ROTK:EE Trailer Released

Here is a link to a great six-minute trailer for the Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King, Extended Edition

We get to see some snippets of the final confrontation between Gandalf and Saruman, as well as some other intriguing scenes that will add a lot of depth to the final movie. The Extended Edition will add an additional 50 minutes to the film, bring the total for the Extended trilogy to 11 hours and 20 minutes... yow.

Firefox extension - WeatherFox

Really cool extension for Firefox - WeatherFox

Get international weather forecasts from weather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable extension.

Abby picture

Abby is getting bigger and bigger. Won't be long until she and Sarah join forces against us. :-)

Abby in chair

MBFOB - episode 2

Hmmm - The 2nd episode of "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss" kinda stunk. No where near as good as the 1st episode... According to the ratings, it is not doing well either, only drawing 4.4 million viewers its first episode. So it may not be around for long... As long as we find out if the 'real' boss was a monkey...

Our Angels

My new favourite picture of all time.

Our Angels

My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss

My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss on FOX is probably the funniest show on TV right now. Total rip-off of Trump's "The Apprentice", but waaaaay more evil. For example, at the first board-room elimination, the first guy is told that he is too short, and that only tall people will succeed in life (WOOHOO) but the second guy is fired for wearing too expensive a suit. Leah and I were cracking up. Watch it...

10x10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time

Interesting concept. Should be interesting to see how well this will work...

"10x10 is ever-changing, ever-growing, quietly observing the ways in which we live. It records our wars and crises, our triumphs and tragedies, our mistakes and milestones. When we make history, or at least the headlines, 10x10 takes note and remembers.

Each hour is presented as a picture postcard window, composed of 100 different frames, each of which holds the image of a single moment in time. Clicking on a single frame allows us to peer a bit deeper into the story that lies behind the image. In this way, we can dart in and out of the news, understanding both the individual stories and the ways in which they relate to each other.

10x10 runs with no human intervention, autonomously observing what a handful of leading international news sources are saying and showing. 10x10 makes no comment on news media bias, or lack thereof. It has no politics, nor any secret agenda; it simply shows what it finds."

10x10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time

Snow flurries??

First snow of the season... And its only the beginning of November? What have we done?? You know, its 16 degrees C (60F) in San Jose right now... sigh....

Tea Party

Sarah and Abby had a tea party this weekend. Pretty funny. Don't even try to refuse. ;-)

Time for a tea party

GROW

From PC Magazine:

"Grow is probably the strangest, albeit most intriguing, game we've seen. Just start dragging the assorted materials (everything but the kitchen sink) into the red circle at the center and watch it grow. The object, as it becomes clear, is to add the materials in the correct order. This game can be won, but you'll need a lot of downtime at work to do so."

GROW

I played with it for a while last night... Very intriguing, to say the least. I finally did indeed win (it didn't take *that* long).

HULK'S DIARY THAT IS ON THE INTERNET

Great blog by the Hulk himself. The old ones in the Archives are a riot. HULK SMASH!

HULK'S DIARY THAT IS ON THE INTERNET

EE Times -Consumer as king: A benign tyrant?

Interesting article about the consumer electronics industry, and how fast new gadgets are becoming aquired by the mass market...

EE Times -Consumer as king: A benign tyrant?

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween fun was had by all. Sarah dressed up as a ladybug, and went to most of the houses on our street (maybe 8) collecting candy. She had the "Trick or Treat" prefected (although it sounded more like "Tickor tweet" :-) ). Abby was the Great Pumpkin. Our neighbours have (hopefully) started the great idea of not only giving out candy to the kids, but also beer to the parents taking the kids out. Next year I'll be standing beside the girls - them with a loot bag, me with an empty 12-pack. heheh

Smiling pumpkin



Frowning pumpkin?



Is there a pumpkin on that ladybug?

Big Galoot Wines

Finally got around to making a label & logo for the "Big Galoot Winery". On the advice of the guy at my local wine store, I just bought Avery labels (much cheaper than blank "wine" labels) and printed them off. The logo is a picture of Nauga I took a while ago with the background removed, then superimposed on a picture of wine grapes I found onthe web. I put the result through a filter to make it look like brush strokes, then added the text. Big Galoot Wines - coming soon to a store near you! ;-)

Big Galoot Wines