Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Blogroll additions
Added links to NifNaks and Threadless.
Threadless always comes up with interesting t-shirt designs, and of course NifNaks is an obvious choice.
Incredible image technology
Presented at the TED conference, the same venue in which Jeff Han unveiled his multi-touch project last year. A demonstration of “Sea Dragon”, a Photosynth Technology.
h/t: Bribo
New Photo Gallery
I’m playing around with the new .Mac service and iLife ’08 suite. Check out the new photo gallery I’ve created here (also available from the menu to the right.) Photos taken with my iPhone will be dumped into the “iPhone” gallery, whereas others will get their own home.
I’m going to keep using Flickr because I enjoy the community sharing and unlimited storage, but this is kind of interesting…
Christmas Day for Apple Fans
It’s that time again…WWDC and another “Stevenote“.
Here’s where to watch for live WWDC ’07 Updates.
My predictions are:
1. More information about Leopard.
2. More information about the iPhone.
3. New iMacs (with a new case design.)
4. New iLife version (updated iPhoto would be really nice…)
5. Completely revised .Mac service, with Google integration.
6. New Cinema Displays with integrated webcams.
Lets see if I get anything right… The keynote is at 1pm EST.
And…I’m back.
Squidly.com is now at it’s new host, and I’ve converted the blog to WordPress. I’ve still got some clean-up to do, particularly over at Hawk News Daily, but so far so good. It’s been an adventure playing around with CSS and tweaking my old templates so everything looks the same.
I’ve re-enabled comments, so give ‘em a shot if you’re in the mood.
The Lousy Luck of Tim Minear
Last year, Glenn Reynolds (of Instapundit) and his wife did a podcast interview with John Scalzi and Tim Minear.
Scalzi as you might know, is an accomplished author who has managed to leverage the “power of the internet” to drive his book sales. Tim Minear is a writer and producer who has worked on projects like Firefly, Serenity, and Wonderfalls, among others. This episode of the podcast really is an excellent listen, highly recommended for any science fiction fan.
That said, I really feel for Tim Minear. His most recent effort “Drive“, has been cancelled after only 2 aired episodes.
Minear has experience with early cancellations, as the same fate befell Wonderfalls and Firefly. I thought Drive had a lot of potential, and I was shocked to see it go so soon. Fox seems to have no clue about how to launch a series, but they seem particularly antagonistic towards Minear. With Drive, they debuted a 2 hour pilot on Sunday, and followed up with the second episode on Monday (against “Dancing with the Stars”.) Firefly was presented out of order, against the World Series, and skipped weeks early on.
When up against such odds, you might think that it’d make some sense to give a series some room to breathe…find it’s viewership and whatnot. Not Fox. If the ratings aren’t there 2 episodes in, you’re gone. When it comes to patience, Fox is like a kid with ADD. With these kinds of odds stacked against it, I don’t think Drive ever had a chance.
Here’s what some other blogs are saying about the cancellation:
Ah, “Drive”, we hardly knew ye... – Sci Fi Fodder
“Drive” cancelled: The Minear/Fillion curse strikes again – Premium Hollywood
Super Hyped ‘Drive’ Cancelled – TV Envy
Drive Cancelled – Robologicon
Fox Does it Again – Almost, Not Yet
Fox cancels Drive – TV Squad
There are dozens of similar entries out there.
What makes this particularly sad is the excitement evident in Minear’s voice as he talks about this project on the podcast. You can tell that at the time he really thought that “this is it.” He seemed to believe that he had finally found the formula for a long lasting show.
Maybe next time, Tim.
New Squid-Sites
I’ve updated my links a bit, including my .Mac website, Twitter site, and Tumblog. They can be accessed directly or from the links to the right.
Additionally, you may enjoy a briny trip to Squid.us. Lots of Squidly-goodness to be found there.
