This week I discovered our local Ingle’s grocery store has a new vending machine – Red Box. This may be one of the coolest ideas ever. Completely unattended, there’s no annoying teenager who either knows too much or too little about movies. I don’t have a lot of older selection, but Red Box lets me … Read more
Steve Jobs came onto the stage to the cheers and clapping of all the major tech blogs and magazines and attendees at MacWorld today. Among the excitement of the keynote address were four major announcements. I’ll give Steve credit, he’s succinct in his keynotes. The four major announcements are: 1) iPhone Apps on the iPod … Read more
A few months back, I ditched my old Magnavox Divx-playing DVD player for a Phillips one that has HDMI output and also plays DivX movies. It was about $60 at Wal-mart and does 1080i up conversion on non-HD DVDs. It also doesn’t play HD movies, but it does make my current DVD collection look awesome … Read more
This morning I came in to the office, and after checking work e-mail I pulled up my personal G-mail account and this is what I saw: So, yeah – that made me laugh. I’ve just recently started using Netflix – I’m a little concerned they only said they received one movie back, but hopefully later … Read more
With staggering holiday sales numbers, Blu-Ray is really leaving HD-DVD in the dust. It also helps that Sony’s Playstation 3 has the capability to play Blu-Ray discs out of the box, while Microsoft’s own HD-DVD attachment for the X-Box 360 comes separately. While the price difference with the add-on makes it as expensive as the … Read more
No, no, I’m not strung out on drugs and wearing Nicolas Cage’s face. I certainly have not gone undercover as the malevolent Caster Troy. And under no circumstances will I be singing Elvis tunes while John Travolta shoots me with a spear gun. But I have most certainly not been feeling like myself lately. I … Read more
Nicolas Cage was born today in 1964, making him a whopping 44 years old today. Cage is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. He was born Nicolas Kim Coppola, but changed his name to try and make a career on his own. Cage got his first big break in film while reading lines with auditioning … Read more