Technology & Pop Culture

Weeds Season 5 Starts June 8, Alanis Morrissette Included!

Posted by Bradley under Entertainment, Television

Say what?

Your favorite mind-altering television program stars Alanis Morrissette this season?

As an obstetrician?

Interesting casting considering she is my goddess of all things lyrical and sexy.

Weeds on Showtime starts June 8.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/29/weeds-season-5-trailer/

Tags: Alanis Morrissette, June 8, Season 5, Weeds

LIVE BLOG: Nine Inch Nails At Starlight

Posted by Bradley under Kansas City, Live, Live Blog

Tags: Kansas City, Live, NIN

Disney To Remake Flight Of The Navigator

Posted by Bradley under Movies

Flight Of The Navigator (one of my favorite movies of all time) is getting the remake treatment.

Disney you better not fuck this up or I will cut you!

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/25/disney-to-remake-flight-of-the-navigator/

[IMG via slashfilm.com]

Tags: Disney, Flight Of The Navigator, Remake

Abandoned But Not Forgotten: Bannister Mall

Posted by Bradley under Kansas City

I recently discovered some cool pics of Bannister Mall looking rather unseemly on one of my favorite websites Abandoned But Not Forgotten.

Who doesn’t enjoy a little urban exploration now and again?

http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/abandoned_bannister_mall.htm

It’s worth taking some time navigating the other areas of the site including the always haunting perma-furnace known as Centralia, PA.

[IMG via abandonedbutnotforgotten.com]

Tags: Abandoned But Not Forgotten, Bannister Mall, Centralia, Kansas City, Spelunking

Your First Look At Conan’s Tonight Show Set Newness

Posted by Bradley under Television

Conan O’Brien takes over for Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show on June 1.

And here is your first look at the new set via the New York Times Magazine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24Conan-t.html

[IMG via nytimes.com]

Tags: Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, NBC, New York Times Magazine, Set, Tonight Show

Google Gets Enhanced Search Options, Wonder Wheel Included

Posted by Bradley under Internets, Technology

Google just added new search options that let you drill down your search results by:

• Videos
• Forums
• Reviews
• Recent results
• Past 24 hours
• Past week
• Past year
• Images from the page
• More text
• Related searches
• Wonder wheel
• Timeline

Including the new interactive Wonder Wheel which is really fun way to visualize your search results as seen here:

Just search as usual and then click “Show Options” on the results page:

Viola!

You’re a search superstar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtirDMfcOKE

Tags: Enhancement, Google, Internets, Search, Search Options, Search Results, Wonder Wheel

LIVE BLOG: Green Screen Jesus

Posted by Bradley under Kansas City, Live, Live Blog, Movies

Tags: Live Blog, UMKC

Download Windows 7 Release Candidate Now, It’s Free Until June 1, 2010

Posted by Bradley under BREAKING, Technology

Microsoft has posted the download link for Windows 7 Release Candidate.

The next generation operating system is free until June 1, 2010 after which time the Release Candidate will expire and you have to buy Windows 7 for real.

Free is good.

Keep in mind this is Release Candidate software says Microsoft:

This is pre-release software, so please read the following to get an idea of the risks and key things you need to know before you try the RC.

Vista may you die a miserable death. (And you Windows XP holdouts too.)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx

Tags: Download, Microsoft, RC, Windows 7, Windows 7 Release Candidate