Muckbeast

Apple has absolutely kicked ass in the last 5-10 years. iPod, iPhone, iPad, Macbook, and the last couple versions of MacOS. All huge hits and deservedly so.
Is it really so hard to just stop there? Is it really necessary to start giving Apple credit for things they don’t deserve any credit for?
Apparently for the media [...]

I was looking for an old Dragon Magazine article in my handy dandy 5 CD reference I bought over a decade ago. While skimming through the April 1991 issue, I saw their “Role of Computers” section where they review computer RPGs. I’ve included a few screen grabs for your elucidation:
Blown up:

Full section:

The inside front cover [...]

So a picture of the new Wonder Woman costume is out, worn by the soon to be Wonder Woman Adrianne Palicki. What amazes me most about this is the fact that Lynda Carter totally crushes her in hotness. I even think the old costume was better.
Both pictures appear after the jump for your viewing pleasure. [...]

A year and a half ago I blogged about Sleazy Marketing in the MMO Industry, and of course Evony was a major part of that post.
Today I learned about this really amusing parody “television commercial” for Evony. It is worth a watch:

This is a really great list!
My favorite of the bunch:

Angel
The first few seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer were sublime. A lot of that had to do with the endlessly frustrating eternal soul connection between Buffy, who killed vampires, and Angel, who was one. But by the end of Season 3, there was little ground [...]

Dana Carvey will be back on SNL for an episode. WOOT! I might actually watch.
CBS: “We have a high level of concern” about Charlie Sheen. Really? About time CBS started to admit they have a serious problem with Sheen.
Hannah Montana ends with a whimper. Thank god. Now can Miley Cyrus’s career please go into a [...]

Watson, the IBM SuperComputer that plays Jeopardy is getting a lot of attention lately. In the practice match, it apparently beat Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, Jeopardy’s two biggest champions of all time.
Watch Ken Jennings Get Beaten in ‘Jeopardy!’ By a Computer
In Warmup Match, Jeopardy All-Stars Defeated By IBM’s Supercomputer Watson
I was disappointed to learn [...]

We’ll try this as an occasional blog post. Links to interesting TV news items.
Christina Hendricks wants to play wonder woman. I find it very hard to object to that. She seems a worthy successor to Linda Carter.
FCC approves Comcast-Universal merger. But only if “With that in mind, the proposed conditions on FCC approval include [...]

This isn’t my usual type of blog post, but it is relevant because of a topic I am hoping to post on soon in great detail. That topic is the phenomenon of businesses treating their customers with hostility, and how that is almost always extremely unwise and counterproductive.
In this case, the issue is DVR users [...]