Otakon, if you didn’t know, is a gathering of Anime fans down in Baltimore.
While I wouldn’t say I’m an “anime fan” or fanatic of any sort I’ve been known to appreciate the full length animated feature, usually Japanese, on occasion. On more occasions than a full length non-animated feature, in fact.
Which is what led […]

I’ve discovered I have a lax entertainment ethic.
That’s right. Entertainment ethic. You’ve seen people with a very strong entertainment ethic. They might be standing in front of you in the line having gotten up early just to see this show. They’re the ones that have to be on time just to […]

Looks like inovative revenue sharing methods are starting to pop up.  Lulu.tv is doing the “post your media online” model ala youtube, but offering up 80% of the revenue to the providers of the content.
Here’s how it works.
You put your video up on Lulu.tv and then it goes into circulation.  All of the revenue generated […]

There’s something about the Bastard Operator which goes down well on a Friday ‘noon.
Watch and be amazed as he goes over just how to relieve the company of excess management and incompetent employees…
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While it’s probably not work safe, kid friendly, etc. etc., you might get a kick out of “Least I Could Do”.
Or be completely offended by it.
Either way, I don’t mind.  Really.
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So. Went to see Clerks II. The sequel.
It was a pretty good flick. The movie was a true follow up to Clerks rather than a film in it’s own right. Although I didn’t have anyone to give perspective on it, I think you might not get as much out of it if […]

It’s official.  A few short years after it’s inception, Sony is killing the UMD format they were distributing movies to PSP owners in.  Sales apparently slacked after users realized they can upload their own purchased movies via the USB cable instead of repurchasing them.
Sony is supposedly moving over to a “Memory Stick” format… but don’t […]

Overall I like the reporting at the Register.  They’ve got a sense of fun to go along with their tech reporting that adds in some “flare” to an otherwise hum-drum topic.
But they occasionaly slip out “facts” in articles that are anything but.  These “facts” are more of the nudge nudge, wink wink, we all know […]

It might be (uhm) 3 years too late to read the series in-progress from Warren Ellis, but Transmetropolitan is still a hell of a read.
Like all the best Cyberpunk fiction it still rings true after it’s publishing run has ended.
Add in the bonus that it’s a closed-ended series with a beginning, middle, and finish and […]

And here I thought we staties were the ones on the cutting edge of cruel and unusual copyright penalties!
Seems that the French Parliament bowed to corporate interest and enshrined their 180 degree turn from their anti-discriminatory copyright stance I talked about a bit earlier.
The long and short of it is that the lawmakers in France […]