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Dear Hollywood, Stop Making Spoof Movies

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Back in 2000 when Keenen Wayans decided to make Scary Movie, I wonder if he knew the hell he would unleash upon moviegoers worldwide. While Scary Movie wasn’t horrible and some would even argue good, it had a huge breadth of material to pull from, in fact over 100 years worth of horror films. Unfortunately [...]

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Tags: Movies · Rant · Tech

Bender Ball Ripoff Warning Video from Youtube

January 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments

In case you need further and possibly funnier proof that the Bender Ball a infomercial product sold by Savvier LTD is a ripoff check out this funny video warning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFWuc-lmfeQ

Previous Bender Ball Coverage:
Ordered a Bender Ball? You Joined a DVD Club.


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Tags: Customer Service · Rant

TV Execs: Digital Is/Isn’t Making us Money

November 14th, 2007 · No Comments

In case you can’t tell I am sick of the crap the Networks are trying to sell about the internet being promotional and without money earning potential.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a37uqd5vTw

I fail to understand how the executives and networks as a whole continue to deny that the magic of shows starts with the writers. Yes actors are talented [...]

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Tags: Rant · TV

Why the Writers Guild is Striking

November 10th, 2007 · No Comments

In case you aren’t aware the Writer’s Guild of America is striking.  This is why the TV shows you love are in danger of delayed seasons (Lost), cancellation (24) and reruns (Late Night Talk Shows).  I could tell you that the strike is about respect and a small amount of pay for residuals, but the [...]

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Tags: Rant · TV · Tech

Ordered a Bender Ball? You Joined a DVD Club!

August 14th, 2007 · 129 Comments

My wife just got her Bender Ball, which looks nifty and was relatively cheap.
The item description for the package we purchased fails to mention a DVD subscription price of 19.99 plus 3.99 shipping.

Even when you view the “See What’s In the Complete Kit” page the 30 Day subscription isn’t mentioned.
It isn’t until you get to [...]

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Tags: Customer Service · Rant

Avoid All Pro Football 2k8

July 23rd, 2007 · 7 Comments

As much as it pains me to say this All Pro Football 2k8 need to go back to 2k Sports for finishing touches. I am a diehard 2k5 football fan and I cannot even fathom the sick individuals who think Madden 07 was a worthwhile game on any system but APF 2k8 falls short [...]

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Tags: Games · Rant · Reviews

Wells Fargo Phone Banking Number leads to Sex Phone Operator

July 12th, 2007 · 4 Comments

UPDATE: 
Either Wells Fargo fixed this or the telco routing my calls was simply having a bad day.  These numbers now all rout to Sallie Mae.
We recently had some student loans transfered to Wells Fargo from Sallie Mae, and can gain an additional .5% interest rate reduction by setting up an autopayment from a Wells Fargo [...]

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G4 Doesn’t Get IT

July 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Microsoft’s E3 presentation just finished, well It should be done by now.  G4 was carrying the show live which should have been awesome.  Unfortunately G4 doesn’t get it.  I could handle the commercials throughout, though they ended up taking them at most major announcements but cutting to a commercial during the Halo 3 trailer so [...]

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Tags: Games · Rant · TV

Say It Ain’t So Sammy!

June 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Over the past day or two rumors have been floating around that the Samsung SCH I760, destined for Verizon Wireless has been delayed further.  To clarify the phone has not had an official release date yet, but it was generally expected to be releeased before July 4th to the Business clients by those in the [...]

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Tags: At&t · Phone PDA · Rant · Sprint · Verizon

We Need Tagging Standardization

June 15th, 2007 · No Comments

I have had enough, we need to get the coders behind delicious, flickr, google, etc together and decide how tags should be entered.

Is it a space or is it a comma
Can have two words or do I need to blend them together
can I use quotations, dashes…

Wikipedia on Tag Syntax, there are too many variations in [...]

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