Archive for August, 2007

The Four Windows Vista Updates You Need

Friday, August 31st, 2007

ExtremeTech has an entry up detailing four must-have Vista updates to improve performance and stability, especially for gamers running SLI/Crossover systems with multiple video cards.

Zombies Seeking Brains

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Zombies Seeking Brains

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Only in Ohio: Gunfire and the Internet

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

ISPs in the U.S. experienced a service slowdown Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by gunfire.

You can read more about this incident at NetworkWorld.com.

Superfriends: That Time is Now!

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Another great music video look back at childhood nostalgia, courtesy of Michael Kohler.

The Not-So-Flash Gordon TV Series

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Ming the Merciless and Princess Aura - TV versus Movie

The Flash Gordon movie re-release on DVD this week suddenly makes sense now that I’ve seen the commercials for the SciFi Channel television series premier on this Friday, August 10th.

Unfortunately, looking through the cast photogallery, I’m nearly overwhelmed at just how bland the updated characters look. While I can understand the desire to get rid of the “yellow peril” aspect within the character design of Ming the Merciless, I just can’t picture the cheap, black military uniformed Ming filling the sets with the menace that positively dripped off of Max von Sydow in the movie.

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