Month: May 2007
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MPAA Arms Malaysian Theaters with DVD Sniffing Dogs, Night-Vision Goggles
No, that’s not a joke. It really happened, just in time for Spiderman 3 and POTC3. After showing people to their seats, trained ushers are strapping on the goggles and scanning darkened cinemas around the country to spot anyone trying to make illegal copies of movies with hand-held video recorders or mobile phones. The Motion…
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I love Joe Paterno
In a day and age where College athletes at the highest levels can be as famous and as pampered as their professional counterparts, Joe Pa is a throwback. At least 15 Nittany Lions were involved in an ugly off-campus brawl, but instead of trying to move past it quickly and using typical head-coach doubletalk about…
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Trekker Sells Modded Apartment for $840,000
Our favorite English Trek geek finally sold his apartment, which had been remade into a very detailed Next Gen suite. I wonder how much cash he put into it…
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Congratulations!
I would just like to congratulate my wife, Jennifer, for graduating with her Associates Degree last night! Thomas and I knew you could do it!
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Warner Bros. to Canada: You Suck!
Canada will no longer get advanced screenings of Warner Bros. movies, stating that 70 percent of their movies from the past 18 months were pirated in the Frozen North. It is currently not a criminal offense there to take your camcorder in to record a movie for ‘personal use’. President Bush wanted to send in…