As if there weren’t enough good reasons to buy a mac… Someone comes along and writes an OS X only app that makes you wonder why everyone doesn’t have at least one Mac in their stable. 1001 is one such app. It interfaces with flickr to deliver photo streams to your desktop. The latest version [...]
I recently commented on Disney’s refusal to distribute Michael Moore’s upcoming movie Fahrenheit 9/11. I realize I might have been a bit premature in my judgement of the movie. I’ll reserve my final judgement until I see the movie. However, my opinion of Michael Moore will remain unchanged unless the movie gives me a good [...]
It’s good to see Billy Corgan getting along so well on his own after his long stint with the Smashing Pumpkins and his, unfortunately, short excursion with Zwan. It looks like he has a new day job as the Cubs correspondent for WXRT: FMQB: Billy Corgan Now Cubs Correspondent for WXRT/Chicago
NBC really annoyed me by doing strange things with the scheduling of their prime-time shows last Thursday night. They started Friends a minute earlier than usual, but I didn’t really care about that. What was really annoying was that NBC started E.R. five minutes late which confused my TiVo. It ended up cutting off the [...]
So, I come home late from work and see this out my window. Either someone is really despondent over at Blue Cross Blue Shield or Y-ME stands for something I’m not aware of. Anyone have any insight into this?
Disney is taking steps to prevent it’s subsidiary, Miramax, from distributing Michael Moore’s latest documentary film Fahrenheit 911. The film is supposed to be very critical of George W. Bush and apparently links him to several prominent Saudis involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks. I’m all for free speech, but sometimes it’s not the [...]
It’s still a few months away, but the Mayor’s office has already announced this year’s schedule of movies for the Chicago Outdoor Film Festival at Grant Park. I thought it used to be called Movies in the Park but I could be wrong. This year’s selection seems much better than that of the previous years. [...]
Christen Nelson runs into Quentin Tarentino and spends the day with him on a wild romp. I love that Tarentino drives the Pussy Wagon around: HOLLYWOODLOG: Spontaneous Days by: CHRISTEN NELSON
Even iconic musicians can’t get a break at airport security checkpoints. Morrisey, formerly of The Smiths, was detained at LAX and was briefly under suspicion of being a terrorist: Morrissey detained in LAX terror swoop | The Register
The foul ball that Steve Bartman deflected in game 6 of the LCS is up for auction. The current bid is $22,987. The tragic thing about all this is that Bartman didn’t even end up with the ball.
