O?
U2: Vertigo//2005: Live from Chicago - DVD
Get dizzy with legendary rock outfit U2 in this release that brings the band's 2005 "Vertigo" tour to the small screen with all the hit songs and a few special surprises. Filmed live by director Hamish Hamilton during a two-night stand at Chicago's United Center, this performance offers twenty-three tunes including such classics as "New Year's Day" and "Sunday, Bloody, Sunday" mixed with such recent hits as "Vertigo", "Mysterious Ways", and "The Fly". In addition to the standard version of the concert, fans also have the option of viewing an alternate "surveillance cuts" version shot by four infra-red black and white surveillance cameras by longtime U2 show director Willie Williams as well as a behind-the-scenes documentary of the tour from filmmaker Erica Forstadt. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
$11.99 this week at Best Buy
Have you seen this? Can you recommend it? Please leave a comment.
U2: Vertigo//2005: Live from Chicago - DVD
Sunday, January 08, 2006
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Hello. My name is Jason. I'm the CEO of the blogging network Weblogs, Inc. On this blog I write about the startup experience, my life, my bulldog, and my Knicks.
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
WebKEW
Helping you understand how to make money on the Web
Marcshall Brain - I am best known as the founder of HowStuffWorks. I am fascinated by robots and the future. See also How to make a million dollars and Making money with web sites.
WebKEW
Marcshall Brain - I am best known as the founder of HowStuffWorks. I am fascinated by robots and the future. See also How to make a million dollars and Making money with web sites.
WebKEW
Pilcrow Text & Design
Whether it's a one-page black-and-white newspaper ad, a 16-page full-color newsletter, a business website, or a beautiful coffee-table book, Pilcrow Text & Design has the experience and ability to assist you with every detail of your desktop publishing project.
Pilcrow Text & Design
Pilcrow Text & Design
VideoAddon.com - Add Video to any Webpage, Blog, or ebay listing easily
Add Video to any Web page, Blog or Ebay Auction in 3 Easy Steps!
VideoAddon.com - Add Video to any Webpage, Blog, or ebay listing easily
VideoAddon.com - Add Video to any Webpage, Blog, or ebay listing easily
Castpost: Broadcast Your Video & Audio Clips
The easiest way to broadcast your personal video and audio clips.
Castpost: Broadcast Your Video & Audio Clips
Castpost: Broadcast Your Video & Audio Clips
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Jedi Trainer 2.0
Lost Vectors has an online time killer game called Jedi Trainer 2.0. In the game you use your light saber to kill droids by deflecting lasers in to them. You lose hit points when a non-deflected laser hits you and the game ends when you run out of hit points. You start with ten hit points. The graphics are not the best but the playability is good. Besides everyone needs a little light saber training now and then.
from GamersGame.com
from GamersGame.com
Friday, January 06, 2006
World's Greatest Hobby on Tour
Model railroading show this Saturday and Sunday in Houston.
World's Greatest Hobby on Tour
World's Greatest Hobby on Tour
A comment on The Office
Bored Housewife writes on her blog - (stolen without permission)
"I don't like to spend much time talking about TV shows on here,
because that doesn't seem terribly relevant to me,
but.
When I watch The Office, I am so moved by Jim and Pam's painful interactions,
that I must express myself.
It is SO real.
It's something I relate to, I guess.
Unrequited love will always be my favorite subject.
It is so intense, so stark, so...
And to watch it unfolding is priceless.
Whoever writes that storyline is my sappy hero.
Cuz it's not even sappy..."
I agree 100% BH. They act it out very well.
"I don't like to spend much time talking about TV shows on here,
because that doesn't seem terribly relevant to me,
but.
When I watch The Office, I am so moved by Jim and Pam's painful interactions,
that I must express myself.
It is SO real.
It's something I relate to, I guess.
Unrequited love will always be my favorite subject.
It is so intense, so stark, so...
And to watch it unfolding is priceless.
Whoever writes that storyline is my sappy hero.
Cuz it's not even sappy..."
I agree 100% BH. They act it out very well.
Mardi Gras 2006!
New Orleans kicks off post-Katrina Carnival season
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The first Carnival season since Hurricane Katrina officially began in New Orleans on Friday, despite objections from people who say it is too soon to throw a Mardi Gras party in the battered city.
Mayor Ray Nagin said the decision to proceed with Mardi Gras, although with an abbreviated parade schedule, would send a message that the city was unified in its determination to rebuild.
"New Orleans will always be around and this is one further step in demonstrating that we are all coming together," he said.
In a downtown ceremony, Nagin said the kickoff of the Carnival season marked "an incredible day" that "speaks to this city's fortitude, its dedication, its wildness."
Carnival season, which includes elaborate formal balls and dozens of parades, officially begins 12 days after Christmas. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the celebration in New Orleans, and most of the city's Carnival krewes, as the parading organizations are known, have pledged to hold parades in 2006.
The city's decision to proceed with Carnival, which culminates on Fat Tuesday, February 28, has sparked protests among many displaced residents, who say it is inappropriate to celebrate Mardi Gras while a majority of the city's pre-Katrina population is still unable to return.
Nagin acknowledged their objections but made no apologies.
"We didn't get to this day without some controversy," he said. "And we have people that are still out there questioning whether we should have Mardi Gras this season. Well, guess what. Today we officially announce the beginning of the Mardi Gras season."
MARDI GRAS MONEY
Economics played a part in the decision to celebrate Mardi Gras. Hurricane Katrina brought the lucrative New Orleans tourism and convention industry, which funds roughly one-third of the city's budget, to a halt. In normal years, Mardi Gras draws hundreds of thousands of visitors during the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday and pumps an estimated $1 billion into the local economy.
Marc - I wish I could go this year! I hope it is a success!
Read more here -
US News Article Reuters.com
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The first Carnival season since Hurricane Katrina officially began in New Orleans on Friday, despite objections from people who say it is too soon to throw a Mardi Gras party in the battered city.
Mayor Ray Nagin said the decision to proceed with Mardi Gras, although with an abbreviated parade schedule, would send a message that the city was unified in its determination to rebuild.
"New Orleans will always be around and this is one further step in demonstrating that we are all coming together," he said.
In a downtown ceremony, Nagin said the kickoff of the Carnival season marked "an incredible day" that "speaks to this city's fortitude, its dedication, its wildness."
Carnival season, which includes elaborate formal balls and dozens of parades, officially begins 12 days after Christmas. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the celebration in New Orleans, and most of the city's Carnival krewes, as the parading organizations are known, have pledged to hold parades in 2006.
The city's decision to proceed with Carnival, which culminates on Fat Tuesday, February 28, has sparked protests among many displaced residents, who say it is inappropriate to celebrate Mardi Gras while a majority of the city's pre-Katrina population is still unable to return.
Nagin acknowledged their objections but made no apologies.
"We didn't get to this day without some controversy," he said. "And we have people that are still out there questioning whether we should have Mardi Gras this season. Well, guess what. Today we officially announce the beginning of the Mardi Gras season."
MARDI GRAS MONEY
Economics played a part in the decision to celebrate Mardi Gras. Hurricane Katrina brought the lucrative New Orleans tourism and convention industry, which funds roughly one-third of the city's budget, to a halt. In normal years, Mardi Gras draws hundreds of thousands of visitors during the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday and pumps an estimated $1 billion into the local economy.
Marc - I wish I could go this year! I hope it is a success!
Read more here -
US News Article Reuters.com
OnStar: People call when they're lonely
LAS VEGAS--Customers who subscribe to GM's OnStar service mostly call when they need help unlocking a car or after an accident--but some call when they are lonely, said Chet Huber, president of the company.
"They call and ask them (the OnStar phone consultants) to contact their wife," he said. The social calls, however, have been dropping since the company integrated Verizon's cellular service with hands-free driving. During Hurricane Katrina, OnStar gave customers in Louisiana free cellular service. In some places, it was the only phone.
The company will come out with a new upgrade of its hardware in a month.
On a side note, the OnStar crowd stayed, by chance, in the same hotel favored by attendees from the Adult Entertainment Expo taking place here at the same time. "There are some different people here," Huber said.
OnStar: People call when they're lonely News.blog CNET News.com
"They call and ask them (the OnStar phone consultants) to contact their wife," he said. The social calls, however, have been dropping since the company integrated Verizon's cellular service with hands-free driving. During Hurricane Katrina, OnStar gave customers in Louisiana free cellular service. In some places, it was the only phone.
The company will come out with a new upgrade of its hardware in a month.
On a side note, the OnStar crowd stayed, by chance, in the same hotel favored by attendees from the Adult Entertainment Expo taking place here at the same time. "There are some different people here," Huber said.
OnStar: People call when they're lonely News.blog CNET News.com
The Lego-bots are coming
Lego unveiled the newest version of its Mindstorms product at the Consumer Electronics Show this week: a programmable robotics kit that allows consumers to build fully functional robots out of the classic plastic toy.
The company introduced the first version of Mindstorms in 1998 and has since garnered a passionate fan base. News of the update began to spread among aficionados earlier this week, after Wired ran an article talking about the design process behind the new robots.
According to the article, Lego worked with fans to create the new version, paying beta testers in Lego kits and getting their input on design an programming.
"Relying on the (Mindstorms User Panel) is a gamble that Lego hopes will lead not only to a better product but also to a tighter, more trusting bond between corporation and customer," the magazine wrote.
The Lego-bots are coming News.blog CNET News.com
The company introduced the first version of Mindstorms in 1998 and has since garnered a passionate fan base. News of the update began to spread among aficionados earlier this week, after Wired ran an article talking about the design process behind the new robots.
According to the article, Lego worked with fans to create the new version, paying beta testers in Lego kits and getting their input on design an programming.
"Relying on the (Mindstorms User Panel) is a gamble that Lego hopes will lead not only to a better product but also to a tighter, more trusting bond between corporation and customer," the magazine wrote.
The Lego-bots are coming News.blog CNET News.com
This is just wrong
In an age where ecommerce sites are searching for ways to make shopping a breeze for consumers to their sites, retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores on Thursday encountered a major blunder.
Walmart.com shoppers contemplating a "Planet of the Apes" DVD purchase were also automatically offered up recommendations to other movies of similar interest via its cross-selling system technology.
The problem, however, was the combinations were offensive.
The "Planet of the Apes" DVD generated referrals to movies about famous African Americans, such as Martin Luther King Jr., according to a report by Associated Press.
Wal-Mart has since shut down its entire movie cross-selling system, until the problem is resolved and noted it is "heartsick" over the "offensive combinations," according to a statement posted on its site.
Wal-Mart's technical difficulties also included such random referrals as suggesting DVD buyers of Home Alone and Power Puff Girls movies to African American-themed DVDs.
A copy of the DVD site and the offensive referrals were noted by blog site San Diego Johnny, which spotted the error on Walmart.com's site.
Dots don't connect for Walmart.com News.blog CNET News.com
Walmart.com shoppers contemplating a "Planet of the Apes" DVD purchase were also automatically offered up recommendations to other movies of similar interest via its cross-selling system technology.
The problem, however, was the combinations were offensive.
The "Planet of the Apes" DVD generated referrals to movies about famous African Americans, such as Martin Luther King Jr., according to a report by Associated Press.
Wal-Mart has since shut down its entire movie cross-selling system, until the problem is resolved and noted it is "heartsick" over the "offensive combinations," according to a statement posted on its site.
Wal-Mart's technical difficulties also included such random referrals as suggesting DVD buyers of Home Alone and Power Puff Girls movies to African American-themed DVDs.
A copy of the DVD site and the offensive referrals were noted by blog site San Diego Johnny, which spotted the error on Walmart.com's site.
Dots don't connect for Walmart.com News.blog CNET News.com
25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2005
Been quite awhile since I checked out any webcams. These 25 really look interesting.
EarthCam - 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2005
EarthCam - 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2005
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Check out this new blogger's blog!
He's my best friend but don't let that stop you from going, he's written some good posts.
Aanadin's Blog
Aanadin's Blog
Underworld: Evolution online game
Sony has launched an online game to promote its upcoming sequel film Underworld: Evolution, which opens Jan. 20.
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Baby, you can park my car...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Take a few leggy California blondes, throw in a passion for luxury cars, plenty of parties, and a distaste for parking your own car.
What have you got? A multimillion-dollar, female valet parking business, where struggling models and actresses dressed in bikinis, miniskirts or lingerie and Santa hats park the cars of the rich and famous in the Los Angeles area.
Beverly Hills, California-based Girls Valet Parking opened for business less than six months ago. This week, it took over its rival, Valet Girls, and announced plans to expand to San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego and Phoenix.
"Given the option of hiring acne-riddled teenage boys in red vests, or beautiful and sexy models and actresses trained in safety and hospitality, we're betting our success that restaurants, boutique hotels, clubs and private parties will prefer the latter," company founder Brad Saltzman said on Wednesday.
Saltzman said the privately held company expected 2006 sales in excess of $3 million, rising to $14 million by 2010.
Clients, most of them movie stars and producers, can request a variety of uniforms, including lingerie, bikinis, capri pants, camisoles and miniskirts.
"If it is legal, we will do it, but we draw the line at nudity or topless," Saltzman said.
About half the business is based on requests for women valets dressed in the traditional dark pants and shirt.
Employees are hired through the kind of casting calls traditionally seen in the movie business and there are plenty of applicants. About 260 women showed up recently and six were hired.
Oddly Enough News Article Reuters.com
What have you got? A multimillion-dollar, female valet parking business, where struggling models and actresses dressed in bikinis, miniskirts or lingerie and Santa hats park the cars of the rich and famous in the Los Angeles area.
Beverly Hills, California-based Girls Valet Parking opened for business less than six months ago. This week, it took over its rival, Valet Girls, and announced plans to expand to San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego and Phoenix.
"Given the option of hiring acne-riddled teenage boys in red vests, or beautiful and sexy models and actresses trained in safety and hospitality, we're betting our success that restaurants, boutique hotels, clubs and private parties will prefer the latter," company founder Brad Saltzman said on Wednesday.
Saltzman said the privately held company expected 2006 sales in excess of $3 million, rising to $14 million by 2010.
Clients, most of them movie stars and producers, can request a variety of uniforms, including lingerie, bikinis, capri pants, camisoles and miniskirts.
"If it is legal, we will do it, but we draw the line at nudity or topless," Saltzman said.
About half the business is based on requests for women valets dressed in the traditional dark pants and shirt.
Employees are hired through the kind of casting calls traditionally seen in the movie business and there are plenty of applicants. About 260 women showed up recently and six were hired.
Oddly Enough News Article Reuters.com
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Midtown Madness
Have you ever played this game? Is it a good game to play with your kids? Please leave a comment!
Update: Gamespot back in May of 1999 gave it a 7.7, 227 of you gave it a 8.0 and 44 different reviews gave it a 8.2. Not bad.
Update 2: I downloaded the trial version. It was fun but I could not get the graphics in the background to behave. Until I can figure out how to fix that, I won't play it.
Microsoft Midtown Madness
Update: Gamespot back in May of 1999 gave it a 7.7, 227 of you gave it a 8.0 and 44 different reviews gave it a 8.2. Not bad.
Update 2: I downloaded the trial version. It was fun but I could not get the graphics in the background to behave. Until I can figure out how to fix that, I won't play it.
Microsoft Midtown Madness
Visited my blog.
The Looking Glass
The Looking Glass is a text game (MUD) based on the stories of Lewis Carroll: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, "Through the Looking Glass", "Alice's Adventures Under Ground", and the Disney script. Since Wonderland is a fantastic world of fantasy and imagination, explorers visiting The Looking Glass text game may find themselves in places extending beyond the creative writing of Lewis Carroll, and stumbling into other authors’ fairy tale musings.
Welcome to TTT Games
The Looking Glass
The Looking Glass is a text game (MUD) based on the stories of Lewis Carroll: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, "Through the Looking Glass", "Alice's Adventures Under Ground", and the Disney script. Since Wonderland is a fantastic world of fantasy and imagination, explorers visiting The Looking Glass text game may find themselves in places extending beyond the creative writing of Lewis Carroll, and stumbling into other authors’ fairy tale musings.
Welcome to TTT Games
House of Cosbys
Go check out these animated shorts. I enjoyed them.
Episodes 1-4 are PG-13.
Aanadin's Blog: House of Cosbys
Episodes 1-4 are PG-13.
Aanadin's Blog: House of Cosbys
Astroworld Auction
I'd love to have a piece of Astroworld.
"Thank you for your interest in Six Flags AstroWorld?s public auction taking place January 6, 7 and 8, 2006.
The auction will include machinery, tools, equipment, rides, memorabilia and other items from the park.
Inventory is changing daily and the photos on this web site represent a sampling of the available items.
A catalog of auction items will be available on this site once inventory is complete.
Please check back for updates."
PUBLIC AUCTION
"Thank you for your interest in Six Flags AstroWorld?s public auction taking place January 6, 7 and 8, 2006.
The auction will include machinery, tools, equipment, rides, memorabilia and other items from the park.
Inventory is changing daily and the photos on this web site represent a sampling of the available items.
A catalog of auction items will be available on this site once inventory is complete.
Please check back for updates."
PUBLIC AUCTION
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
I have a what?
That two-headed snake reminds me of myself.
I remember being at the dentist as a teenager. The girl was cleaning my teeth or something and said to me, "You have a bifurcated uvula.".
Uhhhh what?! I look down at my pants real quick to make sure they are zipped up! I'm 13 or so, I've never heard of a uvula, sounds like a genital part to me.
Me, "What's a uvula?"
Her, "You know that little thing that hangs down in the back of your throat? Yours splits into two of them."
Me, "Doesn't everyone's?"
Her, "Nope. Most just have one." She proceeds to open her mouth and shows me hers. Hers was little and cute and just had one part.
I've never known anyone else to this day to have one. Although it rarely comes up in conversation. There are many instances of it on the internet. For years, I wondered just how rare mine was.
So, mine is twice as long as most everyone else's and splits into two uvulas. I have a very long tongue too and I can easily play with my uvula. Guess I won't go blind playing with that? :-)
I remember being at the dentist as a teenager. The girl was cleaning my teeth or something and said to me, "You have a bifurcated uvula.".
Uhhhh what?! I look down at my pants real quick to make sure they are zipped up! I'm 13 or so, I've never heard of a uvula, sounds like a genital part to me.
Me, "What's a uvula?"
Her, "You know that little thing that hangs down in the back of your throat? Yours splits into two of them."
Me, "Doesn't everyone's?"
Her, "Nope. Most just have one." She proceeds to open her mouth and shows me hers. Hers was little and cute and just had one part.
I've never known anyone else to this day to have one. Although it rarely comes up in conversation. There are many instances of it on the internet. For years, I wondered just how rare mine was.
So, mine is twice as long as most everyone else's and splits into two uvulas. I have a very long tongue too and I can easily play with my uvula. Guess I won't go blind playing with that? :-)
Two-Headed Snake for Sale for $150,000
ST. LOUIS Jan 3, 2006 — For sale: One albino snake. Has two heads. Asking $150,000 or best offer. The World Aquarium in St. Louis has been home to We, a one-of-a-kind two-headed albino rat snake, since 1999. President Leonard Sonnenschein has decided to sell the reptile, and bidding on reptileauction.com will start at $150,000.
"It's an amazing snake," Sonnenschein said Monday. "When people see it they are awe-struck."
The auction was expected to close within 10 days.
The 6 1/2-year-old snake came to the aquarium's attention when its previous owner distributed a circular offering it for sale days after its birth. The aquarium paid $15,000 knowing most two-headed snakes don't live more than a few months.
But We has survived and thrived. An inch thick and 4 feet long, she is a healthy size for a rat snake. Her body is white, but the heads have a reddish appearance.
We has survived because, unlike some two-headed animals, both mouths are connected to the same stomach, Sonnenschein said.
ABC News: Two-Headed Snake for Sale for $150,000
Did you know?
There is a tropical storm out there?
Tropical Storm Zeta formed on Friday and is currently located about 1450 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands with top sustained winds of 65 mph. Zeta is the 27th named storm and ties Alice (1954) for the latest forming Atlantic Basin tropical storm on record. Zeta is moving slowly to the west. The storm should weaken slowly over the next day or two. The storm is no threat to land and is mainly a marine interest.
weather.com - Hurricane Central
Tropical Storm Zeta formed on Friday and is currently located about 1450 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands with top sustained winds of 65 mph. Zeta is the 27th named storm and ties Alice (1954) for the latest forming Atlantic Basin tropical storm on record. Zeta is moving slowly to the west. The storm should weaken slowly over the next day or two. The storm is no threat to land and is mainly a marine interest.
weather.com - Hurricane Central
Tiny worms survive shuttle crash
Miniscule research worms kept in special aluminum canisters aboard the doomed space shuttle Columbia survived after plunging from the spacecraft and hitting the ground with an impact 2,295 times the force of Earth's gravity, according to a research paper in December's issue of the journal Astrobiology (click here for PDF).
Shuttle researchers were studying the growth and reproductive behavior of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, a small (about 1mm long) soil roundworm commonly used in biological studies. Specifically, the scientists were examining a liquid growth medium called CeMM and its potential for use in enabling automated experiments on Caenorhabditis elegans during future space flights.
At the Texas crash site of the craft--which broke apart on Feb. 1, 2003--live worms were found in four or five of the recovered canisters, according to the research paper, a discovery that demonstrates how small life can survive a relatively unprotected re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
"This is a very exciting result," said Catharine Conley, a biologist at the NASA Ames Research Center and principal investigator on the experiment. "It's the first demonstration that animals can survive a re-entry event similar to what would be experienced inside a meteorite. It shows directly that even complex small creatures originating on one planet could survive landing on another without the protection of a spacecraft."
Marc - I get the point that Catharine is making but something about this story just feels wrong.
Tiny worms survive shuttle crash News.blog CNET News.com
Shuttle researchers were studying the growth and reproductive behavior of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, a small (about 1mm long) soil roundworm commonly used in biological studies. Specifically, the scientists were examining a liquid growth medium called CeMM and its potential for use in enabling automated experiments on Caenorhabditis elegans during future space flights.
At the Texas crash site of the craft--which broke apart on Feb. 1, 2003--live worms were found in four or five of the recovered canisters, according to the research paper, a discovery that demonstrates how small life can survive a relatively unprotected re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
"This is a very exciting result," said Catharine Conley, a biologist at the NASA Ames Research Center and principal investigator on the experiment. "It's the first demonstration that animals can survive a re-entry event similar to what would be experienced inside a meteorite. It shows directly that even complex small creatures originating on one planet could survive landing on another without the protection of a spacecraft."
Marc - I get the point that Catharine is making but something about this story just feels wrong.
Tiny worms survive shuttle crash News.blog CNET News.com
Making Your Own Banner for Your Blog
I'm going to try to explain this. It is the blind leading the blind. If anyone more computer savvy than me sees errors, please let me know. And don't laugh at me behind my back.
1. Open your desired picture in a photo-editing program like Photoshop orPaint Shop.
2. Resize it to 740 x 150 pixels at 72 dpi. Edit it in any other way you like, with text, etc. Not much text, though. Mine has too much. It's hard to read, I think. Save the edited photo...now your banner...on your hard drive.
3. Create a post in your blog. You will use this to hold your image. Date it sometime far in the future so that it will remain on top and you can find it quickly.
4. Add your banner to the post like you would any other picture.
5. Save your post as a draft. Don'tpublish it.
6. Open up your template. Scan until you find something that looks like this...
<"div id="header">
<"h1 id="blog-title">YOUR BLOG TITLE HERE<"/h1>
<"p id="description">YOUR BLOG DESCRIPTION HERE<"/div>
Yours may not look exactly like this.
You may have more information in there. Also, to keep it from "reading" the code, I needed to add a " in front of each line. Yours definitely won't have that. But that is the general idea of it.
7. Cut from your code what I've highlighted above (your blog title and your blog description). Put them forthe time being in a safe place. Like a word file (don't send it to anyone) or in your notepad.
***Don't just cut them out and get rid of them. Trust me on this. You are going to f*ck this up at least once and I don't want you to come crying to me that you've lost your title. Ok***?
8. Replace the code you removed with this...
<"a href="http://alwaysarousedgirl.blogspot.com/">
<"img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7369/1653/1600/Daisies%20for%20border.jpg"alt="" align="middle" border="3" />
9. Obviously, that's my code. So you need to go back and change the first red part to your own blog's address. Also, I had to break my address onto two lines so that it would fit here properly.Your address will all be on one line.
10. Then, go to the post that holds your new banner. Open it. Right-click on the banner and open it in a new window. Copy the address.
11. Go back to the code. See the second part that is red, above? Replace what is there with the address of your picture. Again, it should all be on one line, unlike mine.
11.5 Remove the red quotation marks in front of each line of code.
12. Preview. Are you happy? Happy as a clam? Publish it. Rejoice. Send thoughts of happiness and love and joy to me.
13. Not happy? Hit the "clear edits" button and try try again.
14. If you are paranoid, remove your saved banner from your hard drive.
AlwaysArousedGirl: Con't...Making Your Own Banner for Your Blog
.
1. Open your desired picture in a photo-editing program like Photoshop orPaint Shop.
2. Resize it to 740 x 150 pixels at 72 dpi. Edit it in any other way you like, with text, etc. Not much text, though. Mine has too much. It's hard to read, I think. Save the edited photo...now your banner...on your hard drive.
3. Create a post in your blog. You will use this to hold your image. Date it sometime far in the future so that it will remain on top and you can find it quickly.
4. Add your banner to the post like you would any other picture.
5. Save your post as a draft. Don'tpublish it.
6. Open up your template. Scan until you find something that looks like this...
<"div id="header">
<"h1 id="blog-title">YOUR BLOG TITLE HERE<"/h1>
<"p id="description">YOUR BLOG DESCRIPTION HERE<"/div>
Yours may not look exactly like this.
You may have more information in there. Also, to keep it from "reading" the code, I needed to add a " in front of each line. Yours definitely won't have that. But that is the general idea of it.
7. Cut from your code what I've highlighted above (your blog title and your blog description). Put them forthe time being in a safe place. Like a word file (don't send it to anyone) or in your notepad.
***Don't just cut them out and get rid of them. Trust me on this. You are going to f*ck this up at least once and I don't want you to come crying to me that you've lost your title. Ok***?
8. Replace the code you removed with this...
<"a href="http://alwaysarousedgirl.blogspot.com/">
<"img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7369/1653/1600/Daisies%20for%20border.jpg"alt="" align="middle" border="3" />
9. Obviously, that's my code. So you need to go back and change the first red part to your own blog's address. Also, I had to break my address onto two lines so that it would fit here properly.Your address will all be on one line.
10. Then, go to the post that holds your new banner. Open it. Right-click on the banner and open it in a new window. Copy the address.
11. Go back to the code. See the second part that is red, above? Replace what is there with the address of your picture. Again, it should all be on one line, unlike mine.
11.5 Remove the red quotation marks in front of each line of code.
12. Preview. Are you happy? Happy as a clam? Publish it. Rejoice. Send thoughts of happiness and love and joy to me.
13. Not happy? Hit the "clear edits" button and try try again.
14. If you are paranoid, remove your saved banner from your hard drive.
AlwaysArousedGirl: Con't...Making Your Own Banner for Your Blog
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A Q&A with ... Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon is known for handling multiple projects at once, but 2005 was an especially busy year for the writer/director. Along with releasing Serenity, a film based on his cancelled Fox series, Firefly, the creator of cult hits Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel was tapped to write and direct a big-screen version of Wonder Woman, due in 2007. Amidst all the moviemaking, Whedon even had time to guest star on UPN's Veronica Mars, a series he has famously dubbed the "Best. Show. Ever."
No actress has been cast to play the lead in Whedon's next film, Wonder Woman.
Whedon and I recently chatted about Serenity -- particularly its disappointing intake in theaters -- Wonder Woman, Buffy and other hot topics. He lands at No. 13 on my list of the 100 people of the year.
Looking back at Serenity's performance at the box office, do you think there's anything more that the fans, or you, could've done to get the word out about the movie?
Honestly? Physically? No. I know there's nothing more I could've done, because I collapsed from exhaustion at the end of the publicity tour. And I know there's nothing more the fans could've done, because they were crazy all over themselves. Obviously, Universal could've spent more money on advertising, but I think that's the Catch-22: If you keep spending more, will you necessarily bring out more people?
Ultimately, what didn't happen is that we didn't really manage to get a sense of the movie out to people. But that's a hard thing to do; it's a weird movie. And, you know, it crosses a lot of genres, and it's not an easy sell. ... Who knows? Ultimately, you can't really point the finger -- I mean, I'm sure there's plenty of people who are pointing plenty of fingers in every direction -- but it's just a crapshoot.
But the movie is coming out on DVD very quickly, and right before Christmas. Did you have something to do with that?
No. They had always anticipated a fairly fast release. I think that's kind of the pattern that doesn't necessarily represent failure: The 40 Year Old Virgin came out after us, the DVD came out before. In that sense, they were riding the crest of its success. In our case, they had always been (set) on this date before the film came out. Had it done spectacularly well and was still thriving in theaters, they probably would've pushed it back. It's gonna eat into the box office a little bit because that's what DVD is doing, no matter what. I see most of my movies that way, though, occasionally, I drag my very sad, unshapely butt out to an actual film.
What's the best-case scenario for the future of the Firefly/Serenity franchise?
The best-case scenario is that the DVD is such a spectacular, monster hit that we get to make another movie. Then, we get to make another movie. After three movies, we're all very tired. After Serenity: Revolutions, we feel like we've played it out. And then we make another series.
But, you know, we'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone. And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career.
Aside from your own, what was the best film you saw this year?
Well, that's easy, because I only saw about four movies in theaters. ... Obviously, Batman Begins struck a big chord with me. I think they did a really sweet job with that. But I'm gonna give a little shout-out to Sky High. I just thought it was really, really charming -- it reminded me of The Specials, the great classic. So I'm not gonna say it's the best, but it was one of the purest, most enjoyable experiences I had. So there.
Would you ever return to series television, or is it just Whedon movies from here on out?
I'm all up in series TV -- I love series TV. The problem with returning to series TV is you have to have someone who wants you to return to series TV. And by "somebody," I mean somebody with an enormous amount of money.
You know, when I was at the height of my success, I was squashed like a cockroach by the very company who had benefitted the most from that success. ... The fact of the matter is, there is no track record in TV. Nobody cares about a track record. With the exception of about one or two guys, you just can't get something on because you're you. And in some ways that's good, because you should always have to fight for something; that's how you find out that you believe in it. But in some ways it's bad, because you can be squashed like a bug when you're actually doing it right. So it's not so much that I got over TV as I began to feel the TV landscape had gotten over me. And maybe that'll change.
How true are these rumors of a Spike TV movie?
They're true rumors, but right now they're still just rumors. Things don't move fast in the world of anything, you know? I mean, trying to get deals made and trying to get something set up is ... I think the Sistine Chapel took less time.
But you're all for the idea.
I've been pushing for it -- I'm in fact, the secret mastermind behind it all!
You don't think James Marsters is getting too long in the tooth to wear that leather trenchcoat, eh?
I think his teeth are fine. But he and I both agree those teeth have a shelf life. They're not on the shelf, but when they are, that shelf life will be over. The glacier speed of the executive world means that we could run out of time. Or, you know, the people that I am trying to line up could become unavailable. There's a lot of factors involved, but I'm working my a-- off, as always.
And right now you're mostly working on Wonder Woman. Every filmmaker learns lessons with each movie, but it seems like your lessons are bigger, or more publicized. What did you learn from making Serenity, Buffy and other films that you're keeping in mind while creating Wonder Woman?
The lesson I learned from every movie I wrote was, "Direct it yourself." The lesson I learned from Serenity was, "Give them something they can latch on to," and that's really in terms of marketing. I believe that Serenity is a well-told story, but I also believe that -- and I am actually pointing a finger at myself -- it is a tough movie to sell. There's great comfort in the fact that Wonder Woman is not.
It's tough to do, well, because it's not like Batman -- I mean, I think they did a wonderful job and came up with some beautiful, inventive stuff, so I'm not dissing anybody when I say Batman's a slam dunk. You know, his parents were killed, he lives in Gotham and he dresses like a bat! Game over, man. The fact that they made four bad Batman movies is kind of a testament to the triumph of the human spirit, because it's, like, almost impossible.
Wonder Woman doesn't have that, but she does have a great recognizability. You understand who she is and what she's about the moment you hear her name, which takes a great load off my shoulders. I don't see myself in Europe having people mis-translate my long and, quite frankly, even boring explanations of what exactly the movie's about.
So that makes this script less difficult to write than Serenity?
Nothing could be more of a challenge than introducing nine characters and trying to make an iconic film with so much of a backstory while hiding the backstory from people who haven't seen the (series). Serenity was an incredibly tough chore. But, you know, every script is incredibly tough when it comes to films, and Wonder Woman is working on a lot of levels that I haven't worked on before. I have to be very, very careful about not falling into the scariest trap of the superhero film: the second half.
To keep the second half emotionally resonant and surprising is the thing that makes me stare at my computer all day and weep. Structurally, it is not as hard as Serenity, but if I am lazy for even a heartbeat, it'll show, and it'll show wide and it'll show big. And your mistakes, man are they large in the cinerama-dome. It's different than TV.
So what percentage of Wonder Woman is already written?
I'm afraid that's classified information! But I'm very close -- tell all the executives I'm very close. Closing in.
And I have to ask, what actresses are on the shortlist? People want names!
You know, the shortlist is so short that right now it says, "The List." ... I'm not even going there. Part of the unholy pact that (producer) Joel Silver and I made was that we're not even gonna talk about casting until we have a script and we see who's right for it. Have I thought of some people that maybe could work? Yes. Am I going to say their names? No.
Though there must be a face you keep in your head while you're writing.
I always have a face in my head; it is almost never the face of an actual actor. ... I've only ever written a character with an actor in mind once in my entire career before it was cast. Back when I wrote the movie of Buffy, I wanted the character of Merrick to be played by Ian Holm. Nobody had heard of him, and nobody had wanted him. We got Donald Sutherland instead.
Speaking of Buffy, in your mind, where is Buffy Summers today?
I don't have to say it in my mind, because I'm gonna be saying it in a comic book. I'm actually going to be writing some Buffy comics to restart the comic book line at Dark Horse. I'm going to be writing the first four ... and basically play it as season eight. I'm going to tell exactly where Buffy went after she left Sunnydale. So you'll have to wait for that answer, but it will come.
OK, one last question: May I please move to Los Angeles and work for you?
Yes, you may move to Los Angeles because it's a free country, but I don't have a job! I'm just a screenwriter right now. I stay at home and write the movie and take care of the kids.
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No actress has been cast to play the lead in Whedon's next film, Wonder Woman.
Whedon and I recently chatted about Serenity -- particularly its disappointing intake in theaters -- Wonder Woman, Buffy and other hot topics. He lands at No. 13 on my list of the 100 people of the year.
Looking back at Serenity's performance at the box office, do you think there's anything more that the fans, or you, could've done to get the word out about the movie?
Honestly? Physically? No. I know there's nothing more I could've done, because I collapsed from exhaustion at the end of the publicity tour. And I know there's nothing more the fans could've done, because they were crazy all over themselves. Obviously, Universal could've spent more money on advertising, but I think that's the Catch-22: If you keep spending more, will you necessarily bring out more people?
Ultimately, what didn't happen is that we didn't really manage to get a sense of the movie out to people. But that's a hard thing to do; it's a weird movie. And, you know, it crosses a lot of genres, and it's not an easy sell. ... Who knows? Ultimately, you can't really point the finger -- I mean, I'm sure there's plenty of people who are pointing plenty of fingers in every direction -- but it's just a crapshoot.
But the movie is coming out on DVD very quickly, and right before Christmas. Did you have something to do with that?
No. They had always anticipated a fairly fast release. I think that's kind of the pattern that doesn't necessarily represent failure: The 40 Year Old Virgin came out after us, the DVD came out before. In that sense, they were riding the crest of its success. In our case, they had always been (set) on this date before the film came out. Had it done spectacularly well and was still thriving in theaters, they probably would've pushed it back. It's gonna eat into the box office a little bit because that's what DVD is doing, no matter what. I see most of my movies that way, though, occasionally, I drag my very sad, unshapely butt out to an actual film.
What's the best-case scenario for the future of the Firefly/Serenity franchise?
The best-case scenario is that the DVD is such a spectacular, monster hit that we get to make another movie. Then, we get to make another movie. After three movies, we're all very tired. After Serenity: Revolutions, we feel like we've played it out. And then we make another series.
But, you know, we'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone. And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career.
Aside from your own, what was the best film you saw this year?
Well, that's easy, because I only saw about four movies in theaters. ... Obviously, Batman Begins struck a big chord with me. I think they did a really sweet job with that. But I'm gonna give a little shout-out to Sky High. I just thought it was really, really charming -- it reminded me of The Specials, the great classic. So I'm not gonna say it's the best, but it was one of the purest, most enjoyable experiences I had. So there.
Would you ever return to series television, or is it just Whedon movies from here on out?
I'm all up in series TV -- I love series TV. The problem with returning to series TV is you have to have someone who wants you to return to series TV. And by "somebody," I mean somebody with an enormous amount of money.
You know, when I was at the height of my success, I was squashed like a cockroach by the very company who had benefitted the most from that success. ... The fact of the matter is, there is no track record in TV. Nobody cares about a track record. With the exception of about one or two guys, you just can't get something on because you're you. And in some ways that's good, because you should always have to fight for something; that's how you find out that you believe in it. But in some ways it's bad, because you can be squashed like a bug when you're actually doing it right. So it's not so much that I got over TV as I began to feel the TV landscape had gotten over me. And maybe that'll change.
How true are these rumors of a Spike TV movie?
They're true rumors, but right now they're still just rumors. Things don't move fast in the world of anything, you know? I mean, trying to get deals made and trying to get something set up is ... I think the Sistine Chapel took less time.
But you're all for the idea.
I've been pushing for it -- I'm in fact, the secret mastermind behind it all!
You don't think James Marsters is getting too long in the tooth to wear that leather trenchcoat, eh?
I think his teeth are fine. But he and I both agree those teeth have a shelf life. They're not on the shelf, but when they are, that shelf life will be over. The glacier speed of the executive world means that we could run out of time. Or, you know, the people that I am trying to line up could become unavailable. There's a lot of factors involved, but I'm working my a-- off, as always.
And right now you're mostly working on Wonder Woman. Every filmmaker learns lessons with each movie, but it seems like your lessons are bigger, or more publicized. What did you learn from making Serenity, Buffy and other films that you're keeping in mind while creating Wonder Woman?
The lesson I learned from every movie I wrote was, "Direct it yourself." The lesson I learned from Serenity was, "Give them something they can latch on to," and that's really in terms of marketing. I believe that Serenity is a well-told story, but I also believe that -- and I am actually pointing a finger at myself -- it is a tough movie to sell. There's great comfort in the fact that Wonder Woman is not.
It's tough to do, well, because it's not like Batman -- I mean, I think they did a wonderful job and came up with some beautiful, inventive stuff, so I'm not dissing anybody when I say Batman's a slam dunk. You know, his parents were killed, he lives in Gotham and he dresses like a bat! Game over, man. The fact that they made four bad Batman movies is kind of a testament to the triumph of the human spirit, because it's, like, almost impossible.
Wonder Woman doesn't have that, but she does have a great recognizability. You understand who she is and what she's about the moment you hear her name, which takes a great load off my shoulders. I don't see myself in Europe having people mis-translate my long and, quite frankly, even boring explanations of what exactly the movie's about.
So that makes this script less difficult to write than Serenity?
Nothing could be more of a challenge than introducing nine characters and trying to make an iconic film with so much of a backstory while hiding the backstory from people who haven't seen the (series). Serenity was an incredibly tough chore. But, you know, every script is incredibly tough when it comes to films, and Wonder Woman is working on a lot of levels that I haven't worked on before. I have to be very, very careful about not falling into the scariest trap of the superhero film: the second half.
To keep the second half emotionally resonant and surprising is the thing that makes me stare at my computer all day and weep. Structurally, it is not as hard as Serenity, but if I am lazy for even a heartbeat, it'll show, and it'll show wide and it'll show big. And your mistakes, man are they large in the cinerama-dome. It's different than TV.
So what percentage of Wonder Woman is already written?
I'm afraid that's classified information! But I'm very close -- tell all the executives I'm very close. Closing in.
And I have to ask, what actresses are on the shortlist? People want names!
You know, the shortlist is so short that right now it says, "The List." ... I'm not even going there. Part of the unholy pact that (producer) Joel Silver and I made was that we're not even gonna talk about casting until we have a script and we see who's right for it. Have I thought of some people that maybe could work? Yes. Am I going to say their names? No.
Though there must be a face you keep in your head while you're writing.
I always have a face in my head; it is almost never the face of an actual actor. ... I've only ever written a character with an actor in mind once in my entire career before it was cast. Back when I wrote the movie of Buffy, I wanted the character of Merrick to be played by Ian Holm. Nobody had heard of him, and nobody had wanted him. We got Donald Sutherland instead.
Speaking of Buffy, in your mind, where is Buffy Summers today?
I don't have to say it in my mind, because I'm gonna be saying it in a comic book. I'm actually going to be writing some Buffy comics to restart the comic book line at Dark Horse. I'm going to be writing the first four ... and basically play it as season eight. I'm going to tell exactly where Buffy went after she left Sunnydale. So you'll have to wait for that answer, but it will come.
OK, one last question: May I please move to Los Angeles and work for you?
Yes, you may move to Los Angeles because it's a free country, but I don't have a job! I'm just a screenwriter right now. I stay at home and write the movie and take care of the kids.
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Whedon: No More Firefly
Bad news and potentially good news.
Firefly/Serenity creator Joss Whedon told USA Today that he still hopes to tell more stories set in the futuristic universe, but added that there's no chance he'll do another Firefly TV show. "We'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone," Whedon told the newspaper before Christmas. "And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career."
Serenity, based on the canceled Fox TV show Firefly, hit theaters last September and has pulled in a disappointing $25.4 million domestically since opening Sept. 30, 2005. The movie is now available on DVD. "The best-case scenario is that the DVD is such a spectacular, monster hit that we get to make another movie," Whedon said. "Then we get to make another movie. After three movies, we're all very tired. After Serenity: Revolutions, we feel like we've played it out. And then we make another series."
Whedon is currently writing the script for Wonder Woman, which he is slated to direct once Warner Brothers signs off.
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Monday, January 02, 2006
Portable CD Player with MP3 Playback, FM Tuner and Car Kit
Ryan got one of these for Christmas. I want one! Pretty cool that it plays MP3s. I have one that is about 12 years old. Doesn't have the anti-skip technology. He doesn't need his. I think I'll take it from him. ;-)
RadioShack.com - Portable Music: CD players: Portable CD Player with MP3 Playback, FM Tuner and Car Kit
RadioShack.com - Portable Music: CD players: Portable CD Player with MP3 Playback, FM Tuner and Car Kit
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Firefly Marathon
FRIDAY, JAN. 6
Firefly Marathon
Catch 12 consecutive episodes of Joss Whedon's groundbreaking SF series, in their original broadcast order, starting at 8AM/7C, before an all-new SCI FI Friday.
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ComicBase: The World's #1 Software for Managing Comic Collections
The new ComicBase 10.0 now sports more comics than ever, including cross-indexed descriptions of over 250,000 comics and price histories for the past four years. It also features something that’s never been seen before in the program’s long history: free, downloadable price and title updates.
Unlike other programs, ComicBase can automatically price your comics according to their condition and lets you take note of autographed copies, special covers, multiple printings and of course, your cost, in your inventory. It can also create price labels and a wide variety of reports to help you buy, sell, and evaluate your collection.
ComicBase 10’s new bar code support let you jump straight to a comic by using its assigned ComicBase bar code, or through the EAN/UPC number printed on the cover. The improved, industrial-strength Find feature lets you find comic-book characters' first appearances, second appearances, deaths, origin stories, or trace a certain storyline or find work by favorite writers and artists.
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