Apple Macbook is Best Computer for School says Seattle Times

Aug 26, 2006

“If your school requires you to use some Windows-only software, you can simply launch Parallels and run Windows within a separate window in your Mac OS X environment, or restart the machine from Windows using Boot Camp,” Carlson reports.

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CBS to start streaming prime-time shows

Aug 22, 2006

CBS will begin showing episodes of several new and returning prime-time shows for free on the Internet, becoming the second network to do so. The network said that starting next month it will begin streaming episodes of a new show, “Jericho,” along with “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “CSI: Miami,” “CSI: NY,” “Numbers” and “Survivor.”

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Veronica Mars Season 2 DVDs

The day has arrived! Season 2 of Veronica Mars was released on DVD today, and I just got my set!

Veronica Mars Season 2 DVDs # Actors: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Ryan Hansen, Francis Capra, Kyle Gallner, Tessa Thompson
# Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
# Language: English
# Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
# Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
# Number of discs: 6
# Studio: Warner Home Video
# DVD Release Date: August 22, 2006
# DVD Features:

* Available Subtitles: Spanish, French
* Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
* 22 episodes on six discs
* 22 minutes of deleted scenes
* “A Day on the Set with Veronica Mars” behind-the-scenes featurette
* “Veronica Mars: Not Your Average Teen Detective” featurette
* Gag reel

Order from Amazon – $37.99
Order from Target – $37.99

Create an Email Blacklist in Gmail

Aug 21, 2006

If you constantly receive messages you’d like to ignore from the same persons or Gmail’s spam filters aren’t too good for you, it’s time to create a blacklist. How to do that in Gmail?

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Prebuilt MythTV-based Media Center PCs

Monolith is selling prebuilt HTPCs with MythTV on top of Ubuntu. Also includes a remote, IRBlaster, and are customizable.

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Google Talkabout: It’s Finally Here!

Aug 16, 2006

Google Talkabout: It’s Finally Here!
Hooray! The new Google Talk features (file sharing, voicemail, and music status) have completed testing and are now available to everyone. Just use Google Talk normally, and it will auto-update to the new version over the next few days.

Veronica Mars promo from Comic-Con

Aug 8, 2006

Give me three minutes and fifteen seconds, and I’ll show you why you should be watching Veronica Mars.

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This promo for Veronica Mars from Comic-Con is incredible! It has my most favorite scene of all time- when Veronica says, “tada!!” Less than two months ’til Season 3 starts on the CW… I can’t wait!

My movie review: Imagine Me & You

Aug 7, 2006

So, I just got done watching this movie “Imagine Me & You” starring Piper Perabo (who you might remember as the Jersey girl in Coyote Ugly) and Lena Headey (who I think bears a striking resemblance to Keira Knightley). The movie was really good, I’d give it an 8 out of 10 :) For those squeamish about homosexuals, this is not a movie for you!

I found this clip from the movie (just over 6min, about 22MB) which basically convinced me to rent it and watch the whole thing: Download from Rapidshare. You can read my little review ahead- caution: spoilers and screencaps!

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