Apple TV 40GB »
By Glen A. In an earlier post, I talked about my attempt to turn my Mac mini into a media server. Using a free program called Handbrake, I went about ripping just the movie content of our DVD collection onto the mini’s hard drive. The idea was to route it through our surround sound system [...]
Nightblade guitar for Guitar Hero III on PS3 »
By Glen A. When Guitar Hero III came out, the only way to get a guitar was to buy the one bundled with the game. That was great the first time around, but what if you have a friend you want to co-op or battle with and they don’t already own the game themselves? For [...]
13-inch 2.0Ghz MacBook (white) »
by Glen A. Forays into technology can be, for lack of a better way to say it, less than desirable. Angela, my wife, has a kind of cautious relationship with computers. She didn’t grow up around them, and she’s not really been in a job that’s ever required them. So, even in this day and [...]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (DVD) »
By Glen A. Since we saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in the theater, a review about that experience is at the link above. I won’t go into much detail about the actual film here, then, other than to say that it is good on DVD as it was the first time. [...]
The Game Plan (DVD) »
By Glen A. Too many times, going in, you know how a movie is going to turn out. The term is formulaic, and that pretty much sums up Disney’s The Game Plan, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. That doesn’t mean there’s not something to enjoy. Any fan of The Rock will like this movie. And [...]
The Bourne Ultimatum (DVD) »
By Glen A. Matt Damon reprises his role as Jason Bourne, the rogue US assassin whose faulty memory eventually comes back in the final movie of the Bourne trilogy, The Bourne Ultimatum. Based somewhat loosely on the books by the same name by Robert Ludlum, The Bourne trilogy has chronicled the events of a young [...]
Underdog (DVD) »
By Glen A. I don’t remember a whole lot about the Underdog cartoon series, other than to say that I watched them, and remember watching and liking them. Underdog, like Rocky and Bullwinkle, had a similar slant–unlikely heroes in increasingly difficult situations that somehow, someway, always saved the day. In the screen adaptation of the [...]