Movie Reviews
I saw five movies while on vacation in San Diego this past week-and-a-half. None of them sucked, but some were better than others. I will devulge some plot information here, so if you don’t want to...
View ArticleMovie Reviews 2003
I saw five movies while on vacation in San Diego this past week-and-a-half. None of them sucked, but some were better than others. I will devulge some plot information here, so if you don’t want to...
View ArticleSeason Premiere of Alias
How many people watched the season premiere of Alias tonight? After having vanished for two years, and awakening to find absolutely everything different, Sydney (Jennifer Garner) tries to make sense of...
View ArticleEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I’ve been wanting to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Unfortunately, my two-year-old can’t be taken to movies, and it’s pretty tough to find a babysitter on a Saturday night. Luckily for my...
View ArticleAmerican Idol: They Got Rid of Latoya?!
First off, I don’t watch a lot of TV. The only show I even really care about is Alias. My wife watches Alias, 24, and American Idol. Over the last couple of months, I’ve gotten more and more into...
View ArticleMovie Reviews 2004
I love going to the movies. Unfortunately, life is usually very busy, so I never really get a chance to go to the theatre as often as I’d like. That, and movies are $10 for general admission....
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The Coolness That Is TiVo
I just bought my wife a TiVo for Valentine’s Day (*giggles like a little girl*). No, she’s definitely not a geek like me, but I seem to have passed along the “Electronics and Gadgets Virus” to her. I...
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What “Alias” Is Missing This Season
[You'll need to be familiar with the TV show "Alias" to understand anything in this post. If you are an Alias fan, please let me know your thoughts on Season 4 thus far.] Earlier today, I started...
View ArticleTiVo/iTunes Media Center System
I think I’ve discovered a great concoction for building your own makeshift Media Center System. TiVo is already pretty great at managing your TV shows, but the method I’m about to discuss add a viable...
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American Idol 2005
Well, I can’t resist bragging about this. I called it… for the second year in a row. Last year, the top 32 sang in groups of 8 people per week for 4 weeks, before the group got whittled down to the top...
View ArticleiCal TV Show Schedules
I’ve looked around for shared iCalendars for my favorite TV shows, but haven’t ever been able to find them. So, I’ve decided to do exactly that. Below are links to my shared calendars for the U.S....
View ArticleMovie Reviews 2005
Every summer, I usually do a write-up of all of the movies I went to go see when I was on vacation. This year, however, I didn’t go on vacation, as this was the summer when my son was born. That, and...
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Best Wife Ever
Okay, so have I ever mentioned how cool my wife is? Yeah. I had my 26th birthday last week, and when I got home that night, I had one of these awesome little toys waiting for me. The 60GB model. Yeah....
View ArticleMovie Makers Just Don’t Get It
With all of the recent hoopla about Sony dropping the UMD format (here and here), it’s little wonder why. The reason? This Think Secret posting gives all the explanation we need: Cinemanow bills itself...
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Movie Review: Avatar
James Cameron has made some pretty incredible movies over the past 25 years, and Avatar will end up doing for movies what the iPod did for digital music. Most of the 3D movies I’ve seen in years-past...
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Movie Review: The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender is an abomination to film making. It makes Matrix Revolutions look like The Godfather. Don’t go see it, tell your friends not to see it — don’t even wait until it comes out on DVD....
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H.265 has been approved
For my fellow video nerds, the ITU announced today that its members had agreed upon the format for the successor to H.264 video — H.265, also known as “High-Efficiency Video Coding”. H.264 and HDTV...
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