Archive for February, 2008

Microsoft/Flickr Panicmongers

5 de February, 2008

Microsoft has put in a bid to buy Yahoo. Which isn’t that surprising at all if you’ve been following this industry for more than a couple of months.

However, it wouldn’t be the internet if a ton of nerds didn’t get in a tizzy over it. Tons of horrible, horrible photoshops protesting, using memes that haven’t [...]

Movie review: Cloverfield

4 de February, 2008

Cloverfield like Snakes On a Plane before it, was subject to massive amounts of internet geek hype. I ignored most of it, J.J. Abrams’ and Drew Goddard’s involvement was enough for me to get excited. The released trailer just solidified my decision that I had to see it.

Plot-wise the movie is incomplete. And I love [...]

Focus groups are the devil’s tool

2 de February, 2008

I’ve always hated the idea of focus groups and this video just cements my belief. The worst thing is the fact that they don’t seem to get the drones aren’t supposed to represent Apple (why put the Apple logo on them?!) and the fact that’s an animated storyboard, not the finished commercial. This is one of those [...]

Lost 4×01: The Beginning of the End

1 de February, 2008

Not the strongest season opener Lost has had. While the opening scene was cool, it did not have the cool reveal like Desmond in the hatch or OMG! it’s Othersville. The entire episode felt like a direct continuation of the last episode, which makes sense, but due to the intervening 200+ days feels a little [...]