• One of the more interesting things of being a film score fanatic like myself is stumbling into the occasional little underdog film score. It’s one of those scores that I casually like when I first pick up the CD, but over time it gets more and more replays and turns into one of my favorite scores of the year. Well, one of those scores for me this year is John Frizzell’s score to The Reaping. It’s particularly great when the full orchestra kicks into full force in the last half of the CD. Regardless of the temp track leak or two from Don Davis’ score to House On Haunted Hill (and for once, actually improving upon the source material), it’s a remarkably cool score. Frizzell isn’t typically a composer I like all that much. A lot of his stuff is OK, but I still have trouble getting past his horrible score to Alien Resurrection (then again, I’m sure the film production is at least moderately to blame for the influence on the poor score). At any rate, I definitely recommend his overlooked score to The Reaping (which as a film is an adequate entry to the horror character drama genre).
• The first issue of the official comic continuation of Angel, After The Fall, gets a November release date. I’ve greatly enjoyed the official comic continuation of Buffy, but I’m wondering if I’ll like the Angel continuation as much. I say this because I thought the finale of Angel was so perfect and wonderfully ambiguous. I liked the idea of it being left as open as it was. Ah well, I’m sure I’ll like the new comics.
• All the paid Google Video users are getting a taste of one of the great many reasons why so very many of us tech people DESPISE DRM systems.
• The long, distinguished path of The Everywhere Girl makes an interesting detour - insanity.
• New version 4.2 build of Notepad++ has been released. I’ve recommended the app before and I’ll recommend it here yet again.
• One step forward, two steps back for NASA as they commence work on the Ares I and the Ares V.
• Gee whiz, investors are now bailing on SCO’s stock after their law suit losses. Any investor who couldn’t see this coming YEARS before it *FINALLY* happened deserves what they get. The writing has been on the wall from nearly the immediate get-go of their ill-advised legal battle.

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