Ramblings about entertainment and other things
Aaron Swartz makes a very interesting blog posting called The Goog Life: how Google keeps employees by treating them like kids on this blog Raw Thought.
From the posting:
“It’s about infantilizing people,” she explained. “Give them free food, do their laundry, let them sit on bouncy brightly-colored balls. Do everything so that they never have to grow up and learn how to live life on their own.”
Here’s a link to a video comparison of Windows Vista and Mac OS X run by David Pogue at the New York Times, along with a written review.
Think that Vista is a ripoff of OS X? David has some opinions on that too…
Just a reminder: “24” starts again in one month, with a two hour premiere and another two hour episode the following day.
Be sure and hit Dave Barry’s blog those night and join in the fun while we blog along with the show!
Lost has been nominated for two awards for writing by the WGA. Other nominees include “The Simpsons”, “30 Rock”, and “Battlestar Gallactica”.
Lost was nominated for Best Drama, and will be up against “24”, “Deadwood”, “The Sopranos” and “Grey’s Anatomy”. It was also nominated for Best Drama Episode, along with “The West Wing”, “Battlestar Gallactica”, “Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King”, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” and HBO’s pilot for “Big Love.”
Frankly, I think “Studio 60″‘s nomination is really stretching it, especially for a show that came really close to getting canceled after a couple of episodes.
Peter Boyle, probably best known as the father on “Everybody Loves Raymond” and as the monster in “Young Frankenstein” passed away today. He was 71.
I’ve always liked Legos, and I really like the LEGO Mindstorms Robot kits. If you’re looking for Christmas present for your kids (or your kid at heart), you can’t go wrong with Legos.
Here’s one of the projects someone did recently… A Self-Parking Car:
Jorge Garcia (Hurley) will be on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight, delivering the Top Ten List
Variety is reporting that ABC has decided to move Lost to 10pm Eastern, and hour later than it has been shown.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing for Lost?
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin has a great article on Michael Emerson, the actor that plays Henry Gale/Benjamin Linus on Lost. It talks about his background in theater, what the differences are between being an actor on TV and an actor on stage, and how he approaches acting roles.
He also reveals a few hints about what’s coming next in Lost:
“He’s vulnerable now,” he said, referring to the trauma under Jack’s surgical knife that could lead to Ben’s demise. “There’s much more operating room drama to come; the operation has even more complications that lead to a number of crises,” he added, carefully choosing his words. New, powerful characters also will be introduced, and “there will be a struggle for power within the Others’ community.” Then he paused and smiled. “I have to be cagey about what I say.”
Seems that everyone has a theory about what’s really happening on LOST, including the cast itself. Charlie’s theory? Actor Dominic Monaghan thinks it’s all the work of a really, really mad billionaire that’s upset about some wrong from the past.
The writer’s of the show have already dismissed it.