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What does “MeFi” mean in the background of Mythbusters?

(photo by heather)
I figured I should write the answer to this entry in case some fans of the TV show Mythbusters ever wonder what a small easter egg in the background of the show set means. For anyone typing the title of this post into Google, here’s your answer:
Adam Savage, the co-host of the show [...]


Posted
3 May 2006 @ 10pm

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SPOILER ALERT

So if you didn’t see Lost tonight, you shouldn’t read this post.
Ok, still here? Great. So a few characters get killed off at the end, but I have to wonder… the first two to die happened to be played by actors that both happened to be busted for drunk driving recently.
Coincidence? Or a nice [...]


Rambling about blogging and TV

I’ve long wondered when the act of blogging TV would take place. I don’t mean writing blog posts about the last episode of Lost, I mean actually snipping segments from TV and posting them for all to see. Basically doing with TV what bloggers were doing in 1999 with the web — snipping bits here [...]


Posted
17 October 2005 @ 2pm

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Set TiVos to stun

Don’t forget like I almost did: The Colbert Report starts tonight, so you might as well set that season pass to grab it after the Daily Show when you get home.


Posted
12 July 2005 @ 1pm

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Is anyone else freaked out by The Daily Show’ s new studio set?

Slate has a perfect piece: Is anyone else freaked out by The Daily Show’ s new studio set?
When the show started last night, I thought I was watching something from the 1998 archives, perhaps Stewart’s first show or something. It looks dated and almost claustrophobic. The constantly shifting blue backgrounds are almost as annoying as [...]


Posted
22 June 2005 @ 3pm

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Ah fair use, where would we be without you?

Jason Kottke was just on G4’s Attack of the Show, and thanks to my hacked TiVo, it’s available as a 85Mb MPEG2 torrent.
Jason did great for live TV, which is just about the most stressful thing in the world. He seemed relaxed, though the host seemed a little manic. I assume a producer was screaming [...]


Posted
3 June 2005 @ 1pm

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eBay my ride

It’s not entirely surprising to see cars from the show Pimp My Ride being sold on eBay for cash. I think this newest one makes it five or six of the featured cars that have been sold.
The show’s premise is kind of flimsy: kids in SoCal in rough situations get a crazy $30k car makeover [...]


Posted
1 June 2005 @ 6pm

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Spellbound

Woot! The national spelling bee finals started today and they end tomorrow with a four hours of it broadcast on ESPN.
TiVo link for the early round coverage at 10am and the live finals at 1pm.


Posted
29 April 2005 @ 3pm

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huh

A random person just emailed me saying they mentioned my name on Attack of the Show, on the TechTV G4 network. If anyone saw it or has details, feel free to drop a comment here.


Posted
25 April 2005 @ 11pm

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Pour 40Gb on the curb for your dead torrents

Bummer to see TvTorrents get shut down. I didn’t use it much, but I did become a huge fan of Arrested Development after catching one episode on TV and going back to TvTorrents to find all the previous shows. I ended up buying the first season DVD in order to get high quality versions and [...]


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