15th
September
2006
Patrick Schmid’s Site - For anyone that’s running a beta version of Office 2007 that’s thinking of upgrading to the new Beta 2 Tech Refresh that was released yesterday, make sure you do a couple things first. First, if you’ve been using the new 2007 file formats (that have an x at the end of file name extensions, like DOCX and XLSX), there are a couple things you’ll want to be sure of. First, you’re best opening them in your current version and saving them in the 2003 file format (the save dialog box will have an option for saving in other/older formats). Second, you may want to change the options in the programs you use to save in the 2003 formats by default until the final Office 2007 is released (the main apps like Word, Excel, Powerpoint have an option for which format is default - the options can be found at the bottom right of the main circular Office icon in the top left of the program, which is basically the new “file menu” of the Office 2007 apps). You will also want to follow the first suggestion (under “Everyone”) from the page I linked at the beginning of this post and delete that template file it talks about. I encountered the normal.dotx error messages that the linked page also talks about, but like it said I only got the errors the first time I ran the apps - it went away on repeated openings.
posted in Technology |
15th
September
2006
TVShowsOnDVD.com - Would you believe… one of the greatest television sitcoms of all time will finally arrive on DVD, as Time-Life and HBO Video debut Get Smart: The Complete Collection this fall. The seven-time EMMY® Award-winning comedy series, starring Don Adams as title character Maxwell Smart, originally aired on NBC from 1965 to 1970, and has never before been available on home video. All five seasons arrive November 13th featuring nearly 10 hours of stunning bonus material such as a new, in-depth interview with co-star Barbara Feldon (Agent 99), original featurettes, new episode introductions, audio commentaries with cast and series co-creators Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, never-before-seen bloopers, and much, much more.
I wuv you, Time-Life. Looks like they are pulling out all the stops for this one, and I couldn’t be happier. Too bad they didn’t get any participation from the one who played Agent K13. Get Smart is one of my all-time favorite shows. I’ve been a fan since I was a kid, and have been looking forward to a DVD release for years now. It’s been right up there at the top of my list of most wanted TV shows on DVD. Now, who do I have to kill to get Parker Lewis on DVD? Seriously. Who?
posted in Entertainment |
15th
September
2006
I wasn’t expecting this to be the best movie of the year, but I was expecting to quite like it. Sadly, that wasn’t to be true. To be honest, it had trouble holding my interest. George Reeves’ death is one of the most notorious Hollywood scandals there has been, and this movie is less motivated and intriguing than the average E! Hollywood Story would be. We have characters meandering, seemingly with very little meaning or direction, in the form of broken-time editing that just plain doesn’t work. While we are supposed to draw comparisons between the downward spirals and ambition of Reeves and the fictional PI, I found there to be little reason to have structured the movie from this perspective. It proved distracting for me. And this movie moves at a snails pace, feeling quite long. I have nothing against long movies. But this one FELT long, which is quite different. Then there’s the conflicted wish I have that they would have given more details. I guess they fill the film with too much character brooding and pondering. It feels extremely self-important and self-indulgent in terms of writing and production. The one good thing about the film is the cast. Affleck actually does a pretty good job with the role, particularly since I thought he was a kinda strange choice for the role when I first heard about the project. Diane Lane is fairly good. Robin Tunney manages to do quite well, despite being slightly miscast (in my opinion). However, my happy shock was to see the wonderful Caroline Dhavernas show up in a supporting role (which ultimately served very little purpose). And hey, how can you possibly go wrong with Bob Hoskins as a nasty, powerful adversary? But when it comes to scripting, I think this film grossly missed the mark. And then there’s the drifting narrative and editing that worked hard to try and bore me. And the music score is absolutely and completely bland and uninteresting.
posted in Movie Reviews |
