Year 2008

Mandatory Viewing

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: An episodic web “TV” show, created by Joss Whedon, starring Neil Patrick Harris as an aspiring supervillain (Dr. Horrible) whose plans are consistently thwarted by Captain Hammer (played by Nathan Fillion). Free, online, at the link…

Updating A Classic

While playing Mario Kart Wii, for some reason I was reminded of this Far Side cartoon: I decided to update it a bit for the videogaming era: Heh. (Click the pic for full size.)

A Bad Day, Indeed

Most dangerous job in the world? Few people realize that it’s “professional sporting mascot”. Srsly, folks:

Notice!

Remember, folks: Burn Notice‘s new season starts tonight at 10pm. Tonight. Burn Notice. Oh, and Bourne Identity is on in the meantime. UPDATE: It’s entirely obvious to me that the Bourne movies wouldn’t be half as good were it not…

Kudos For Praized

Yes, I avoided the “praise for Praized” pun. My buddy Stephane (he of fellow WPhone fame) and his workmates have gone live with their social app, Praized. Think of it as a Web 2.0-ish Angie’s List, with local business/hotspot search…

Further Reader Minivan Bleg

You guys were great the last go-round, so I figured I’d solicit further advice. Here’s the situation: We’re looking at an ’06 Honda Odyssey. Y’all (and others) were convincing in your arguments and I’ve decided that loyalty to ancestors is…