Futurama Bender's Game

Futurama Bender's Game
Originally uploaded by shannonpatrick17

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama:_Bender%27s_Game

Futurama: Bender's Game is the third of the four planned Futurama films.[1]

The sneak peek trailer mentions a release date of the holiday season of 2008 in the US. An advertisement on the region 2 DVD of Bender's Big Score stated a release date of November 2008 in the UK.

In the table reading present in Bender's Big Score DVD, it is shown that this chapter in Futurama's adventures will feature a Dungeons & Dragons-like setting where Bender dresses like a knight, Leela is a centaur and the Professor is a wizard. A teaser image depicts Fry as a Gollum-like creature, while the trailer shows him as a dragon. According to David X. Cohen, the movie will be Futurama's "first real foray into the fantasy world as opposed to straight sci-fi".[2] The title appears to be a reference to the Hugo and Nebula award winning novel Ender's Game.

Additionally, Mom will make a return appearance.[3]

Guest stars will include George Takei and Rich Little reprising as themselves.[4]

A preview of Bender's Game will be one of the bonus features on the Beast with a Billion Backs DVD.[3]

Pangea Day, Combatants for Peace

Pangea Day 5-10-2008
Originally uploaded by shannonpatrick17

...Yonatan Shapira-Former Captain in the Israeli Air Force Reserves. In 2003 Yonatan initiated the group of Israeli Air Force pilots who refused to fly attack missions on Palestinian territories. He is the co-founder of Combatants for Peace....

www.pangeaday.org
He said his Mother and Brother were shot this very morning (5-10-2008) at a demonstration for peace between Israeli and Palestinian people. It was very moving to see him speak of peace in the midst of such a terrible tragedy.
www.combatantsforpeace.org

Is this the event he was talking about?

Shufa - near Tul-Karem ( 10.5.2008 )
A gathering against Shufa village blocking

On Saturday, we will go together to Shufa, a village near Tul-Karem, to protest against the collective punishment the civilians have to pay by blocking the roads to the village and by stealing their lands.
http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=8865
If you have more info Please comment.

Blog header photo credit

tilt shift
Originally uploaded by podoboq

I used this creative commons licensed photo for the header of this blog, I could not find a place to add a photo credit in the header so I'm doing it here. I really love this photo it has a great mood, it is one of my all time favorites. If you would like to see more photos of this style search for "Tilt Shift" on flickr.com

Hulu.com Video on Demand Launches Tomorrow

hulu.com Watch your favorites. Anytime. Anywhere., originally uploaded by shannonpatrick17.

Hulu launches Tomorrow
I got my private beta invite in January and so far have watched 49 shows on here. It was cool to watch as they kept adding more networks and content, there is no question this site is going to be a big hit. One piece of advice is to use firefox and get ad block plus then you don't have to watch the short commercials, man I hate commercials! TV on the internet seems like it is becoming more mainstream and I don't think it will stop anytime soon.
The good thing about this is that once the genie is out of the bottle there is not much that corporations can do to try to control how people view the content they make available. This site http://www.openhulu.com/ has already mirrored the content from Hulu so people without a invite have had access to it.

from wikipedia: Hulu allows users to embed their videos on external sites. A user in the private beta decided to scrape all of their videos and make a public site called OPENhulu.

There was no response from Hulu as to the legality of this, but many blogs covered the issue creating quite an uproar in the online video scene.

Networks now available on Hulu

Watch the 2008 TED Prize Live Webcast live on Thursday

Simulcast Stage
Originally uploaded by TED Conference

I can't wait!
The more that watch the better, tell everyone you know!
from the TED blog:

Watch the TED Prize wishes live on Thursday

Join a global audience and watch online as the 2008 TED Prize winners, Dave Eggers, Neil Turok and Karen Armstrong, share their inspiring visions, followed by the moving and infectious music of Vusi Mahlasela.

It will be an evening of big ideas, bold plans and audacious wishes -- and you'll hear ways to help grant their wishes right away!

Click here for the live feed, Thursday, February 28, starting at 5:15pm US/Pacific time >>
Technorati tags: Dave Eggers, Karen Armstrong, Neil Turok, TED Prize, TED2008, ted@aspen

Calling up bloggers up with GrandCentral

Photo Credit: DetroitDerek from flickr.com
Now if you like you can leave me a voicemail for free from anywhere. The Grand Central capabilities are more than just voice mail but I do not want to link this blog to my home phone, just like most people who will leave messages have the option of keeping their calling number private. I'm sure it will come in handy to use more of the capabilities this interesting service. For right now if you would like to test it out leave some feedback or comment about my blog, tell me what you think.

Found out about this on http://www.smartmobs.com
LINK
Calling up bloggers up with GrandCentral - but how many bloggers will pickup the phone?
21st Century Literacies
Google added Voice over IP Interface to it’s Blogger platform using GrandCentral, as reported in Marketing Pilgrim in a post titled Call a Blogger with GrandCentral....

DIY Best Reuben Sandwich Recipe. Soon it will be time for Awesome St. Patricks Day Food

Yeah it's getting closer to St. Patrick's Day so I have been thinking about making delicious Reuben sandwiches. Follow my photos to flickr to read about the invention of the Reuben sandwich and see some helpful hints/recipe for building your own awesome sammich!

First Post: Futurama Catnip For Geeks

The title of this blog comes from the Futurama episode The Lesser of Two Evils (2ACV06) the one that introduces Flexo and Bender is really angry so Hermes keeps telling Bender to take a "Rage Dump. Although this blog is not going to be about Futurama, I thought it would be good to say what inspired the title.

So anyway the return of Futurama is old news but here is a link to a great article from Wired.com:
"Futurama was killed, but like some B-movie cyborg it refused to stay dead. The fans watched the 72 episodes religiously in syndication and shelled out $170 to get the entire run on DVD. So, in 2005, Fox green-lighted 16 new episodes."
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/15-12/ff_futurama

If your a fan you probably already know about this awesome site:
http://www.gotfuturama.com/
A huge site dedicated to the show Futurama. Includes Futurama downloads, Futurama DVD info, TV listing, Futurama episode guide, a chatroom and more.