How many times have you been reading a book with a lot of different characters and thought "Now, who the hell is Lord Foobar again ( Read more... )

So I recently became interested in buying an eBook reader again. I've read eBooks on my laptop before, which mas a matte screen, so I know I'm comfortable with the idea. Barnes & Nobel just announced their Nook eBook reader, and tied with the Barnes & Nobel library I think this is the reader I'd be willing to take the plunge for. I'm using Terry ( Read more... )

I keep reading all these pessimistic reviews on Joss Whedon's TV series Dollhouse linked from whedonesque.com, it's all just stupid ( Read more... )

I had pre-ordered Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and it was released today!

I also just bought crossover games for Mac, which is the commercially supported version of WINE for playing Windows games on a Mac.

I'm thinking this is the beginning of a long and beautiful friendship, and an even more disturbing personification of my macbook...

- Jimbo :-)

I just finished watching the pilot for Virtuality on hulu. A new sci-fi series from Ron D. Moore of Battlestar Galatica fame. Even though the premise is similar - a group of isolated crew is looking for a new home - the feel of the show is incredibly different then Battlestar. In some ways it feels too campy, like classic star trek (or Earth 2 ( Read more... )

So, apparently, some of the movies in my Jimboflix collection are starting to show up on Hulu:
* A Bucket of Blood
* The Brain That Wouldn't Die
* and, Frogs being the one that got my attention in the first place.

So Hulu stole my idea and is taking over the world with it. I'm OK with that.

- Jimbo :-)

I just watched this weeks episode of Dollhouse on hulu, A Spy In The House Of Love, and this show just keeps getting better.

I'm concerned though about this post on Ain't It Cool News, which reports about Felicia Day's appearance in the apparently cut 13th episode. The post comments somehow spiraled into "Oh well, the show's canceled ( Read more... )

I've recently had more frequent bouts of Deja Vu then I'm used to. I've always been prone to it, but usually it's a few months apart. I'd say I've had three or four occurrences in the past two weeks ( Read more... )

I just watched this weeks episode of dollhouse, Man on the Street, on hulu.  Boy, have I misjudged this series so far.

Before this week the show has been very formulaic:  Take the show's premise, fill out a story of the week, add a B storyline, and call it a day.  Then this episode shows up and takes the show from an episodic one to a serial one.  ( Read more... )

( No spoilers for you... )