In hindsight, it should have been obvious that Aaron Sorkin’s drama “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” was doomed from the outset.
At a time when American audiences would rather tune into mindless reality programming like “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” and “Age of Love,” the clever soapbox series struggled to find its niche.
Perhaps [...]

Well, it’s coming.
Is everybody on the AT&T-formerly-Cingular-network ready for the iPhone?
In a statement more fit for Hollywood than Silicon Valley, Apple announced that their cell phone/portable multimedia gadget “premieres this Friday night at Apple and AT&T retail stores.” Said stores will be opening at 9 a.m. all summer long to offer “support for iPhone at [...]

Dear EarthTalk: Are mothballs safe to use? If not, are there any environmentally friendly alternatives? [...]

In a scene that would make George Costanza proud, uniform and supply giant, Cintas, is hosting their 6th annual “America’s Best Restroom” contest.
Yes, entrants from all over the country are holding out, hopeful that their commodes and $3 bathroom cologne will push them to victory in 2007.
Believe it or not, some of these are actually [...]

Eragon for the Playstation 2 is based on the movie and book of the same name.
Unfortunately, like many games that are based on movies, it suffers from all too familiar problems.
Generally movie games seem rushed out of production to make it to market in time for the Hollywood launch. This gives developers less time to [...]

We may not realize it, but we need honey bees. They are responsible for many of the fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains we consume daily. However, suddenly American beekeepers are finding their colony populations dwindling down.
This article originally appeared in PLoS Biology, the peer-reviewed biology journal of the Public Library of Science. It has been [...]

Dear EarthTalk: Is there any proof linking human breast cancer to exposure to chemicals in the environment? Or do researchers think most cases of breast cancers are genetically inherited?
– Bettine Carroll, New York, NY
A groundbreaking research study coordinated by the non-profit Silent Spring Institute and recently published by the American Cancer Society found [...]

Researchers at MIT are working on a viable way to power our gadgets without the use of wires

As DVI and HDMI connections become more and more widely used, we are often asked: which is better, DVI (or HDMI) or component video? The answer, as it happens, is not cut-and-dried.
First, to clear away one element that can be confusing: DVI and HDMI are exactly the same as one another, image-quality-wise. The principal differences [...]

From our Made Hand Poker blog by Mark Scalia:
Phil Hellmuth Jr. won his record-breaking 11th World Series of Poker bracelet June 11, winning Event #15, a $1,500 No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament.
With the win he broke the three-way tie of 10 WSOP bracelets between himself, Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson.
Along with the bracelet Hellmuth took home [...]

She’s wicked nice, actually

The sturdy sets of rectangular cards that graced the shelves of our middle schools have come into the 21st century in a big way.
The Brain Quest DVD games from Brighter Minds each include up to 500 questions broken down into mini games and different categories like letters and word association and they’re designed especially [...]

Summertime.
Blast Magazine clearly doesn’t fear change, and I hope you don’t either. What we’re trying to do is be able to put out flashy covers and section pages and use our excellent graphic design and photography abilities while still providing you with fresh content that comes out more than once a month.
So here’s what we’re [...]

Cover story: What next?

If you ever need any career advice, look no further than to Robert Earl.
His words? “Just go for it, man.”
The 38-year-old former TV personality recently kicked off his very own clothing line, Robert Earl Couture, based in La Jolla, Calif., under that very motto.
Robert Earl Couture is-–now, at least-–a line of limited run T-shirts for [...]

Nyko released a charge station for the Wii that includes two batteries for the Wii motes, a new battery cover and a base station that can charge both remotes at the same time.
Unfortunately the Wii did not come with a rechargeable battery for its remotes.
This has, however, created an opportunity for 3rd parties to create [...]

For people that may not sit their Wii close to their TV. Nyko’s Sensor bar saves them some trouble.
Nyko’s solution is a bar that’s about 4 times the size of the original, and it takes four AA’s.
The Nyko Wireless Sensor Bar has a timer on the back. It can be set to remind you that [...]

Concert review, May 25: “By the end of their set, the band had finished something which they had only 40 minutes earlier created: an almost illegally entertaining local show that shed a glimmer of massive future potential.”

So far, the media presentation of the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton candidacies has been one of opposites—the fresh newcomer versus the Washington elite; progressivism versus Democratic Leadership Council centrism; grassroots campaigning versus the biggest war chest in the game. But looking at the two Democratic frontrunners now shows how money, power and political clout [...]

Can you put someone’s eye out with a BB Gun? What’s the deal with Catholic school girls? Find out in “Do Nymphomaniacs Really Exist: The Ultimate Q&A for Guys” by Ian Coutts. This hot-off-the-presses mini hardcover answers a variety of pressing and not so pressing questions that come across the male mind on a regular [...]

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