Some Stuff: April 30
1938:Bugs Bunny first appeared on screen in the cartoon Porky's Hare Hunt, directed by "Bugs" Hardaway for Warner Bros.
1993: The World Wide Web was born. Though first created in 1989, today was the first day it was open to the public.
Todd Mcfarlene creator of Spawn showed up at the X-Men Origins Wolverine premier in Arizona earlier this week and spoke to my source about the return of Spawn. McFarlane said that he's got five offers on the table, ranging from big studios and big budgeted productions with a lot of special effects, to low budget, small ideas, including one that he even wants to direct himself.
Fans of Wolverine who watched the online leak of the film won't miss one thing by skipping the theater -- they'll miss at least two. The director of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, due out Friday, says the theatrical version features two different "Easter egg" endings. The short bits of footage play after the credits and reveal important information about key characters. The two endings play on separate prints, so different theaters may show different footage.
GE says its researchers have achieved a breakthrough in digital storage technology that will allow standard-size discs to hold the equivalent of 100 DVDs.
It’s merely a lab success at this stage, but the new technology is intended to work in products that can be mass-produced at affordable prices,
G.E. researchers’ work in the field of holographic storage, an optical process that stores 3D images and digital data together, encoding it all and placing it on light-sensitive material such as a DVD.
Holographic discs could hold 500 gigabytes of data. (In comparison, Blu-ray comes in 25-gigabyte and 50-gigabyte discs, and a standard DVD holds 5 up to about 8 gigabytes.)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Some Stuff...with JJ
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Casey Anderson and his wife, actress Missi Pyle, share their home with a grizzly bear named Brutus . . . who was the best man in their wedding
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Some Stuff: April 28
Some Stuff: April 28, 2009
1992: The U.S. issued a patent for an Electric Tablecloth, a battery-powered table cover designed to discourage insects from landing or walking on the table.
On this date in 1991, the Strippers Hall of Fame opened in California
ILM's visual effects work has finished on T4 and it looks incredible it’s highlighted in two new TV commercials wich we’ve posted on our blog
Would you like to see MEGAN FOX in a corset??? Of course you would. We’ve posted a photo of her(--from the set of the upcoming Western, "Jonah Hex") . . . showing off an incredibly tiny-looking waist . . .
Hugh Jackman may play a tough mutant superhero on Wolverine -- but he's still not safe from the swine flu virus. A rep for Twentieth Century Fox says the studio is postponing the X-Men Origins: Wolverine premiere -- set for Wednesday in Mexico City -- as the city deals with rapidly spreading swine flu.
One of the most celebrated fighting games in history is coming back for another round. Nine years after taking the arcade gaming scene by storm and over six years after making its original home console debut, "Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes" returns! Slated to hit Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade and PS3's PSN sometime this summer
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY is thinking about taking the starring role in the "Captain America" movie. He hasn't even seen a script yet, but he told MTV News, quote, "It sounds fun."
Some Stuff: April 27
Some Stuff: April 27, 2009
1981 The computer mouse was introduced.
Linkin Park will score Transformers 2 with Hans Zimmer this according to Mike Shinoda (of Linkin Park)’s Blog.
Director Gavin Hood revealed this weekend that X-men Orgins Wolverine will have multiple secret endings on different prints and theaters will be showing different versions.
J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is Kick assedly epic!
MICHELLE OBAMA COMIC BOOK _ Michelle Obama will be available in bookstores on Wednesday. This latest installment in the Female Force comic book series offers a bio of Mrs. O. "as she secures her place in American history." The first two books in the Female Force series, featuring Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, are currently on their third printing. Three more Female Force titles, featuring Caroline Kennedy, Princess Diana and Condoleezza Rice, are in production and scheduled for release in the coming months.
No doubt you forgot, the 25th was National DNA Day. Can't think how to celebrate it? Well, if you have $68,000 or more lying around, you can bid for a chance to have your entire personal genome sequenced by Knome, a company that does such things.
The proceeds from the 10 day auction will benefit the X-Prize Foundation, whose mission is to "bring about radical breakthroughs for humanity." They've put up a prize of $10 million to anyone who can sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days or less. Considering that the first sequencing of the human genome, back in 2001, took an entire year, this will prove to be a remarkable feat.
According to Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X-Prize Foundation, "The ability to fully sequence human genomes and use that personal genetic information to predict disease susceptibility and guide proactive care has the power to transform our entire healthcare system. It is that quantum jump in speed and reduction of cost that make this X-Prize so important in accelerating the dawn of personalized medicine," says Diamandis.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Update!!!
Finally, finally better than decent weather is upon us. We’ve waited an entire winter to reach above average temperatures. I’ll overlook the chance of rain or thunder, I’ll even forgive Tim Horton’s for running out of Roll up the Rim cups early this season…because when we hit 20 and above it’s time to break out the shorts and indulge in virgin mojitos.
It’s been a busy week for JJ and Melanie. Thanks for tuning in for your chance to win great prizes and free laughs. Next week we promise to have a little of the same…only this time less clothing will be involved.
Thanks for making the switch to JJ and Melanie in the Morning…putting the burn in sunburn.
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