Entry for April 08, 2006

Obsolete. It’s a nasty word.

Trawling through my collection of parts for my computer, I found a pen and tablet for writing with. it works pretty much like a mouse. There’s nothing wrong with it, it works just fine. Except it uses a 9-pin connector, commonly called a COM1 plug and my new computer doesn’t have one.

This seems to be a problem for the electronics industry. When I was younger TVs got sold because TVs didn’ last forever. Eventually something broke and they were replaced. But modern TVs can last 20 years.

The new high definition TVs would seem to fall into this category. At present, there is no high definition TV broadcasts, and HD-DVD or Blue-Ray haven’t launched yet. So getting people to buy HD-TVs is proving somewhat problematic.

I know of several people who have stated that they will buy one, but only when their current TV breaks.

Could be in for a wait, then.

Entry for April 05, 2006

Finally bought Firefly today, but noticed something odd.

The sticker on it that used to say “From the creator of Buffy” now says “From the creator of Serenity.”

For the love of…!

Serenity IS Firefly. It’s the same story, it’s the same characters, hell it’s the same ACTORS!

And given that most people buying Firefly now will be doing so after seeing Serenity and being told it was a TV series, it’s totally moot.

Moot, I tell you!

My Strange Waterproof Jacket

I’ve started a health initiative, by cycling to work. It saves me time and gets me awake and alert in the morning. I always take my waterproof over-trousers and over-jacket, in case the weather turns bad.

Well, I was glad today, it was bucketing down after work. While putting the jacket on I noticed the care instructions.

1. Hand wash only
2. Use a mild detergent
3. Keep out of direct sunlight
4. Store in a …

What? Keep the jacket out of direct sunlight? What use is that? Night time, caves, mines….that’s about it.

Lost Email

My friend at work recently received an email from the central email router software, stating that an email addressed to him had been held back and if he needed if, he had to give a business justification to release it.

He replied that he couldn’t tell, as he didn’t know what the email contained, and asked for it to be released to him.

The reply came back that they couldn’t release the email because it contained offensive language.

He decided not to take me up on my suggestion of replying with:

“Well fuck you then.”

Bloody Hell!

The Australia travel board commissioned a series of adverts (TV, billboard, etc) in the UK along the slogan of “Where the bloody hell are you?”, a joke about them getting the country ready for a visit.

However, the word “bloody” had to be removed from the bilboards, and from the TV ads before the watershed.

This when there are adverts already out there with half naked people running about, not to mention the Audi “spider” advert which is pretty disturbing (especially in the cinema with the surround sound).

Has the world suddenly gone mad recently, or have I just failed to notice it’s always been this way?

Basic Instinct 2 – Film Edited

Errm….have I missed the point on this one?

The film was originally released in the US on a NC-17 certifictate (equivalent to an 18 in the UK), but was then edited to get a lower certificate (and hence a potentially wider audience). To accomodate this, several of the scenes where the actors err…wear less clothing, shall we say, were removed. Including one scene with a lot of actors wearing not very much, if you get my drift.

Umm… Isn’t that the point of the movie in the first place? Why would anyone watch this film for any other reason?

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | ‘Hanoi Jane’ honour is defeated

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | ‘Hanoi Jane’ honour is defeated

Jane Fonda is denied an honour because she visited a gun battery site in Vietnam. In 1972.

OK, I’m going to say this one last time about the Vietnam war. You lost! Get over it!

She’s been doing charity work for longer than I’ve been alive. if that doesn’t cancel out one lapse of judgement, I don’t know what does.