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Friday, November 6th, 2009
No, No Doubt
No Doubt is suing Activision for the use of their likeness in the new game ‘Band Hero.’ First let me say how much I love No Doubt, and secondly, how much I dislike ‘Guitar Hero’ or ‘Rock Band’ or whatever other version of those games are out there. Fake instruments being played badly by people [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Gaming,Music by Jason D.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
‘Southland’ Returns
Time Warner’s ‘TNT’ cable network has picked up ‘Southland’ from GE’s NBC/Universal. The series had 7 episodes last season and 6 episodes had already been filmed for this Fall before NBC pulled the plug. I’m just glad that the show will get another chance. If you missed last season you can catch up before the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in TV,Uncategorized by Jason D.
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Augmented Reality
While the technology might not be brand new (see GE’s ‘Plug Into the Smart Grid’ campaign from earlier this year) the December issue of Esquire magazine is bringing Augmented Reality to a much wider audience. All you have to do is look for Robert Downey Jr. sitting on top of a bar-code/crossword puzzle image and the rest [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Advertising,Gaming,Interactive by Jason D.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Coming ‘Round
It’s been a while since I posted. Most of the year I’ve been suspiciously absent from IandB. Took a month off and got out of the country, heck out of the continent. Nothing like running away to Europe for a month to make you realize just how important it is to jump outside of your [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Off topic by Jason D.
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Happy Birthday to me!
For my birthday teh internets gave me two sites that will suck away hours and hours of time. bomomo.com is a great way to spend time ‘drawing’ nonsense, starting over and going again and again and suddenly it’s 5 and time for the weekend to start. Etsy.com is a way to shop by color. Right, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Google Earth Helps Swiss Police
Big brother is getting a little free help from Google. “Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth.” I guess I figured the police would be using Google Earth but it didn’t really occur to me that it would work to solve crimes. The plantation was hidden inside [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Big Brother by Jason D.
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Good Idea/Bad Idea
Bad Idea: Delaying the analog/digital transition to June 12. Good Idea: Investing in Netflix (yesterday)
No Comments » - Posted in Industry News by Jason D.
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
81st Academy Award Nominations
The full list can be found lots of places, try here if you are having trouble finding it. This pretty much means I have to see ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ this weekend as it nabbed 13 nominations. It also means maybe next week I’ll go see ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ as it grabbed 9. Along with [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Obama’s Oval Office
Everything’s gonna be all right.
2 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason D.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Obama’s Photosynth
Want to “Relive ‘The Moment’ when Barack Obama took the oath of office’? Then head on over to CNN and check out the 3-D image they are creating of the exact moment in which the Chief Justice screwed up the Oath. I can’t get enough of today’s coverage and on top of the thousands of things [...]