Monthly Archives: September 2003

More & Bigger (and hopefully sooner)

Posted on September 30 2003 by Mickey

    Saw this link on The Digital Bits. According to an article at e4engineering.com, Japanese engineers have unveiled “Ultra High Definition Television”. HDTV is obsolete before it had a chance to catch on, since this new system offers 4,000 … Continue reading →

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The Precious

Posted on September 29 2003 by Mickey

    I missed seeing the new announcement by mere seconds. I was just at the official site, but it was seconds later at TORN that I saw word the new ROTK trailer had been released, right around 3:30 PM … Continue reading →

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To Me! To Me!

Posted on September 29 2003 by Mickey

    While waiting for a hopefully better version to show up at the official site, I’m spending my time watching AOL’s Return of the King trailer offering. A Nazgûl on approach to Minas Tirith Metropolitan Airport Shelob. Ick. I’m … Continue reading →

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PWNED!

Posted on September 26 2003 by Mickey

    Found out from eBay this afternoon that I’m the victim of credit card fraud! Some jagoff was using my credit card to start an eBay account, make a thirty dollar BidPay payment, and some fifty dollar RegSoft purchase. … Continue reading →

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Come to Sméagol’

Posted on September 26 2003 by Mickey

    The One Ring.net has a snippet of the Return of the King trailer, released today. Their download page is understandably getting hammered, so I figured I’d mirror the QuickTime file here [since removed], on my site. The file … Continue reading →

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Ring, Ring, Go Away

Posted on September 25 2003 by Mickey

    The much anticipated activation of the Do Not Call list, slated to take effect October 1, had been put on hold, as usual, by some spoilsport judge. A US District Judge in Oklahoma says the FTC does not … Continue reading →

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Q: …Yeah?
A: …Yeah.

Posted on September 24 2003 by Mickey

    Congratulations NBC. Just as I feared, you turned The West Wing into ER. You’ve got another show where the dialogue has no flourish but exists only to serve the plot; with anguished close-ups and spinning camera moves, and … Continue reading →

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Can a Guy in a Bear Suit Break into Dave’s Montana Home and Eat His Candles?

Posted on September 24 2003 by Mickey

    An amazing number of blog entries today. I guess I’m going for the record. Maybe I’m turning into Jaquandor who always posts numerous entries per day, except mine aren’t so thought out and well-written.    I’m adding this … Continue reading →

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Sharing the Love

Posted on September 24 2003 by Mickey

    Tee-hee. Ya gotta love this. KaZaA is now suing the RIAA! KaZaA claims the RIAA, in tracking those 261 people who were later sued, was using KaZaA Lite, an unauthorized version of the file-sharing software, and by doing … Continue reading →

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DCOMbobulate

Posted on September 24 2003 by Mickey

    Skeptical as I am about unknown e-mail attachments, even I was puzzled by the latest file sent to me from “support@microsoft.com”. The e-mail [My Life as a Fischer has an example of it] looked official enough and, stranger … Continue reading →

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