Yeah, so I did it. Well I did two things yesterday, one I claimed I would never do and the other that I knew I would do. The one I knew I would do? I bought the HD-DVD drive for the 360. Yeah, we all knew that would happen.

The thing I said I wouldn't do? I ate a square hamburger :( I know, but the new spicy double-melt with jalapeño peppers from Wendy's looked so good so I tried it. Sorry to the hamburger gods, I am a heathen, who is not worthy. I probably wouldn't get it again, I Like the spicy chicken sandwich from them better.

I know I haven't blogged much recently, but saw this clip online and HAD to share this dumb criminal.

http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/red/red_player.html?id=331&link=REDshlk

Watch it somewhere where you have sound because the announcer is just about as funny as the dude.

Sorry

So I've been insanely busy this past week or so, so I apologize for not posting.  I probably won't be posting anything for the next week or so, then I'll probably have some more free time.

So I apologize if anyone is still reading this.

Busy today

Okay, so The Daily Show and 3 Colbert Reports were on as background noise today, can't say I really paid attention to them

Same goes for 2 or 3 TWIT episodes. Sorry I suck, busy today.

Yesterday was a good day

Got completely caught up with The Daily Giz Wiz AND Geek Brief TV.

I then watched all of the Mac Weekly videos but got rid of the Mac Weekly podcast as I really didn't care.

dl.tv - HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray and then some crap about iTunes 7.  Then a bunch of view questions.  I like this show a lot better when both hosts are on, and was glad to see both of them back today.

The Daily Show - 9/18 - Big news, of course, is that Bill Clinton is the special guest, and he was good.  Overshadowed by one of the funniest bits Jason Jones has ever done about gays in the military.

The Daily Show - 9/19 - Wow, the Even Stephen bit was hillarious, I wish I was watching the show when that was on.  Ben Affleck was the guest, and he actually seemed kinda pissed, but it was probably the way the question was phrased.  That anti-circumcision freak all hopped up on frapacinos.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Yes, I'll admit it. I"ve never seen West Wing.  Yes, I know I'd like it, because I like Aaron Sorkin, LOVED Sports Night and The American President.  I think he writes some of the very best dialog I've heard.  This show is no exception.  Excellent dialog and I hope that i continues. I'm a bit surprised that NBC is airing this show, as most of the show is a not very well hidden slight at NBC itself (the name of the network on the show is NBS, come-on!)

*** Misc Music Reviews ****

Weird Al is back again, and he has some classics.  Two videos for you to enjoy:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-6566230463793540146&q=yankovic+white+and+nerdy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-grdpKVqg&mode=related&search=

Good stuff, he's amazing in how he can sound like whomever he's mocking.

Busy, but normal, day

dl.tv - Episode 94 - Patrick Norton is on vacation, somewhere on the East Coast, so it's just Robert Heron.  Big talk in the beginning about the iPod upgrades and the iTMS selling movies.  Some talk about the Tivo Series 3.

dl.tv - Episode 95 - Patrick Notron is the ONLY host this time, as Robert is at Cedia.  Not a terrible episode, but I miss the back and forth between Robert and Patrick.

The Simpsons - Jazzy and the Pussycats - Two very different stories that come together in a really terrible way.  So terrible that they even make a joke about it in the show itself, which then makes it funny.  But Bart as a drummer was pretty funny.

Fat Wreck Chords podcasts - So I listened to the 5 episodes they have out so far, all about 30 mins each, not bad.  Some good music, some that isn't so great.  But pretty good stuff overall.

Vanished - Drop - The Senator is led on a wild goose chase which culminates in 30 story drop in an elevator.  Unbelievable?  Yep, but still pretty cool and you wonder what this whole 9 thing is (and does it have something to do with the Supreme Court?  Probably)

Vanished - Before the Flood - We find out why the old Mayor dude killed himself and start to find out more about this whole 9 thing, which is really a 6 but upside down and apparently a masonic symbol.  Oh and Marcy is pregnant (shocker) but what was shocking is that she was the one who was sleeping with the dude that wants to be on the Supreme Court.  Umm, okay, that's a bit outrageous, but I'll go with it for a while.

The Amazing Race - The new season of the Amazing race started.  It's too early to tell who I like and who I don't like, but I'm not sure that I like people getting kicked off not at pit-stops or not, we'll see.  The Muslims and Indians are out already, a lot for the first show.

Listed to a bunch of The Daily Giz Wiz getting caught up on them on Tuesday.  I"m really trying to get caught up on all of my podcasts, I figure it'll take another 3-4 weeks before that happens, we'll find out if I'm right.  I'll keep you updated, as I'm sure you're waiting with bated breath.

Fun-packed Friday/Weekend

The Daily Show - 9/13 - The show starts of with some Indecision 2006 talk, with some funny rhymes.  A little making fun of The Governator (which was good.)  Exper-Teaser with John Hodgman and how you can keep your child from getting head-lice.  Guest is the Former Chair of the Republican Party - Ed Gillipse.  Stewart does a good interview and Ed was actually a pretty good guest, even if I might not agree with anything he said.  New segment: The Daily Show "Seat of Heat." 

The Colbert Report - 9/13 - Stephen's Baby Eagle has been tracked into Canada so Stephen called him a draft dodger.  That wierd bit where Stephen talks to himself, and then put a gun in each others mouth.  It was weird.  Ken Jennings (jeopardy guy) is the special guest.  The interview was okay.

The Brewing Network - 9/10 - Wow, a very drunken show, with Beer Jeopardy and some good bits.  I'm liking this show the more I listen, SOME good info and lots of funny stuff.

Cranky Geeks - Episode 25 - This is an older episode that I watched/listened to but the news is over two weeks old now :)  And that's an eternity in this business.  I didn't watch the whole thing because I couldn't stand the one guy.

Cranky Geeks - Episode 26 - Dvorak talk some spam, which he apparently doesn't get unless he's talking about how he blocks it.  Also some of the Apple Showtime announcement talk, which is funny to listen to AFTER the actual keynote speech :)  There's a company that requires anyone over 75 to bring a YOUNGER family member to sign up for Internet service.

Cranky Geeps - Episode 27 - Sebastian Rupley is the guest host, as Dvorak is out.  Kevin Rose is one of the special guests.  Om Malik is a guest, I really hate this guy (he's the guy who I stopped watching episode 25 for.)  But i'll watch this one because of Kevin. 

The Daily Show - 9/14 - An extremely funny bit where John Oliver relates his trials and tribulations of being an immigrant worker.   And aparently Afgahnistan has more than 30% OVER supply compared to demand of Opium.  Norm McDonald is the special guest (I think he's drunk, but he's still funny.)  He kinda makes fun of Steve Irwin, which sucks but I still laughed.  It was so wrong and I laughed so hard.

The Colbert Report - 9/14 - The actual Hungarian ambassador is on the show about Stephen winning the contest to have the bridge in Hungry named after him.  Of course, he has to be dead for it to actually be named that way, so, umm, I'm guessing that won't happen, but it was still really funny.  Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger.  Bill Simmons - ESPN's The Sports Guy is the special guest. 

Til Death - Sex for Furniture - The basic premise of this episode was that Joy was told by her new neighbor that you can trade sex to get whatever type of furniture you want.  Eddie turns down sex and then Joy goes and gets it anyway.  My biggest problem with this episode was that I can't imagine two people doing that to one-another, and while the show had some funny parts, I'm not positive that this show will last the whole season or not.

Blade - Monsters - The FBI agent tracks down Blade and goes on a hunt with him and ends up biting it.  Pretty good episode about revenge though and it sets up the season finale well.

Blade - Conclave - The season finale was excellent with a lot of fighting and gun fights and explosion and tons of deaths, which is awesome.  And the ending was really cool and I can't wait to see what they do next season, hopefully it'll be back.

Survivor - I Can Forgive Her But I Don't Have to Because She Screwed With My Chickens - The first episode of the new season, on Cook Island.  They keep saying that it's this big social experiment dividing the tribes along racial lines.  Lets call it what it is, a very very shallow ratings grab, so you want to see what's going on.  I really couldn't care less about the racial tribes, but it seems that it is all anyone talks about with this show.  I can't wait for them to merge into at most 2 tribes and then to one, just so this social experiment goes away.

Flavor of Love - Who Loves New York - Wow, so this girl New York from last season comes back and just is a complete and total drama-queen attention grabber.  And she was really annoying, almost to the point where I turned off the show (oh, and I full admit that I should have.)

Mythbusters - Mega Movie Myth Spectacular 2 - Excellent episode with like 6 different myths that they bust, but apparently an ejection seat in a car is plausible, which was awesome.  And the awning drop from Indiana Jones (and the Temple of Doom) is also plausible as well.

Vanished - We watched the first two episodes of this mystery/drama tonight.  They're trying to do a 24ish setup, where the ending of each show is a little bit of a cliffhanger, but unlike 24, the plot is way way more complicated at this point (at least compared to 24 in the first 3 seasons, I haven't seen 4 and 5 yet.  Not that 24's plot isn't complicated, it gets complicated, but they usually start off a bit less complicated and then keep adding and adding.)  I'm interested to see where this show goes too, but I've read some places that don't think it'll make it through the season.

Catching up on some Daily Show.

The Daily Show - 9/11 - God, they don't even have to try to make Bush sound stupid, he does it all himself.  A lot of 9/11 talk, obviously.  Jason Jones then reports on hunting with Dart Guns instead of real guns.  Yeah, awesome.  The special guest was Maggie Gyllenhaal who was pregnant.

The Colbert Report - 9/11 - Stephen "calls" the Mannilow win in the same category that he was up for an Emmy in.  The word is Shall, a great word.  Thou Shalt not Kill (except by Lethal Injection :).)  Martin Short is the special guest.  I'm still not the hugest fan of the guy.

The Daily Show - 9/12 - Even though it is no longer 9/11, the show still starts off with more 9/11 talk.  A really funny bit where they superimposed the image of George Bush talking to the nation over top of the Geico commercial with Little Richard.  Wow, that's genius.  Jon then takes a bit of time out to talk to Camera 3 and the President, dressed in a cowboy hat, with a bale of hay and a barn in the background.  Funny stuff.  Lewis Black is on the show, and you know what I think of him.  Gary Hart was the special guest, and he was a Senator and he was okay.  Not sure if he's still in the Senate or not.

The Colbert Report - 9/12 - Funny Colbert fighting Bush with lightsaber in green screen.  I didn't catch the word, but it was probably something like Fear.  NJ's Third - in Better Know a District, except it's a Better know a Challenger.  Toby Keith is the special guest.  Apparently Willie Nelson's bus is the Embassy of Weedvile.  That's funny.

American Dad - Guys, there's a Lion, Guys! There's a Lion!  Oh, nevermind.  Funny.  The show was okay, but not great but that's pretty much par for the course with this show, it has moments that are hilarious and moments that aren't so much.  In this one Stan wants Steve to go to camp and ends up sending him to a refugee camp.

The Brew Network - I don't remember what day this show aired, but it was pretty interesting about Batch Sparging. I'm still an extract brewer but someday I hope to make it to All Grain.  It's cheaper and you have more control over your brews.

*** Misc Review ***
Okay, so this is a review of iTunes 7.  Here's the thing, I usually dislike iTunes but I always give the new version a try.  My main thing I need is the ability to create Smart Playlists based on comments in the ID3 tags (so Lace and I can each get the music we need on our iPods correctly.)  And I also want MP3 and not AAC and I want to use EAC or CDex with LAME to encode my music, not the iTunes built in.  And like most Apple programs, it is so insistent that everything you want to do is integrated into this one program that it doesn't play very well with others.  I could work around all the other problems except one, it did NOT import all my comments correctly.  It imported about 2/3 of them for some reason, no idea why.  So I'm not ready to switch to iTunes yet.