SubscribeMonthly Archives: October 2007
FCC Likes Competition, not Exclusitivity
Yes, you read that right. The FCC is banning agreements that make apartment buildings only have one cable provider. This means that those who live in the city where apartments are the big thing and can’t live without their cable are able to choose between providers. “There is no reason that consumers living in apartment buildings should be locked into one service provider,” said Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman. While the cable providers aren’t too happy about this, consumers should turn… More »
Panasonic DMP-BD30 Reviewed (Already!)
While Panasonic just announced this beast yesterday via press release, CNET has already reviewed it minus one big feature: Profile 1.1. They liked that the front in no longer one large panel all the way across (blocking access to the drive), the LED display, and the new remote over it’s older brother, the BD10. They also noted the “excellent picture quality on Blu-ray discs” as well as it being able to output 1080p (isn’t that standard on Blu-ray?), and the… More »
Random Stat of the Day: Verizon FIOS
The friendly folks over at Broadband Reports has posted a startling statistic coming directly from Verizon and the FiOS division. To reach 8.5 million homes and serve 1.3 million customers, Verizon had to lay out 457 million feet of fiber-optic cable. That’s right, 457 million. That would be 86,553.03 miles, or basically enough fiber to wrap around the circumference of the Earth almost 4 times. Hats off to ya, Verizon. That’s a large sum of cable, for anybody.
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Colts vs. Patriots: Excellence on Display as Two Remaining Undefeated Teams Meet
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
The elite shall meet. I’ve already described it as this season’s Super Bowl. Many others are claiming it will be the best game of 2007. It’s still too early to make a prediction, so I’ll join in on the week-long Colts/Patriots hype with some interesting factoids about the big game this Sunday:
This will be the first-ever meeting between teams that started a season at 7-0 or better.
The game will feature the two winningest… More »
My So-Called Life – The Complete Series (w/ Book) Released
My So-Called Life was one of my favorite TV shows growing up so I’m ordering this ASAP. It’s all the episode of the TV show plus a book and it’s on sale!
If you were a big fan of the show this is a must have.
Tags: my so-called life, dvd release
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Not So Happy Halloween: Jon Kitna Regrets ‘Naked Coach’ Halloween Costume
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
Happy Halloween! Or not, at least for Detroit Lions QB Jon Kitna. This story is so stupid, I had to post something about it. Besides, it was the only thing I could come up with that had a Halloween theme.
Jon now regrets that he and his wife dressed up as an almost-naked man and a fast-food drive-through attendant at a teammate’s Halloween party. Jon’s choice of costume this year was in mockery… More »
Random Stats of the Day (2): NY Lead in HD
PC World is reporting that if you like HD and want to go to the spot where HD is loved by many others like you, then New York is the place to be, my friend. Approximately 17.5 percent of households in New York state are receiving HD content. Compare that to only 17.1 percent of households in Los Angeles and 16.8 percent in Washington, D.C. Other interesting facts include that 13.7 percent of households in the nation have the equipment… More »
How to have a more productive commute
Over at Property Crossroads, Dan Rafter made an interesting post about how more people want access to public transportation. People want communities that are planned in such a way that they can easily commute. Now, I live in a 3rd world country where commuting is akin to riding a bus to hell because of the traffic and the possibility of being mugged. Plus, once, a rooster flew into my face. But I digress.
So, for the street savvy… More »
Comedy Talk: David + David = Two Times the Funny
David Spade of CBS’ Rules of Engagement is one of the most annoying little dudes ever. Still, I’ll sit tight to watch him on TV any day of the week, simply because his brand of snark is often that big a hoot. Tonight, he’s doing another famously funny David a favor by visiting the Late Show with David Letterman.
Also up on Letterman for laugh lovers: hulking 6'6" Penn Jillette and mute 5'9" (He’s that high? Shocker!) Teller… More »
How to make your team fall apart
Bob Turek of Project Management 411 made an excellent post about working together. Naturally, this inspired me to write my own post about how NOT to work together.
Keep everything to yourself. You want to know why? Because everyone will steal your super genius ideas. Dont’ share anything. If you’re making a group presentation, just tell your teammates that your part will be a surprise.
Don’t bother asking your teammates about their own tasks. After all, they’ll be doing the exact same… More »
Lady Vols go polling
Well, the AP poll is still a few days away, but the ESPN/USA Today poll was released today and the defending champions were the near-consensus choice at No. 1.
Tennessee received 26 first-place votes while second-ranked UConn received four. Fifth-ranked LSU received one first-place vote. Here’s how the rankings came down.
1. Tennessee (26); 2. Connecticut (4); 3. Rutgers; 4. Maryland; 5. LSU (1); 6. Oklahoma; 7. UNC; 8. Stanford; 9. Duke; 10. Georgia; 11. Texas A&M; 12. Arizona State; 13. George… More »
The Night HE Came Home!
Just a half hour ago I realised it was Halloween and knew that I should really do a post about a scary old computer game, like Creepy Cave on the Acorn Electron, which was about a man whose front door key was stolen… BY A GHOST. Who lived in a cave where the walls DRIPPED ACID, and also had a number of conveyor belts. A frightening prospect I think you’ll agree. But then, during the course of my hem-hem ‘research’,… More »
The Month To Come…
So we had a great month here at Metal Martyr as far as growth goes. We have reached more new readers and hopefully gained some returning fans. November I’m going to start doing themes every week, sorta like I did the Classic Metal Video week. I thought that went pretty well.
I’m going to try to cover more black metal for the Black Metal fans. I don’t know all that much about Black Metal but I’ll do my best. I’m also… More »
Prison Break – Molly Sides
Prison Break
Episode Unknown
Molly Sides
Thanks to TWoP for the sides… I wrote them out here:
EXT. LINCOLN’s HOTEL – Day 10
Molly walks toward Linc’s hotel – head down, digging into her purse for the address – we see the GUN, still inside it. One of the passing pedestrians BUMPS into her and it’s –
LINCOLN (O.S.)
Sorry
He keeps going – but Molly looks up. Something familiar about that head. She calls out:
MOLLY
Lincoln Burrows?
Linc turns. Measures up this stranger.
MOLLY… More »
Next on ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’: Ah, Men
Ah, Men
WHEN SHE NEEDS A DATE FOR HER HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, SARAH TURNS TO GOD.
Sarah enters a serious romance with God. She starts to sour on his neediness and deep-seeded insecurity, but she also wants to show him off at her high school reunion.
Meanwhile, Brian and Steve wonder if smoking marijuana is what originally caused them to be gay.
The Sarah Silverman Program airs Wednesdays on Comedy Central at 10:30pm EST.
As usual, this installment sounds like another half-hour of goofy humor… More »