January 2008
Now I can decide! →
WatchMahalo Daily does a WWRRD? take on the Republican Debate with their Reag-O-Meter.
Maybe actors make too much money →
A camera left in a NYC cab finds it's way home →
Gives me an idea for some software… format my memory card and put contact info on frame #1.
WatchLame duck President gives state of the union speech, I can’t be bothered to watch and risk throwing things at my TV. Wake up this morning and the good folks at Mahalo Daily have edited the whole thing down to 60 seconds.
Network Sleazy Tactics
The CW promoted the hell out a special called “Gossip Girl Revealed”*** in the promos they showed clips of the cast sitting around telling behind the scenes stories. Instead they took episode one and added those interviews at commercial breaks making it an hour and a half. They added maybe 20 minutes of new stuff and re-re-ran an episode they just re-ran last week. Hey CW, guess...
Bake & Read →
A European food company’s annual report had to be baked to reveal content.
Top Ten Rejected Titles For The George W. Bush... →
Diagram of Mary-Kate's thoughts →
“A friend of mine has a trophy wife, apparently it wasn’t first place.”
– Comedian Steven Wright
LA Times - Tequila Bars take Flight →
WatchColbert tries the Harlem Gospel Choir to help end the WGA strike.
Gaming $$$
The game World of Warcraft hit 10 million subscribers. The game costs $40 The expansion pack costs $40 The game is a subscription based thing - average cost per month $15 WOW indeed!
NewBlues reports that last night’s “ABC World News” deliver not a single news story from outside the U.S. borders
If you can't handle your liquor...
We left Park City Sunday night. Monday morning it started snowing there and both my partners in fxguide had hell travel days. Mike had it worst. It started with delayed flight, then a passenger threw up on a stewardess so they had to return to gate, then TSA thought they said “threw at” instead of “threw up” so Homeland security stormed the plane resulting in an...
Overheard on the shuttle van from Sundance
Guy #1: Did you see that Red camera?
Guy #2: Yeah, that thing shoots like 4k.
Guy #3: Wow, that's like twice 1080! Hey, are your parents picking us up?
Heard on the street.
“Oh, I’m camera ready!”
Green Porno →
In the short film program last night were 3 films by Isabella Rossellini where she acts out the sex life of insects.
Lorelai on speed
A lot of TV shows when run in syndication are sped up slightly and voices pitch corrected to sound normal (this let’s the station get more commercials in). We observed that this is an unwise techinque when applied to the fast-talking Gilmore Girls.
See and be seen
Only one Sundance celebrity sighting so far today, Sandra Oh. Someone walking by thought I was Michael Moore. Great, I lose 40 pounds and get mistaken for Michael Moore… next year I’m looking to be mistaken for Clooney.
Ouch
The bar does not normally stock Patron tequila but brought it in for Sundance. One shot is $12. Small town, my ass.
Utah members only
Bars in Utah require you to be a member. $5. A friendly bartender said that “yes” is the right answer if they ask if you are a member.
Free one day only - I Love Sarah Jane →
We (fxphd) have two short films in the Sundance short film competition… today only you can watch “I Love Sarah Jane” for free. It plays after the intro.
Post-Macworld Wrap-up Part 1: MacBook Air
An elegant Macworld Wrap up from my friend Adam: Okay, enough with the bombarding me with messages pleading for my unique take on the Macworld product announcements (Mom). I needed a second to process, but now I’m ready. Disclaimer: I’m not sure if any of this is unique - during the past few days where I was never outside of a 1.5 mile radius of Macworld, I’d never been more...
An excerpt from the new Tribune Company Policy Manual & Employee Handbook (I found via NewsBlues): 4. HARASSMENT POLICY (SEXUAL & OTHERWISE) 4.1. Working at Tribune means accepting a creative, quirky, intelligent, odd, humorous, diverse, opinionated and sometimes annoying atmosphere. 4.2. Working at Tribune means accepting that sometimes you might hear a word that you, personally, might...
Sundance sightings begin
On our flight to Salt Lake City were Ben Kingsley and Maria Bello.
Being Digital
In 1995 I read Nicholas Negroponte’s book Being Digital. Thinking back on many of the concepts he discussed then it’s amazing how right on he was. He talked about technology changing how we watch network television. Tivo and other similar systems certainly have done that. He talked about stopping thinking about products as things, rather as bits. Software and music have made the...
“I thought Monty Python was a person until three months ago.”
– Clay Aiken in Newsweek when asked if he was a Monty Python Fan (he is joining the Broadway show).
Strike chart - how long before your show goes... →
Writers Strike toll on LA - 1.4 Billion so far →
Rat Karma
I should have known when the day started with the exterminator hauling a dead rat out of the attic. When I ventured to the store, I should have known… first store did not have what I wanted. Second store (where I had bought item before) I could not park anywhere and gave up. Third store, well let’s just say if on the TV show Reaper when they deliver trapped souls to go back to the...
