02 Mar 10 Entry 0242
When the hell did this happen? When did we, as a society, decide to drop the “e” from the word axe? How the hell long has this been going on, and why was I not informed?
Ax? Really? Is that a word we actually want to use? It looks wrong, too short and, well, kind of silly.
I’m sorry, people, but I refuse to go along with this insanity.
13 Aug 09 Entry 0210
Star Trek Las Vegas 2009 Convention Debriefing
Summary:
Last week (sorry about the delay!) I spent four days at the Star Trek Las Vegas 2009 convention.
That’s four days of Star Trek, Star Trek stars and Star Trek fans. Four days of wandering the same halls, looking over some of the loot, and generally being surrounded by folks geekier than I am.
Four days of awesome.
This year was actually a bit mellower than previous conventions – they had fewer folks on stage on any given day, but made up for that by giving them a bit more time to do their thing. This time was greatly appreciated, as it gave the cast time to open up and really get into things. As always, I would have preferred just a bit more time for some of them (Frakes and Dorn, in particular), but I’m not going to be too picky. Any time is better than no time.
Full breakdown follows. (more…)
Tags: ethan philips, klingons, nerd, no words, pictures, riker, rikers beard, robert picardo, star trek, star trek fans, super nerd, tribbles, vegas
01 Aug 09 Entry 0208
The Middleman - Complete Series
The Closed Caption Conundrum
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Middleman Middlereview Middlemaddness
My copy of the Middleman DVD box set from Shout! Factor finally arrived yesterday, and after much anticipation (and drooling over the intricate packaging) Nadia and I watched the first episode (“The Pilot Episode Sanction”), and it was greatly enjoyed… By me. She also liked it, but not quite as much as I did. Not because she didn’t enjoy it, or think it funny or a great show (she compared it, favorably, to Firefly, which is bot a major plus and some major nerd cred right there), but because of the language barrier.
Which brings me to the point of this posting: Why is it so damn hard to get Closed Captioning working while playing back a DVD? Shout!, for whatever reason, decided it would be better to have the captions on this set as Closed Captions, instead of subtitles. I’m not sure why this is – subtitles are simple to use from a consumer standpoint, and universally supported from a player standpoint. But CC? Not so much.
Tags: closed captions, consumer standpoint, dvd, Firefly, language barrier, mac, Middlemaddness, middleman, nerd, ps3, shout
30 Oct 08 Entry 0130
Last night I loaned my DS to Nadia. She’d mentioned previously that she might maybe want one someday, but right now maybe using mine would be wiser… So I packed up my DS Lite, the charger and a handful of games (XX/XY – Feel the Magic, New Super Mario Bros, Super Princess Peach, Animal Crossing, Nintendogs, Kirby Squeak Squad, Pokemon Diamond) and handed them over to her for safe keeping and fun use…
Not entirely sure why I’m blogging about it. I didn’t really ever use my DS in the first place, but if I do miss it I still have my DS Phat to keep me company, or the PSP if it comes to that. I guess a part of me, the nerdy part of me, is just very happy to see her wanting to barrow and play some of the games I enjoy – and wanting to get some games of her own.
I guess, on that level, it makes me realize even more that we really are a great match.
Odd thing to key in on, I know…
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