Archive for November, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009 No Comments
Planet 51
This week we decided to watch the kid friendly release of “Planet 51″. The animated feature brought to the screen by Ilion Animation. Written by Joe Stillman, who is also known for Shrek and Shrek 2. The movie takes a unique view on first contact and is situated it the ’50s version of the [...]
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Tags: 50's, aliens, area 51, critique, DVD, flick, flix, movie review, theater
Category: 3D, Animated, In Theaters, Lets Watch Movies, Rated PG, comedy
Monday, November 23, 2009 No Comments
The finding of “significant” amounts of water on our Moon, not only
brings the hope of a permanent base stations closer to a reality, it
also lends a real opportunity to using the Moon as a place to launch
interplanetary missions from. After NASA finished its initial review
of the date from the LACROSS space probes impact on the lunar surface,
it became clear that there was a lot of water by the standards most
scientists would expec
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Tags: android, discovery, droid, droids, moon, science, space, space travel, tech, technology, water
Category: Featured, Mike Thinks News
Saturday, November 21, 2009 No Comments
Was Internet Complicit In Fort Hood Shooting?
Daniel Schorr is a reporter for NPR, has published a story that has me scratching my own head, and asking why. In this case, I am not asking why the tragedy occurred, but rather why a respected reporter would disrespect the memories of the victims with what I consider to be a sensationalistic premise. In a headline asking the question: “Was Internet Complicit In Fort Hood Shooting?”, he has in once sentence taken the real story, and brushed it aside in favor of a a catchy headline.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 No Comments
This week we take a look at a new twist on a classic tale, “A Christmas Carol”, written by Charles Dickens. The movie is animated by using motion capture technology, which has seen some increase in recent years beginning with The Polar Express in 2004 and most recently, Beowulf in 2007. These movies are also [...]
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Tags: A Christmas Carol, flick, flix, holliday, jim carrey, movie review, theater
Category: 3D, Animated, Featured, Lets Watch Movies, creepy, drama
Friday, November 13, 2009 No Comments
The news this week is about how some schools seem to think that the Amazon Kindle is a bad tech device because its not able to be setup to read aloud to you if you are blind because that initial setup requires navigating through onscreen menues that do not initially read themselved to you. As oppossed to all those other tech devices they think are just fine, like all the computers (which do not come pre-set to be accessable to the blind) and of course the standard paper books, which have absolutely no provision to read themselves to you. I also cover a science story on why you can remember great jokes and stories…but not who you told them to. Could it be that your too concerned about how your coming off to others to be bothered remembering who they are?
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Friday, November 6, 2009 No Comments
Yes you have missed us, we haven’t done a new show in a few weeks…and for that Mike apologizes, he really had no excuse. Jeanne, however has been sick with pneumonia…so she has a really good reason for no podcast.
Anyways, thanks for coming back and rejoining us as we review The Proposal, a romantic comedy [...]
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Tags: comedy, critic, DVD, flick, movie review, review, sandra bullock, theater
Category: DVD, Featured, Lets Watch Movies, PG-13, comedy
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 No Comments
When reading a news story, it is very important to consider the source. Many times in our busy online lives, we start to take a site for granted, and believe that the content put forth is done so in good faith and with the readers best interest and the truth all rolled up into one [...]
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