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2011-03-21T12:55:00.001-07:00

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2010-04-11T21:54:00.001-07:00

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One more thing...

2010-01-17T21:52:00.000-08:00

I am a huge fan of the Apple computer company. When I was a kid, my best friend Ven had an Apple II in his home and I would always look forward to getting my hands on it. Once I began recording my own music I realized I would never buy another non-Macintosh computer again.

In the past 5 years, I've become more and more intrigued by the company and it's marketing strategies. They have amazing designs, beautiful retail stores, unifying hardware/software concepts, and remarkably intuitive user interfaces. However, none of us would know about this company if it weren't for Steve Jobs.

Not only is he responsible for creating the company itself, he is also the face of the company, responsible for introducing new products and software at keynote presentations over the last 27 years. He is, in my opinion, the greatest salesman in the world.

His presentation keynote speeches are the equivilant to Christmas morning for many an Apple fanboy (including myself). With an upcoming Apple event, rumored to be the unveiling of an Apple tablet, right around the corner, here are a few of my favorite Jobs moments from years past.

The Apple Computer: 1983

The iMac: 1998

The iBook: 1999

The iPod: 2001

The iPhone: 2007

The Macbook Air: 2008

My HD Wishlist part 1: Star Wars

2010-01-05T22:43:00.000-08:00

If you don't know by now, I'm a huge fan of Blu-ray movies. Nothing compares to seeing one of your favorite films in glorious 1080p! Although many of my favorite movies have already been released on Blu-ray in it's first 4 years (Amadeus, Serenity, Ghostbusters, Office Space) many have not. In this ongoing series, I will be highlighting all of my very favorite films which, for one reason or another, have not seen an HD release.

Let's start with the obvious:

The Star Wars Saga

Oh, the pure joy that will fill my heart when I see Luke standing before the twin suns of Tatooine in high-definition... it's enough to make a grown man cry in standard-def!

Seeing as how it took 6 or 7 years after the introduction of DVDs for the original Star Wars trilogy to be released, I imagine the folks at Lucasfilm will play the same game with us when it comes to Blu-ray. The only official info so far comes from head of Lucasfilm fan relations, Steve Sansweet in a recent interview:

"...Obviously we've been looking at (Blu-ray) for a couple of years and I think one of the questions is when is the market penetration there and these days, will there be a market penetration before everything goes streaming? But we've been looking at an ultimate box set of the Star Wars movies, all six of the movies. And what special features would be. And clearly these days, if you did an ultimate box set and didn't do it in HD, Blu-ray, it just wouldn't make any sense. So now it's a matter of thinking okay, we've been thinking about this for a while, we know what kind of assets we want to use, we've done some work in cleaning up things, it's really a matter of making that decision of when's the best time to release it."

Translation: "It's gonna be a while. Go buy the DVDs a few more times, suckers!"

I predict we'll see a full saga box set sometime in the next 2 years (probably later than sooner). Mr. Lucas, if you're reading this, just know that I am being patient and I love you.

George Lucas: "I know."

Resolutions

2010-01-01T20:50:00.000-08:00

This year I have a very reasonable goal as my new year's resolution: READ MORE BOOKS!

It's pretty simple and it's something I haven't been very good at lately. I usually have a few nonfiction books at hand at any given time but I never read novels anymore (unless it's Harry Potter).

I have already begun reading a classic that for some reason have never read up until now. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. So far it is blowing my mind.

Best of the Decade

2009-12-26T21:42:00.000-08:00

After a great 10 years of media consumption I've decided to try my best at sorting these things into lists. It was incredibly difficult and probably won't reflect anything but how I feel right now, but who cares...

Best Video Games of the Decade

25. Super Smash Bros Melee - GC

24. Pikmin - GC

23. Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader - GC

22. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - DS

21. The Sims - PC

20. Little Big Planet - PS3

19. New Super Mario Bros. - DS

18. Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3

17. Wii Sports - Wii

16. James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire - GC

15. Animal Crossing: City Folk - Wii

14. Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast - PC

13. Final Fantasy IX - PSX

12. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem - GC

11. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - PS3

10. Super Mario Sunshine - GC

9. Resident Evil 4 - GC

8. John Madden Football (Series)

7. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 - GC

6. Metroid Prime Trilogy - Wii

5. Advance Wars 2 - GBA

4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - GC

3. Super Smash Bros Brawl - Wii

2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Wii

1. Super Mario Galaxy - Wii

Best Albums of the Decade

25. Ash - Free All Angels

24. Spiraling - Time Travel Made Easy

23. Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller

22. Linus of Hollywood - Let Yourself Be Happy

21. Teen Idols - Full Leather Jacket

20. Steve Ward - See And Be Seen

19. Green Day - Warning

18. Keane - Hopes and Fears

17. Jets to Brazil - Perfecting Loneliness

16. Ben Weasel - These Ones Are Bitter

15. The Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder

14. Ozma - Spending Time On the Borderline

13. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

12. Joe, Marc's Brother - Around the Year With...

11. Silver Sun - Disappear Here

10. Saves the Day - In Reverie

9. The Queers - Pleasant Screams

8. XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

7. The Plus Ones - Oh Me of Little Faith

6. Brian Wilson - Smile

5. Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom

4. Adventures of Jet - Muscle

3. Daft Punk - Discovery

2. Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs

1. Superdrag - In the Valley of Dying Stars

Best Movies of the Decade

25. Cloverfield

24. X2: X-Men United

23. Unbreakable

22. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

21. The Dark Knight

20. Napoleon Dynamite

19. Once

18. Mr. Deeds

17. Sweeney Todd

16. Best In Show

15. Spider-man 2

14. V for Vendetta

13. Big Fish

12. Ratatouille

11. Hellboy (I and II)

10. Iron Man

9. Harry Potter (I-VI)

8. Punch Drunk Love

7. High Fidelity

6. A Mighty Wind

5. Serenity

4. Star Wars (II and III)

3. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2. Wall-E

1. Lost in Translation

Best Television Shows of the Decade

25. Parks and Recreation

24. Da Ali G Show

23. Freaks and Geeks

22. Robot Chicken

21. The Office (UK)

20. Chapelle's Show

19. Heroes

18. Dollhouse

17. Tom Goes to the Mayor

16. Flight of the Conchords

15. Aqua Teen Hunger Force

14. Stella

13. Pushing Daisies

12. The Office (US)

11. Angel

10. Venture Bros.

9. 30 Rock

8. Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

6. Extras

5. Curb Your Enthusiasm

4. Friday Night Lights

3. Arrested Development

2. Firefly

1. Battlestar Galactica