Guest-starring Dan Shaurette (with M in the background)! Of the Out of the Coffin podcast.
I sound tired, but it was a fun conversation.
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Happy belated birthday, Justa J0e!
I am currently consolidating my iTunes library on the PC so that I can move it over!
Ok. Finally watched that high-blood pressure peeing video… wrong, wrong, WRONG!
Still, pretty damn funny. ;)
CP: Runaway — Ladytron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHMynl9QX7g
What it Rhettro that mentioned Autumn?
http://www.myspace.com/autumnband
Pretty good stuff.
[rant] Coworkers are not using their eyes. After several years of running the same machines together, anything that I can deduce in 5 seconds shouldn’t be beyond their capabilities to see. [/rant]
You should google ‘change blindness’ NS.
Morning Pan, giving that Wolverine film a miss, may catch it when it comes out on DVD.
From the Wiki article on Change Blindness:
…failure to compare the relevant information from the current scene to the representation…
That sounds about right. The belt isn’t spinning because the drive wheel fell off. And yet no one see that the drive wheel is missing.
The information is nice to have, though it doesn’t exactly reduce my frustration. =) Thanks for the heads up, Vanamonde.
Change of plans, going to see Wolverine after all, greatness not expected.
Morning, Pan.
The wife and I are planning a trip to Vegas this summer – the kids are spending that time away with my parents, so it will be just the two of us.
I’m doing plenty of research now, but I wanted to probe the minds of the community. Who’s been there? Any recommendations on hotels good or bad? And, any thoughts on shows to see or avoid?
We’ll do some gambling, though that’s not our main purpose. We do have a trip planned over to the Grand Canyon that we’re looking forward to.
Have not seen Wolverine yet. Reviews look pretty mixed all around. Never caught the super duper sneaky preview last month, either. We’ll probably hold off until the Blu-Ray comes out.
Morning Pan.
Once again hubby leaving for work; in-laws still asleep.
Ed, I can’t really give a review. We stayed at the Hilton and did the Trek experience but since they closed that down. We did tour the hotels. The next time we go we’ll either stay at the Luxor or Caesars.
WE had friends stay at the The Ballagio (SP?). They said it was quite nice, and when the fountain did it’s ballet there was a channel on the TV that you could turn to to pipe in the music it was dancing to.
Ed, I’ve also been to the Ballagio (SP?), which has good restaurants. I don’t gamble, so that’s all I’ve got! I was there for a business meeting and didn’t get to see much.
I tried to copy my iTunes library over to my external hard drive and screwed something up royally. All of my podcasts now have ! next to them — my music did as well, but I was able to revert back to an older Library file. Aaargh!
I’ll try again tonight, and if it doesn’t work, I might just bite the bullet and reconstruct it from scratch on the new computer.
CW: The Tudors (before work)
Good luck in the trenches, EssBee.
I’ve only seen one show in Vegas (Cirque du Soleil’s LOVE), and I really enjoyed it.
8:00 and still asleep. Must be nice :)
We say Penn & Teller, and Elton John when we were in Vegas (as well as the Star Trek Experience :) )
CP: Quirks and Quarks
Well Wolverine wasn’t that bad..nice fight sequences.
Ah, I hear the shower running.
Good morning Deadpan, finally got the string tied tight enough to restore internet access for myself.
Happy belated birthdays for Van and Joe.
Sounds like LostRalph misunderstood the whole “wireless” concept. :) Glad you’re back on.
Krazy Joe posted this on the forums:
Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/trekkies_bash_new_star_trek_film?utm_source=a-section
EssBee
I’m doing a similar iTunes thing.
I hooked my hard drive to the computer and copied over just the “ITunes Music” Folder.
Then I went into iTunes preferences … told it that the hard drive was the NEW location of the music folder.
Then, for good measure, I went to file/library/consolidate library … and iTunes made sure that I had copied all my audio files to the new folder.
It seems to work perfectly now.
All of this was starting with a Mac though.
Tonight I may try to do the same thing with a PC.
I’ll let you know how that works out.
You’d think that with all of the iHype, Apple UIs for basic actions would be a lot less user-unfriendly.
Wolverine: If you turn off your “Well why don’t they just/Why would anyone do that?” filters, it’s a fun superhero action flick. Also — I don’t know — but it would seem that Deadpool fans might also have some complaints.
Oh the clip after the credits at the end of Wolverine wasn’t worth waiting for.
Though allegedly it is a different clip at the end of some prints than others, Van.
I must having got the boring one JB, just drinking at a bar telling an Asian barmaid he was drinking to remember.
+Wolverine
I had the same clip, Van.
Hi Everyone!
JOe, I think I’ve got it. I downloaded something called iPodrip and it seems to be taking all of my files from the iPod onto the new macbook. Whew!
How is everyone tonight?
I spend this evening pulling grass out of my xeriscape and really enjoyed it!
Essbee – Should you have grass there??? I guess not that’s why you pulled it..
Exactly, Wolf! The neighbor’s freakin’ lawn is infringing on my rights to have a beautiful rock & cactus garden (that I don’t have to water).
Yeah Wolverine. Pretty much what everyone else said. If I rated the XMEN films by how good they were I would say that the XMEN 2 was the best, XMEN 3 the worst and the first film somewhere in the middle. Wolverine ranks somewhere above X3 but below X1. Deadpool, I confess I didn’t even know who he was until I bought Marvel Ultimate Alliance for the 360 and he was a fun character to play. I’m not sure what the point of the final scene with Deadpool was exactly. Overall though, I found him the most interesting character shown, but his screen time was pretty brief.
I’m going to venture a guess that my iTunes recovery is going to take around 12 hours. I don’t know if that’s too long or too short, but I do know it probably means that I won’t have my iPod at Evil, Inc. tomorrow. I have no idea how to function!
5087 tracks left . . .
G’night, mush. I’m off to read a bit of Snow Crash and then visit dreamland.
Ess – I know it’s a pain in the arse, but don’t you have a backup mp3 player for emergencies? Or is it just me and my destructive tendencies that prompt me to have 2 extra players sitting around waiting for when I break this one?
Ah, crap.
CPIMM: Careless Whisper – George Michael
In an effort to alleviate Nomad’s SPIMM, I bring you. . . . cool, obscures, 70s, King Crimson-reminiscent prog rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3QSuLMIvX4
SPIMM…. now that is a funny typo.
Goodnight (possibly), tumblemush.
Hmmmm SPIMM!
Arm pillows
http://funnypulse.co.kr/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=016000000001&search=&sort=order2
Comedy actor DeLuise dies aged 75
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8035035.stm
I’m most familiar with him from An American Tale as Tiger.
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No backup mp3 player Nomad, but I do have these silver disc-like things that play music. I wonder how they work? Maybe I’ll take a few of those with me today?
4855 tracks left …
Do you have a CD/DVD drive in your work computer? You could burn a playlist of files to a blank disk and listen to them on the work computer. Though, if most of your files are in Apple’s AAC format, instead of MP3, that probably wouldn’t do much good unless you could install Itunes on the work PC.
I can get away with installing just about anything on my work computer, but I know lots of places lock their computers down against that kind of thing.
Morning Pan, listening to the lastest Skepticality podcast, it’s annoying that Swoopie doesn’t pronounce Edinburgh correctly even though she is interviewing someone who does.
Small potatoes though…..
Good idea, Ed!
Morning Pan!
Same Scenario. I’m awake, hubby’s leaving, everyone else is asleep.
All things considered, I wish I was asleep too.
Well we will keep you company Bunny!
Thanks Wolf :)
sometimes alone, but never lonely in the DeadPan.
CD-sipping a lovely cold drink after a walk in a forest.
Off to Evil, Inc. Have a great day, Deadpan!
Looking at trying to get things done at work.
I’m envious, Van.
CP: TechStuff
Before I saw the post saying that “SPIMM” was a typo, I thought it was an intentional variation on the acronym, meant to mean “Song Playing In My Mind.” That phrase does make sense in the context of the sentence where “SPIMM” is first used, kind of.
CD: Downloading presentation materials for an informal speaking engagement on Sunday. I’m excited!
I will be sparse – planning and scheming.
CP: Escape Pod Flash
SPIMM somehow keeps getting turned into Spit Play mummble.
Hey Van, what is the correct way to say Edinburgh? Ed in bur?
I’m not familiar with prog rock. That said, I liked the bit by Camel (?) despite the electric organ type tone that was kind of painful.
NS: the way I learned was Ed-in-bur-ah.
So not eden-burg? >B]
Ditto gets the booby prize for correct pronunciation.
and NS gets covered in mud for thaqt last comment.
:)
CP: Green Onions – Booker T and the MGs
CP: Take 5 – Dave Brubeck
CP: My Best friend’s Girl – The Cars
CP: You Might Think – The Cars
Anybody care for mudpies?
CP: Sgt Rock (is going to help me) – XTC
CP: When Love Breaks Down – Prefrab Sprout
CP: Cars and Girls – Prefrab Sprout
CP: Real Gone Kid – Deacon Blue
Good Morning.
Last night my iPod Touch did this bizarre thing where it refused to turn off. Every time I pressed the button on the face it would ask me to go to the music center or close. That’s all it would do. It was bizarre. So, I had to restore factory settings and wipe the entire iPod to get it back to normal. I think the iPods are going to rise up against us and make us all crazy.
CP: Happy Hour – The Housemartins
CP: You Keep it All in – The Beautiful South
CP: A Little Time – The Beautiful South
Yawn
Ouch!
Van? Did you poke yourself in the eye?
lol I’m not that bendy!
I was talking about your finger!
So, Edinburgh is pronounced Ed-in-bur-ah?
I thought we only did screwed up stuff like that on our side of the pond.
Just don’t pull his finger, CJ.
Ed: You mean like Kansas and Arkansas? ;)
And my wife refused to believe me when I tell her how Worcestershire sauce is really pronounced.
Coincidence… The radio station just played some Beautiful South while I was on the way in.
“We are Each Other”
CP: Telling Lies — Great Northern
CP: Salvation — The Cranberries
In honor of putting all my music back on my iPod…
Scotsman Believe Take Tonight
ZP peers into the darkness as he reviews Assault on Dark Athena:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/714-The-Chronicles-of-Riddick-Assault-on-Dark-Athena
I didn’t even know The Scotsman was in my iTunes, but I’m pretty happy to see it there.
Oh yeah … and..
I AM SEEING STAR TREK TOMORROW!
whew… I just had to scream!
I’m a little excited.
Star Trek
I love Star Trek.
Really Really Really
Evening, Deadpan!
4447 tracks left . . .
CJ – Did you know that someone actually wrote a sequel to the Scotsman. It answer the question of why you don’t see any Blue ribbons at Ren Faire.
St. Patrick’s Day several years ago I saw Authority Zero sing the Scotsman at a local pub, The Dubliner.
I think I was trying to remember the name of the band this weekend and I have such a horrible short-term memory so I thought I’d better document it right here and now.
That was 400 so this is 401.
w00t!
CW: Monday’s Colbert Report
He is a crazy MFer.
And … I just booked myself a trip to Vegas.
I’m so wild.
When are you headed there, CJ? I’m still in my geeky engineer overanalyzing research stage for the trip my wife and I are taking at the end of July.
I’m following Debbie (Spellwight) out there.. I’m just staying one night May 29th and coming home the following evening.
Here you go Ed.
Feed your engineer this data.
http://www.stephsvegas.com/
Not too frequently updated but some good tips – especially the $20 room upgrade.
http://www.lasvegastripreport.com/
Best Vegas site evah.
It’s reviews by regular folks. Of course everyone has their own things that tweak them so you have to read a lot of reports to come up with an average. If one report says a place had lousy service it might be an expectation problem. If 3 people report a place has lousy service then you should give that more weight.
http://www.lvol.com/lvoleg/lvshows.html
Just a good site to see what shows are playing, where, how much and some reviews.
Enjoy.
Ut!
I am moderated.
I thought I had subscribed to F&SF months ago, but nothing came of it. After Van mentioned his e-sub, I was pretty much decided that would work for me. I kept pulling up the website to pull the trigger, but I kept backing out again before completing the transaction.
When I got up tonight, I found out that the June/July issue has shown up in the mail.
So… woot for that, but really? I’m pretty sure I signed up in January. That’s a crazy long turn around.
Timeless Classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI
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