I admit I was never a huge fan of Iron Man but the movie trailer looks good and they were smart to get Robert Downey Jr. That guy might’ve had a lot of personal problems but he can flat out act.* I know the back story and while they are sticking to the gist of [...]

The other day, Netflix went down for 12 hours and shipped no DVD’s on Monday – it did occur to me that I had some movies due to be sent out and they didn’t seem to send me an email notification it was coming but it was not a tragedy and since I didn’t even [...]

“Out of the darkness, a rumble grows. The water begins to vibrate. Suddenly, the prow of a massive ship splits the fog. Its steel hull rises seven stories above the water and stretches two football fields back into the night. A 15,683-horsepower engine roars through the holds, pushing 55,328 tons of steel. Crisp white capital [...]

Since we’re at a CARS lull, how about this 3 3/4″ Star Wars thing? It looks like if I start now, I’m exactly 17,452 figures away from a complete set … perhaps I should find an easier line to collect … Yes, it looks like Hasbro has launched yet another cool Star Wars line – [...]

People ask – Should I buy a Blu Ray DVD player now? Well, it sort of depends. If I say the words ‘firmware flash’ to you, do you? a) think I’m speaking Flemish? b) slap me for being impertinent? c) slap me on general principle? d) sob uncontrollably? e) ask if you can FTP it? [...]

This is the funniest drawing I’ve ever seen in the WSJ … okay, not exactly much of a competition but still … Some conspiracy theorists have ideas why India & parts of the Middle East have lost most of their internet connection as several underseas cables have been severed. It could be sharks with lasers [...]

Even if the numbers of a million iPhones being unlocked are correct, that’s a MILLION iPhones walking around all over the world as FREE marketing and advertising for Apple – the most effective advertising of all – because it gives those users the cachet of doing something “not quite legal.” That they are “above the [...]

You’re on a plane, the movie they are offering is NORBIT or the edited 9-minute version of DEADWOOD … fortunately the rotund dude in front of you who had to buy two tickets is sound asleep and he’s wearing a white shirt – just attach the Pico Movie Projector to your iPod and you use [...]

In case you missed it – cute, funny, nicely done! (click on screen shot – Apple.com)

Congrats on entering the world of HD. Unlike the TV’s of yore (yore being 2003 of course), buying an HDTV and signing up for HD service does NOT assure you of actually receiving HD quality reception on your new TV. YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING TO DO. You need to make sure you are connected [...]