From the makers of “Puppet Master” comes a movie that is even worse. The acting is horrible, stunts laughable, effects cheesy, and acting abismal. If that if your cup of tea, rent “Trancers”. I had not seen it until today and man do I wish I had not, but at least I now have the [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
Some hot bloggy linkness
‘Scratching’ (spikes sent this one to me) with audio cassettes and the guy isn’t even from Cuban or Russia or some other place where it is hard to find a turntable. Some twitter tools Utterz: Pics and such to social shizzle from your cell Hellotxt: post to multiple microblogs from one place. Tweet Clouds: search through twitter data for tags and such Want to get rid of those files OS X leaves on your Windows drives? Lifehacker has a fix for you. BillShrink: find the cheapest cell phone plan in your area (via TechCrunch) MUSIC All Songs Considered sneak preview of cool upcoming music. MsPinky’s “Maxi-Patch”: control digital files (including video) using your turntable MuxTape: make free custom online MP3 ’mix tapes’.
Facial Hair: O what time changes
Looking into the mirror after a fresh hair clip and shave today, I couldn’t help but think back (wavy lines) In high-school I was a bit down about my lack of facial hair. Unfortunately, this was one of the few things in life my ‘wishing’ worked. I now have facial hair everywhere on the sphere [...]
BBC should extend license fees to N America
It would make so much sense for the BBC to offer streaming television (IPTV) in N America. With the launch of the BBC iPlayer, we know the technology is already there. The BBC has a huge opportunity to make gigantic audience inroads. Potentially, they would be able to sell N America the same programming without having to operate any physical terrestrial broadcast equipment. Yes, they would most likely need to locate some additional server in the Americas, but the probable cost/viewer ration dropping for IP only TV, it should be a way to subsidize British TV using overseas funds. From best I can tell the annual fee for “residents of the UK pay £116.00 a year for a color TV license”. I think the biggest obstacle would be existing BBC America deals with cable and satellite. Come on BBC! I want your content (Sky too) but I don’t want nor need US cable or satellite money grubbers in the middle. Isn’t it 2008?
Some long exposure experiment photos
Here is the set. and now some examples.
“Altered States”=so good
I have the “Altered States” DVD from Netflix. The DVD is a horrible transfer and has, shamefully, never been remastered and resissued. Despite those flaws with the DVD itself, the film is wonderful. The story is great, it has talented actors, and the visual effects are amazing (especially for 1980). I threw the DVD on [...]
Vimeo vs Flickr video
Same video file uploaded (albeit a crummy quality source file) Flickr Vimeo
Far too many OS X software updates: I am scared.
I am filled with fear!
I wish every company was as nice as my bank
Spent yesterday dealing with billing, tech support, and such from 4 different companies to try to get my Comcast billing straightened out. Short story is that Comcast dropped the ball and lost my third party billing (work pays for a BB connection) billing information in the transition from Insight to Comcast. I finally got the [...]