Category: Entertainment

Dancing with the Stars – Judges vs Twitter

After last night’s results, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Dancing with the Stars producers start taking a closer look at marketing on Twitter.

Steve Wozniak and dance partner Karina Smirnoff received the lowest score recorded in six seasons of the show by the dance judges, yet still ended up in the top 3 couples thanks to huge viewer phone, text and web voting results.

Woz genuinely seemed surprised when the results were announced last night, “when that came, my world turned in an instant…I was crying. I still have tears a little.”

The tech media is pointing to not only tech news sites and blogs as the source of Woz’s popularity, but from the groundswell of support on the microblogging phenomenon of Twitter, with groups such as @votewoz and @geeksforwoz heading the charge.

Whether Woz will be able to continue to rely on his fans will be interesting to see, as next week will have a double elimination, sending two contestants home instead of one.

Why I’m Voting for Woz (and You Should Too)

While the name “Steve Wozniak” is pretty well known in geek circles, the Woz isn’t exactly a household name for many of the viewers of Dancing with the Stars, which Wozniak is competing on this season.

My mom absolutely loves the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars. So I had to call her up as soon as I heard that Steve Wozniak would be competing alongside Karina Smirnoff in the next series of competition, which starts today. Of course, her first reaction to this was, “Who?”

To help get the word out on who this bear-like guy dancing across the stage is, as well as explain why so many geeks are voting for him, I put up a Geek Squad blog entry about the Woz Waltz Watch.

If you’re a Twitterholic like I am, you can follow GeeksforWoz and votewoz for more Woz talk.

Staying Home on a Friday Night

I had another Geek Squad blog entry posted today, based on the growing number of people who are spending more on their HDTVs and home theater systems in order to save money otherwise spent at the movie theater.

Doing some quick calculations in the back of my mind, I could easily see the claims from my friends about how a night out at the movies could easily cost a family of 4 nearly $75, and that’s not including the cost of industrial strength solvent you always end up needing to remove your shoes from the theater floor at the end of the movie.

You can read more about the The Geekonomics of Staying Home to Watch a Movie on the Geek Squad Blog.

Being Human

Being Human on BBC 3

I’ve found another great little British television series to watch from the BBC, called Being Human.

The premise sounds like a bad sitcom, taking place in apartment in Bristol that’s shared by a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost, but as the commercial for it hints at, it’s played seriously. That’s not to say there’s not humor involved, thanks to a fair amount of “slice of life” moments, that just don’t always involve the living.

Too bad it’s only set for a 6 episode run, according to the wiki entry, of which 4 episodes have been shown already.