The following do not make new prime-time game shows more fun or exciting:

- spinning logos
- constant audience applause
- yelling
- lighted platforms
- dead air waiting for a response
- blue lights
- yelling "Let's play [name of show]" with audience applause, rotating spotlights and flying cameras

"You". As in "Tube". Yeah. Whatever.

Of course, this isn't the first time Time Magazine has strayed from what you think would be the only rule of its "Man/Woman/Person of the Year" selection process: It has to be a person.

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"JoJo quickly learned that talent doesn't automatically make you friends ( Read more... )

the more I pity you for having had this phase in your life, much like myself:

The real chat room

Just read this press release from Weblo.com, which controls a virtual world where people buy virtual copies of real-world assets (like, you know, entire states and provinces).

I've been trying to figure out how it's supposed to work, and near as I can tell it's nothing more than a giant pyramid scheme where you buy stuff cheap then sell it to ( Read more... )

For sultrysong: Firefly returns... kinda

Wow. They actually want $30 for this piece of crud.

The phrase "solution looking for a problem" seems a propos here.

For the past few weeks I've been having problems with my tiny MP3 player, whose headphone jack has become a bit loose, causing the audio to cut out or become static depending on the position of the plug. There were temporary workarounds but I'd have to fix it about every few minutes or so ( Read more... )

"...Eight candidates went to Montreal hoping to step into the shoes of Brian Martin, who stood down this year..."
"[Ignatieff] was in the number one spot on the first three ballots."

Can't get enough Al? Didn't think so.

More?

Everything?

Even the making-of?

And the fan-made stop-motion LEGO version?