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Entry 0210

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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.

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Entry 0208

Saturday, August 1st, 2009
The Middleman - Complete Series

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.

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Entry 0168

Monday, February 9th, 2009
So. Fucking. True.

So. Fucking. True.

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Entry 0130

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

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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Entry 0103

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

It can be hugs time naow?

It can be hugs time naow?


An Open Letter to the McCain Campaign

Regarding a recent entry on your blog, where you stated:

…Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman’s memory of war from the comfort of mom’s basement…

Is this the kind of thinking one can expect from McCain and his (potential) government? Slurs, slander and ages old stereotypes? (more…)

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