Arm your DVRs, program your Tivo, or be sitting before your television at the ready at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central Friday evening, February 13th. Its an auspicious premier date for Joss Whedon’s return to television: Dollhouse, staring Eliza Dushku (previously seen as “Faith’ on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer) as Echo, a ‘tabula rasa‘ who can be transformed [...]
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This week Lifehacker had an excellent article on the Boxee open source multi-platform media center and how to install it on an AppleTV. While the excellent Boxee application can be installed on computers, installing it on the AppleTV makes for an easy solution to add the ability to view DRM-Free media. The AppleTV, at its low end [...] Then go immediately to playingforkeepsnovel.com and sign up for the podcast of “Playing for Keeps” . The upper left had corner of the site offers three ways to download it. I’ve been amused by Mur Lafferty since her early Geek-Fu Morning Podcasts and essays, but this is the first time I’ve looking into her work in fiction. [...] Playmates has announced the line of toys that tie into the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek Movie. While pictures are necessarily indicative of quality, they do look sharp. There are the usual communicators, phasers, transporter room and a new bridge set. The action figures come in three sizes and range from $7 to $30. I particuarly like [...] .. and new artist discovery. For me, anyway. The Knife, a Swedish duo, who are a bit left wing and odd; protesting award ceremonies, refusing live performances, wearing masks. They are electronic and slightly industrial although this particular track tends toward the more creepily ambient. They won best album, best artist and best production at the [...] I’ve avoided reality television since its inception; I really did think it was almost as silly and pointless as professional wrestling. The Science Fiction channel’s new reality show “Who wants to be a Superhero?” looks like it actually might be an amusing spoof on most regularly televised reality shows. I mean, really, they can’t be serious; [...] |
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