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Via TheForce.Net:
Steve Sansweet interview with new info: “The other project is live action, and the live action is going to take place between Episode 3 and Episode 4. We’re looking at a 1 hour show and [Producer] Rick McCallum has said the ideal would be to come up with 100 hours to really get into the story line and characters, and that’s the direction we’re going in. So that is really targeted more towards the end of the decade.”
End of the decade? That sucks!
From a CHUD interview with Bruce Willis:
I’m a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government, I want less government intrusion, I want them to stop pissing on my money and your money, the tax dollars that we give 50 per cent of or 40 per cent of every year, and I want them to be fiscally responsible, and I want these goddamn lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I’ll say I’m a Republican. But other than that, I want the government to take care of people who need help, like the kids in foster care, the half a million kids who are in orphanages right now, they call them foster homes but they’re orphanages. I want them to take care of the elderly and give them free medicine, give them whatever they need. There’s tons, billions and billions of dollars that are just being wasted. Okay? I hate government. I’m apolitical. Write that down. I’m not a Republican.
(Emphasis mine)
This is hilarious. Harrison Ford was recently a guest on Conan O’Brien’s show, presumably to push his new movie Firewall.
Conan brought up the ill-fated Star Wars Holiday Special. Harrison Ford’s reaction is priceless.
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So, I finally went to the doctor tonight about my little bronchial problem. As I expected, I have bronchitis. I’ve had no decent voice since last Tuesday, which meant I was unable to run worship team practice on Wednesday and unable to sing in church on Sunday morning. For me, being unable to sing is a lot like being paralyzed. At any rate, I’m starting to find doctors annoying. Here’s what was said, along with the unspoken subtext.
Doctor: Wow, looks like you don’t come here very often.
Translation: Wow, we’re not making any money off of you.
Me: I was here in September.
Translation: Yes, you’re right.
Doctor: Ah, yes. For your foot. How’s that doing?
Translation: Is there anything billable there?
Me: Fine.
Translation: It still hurts but you’re not coming anywhere near my foot with a needle, Doc.
Doctor: Have you had a full workup lately? Had your cholesterol checked?
Translation: You need a checkup there, fatty.
Me: Yeah, there was this health fair thing at work.
Translation: I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
Doctor: So what brings you here tonight?
Translation: Dang, you look like crap.
Me: Well, I don’t usually sound like this.
Translation: What do you think, dufus?
Doctor (listening to my lungs with stethoscope): Sounds raspy.
Translation: Are your lungs filled with small pieces of jagged, rusty metal?
Me: Cough cough cough.
Translation: Cough cough cough.
And so on and so forth. I really kinda ran out of steam there. Should have thought that out a bit more. Sorry about that.
So now I’m ZMax, a single dose version of Zithromax. It’s a powder, and you stir it into water, chug it down, and it stays with you for ten days. Side effects may include upset stomach, diarrhea, headache, and other lovelies.
But with any luck, I’ll have some of my voice back for worship team practice tomorrow night.
More info (and download links) here.
Lots of goodies in this release. Here’s a quick list. Visit the above link for the full details.
– Real HTML Previews (uses IE on Windows and WebKit/Safari on Mac OS X)
– Completely retooled FTP code (and I mean completely)
– iTunes-compatible Podcasting (according to a new federal law, all new software releases must deal with podcasting in some way)
– New Tags
– Media Folder (for storing all those podcasts, of course!)
– Static Content (pages that aren’t time-sensitive)
– Consolidated Publishing (publish everything from one window now)
– New log window (lots of good info in there)
– Redesigned Wizard and Preferences (hopefully easier to navigate and use)
– Skin Support (download third party templates or share your own)
– Ugli Integration (the skinning tool is now built-in)
– Preview Pane Template (so you can see things the way you want to see them)
– Interface Improvements (some big things and some little things)
Enjoy!
I’m going to bed.
Zeldman: If Steven created the site with CGI and Perl and used tables for layout, sickness this is the story of a boy who made a website for his own amusement, pilule perhaps gaining social points in the process. He might even contribute to a SXSW Interactive panel.
But if Steven used AJAX and Ruby on Rails, Yahoo will pay millions and Tim O’Reilly will beg him to keynote.
Good stuff. I love Zeldman.
Jim Carrey, Weirdo Freak, 1962
Susanna Hoffs, Musician/All-Around Hottie, 1959
Benjamin Franklin, Inventor/Statesman/Pervert, 1706
Betty White, Annoying, 1922
James Earl Jones, The Voice of Darth Vader, 1931
Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop’s Sidekick, 1934
Mack Sennett, The Spike Lee of his Generation, 1880
Andy Kaufman, Mighty Mouse Fan, 1949
Pius V, Pope-Type Dude, 1504
Brad Rhine, Data Manager/Worship Leader, 1973
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
I call bullcrap.
My department has done many a great thing without being the least bit enthused about it.