Get More (or Less) Caffeine from Your Coffee [Coffee]

The beans and blends you pick for your morning cup of Joe determines how much caffeine you\’ll drink down. A veteran coffee snob breaks down which \’varietals\’ you want for morning energy—or a more subtle sip. Photo by tico24. Starbucks co-founder and Atlantic Monthly blogger Jerry Baldwin describes the specifics of coffee in terms similar […]

Wallace & Gromit\’s Grand Adventures

I\’m so seriously tempted here… Steam is offering Wallace & Gromit\’s Grand Adventures for Pre-Purchase, and are throwing in two extra games, if you order before March 24th. $26 + change, for 6 games… And it\’s Wallace & Gromit (for four of the games)! I\’m a hugh Nick Park / Wallace & Gromit fan, and […]

Sci Fi Channel to become Syfy: Thank the lawyers?

And the SciFi Network continues it\’s slow but fatal slide down the hill… According to CNet… Sci Fi Channel to become Syfy: Thank the lawyers?: \”In perhaps the most ill-advised branding move since New Coke, the network\’s basic-cable Sci Fi Channel will be renamed the phonetically similar Syfy on July 7.\” SciFi, Z Rank monster […]

Sam Raimi lets slip a few tidbits about Spider-Man 4

Sam Raimi lets slip a few tidbits about Spider-Man 4: \” Spider-Man director Sam Raimi told MTV.com that he\’s working out ideas for an expected fourth Spider-Man movie. \’The writers, producers and I are working out what the story will be, but we haven\’t been talking in terms of part four and five,\’ Raimi told […]

‘MacGyver: The Movie’ in the Making!

Oh my Gosh…. Hollywood is really out to destroy all the old favorites of my generation… Several different outlets (Sci Fi Wire, Just Jared, JoBlo\’s Movie Emporium News) are reporting that there is a new MacGyver Movie in the works… I can\’t help stating that if the plans are anything like the dozens of remakes […]

How to be a program manager

The Joel on Software web log, is in my reading list, and the information that Joel Spolsky hands out is priceless… This has been sitting in my in queue for a bit, but he works at dissecting the \”Program Manager\” title, and what it really means in todays business world. Having a good program manager […]