• Review: HTC Hero It Is

    where to download rabbit hole the film Yes, I upgraded my phone, and I went with the HTC Hero (via Sprint). Here is Gizmodo’s take on the Hero. I am having a TON of fun with this thing. Let me try and break this thing down in a semi-organized fashion: The Hardware: Physically, it looks…

  • HTC Hero or Samsung Moment?

    The date upon which I can trade in my phone is rapidly approaching, and i’m seeing enough from the current crop of smartphones to at least look into getting one. I don’t want an iPhone, and WinMo is kind of a joke, so I’ve been investigating Android. Since I’m on Sprint, there are two options…

  • Eggertsville Hose Fire Safety Day

    We went (as we seem to every year) to the open house at the Eggertsville Hose Company. Thomas loves it there anyway, and where else can you see a house on fire, a helicopter land and a car cut into pieces all at once? requiem for a dream movie wikipedia He just won’t give up…

  • Favorite Windows Software/Utilities

    As you can probably tell, when I’m not watching hockey and football or playing with my kids, I like to tinker with my computer. I have come across several utilities recently (thanks mainly to Lifehacker and other geeks) and I thought I’d share them with you. where watch the sound of music film TeraCopy –…

  • Red Cliff Poster!

    As discovered by friend of HIYLJ Nighthawk over at Geek Tyrant…YES! Based on the semi-historical Chinese classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms (scroll past the election nonsense, and you can read the whole thing online), this movie focuses in on the Battle of Red Cliffs, one of the pivotal battles of the Three Kingdoms era.…

  • Movie Review – Ponyo

    First, a story. I had been exposed to Anime only sparingly as a kid, mostly Voltron, Tranzor-Z (Boob missiles!) and later, Ronin Warriors. I enjoyed them, but nothing really made me go out and seek more. Oh, and I caught the super-hyped showing of Akira on the Sci-Fi channel, which didn’t help. My Miyazaki fandom…

  • Woot: MST3k! In For One!

    SWEET! Today’s Woot is 4 discs packed with episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000! Click here to see the full details. Here’s a sample from one of the ‘hits’ included, Future War. Skip ahead to 2:43 if you are impatient. 6:54 is not bad either. Enjoy! Bonus feature, Werewolf: bones film with good quality

  • Firefox 3: Full Page Zoom, and How To Get Rid Of It

    Like many of you, Firefox 3 is my go-to browser for normal use, but v3 has one annoyance I helped someone fix today: they switched up the standard zoom (Ctrl + + or -) to enlarge everything, including pictures, and not just text. If you don’t like it, here’s how to put it back they…

  • New Pics of Mattie and Thomas!

    My parents were in town the past week or so, and we went to the Buffalo Zoo and the Strong Museum. Here’s a few highlights: In no particular order, as my in-laws’ camera didn’t have the right date set and I’m too lazy to manually sort all the pics. By the way, if you have…

  • Mechwarrior!!!

    Read the interviews, check the trailers held within, and rejoice. One of the founders of FASA, Jordan Weisman, acquired the license back for the Battletech universe, and is creating a new game! This was one of my favories series, and as I’ve mentioned, one of the games that caused me to want to try PC…

  • Camping Adventures: Lost Tires, Rainstorms and Lots of Children, Part 2

    So, when we left off, there was a decision to make. We had only made it maybe 40 miles or so from home, and the weekend was more than half over. But Thomas desperately wanted to see his cousins, so off we went. Things still weren’t any better, as the rains turned into a downpour,…

  • Camping Adventures: Lost Tires, Rainstorms and Lots of Children, Part 1

    If you’re a longtime reader of mine (either here or in the forums, for those select few), you probably already know that I don’t like camping. I am not what you call an outdoorsy guy…if you’ve seen the episode of Monk where he exclaims “There’s NATURE on me!”, I’m not too far off from that.…