Spider-Man 3

The Spider-Man 3 trailer is now online.
You can watch it here.

Fingers Crossed

Every year around this time, we're shown bits of shows that make us think the next great comedy is coming this fall. Despite the fact that NBC has completely cannibalized the SNL cast to make it (Fey / Dratch / Morgan / even frequent host Alec Baldwin!), 30 Rock on NBC actually looks pretty funny.
Watch a preview here.

Of course, they've got Aaron Sorkin, a great cast, and an uncomfortably similar idea over at Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip too, and if I'm a betting man, my money goes there first. You can watch that preview too.

Matthew Laughing

800 Lb. Gorilla

There's this commercial, you may have seen recently for Axa Equitable. (CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT) There is a couple in bed and there's someone talking to them about their finances. We cut to a Gorilla. He gets ready to leave and says something like, "but don't listen to me. i'm just the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room".

Now, I think there are two expressions that come into play here:

A) There's a joke that goes something like "Where does an 800 pound gorilla sleep?" The answer is "Anywhere he wants to!".

B) When there's an important issue that folks aren't talking about it's known as "the elephant in the room".
Is it possible that the creators of the commercial got these two things confused? Can someone explain this to me?

My boy rolled over!

John Scurti's blog

I followed a link to the TV Guide site to read an article about 24 or something, and came across their "celebrity blog" section. Now, I'm not a TV Guide reader, but my impression of the magazine is that it's fluff-promotion city and not much in the way of substantial...substance.

That's why I was surprised when I found this "anti-blog" by John Scurti who plays Lieutenant Kenny "Lou" Shea on the best show of the summer, Rescue Me. This is funny stuff.

John Scurti's blog.

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Picasa web albums initial review

Wow. I got my invitation to Picasa's web album today and I have to tell you it's so easy to post. I'm now using Flickr, Yahoo! photos, and Picasa (AND Kodak Gallery for some older stuff). Out of all of them, i think Picasa is definitely the easiest to manage. Obviously for exploring other people's photos, Flickr has an edge, but for easy uploading, simple sharing, and features, Picasa's going to be tough to beat.

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Matthew & Al

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Originally uploaded by Stownley.

Matthew had the pleasure of meeting Al Gore on Friday. Who knew the former VP does an awesome Donald Duck impression?

Picasa Web Albums (and iPod update)

I found out today that Google has added an online photo-sharing component to their free Picasa software. It's available now by invitation only so I'm waiting my turn to try it out, but I like Picasa and I'm glad to see Google taking this step to complete its functionality.

...and on a separate note, for those of you keeping score at home, the folks at Best Buy informed me that my iPod was un-repairable (yeah, no kiddin') and told me to come on in and pick up a new one, which I did a couple days ago. Glad to have my music, photos, and video back where they belong...everywhere.

Infradig at Bonnaroo

Infradig is part of the incredible line-up at this year's Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee. Check it out here. (June 16-18 in Manchester, TN)

Shyamalan Interview

M. Night Shyamalan's new film, Lady in the Water intrigues me. I've enjoyed Shyamalan's films since The Sixth Sense. I was surprised to find this long and detailed interview over on Ain't It Cool News. Nice one, Harry.

iPod update

An update for all of you keeping score. I last posted about my busted iPod on May 6th. The thing just up and stopped working. Well, it's over a month later and I've still got no iPod. They were going to send it to me when it's fixed but it hasn't arrived yet. I've been using my old 10 Gig and it's been a workhorse for me. No pictures or video, but the music's loud & clear. Apparently they DON'T make 'em like they used to.

I am an idiot

After Matthew was born, I decided it would be nice to share the pictures with friends and family so I put them up on Yahoo! photos and sent out the link.

I could have been a millionaire!!

Everybody

I was walking out of a library yesterday and this guy shouted as he was walking in. "Everybody looks like Michael Jackson to me today!" As he passed me, he sized me up with a glance and said..."Everybody!"

That's an unbelievably ridiculous statement...dawg

I just read this quote from Randy Jackson, one of them there American Idol judges.

"Mariah (Carey) is the best singer/songwriter of our time"

More Jason Harrod on iTunes!

My wife and I are listening to "Carolina" from Jason Harrod's Living in Skin while our son's falling asleep. It made me think to check iTunes to see if they've got Bright As You posted yet. I'm glad to report it's now available on iTunes.

Living in Skin was added last month and now they've added his most recent release.

Full Moon Fever...$6

I can't, for the life of me, figure out why Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever is only six bucks at iTunes. But hey, why ask why? It's a great record. "Yer So Bad" is one of my favorites.

Free Stuff

Sometimes people ask me what I use for certain tasks & services on the computer. This is a brief run-down of free sites & software that I recommend.

Google Notebook - I've been using this for a week or so and it's really helpful. It's like writing myself a note to remember things I see online.

Gmail - Great search & lots of storage. Spam goes directly into the spam folder where you don't have to see it.

OpenOffice.org - This subsitute for WORD works like a charm & you're not paying Microsoft a dime for software they should be giving away for free.

Picasa - Easy photo editing & organization and the best red-eye reduction I've used, free or otherwise.

FireFox - A quick, safe browser with features Microsoft is copying for their next version of I.E.

30 Boxes - While Google Calendar gets all the attention, this online calendar gets the job done. Easy to use, Easy to share. I can't say enough. It's organized my life.

Blogger - You don't need to be a computer programmer to start your own blog. And believe me, you may not know it yet, but you have something to say.

Skype - Video calling allows my son to see his Gram anytime and we can call relatives in Italy for a fraction of what the phone company charges.

iTunes - But you say "I don't have an iPod, why would I use iTunes?" Do you have a CD burner? Buy an album for $9.99 and burn it to a disc. You'll often pay $17.99 (plus tax) for the same thing at the store.

Google Personalized Homepage / My Yahoo! - Use RSS to organize the headlines from all the sites you regularly check. See your sports scores, weather, tv listings & more in one place. I use both, but I think My Yahoo! is better organized.