Oh…dear…god…
Aibo transforms from poodle to bulldog – Tech News – CNET.com
New software, sold separately, will give the AIBO 200 series the ability to recognize more voice commands than predecessors (75 instead of 50) and take JPEG format pictures when it’s in “surveillance mode.” He’ll have expanded wireless LAN capability through a PC connection, so an owner can control or maneuver him from distances of up to 300 feet. Like other Aibo robots, he has a digital camera inside his head.

With the new AIBO Life 2 software ($90), an owner could choreograph an AIBO 220 robot to move to any tune–even “Bad to the Bone,” the 1980s hit by George Thorogood.

D’OH!
Powerpuff DVD packs viral punch
The newest disc featuring the cartoon sensations from Warner Home Video boasts PC games, an exclusive cartoon and…the “FunLove” virus.

I guess I owe everyone an explanation as to where I’ve been for the better part of the last few weeks. Well, the long story short is that between working really long days at the office and starting rehearsals for “Seven Keys”, I’ve been both busy and beat. Also, that hasn’t left me much time to blog. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to remedy that soon

Incidentally, “Seven Keys” is a comedy based on “Seven Keys to Baldpate” by George M. Cohan. We’re still in the blocking stages, but it should be quite good, once it all comes together. We open on November 16 at the CSV Cultural Center in Manhattan. Check it out.

As a public service, m-dnovember.com, in association with Reid Sound present…
How NOT To Stage a Benefit Concert

Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | The worst benefit concert ever!
And as the song ends, the smoke machines come on, filling the stage with gray clouds. Then glitter cannons go off, and the sky over RFK was filled with fluttering, shiny, multicolored pieces of tinsel.

Yes — for a finale of a Sept. 11 benefit show, the stage is covered in smoke and falling debris.

I probably should have mentioned – commenting is working again. So CAPTION THAT PHOTO already!

Well, just after I posted “Caption the Photo”, I found out that commenting hasn’t been working since the Ebay post. (But it is working for everything under that.) Has anyone else using Dotcomments noticed this problem on their blogs? E-Mail me.

It’s been a while since we did this, so…

CAPTION THE PHOTO!

Image stolen from – you guessed it – BBC News Online.

You know that scene in “Office Space”? The one where Michael, Peter and Samir take their nemesis, the laser printer (“PC LOAD LETTER? What the FUCK???”) out into a deserted field and start beating it to death with baseball bats?

That’s how I’m feeling right now toward my department’s Color LaserJet 5.

I’m trying choose what to call this – I’m stuck between “The Buy-My-Stuff-athon!” or “Selling off the VHS Versions of the Movies I Have on DVD-apalooza!”

Anyway, head over to Ebay if you happen to be looking for a nice copy of the Die Hard Trilogy, the Godfather trilogy, or The Usual Suspects Director’s Pack. All are in good condition, and are reasonably cheap, as VHS box sets go.

So buy my stuff!

…the HELL???
BBC News | UK | Jedi makes the census list