Archive for March, 2008

mediated
Media Hero of the Week: Keith Olbermann

All right. Ol’ Keith finds his way in here quite a bit. But does anyone bring this kind of passion and eloquence on network news? I don’t think so. True, he’s playing a bit precious with the Edward R. Murrow allusion, but he’s the closest thing we’ve got.

Anyways, this is awesome:

March 15th, 2008 by graeme | | no comments »

pop snark
Lost gets an awesome 80′s theme song.

I don’t watch Lost. I probably should, but I made an executive decision to get off that crazy train to nowhere and focus on Battlestar.

But I would immediately start watching Lost again if this theme song was involved:

Thanks to Streeter Seidell for this awesomeness.

March 14th, 2008 by graeme | | no comments »

green bin
Introducing the iPod Shuttle

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Take a look at this shot of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Just another sexy spaceship photo courtesy our friends at NASA, right?

But hold on a minute. What’s that little white thing on the left of the flight deck?

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It’s totally an iPod! You heard it here first, folks: astronauts don’t like rocketing into orbit without their tunes. Which raises the question: what do you put on a going-to-space playlist? I’m willing to guarantee Rocket Man is on there somewhere. And maybe a little Space Oddity. Got a space playlist pick? Leave it in the comments.

Via 9to5Mac.

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March 14th, 2008 by graeme | | 7 comments »

pop snark
Starbuck on The Hour tonight!

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Katee Sackhoff, aka Capt. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace on Battlestar Galactica, will be chatting with George Stroumboloupolus tonight on The Hour. And that’s awesome, because it gives me an excuse to put a picture of Starbuck on my blog. Hawt!

11PM on CBC, fanboys!

March 13th, 2008 by graeme | | 2 comments »

the war on idiocy
Woman spends two years in boyfriend’s bathroom

A 35 year-old women has been taken to hospital in Kansas City after reportedly spending two years in her boyfriend’s bathroom. More specifically, two years on her boyfriend’s toilet, the seat of which had to be removed by a doctor.

That’s just insane. And the woman in question is clearly nuts. But I’m more interested in the boyfriend. I can’t decide whether this is touching case of true love and loyalty, or the dumbest guy in the world.

First of all, something is clearly wrong with your girlfriend. She won’t leave the bathroom, and you have had zero luck getting her out. Maybe it’s time to call the authorities. Maybe that’s something you do before the two-year mark. And it’s definitely something you do before her rear-end actually grows around the toilet seat. What were you thinking?

Second, how did that work? The relationship kept going, with all of it (and I’m interpreting that fairly widely) being conducted in the WC. That’s awkward, because it’s a small room. Also, where did he *ahem* do his business? Having a washroom recluse for a partner also precludes holding any sort of a dinner party:

“Where’s the washroom?”

“Down the hall. But I should warn you. My girlfriend lives in there.”

“Oh. Wait, what?”

Bizarre. Still, kinda touching that he fed and supported her while she was, er, holed-up on the can. And unless she was running a business out of there, he was footing all the bills.

I need to think about this a bit. But not too much. Because, you know, it’s gross. Still, my initial impression is this: crazy people and stupid people make a bad combo.

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March 13th, 2008 by graeme | | 3 comments »

the war on idiocy
Spitzer-Gate: When you’ve got nothing left to say, let the Daily Show do the talking

I’m trying to avoid posting TOO much on the whole Spitzer thing (I know, I know, epic fail), but this was too awesome not to put up. If you haven’t seen it yet, enjoy.

March 13th, 2008 by graeme | | 5 comments »

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SXSWi: Fear the audience. Fear it!

Ah, Web 2.0. You give people the power to talk back, talk loud and talk often.

Take the SXSW Intereactive conference. It’s a yearly gabfest dedicated to new media creation, attracting bloggers and podcasters and various camp followers to five days of generally interesting conversation. But this year, the ‘interactive’ part really got a run for its money. Read the rest of this entry »

March 12th, 2008 by graeme | | 1 comment »

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