• Wow. Did you all enjoy this weekend’s bright, shiny, happy episode of Battlestar Galactica? Fantastic episode, but man the network must have hated this one. High praise goes out to four aspects of this one. First, Nicki Clyne. I won’t say why, cause many people probably haven’t watched the episode yet. You’ll know when you see it. Second, Gary Hutzel and his VFX team. Not only have they continued to refine their exterior ship effects, but they finally nailed the new centurion effects. This is the first episode where the Cylon centurions really felt like they were really in the room (though there were some nice shots down on Caprica when they were chasing Boomer and Helo in the first season). Third, Bear McCreary’s bleary, out-of-body music score. Which brings me to the fourth in the list, the combined and brilliantly odd cinematography and editing of the episode (particularly Cally’s material), which also plays perfectly into McCreary’s score. Overall, another great episode. One can feel the series hurtling through its final act at this point.
• Here’s a hilarious example of what happens when big corporations start throwing law suits out there for the heck of it, without thinking things through.
• Here’s another prime example of why DRM systems completely suck. It’s just one of a great many reasons why I don’t EVER touch any DRM protected media. Never. Ever.
• The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been picked up for a second season
• I ran into this exact same retarded captcha approach on the same site trying to download a shared file the other day. I tried a half dozen times to verify what they wanted, and just couldn’t get it right. I had to give up. It really is the worst captcha variety I’ve ever witnessed, so I’m in total agreement with that post.
• Here’s an amusing list of some of the dumbest business decisions in history
• Some more insane spam statistics
• Western Digital has launched the VelociRaptor
• Check out the unpacking of a second recreation of Babbage’s differene engine
• What happens when a goat is challenged by a golden eagle?
• This is just plain wrong
• Need some “professional” help installing that XBox game?
• And oh yeah, Dilbert.com has gotten a major overhaul
• Lastly, here’s a very cool shot of the ISS from above. I’ve also done a cropped version of that picture for use on 1920×1200 widescreen monitors, linked below.

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