Just in time for the holidays! What timing … just last week I posted about the 20th anniversary of “Mystery Science Theater 3000″ and the (former) Best Brains’ current endeavor, “Cinematic Titanic.” What should I find in my inbox this morning? An e-mail from CT announcing the release of “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians,” a [...]
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I found this New York Times article via slashdot … “Mystery Science Theater 3000” turns 20 this month! MST3k premiered on Thanksgiving Day 1988 on KTMA in Minnesota. It was eventually picked up by Comedy Central where I discovered it as a sophomore in college in 1992 (back when Jon Stewart was still on “Short [...]
Graduation at East High
I took my daughter to see “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” this afternoon. I guess everyone who wanted to see this saw it opening weekend, because this was only the third weekend of its release and the theater was pretty empty … and all the kids were girls under 10, as I expected. “Senior [...]
Interesting analysis of Gates/Seinfeld commercial
By now you’ve probably seen the new Microsoft commercial featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld which premiered during Thursday Night Football last week. When I first saw it, I wasn’t impressed. “The future. Delicious.” Seriously? This is Microsoft’s counter to Apple’s hilarious “I’m a Mac. I’m a PC” ads? Churros, shoes, and moist, edible PCs? [...]
TiVo Series3
Ok, it’s time to start selling TiVos. I have four of them in the house now that I “broke down” and bought the new THX-certified Series3 HD DMR. This thing is sweet … and I know I say that a lot, but this time I mean it! It has two CableCARD slots, HDMI, eSATA (for [...]
Sony KLV-S23A10 23″ LCD HDTV
I must have been extra good this past year because my wife gave me the Sony KLV-S23A10 23″ LCD HDTV display for Christmas to replace an old 13″ tube. This 1366×768 display has 1 component input (for a DVD or other HD source), 3 composite and S-Video inputs, and HDMI and RGB connections. While it [...]
Harmony 676 universal remote
Until now, I’d been sticking with the cheaper universal remote controls. My favorite was the Magnavox PMDVR-8 which did a great job of controlling all of my home theater devices, including my TiVos. Recently, however, I had two of the units go bad. I was going to just replace it with the same, but was [...]
Panasonic TH-42PD25UP 42″ plasma EDTV
The home theater system I started building back in 2000 when I purchased my Pioneer receiver and a set of speakers was finally completed this weekend when I added the Panasonic TH-42PD25UP 42″ plasma EDTV to my setup. My budget couldn’t handle a full-blown HDTV, but I am perfectly happy so far with the excellent [...]
Another TiVo
Ok, yes, I am addicted … but I can stop any time I want … really! Today I purchased my second TiVo. Now that the Home Media Option is no longer an option (i.e., it’s free and included with the TiVo service) and the subscription price for multi-TiVo homes has gone down (only $6.95/month for [...]
TiVo Series2 DVR
My home theater setup was graced with both a DVD Changer and a TiVo unit this past Christmas. The TiVo is soooo cool. It’s basically a little Linux box with a hard drive in it that allows you to pause and rewind live TV and easily record your favorite shows using an on-screen guide. The [...]
