This week, I am canceling our digital satellite subscription. AT&T Home Entertainment is simply not capable of providing the features we pay for, and we almost never watch TV these days. Most of our favorite shows are available on iTunes, so it makes sense to just purchase them ala carte ( Read more... )

I've mentioned this before, but here we go again.

Megatokyo, that grandpappy of indie web comics that broke the mold and showed how commercially successful an indie web comic could become, keeps falling off at an increasing pace. This really makes me sad to say, but it's finally reaching the point where I guess I am going to have to stop reading ( Read more... )

Saw the new Star Trek flick last night.

Here's my extremely short and spoiler-free review of it...

It's the first Trek movie to not suck in a very, very long time. If you like Trek, or if you like movies, you'll probably like it.

Best episode ever.

Oh, how I love the taste of justice in the morning. It goes great with black coffee.

On a whim last night, I picked up a copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to give it a try. For some reason, I end up trying Star Wars games quite often. This is strange when you consider that I'm not a huge fan of Star Wars. I mean, yeah...I like it and I've seen plenty of it and I recognize the characters, but I don't go ga-ga over it ( Read more... )

I asked this question over on my fandom's message board, but I have a bunch of Smarty McSmartypants people on my friends list, so I'm posting this here, too, to get some discussion going up ( Read more... )

Some of you might recall this post where I show how some lyrics from "The Carnival is Over" by Dead Can Dance were made in allusion to "The Eternal" by Joy Division.

Guess what? I found another one. From "Tell Me About the Forest (That You Once Called Home)" by Dead Can Dance:

I believe in the ways of an older law ( Read more... )

Some new gear has come into my home ( Read more... )

Dear Fred Gallagher,

I think you're a pathetically melodramatic writer and I don't like Megatokyo any more. In fact, I stopped liking it years ago when it stopped being funny, but I was already sufficiently invested in the plot that I'd like to see how it turns out. Please don't confuse my patronage with any sort of approval. Just end the ( Read more... )

Regarding my previous post, I'd also like to say that the best way to watch a lecture is sitting outside in a courtyard, snacking on an apple, sipping some coffee, and puffing on an Acid Krush Cameroon Red.

Man, if grad school had been like that when I was on campus, I might have never left.