Archive for October 10th, 2006

Dark Crystal 2 storyboards and art hits the web!!! Want To See Now!!!

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Hey folks, Harry here… Sometimes - the Harry head animations just happen to work with something I’m reporting on a given day. Today - the new Harry Animation from Cartuna is, of course, a tribute to Jim Henson and The Muppet Show. Well - as it happens - MTV puts out some designs and interviews some folks about the new Dark Crystal movie that Genndy Tartakovsky (CLONE WARS & SAMURAI JACK) is directing. Click Here To Check Out that story! However, I have received some reports that MTV’s pics are hard for some systems to see… so check them out below. In the article - it looks like they’ll begin shooting around the end of the year - for release next time around this time of the year. I’m sure you’ll be excited by some of what is suggested in these storyboards and art…

Google “Docs & Spreadsheets” Launches

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Google just launched Docs & Spreadsheets at docs.google.com. It integrates the previously separate Writely and Spreadsheet product silos into a single control panel and admin area (the previous sites for those products redirect to docs.google). This is not a deep product integration, but it is another shot across the bow of Microsoft Office. I had […]

Google Code Search Reveals Dark Corners

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

saccade.com writes, “The new Google Code Search isn’t just for hackers sniffing for passwords. Jason Kottke and friends have discovered the new feature reveals all sorts of dark corners hidden in our code. And you thought nobody ever read your comments!” From the article: “Code search is a great resource for web developers and programmers, but like the making available of all previously unsearched bodies of information, it’s given lots of flashlights to people interested in exploring dark corners.”

Frank: GOP Will Dump Gays

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Gay Republicans in D.C. are facing increasing criticism from within the party in the wake of the Foley scandal. Barney Frank, a Democrat and one of only three openly gay Congressmen, predicts there will be a "real purge of gays in the Republican Party."

CALDWELL’S ECW ON SCI-FI REPORT 10/10: Ongoing “virtual time” coverage of live nudity

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Punk made his comeback in the ring with a high-elevated dropkick off the ropes. He followed with a high kick in the corner for a nearfall. Punk went for a springboard move, but Dupree rolled out of the way. Punk then caught Dupree off the apron with a powerslam. He applied the Anaconda Vice and Dupree tapped out.

Morrison nets game-high 19 in debut; Bobcats fall

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

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India.Arie’s “Hair” returns to original color (Reuters)

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Reuters - Soul diva India.Arie says a
previously unreleased version of her song “I Am Not My Hair”
will finally be heard — in a new Lifetime Television movie,
“Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy.”

War, Scandal Sinking Repubs in Polls

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

President George W. Bush and Republicans are sinking under the weight of the Iraq war and the Capitol Hill sex scandal, according to a flurry of polls, endangering their control of Congress in the November 7 elections.

Fray’s “Anatomy”; TV exposure boosts band (Reuters)

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Reuters - Fans of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” have
been given a crash course in rock band the Fray, thanks to a
pair of videos produced by the broadcast network and the
group’s Epic Records label.

Short Ends: Vince Vaughn Currently Auditioning Actresses For ‘The Rebound’

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

·Just days after his big, stage-managed break-up with Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn’s publicist is already hard at work coordinating new canoodling opportunities with chicks he may later pretend to…

Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Many readers wrote about the arrest today of Hans Reiser, author of ReiserFS, by Oakland, CA police on suspicion of murdering his estranged wife. From the San Francisco Chronicle: “Hans Reiser, 42, was taken into custody at 11 a.m., hours after Oakland police and FBI technicians searched his home in the Oakland hills. His estranged wife, Nina Reiser, 31, has been missing since Sept. 3, when she dropped off the couple’s son and daughter at his home on the 6900 block of Exeter Drive… Police made the arrest based on circumstantial evidence and have not found Nina Reiser’s body, [Hans Reiser’s attorney] Du Bois said. ‘I have no idea what the circumstantial evidence is,’ he said. ‘When I hear what the evidence is against him, I’ll make a decision as to whether he’ll talk to them.’” kimvette writes, “While the disappearance (and possible murder) of his wife is tragic, Linux users will wonder where this will leave Reiser 4. If Reiser is found guilty, will Novell or IBM pick up the pieces and finish up Reiser 4 for inclusion in the kernel or is this the end of the Reiser filesystem project? Will there be any future for the Reiser filesystem, and if Hans is found guilty and the project is continued, will the project be renamed to avoid notoriety?”

Malawian Man Undoes Madonna Publicist’s Perfectly Good Adoption Denial

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

The mystery of whether or not late-to-the-party Third World do-gooder Madonna has in fact adopted a Malawian orphan continues to deepen. Initially, Reuters reported that she had called ahead and…