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Adult Swim free NYC summer shows
June 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
With summer around the corner, Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has it’s annual run of new programing. Only this year, talent comprised of show creators and stars of Adult Swim series like “Delocated!,” “Metalocalypse,” “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and “Tim and Eric Awesome Show” were called on to curate their own slices of comedy and music [...]
New Adult Swim series from Robot Chicken creators
May 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
“Titan Maximum” is the newest entry into the fall lineup on Adult Swim. From the creators of “Robot Chicken,” Tom Root and Matthew Senreich have used what was great with “Robot Chicken” and ran with it to the next level, this time with a continuous story line. Drawing on the childhood traditions of “Power Rangers” [...]
Adult Swim to air U.K version of The Office
April 29, 2009 1 Comment
If the previous article by me has left some with the impression that I’ve sworn off Adult Swim, that would be an incorrect assessment. Today Adult Swim publicist, Tim DeClair, announced that they have acquired the smash hit, “The Office.” The original BBC version! The American one is hilarious itself, but it’s great that see [...]
Comcast on the cusp of its own Internet TV?
April 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
On Tuesday, Karin Gilford, chief of Comcast’s online division, told PCWorld.com about the latest move by the cable giant. “The Comcast On Demand online video service will allow Comcast subscribers to sign in with a username and password, then access any standard or premium cable content that their cable subscription entitles them to watch.” Fancast [...]
Cartoon Network gets very real
March 25, 2009 4 Comments
The new line-up of shows is reality and live-action heavy.
Most memorable of 2008
Dec. 31, 2008 Leave a Comment
Complying a list of what made 2008 so special is pretty tough. You have a world view, a local view, perspectives on certain sectors of human interests, and analysis that favor a new trend. So much goes into 2008, that I wanted to do 2,008 memorable moments of 2008. It would have been appropriate had [...]
Polyamory Weekly
Nov. 2, 2008 Leave a Comment
Podcasts cover a range of topics all the way from plumbing to aviation, but a niche listening audience is attracted to a slightly more personal subject – one that features titles like “Open Source Sex” and “Kinky Sex Radio.”One woman, calling herself “Cunning Minx,” decided to take advantage of this trend, taking the actual sex out of her podcast, but keeping in its raw, real-life lessons – that more often than not have to do with sex.
Stargate: Continuum
Aug. 11, 2008 2 Comments
Stargate: Continuum came out last week hot on the trail of Stargate: The Ark of Truth. This movie finally ties all story threads in the SG:1 Universe — a fitting end to a series that started with an alien invasion. The direct to DVD and Blu-ray feature is directed by series veteran, Martin Wood. Written [...]
Comcast broke the rules
July 21, 2008 Leave a Comment
Earlier this year, Comcast defended its position on its questionably lawful practice of “diurnal network pattern” (more active in the daytime than nighttime) stoppage, which informed users know as “bandwidth throttling.” Filing against Comcast, the Free Press and Public Knowledge non-profit organizations prompted the FCC into litigious action. As the battle went on in the [...]
Is your ISP messing with your P2P — and lying to you about it?
May 26, 2008 Leave a Comment
Germany’s Max Planck Institute has recently done testing that illustrates practices that cable Internet users have suspected for some time now — major US Cable ISPs, Comcast and Cox, are blocking peer-to-peer network patterns. The Institute, spurred on by a CNET report showing that Comcast defended its blocking of BitTorrent P2P traffic to the FCC [...]
Motoko and Tetsuo go to Hollywood
April 25, 2008 Leave a Comment
This month, an article in Variety, solidified a geek’s worst nightmare. The well-known and beloved “Ghost In the Shell” series will be made into a 3D live action movie. At the helm will be Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, and be written by Jamie Moss, of “Street Kings” notoriety. Ghost In the Shell franchise follows an [...]
SplitFish’s MotionFX
April 3, 2008 Leave a Comment
While unknown to many gamers, the name SplitFish Gameware is an important piece of the gaming puzzle. Their line of products range from simple adapters, to 3D gaming glasses, to PlayStation 3 controller replacements. Many products out there claim to enhance gameplay, but most turn out to be frivolous gimmicks. More than once, SplitFish’s tech [...]
