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Technorati Tags: Oceans 14,Basher,pinch,emp,military What is a pinch? [From Basher]:  "A pinch is a device which creates, like, a cardiac arrest for any broadband electrical circuitry. Better yet, a pinch is a bomb – now, but without the bomb. See, when a nuclear weapon detonates, it unleashes an electromagnetic pulse which shuts down any power [...]

The title of the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace is perplexing. Ok, I had to look up the words.  I’m guessing that it means something like "How much alleviation of grief is enough?" Nevertheless, the title is representative of the "new" Bond movies of late.  Gritty, sublime, and not gadgety. Take a break [...]

I ran across a post today with a link to the Wozniak 280ZX commercial from the early 80s. Woz owned a black one, I had a red one. Just a little reminiscing – I miss that car.

[youtube]5XQ_GWKvDE0[/youtube] SPIDER PIG SPIDER PIG Does whatever a SPIDER PIG does Can he swing From a web No he cant He’s a pig LOOK OOOUUUTTT!!!! He is a SPIDER PIG!!

I’m a big fan of heist films, and especially Oceans 11 (the Soderbergh remake, not the original – I like boosts that work). Oceans 12 was good also, so it will be interesting to see how 13 works out. Adding Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin can’t be a bad thing. Nevertheless, I registered the domain [...]

Scoble has a post about “Netflix is dead” and that is simply ridiculous in the time space we currently live in. P2P with Verisign and Adobe?  Please.  *Maybe* Apple could pull this off, maybe even Microsoft, but no way could these two do it.  Can’t even imagine that these two even have the corporate culture [...]

Syriana is a great movie, one that requires absolute attention throughout…