January, 31, 2002 archives

drum drum drum. damn them!

thanks, shelley! (the mug in the background is the mug i got to test out cafepress a long time ago. i wasn't impressed with the shirt i got, but the mugs are really nice.)

more monkeys paving the way: eggheads have figured out how to make monkey eggs yield stem cells. if it produces an embryo, i'm not clear how this sidesteps the ethical issues with regards to cloning.

just what the world needs, a bunch of monkeys running around able to control computers with their minds!

who's winning the console fight? sony, obviously. the comments from the guy at famcom games just make no sense: “i think xbox has a lead over gamecube right now. we've been selling a lot more gamecubes when we have them, but i think that might be because of the price point.” i don't own any of the systems, but the gamecube seems the most intriguing to me, because the games sound interesting and different. (but really, i lost my taste for gaming somewhere along the line.) of course, microsoft has billions in the bank, so they can afford to just spend nintendo into submission.

murder one finally ended its run on a&e. i'd seen most of the first season during the original run on abc, but none of the second season. i think the shift to following three cases in the second season (instead of just one, as in the first) was disappointing, but the last few episodes of the second season were amazing (a much stronger finish than the end of the first season). pruitt taylor vince is an incredible actor. his guest-actor emmy was well-deserved. keep an eye out for the show to run on a&e again. (currently it isn't scheduled, but i'd be surprised if it doesn't pop up again. they'll be playing crime story in that slot, so i bet they re-run murder one when they've played through the two seasons of that.)