A couple of fun things I wanted to discuss.
Google launched Google Voice Local Search. I gave it a test run just to see how well it works, and the voice recognition is pretty sweet. I haven’t tested it extensively to see if it can narrow down a coffee shop in a zip code or anything like that, since so far it only asks for city and state. It’s got potential, though.
Farecast is a cool new airfare site that will tell you when to buy tickets. Technically they’re not really new, but I believe when they launched they only supported a few airports, and now it’s over 75. I haven’t had to fly anywhere myself, but it seems like a good site to keep around.
Apple announced their Mac Pro computer now comes with two four-core processors, making it an eight core machine. I affectionately refer to it as “The Ocho.”
I’ve begun season three of BSG, and it is awesome. Unfortunately, since the season’s already over, I’m aware of two spoilers that happen during this season and I’m kinda sad/angry. Now I just want to hurry through this season and get it over with before I’m spoiled any more.
The Office season premiere is tonight at 8:30. Woohoo!
Damn. That was a great Office Season Finale. It’s just about on par with the British version now, using the great mix of humor and dashes of drama to catch the viewer off-guard. You really don’t expect that kinda stuff from a comedy or sitcom.
Being far too busy (read: lazy) to schedule my tv-watching, I’ve stopped following any of the drama/sitcom shows for a long while now, relegating myself to home-improvement and Family Guy reruns. Then the American version of The Office premiered on NBC.
From Brad’s recommendation I have seen four episodes of the original BBC comedy, but I had one major complaint about the show: I can’t understand what the heck they’re saying. Damn British and their accents. The show takes a bit to get used to because the main character isn’t exactly likeable, but after a while I got to understand how the humor worked.
Naturally the American version of The Office doesn’t have the, um…language issues that I had with the British version. It’s good that the creator of the original series, Ricky Gervais, is on board as one of the producers, and the first episode was almost a spot-on copy of the British version.
Make sure to check this show out if you’re burned out from all the Friends-clone sitcoms. Tuesdays at 9:30 on NBC.
I’m sure mostly everyone has been the trailer for Revenge of the Sith by now. Impressive. Dark. Jedi-y. My hopes are up a little, but I’ll still go in expecting to be disappointed. I won’t bother linking to the trailer since I think it should be fairly easy to find.
Spike Jonze does a commercial for Adidas.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind won for Best Original Screenplay, and Brad Bird got his Oscar for The Incredibles, and that’s all that matters.
What was up with having the presenters standing in the audience? It just seemed too informal and odd. Next year they should just start handing out awards as people arrive on the red carpet. That’ll get the show moving faster.
I’ve never seen CNN’s Crossfire before, so I really don’t quite understand what Jon Stewart was arguing, but I got the general gist of it. It’s really great to see him go on the show and completely bash it by saying it hurts the democratic purpose.
These sites all say it much better than me though. A link to the actual appearance on the show, as well as a link to what Boing Boing had to say on the subject. Be sure to checkout Salon’s write-up on it as well.
Well, as expected, the debates are going to be completely worthless thanks to all the rules and regulations that have been agreed on. This commentary by Connie Rice pretty much tells all. I love politics.
“This is what I call the Obstruction of Democratic Debate Rule, which sets an impossibly high threshold for third-party candidates… Where are we, Russia? Isn’t Vladimir Putin wiping out democracy in Russia by excluding all opposing candidates from the airwaves during his re-election campaigns? Most new ideas come from third parties — they should be in the debates.”
Now that the Olympics are over (Damn judging discrepancies), primetime television has returned. Not that I really watch anything other than Simpsons (On three times a day) and Seinfeld (On two times a day) anyway.
Scrubs returned tonight, with Heather Graham now in as what I assume to be a long-term character, probably something like what Tara Reid did. She was surprisingly a lot better than I had expected, not the big ditz I had thought she would be, and had some funny lines of her own, especially the Chicken Sandwich bit.
I kept flipping back and forth from Scrubs and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (I think I need Tivo. But just for two shows? Nah.). I find myself oddly drawn to EM:HE just because of the whole home remodeling aspect, despite the fact that I absolutely loathe the crew (Except for the one straight guy. You figure it out.) and the whole Oprah “Making lives better and doing it for what it counts” stuff they throw in. This show fills my void since KCET stopped showing This Old House for who knows why.
Don’t get me wrong though, it is pretty sweet how they totally remodel (Rebuild is more like it) a house in seven days and really make a family’s lives a whole lot better. Least they’re doing something about it and actively showing the results to the public. Can’t argue with something like that, even if they do have to layer on the sappiness factor. I’m just saying I watch it mainly for the do-it-yourself parts.
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