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Joel and Original Cast of MST3K Riding the Cinematic Titanic

It seems that this Morning all the Really Important Geek news is showing up on /. not Digg. It seems kind of spooky if you ask me. After all its Halloween Today.

"Unfortunately it's in separate projects, but just after Jim Mallon (the man who owns all things MST3K) announced that he would be bringing back Tom Servo, Crow and Gypsy in animated Flash shorts on the web along with Paul Chaplin (a writer from the original MST3K), Joel Hodgson, the series creator, has announced that he will be launching a new venture called Cinematic Titanic. It will feature horrible movies riffed by the original cast of MST3K, including Josh Weinstein (the original Tom Servo), Trace Beaulieu (the original Crow), Frank Conniff (TV's Frank), Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester) and, of course, Joel himself. They've already got the rights to 12 movies, and will be releasing one a month starting in December for DVD purchase or download.

I am really looking forward watching to this new IPTV web venture. Back in the day I was part of Original  MST3K Cult back in the 90's

Gmail 2.0, Google's Social API, And Yes Google phone no longer Vaporware or not??

all google news via Slashdot.

There are talks floating around surrounding Google's possible talks with Verizon and possibly T-Mobile to establish an agreement for the carrier to deliver phones carrying Google's speculated mobile operating system. According to the article, one of the main hurdles slowing down the product are concerns about user privacy and advertising, one of Google's well-renowned strengths. With over 6 million customers potentially at their disposal, could this be "the deal" that establishes Google's hegemony in the internet sphere?"

"After tonight's Breaking Open Facebook with Free Open Source Software, TechCrunch reports Google plans to announce an open API for social networking tomorrow. "OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, defined by Google with input from partners, that allow developers to access core functions and information at social networks: 1) Profile Information (user data) 2) Friends Information (social graph) and 3) Activities (things that happen, News Feed type stuff)" Says Om Malik: "OpenSocial attacks Facebook where it is the weakest (and the strongest): its quintessential closed nature...Even if you take Facebook out of the equation, the task of writing and adapting widgets for the every increasing number of social platforms was going to be turn into a colossal mess."

Google on Tuesday confirmed it is giving Gmail a new look. This blog post has screenshots of a new Gmail interface that has been made available to a limited number of users. They are calling it "Gmail 2.0" even if Google isn't. Google confirmed the update is underway at its new San Francisco office, just prior to a briefing on an unrelated upcoming Google announcement. A Google spokesperson said that the new look has been made available to about one percent of all Gmail users and is being rolled out the rest on an ongoing basis."

Moderate Earthquake Shakes Bay Area tonight

This quake was not that big after all more like Moderate Earthquake Shakes Bay Area. Right only Kron Ch 4 is making a big deal about the quake. All the other local News Outlet is only are showing Update news Bulletins during the commercial break The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 and struck shortly after 8 pm, about five miles northeast of Alum Rock and nine miles ...

The SoCal Fires, Comcast, Fios, ATT U-verse, Symmetrical-20Mbps

So It won't be the year 2020 until ATT U-Verse will have Ability offer this  Symmetrical 20Mbps ?? Verizon Fios can to this Right Now!

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Unveils-Symmetrical-20Mbps-FiOS-88723

We guessed correctly. We attended a Verizon conference call today where the company took the wraps off their new symmetrical 20Mbps tier. We were the first to report on the existence of the new tier last week, after NYC trial participants spotted it in the wild. According to Verizon, the company has launched the 20Mbps symmetrical service in the NY/NJ/CT markets, with additional market launches on the horizon.

The service starts around $64.99 a month, depending on bundle and contract options. According to the company's press release, the new tier comes with 1GB of online storage. Residential symmetrical fiber isn't exactly a groundbreaking concept, but Verizon is the first major ISP with plans of national deployment.

Comcast Admits Delaying Some Traffic
The Associated Press - 6 hours ago
The AP also found that Comcast's computers masqueraded as those of its users to interrupt file-sharing connections. Internet watchdog groups denounced ...
Comcast Chided For Managing BitTorrent Network Traffic InformationWeek
Comcast says it Slows, Not Blocks, Net Traffic PC World
Comcast's less-than-free flow Los Angeles Times
New York Times - TechSpot
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CNet News.com Blog

Comcast May Face Lawsuits Over BitTorrent Filtering Slashdot - 9 hours ago An anonymous reader writes "It's been widely reported that Comcast is engaged in a sneaky form of Internet filtering. The company is terminating its ... After consultations security expert believes Comcast may be ... ZDNet class action lawsuit CNet News.com Blog all 4 news articles »  CMCSA

Comcast tries p2p throttling
Los Angeles Times, CA - 13 hours ago
Bravo to the AP's Peter Svensson for a troubling bit of investigation that produced two pieces today, one on Comcast's practice of sending bogus reset ...
Comcast Internet Interference Shows Need For Net Neutrality ... eHomeUpgrade (press release)

China Daily

Toll of homes lost in SoCal fires mounts
United Press International - 10 hours ago
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Fires in Southern California have destroyed more than 750 homes and continue to pose a threat to tens of thousands ...
1 Killed, 4 Firefighters Injured In SoCal Fires CBS 2
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Another sign of Change of Season

As a Season Pass member of  Great America

Next weekend will be the last time I can goto Great America until the opening of the 2008 Spring Season.

Would you wished this was SF/SJ Bay Area would Play this if you Dialing around the AM/FM dial

Would you wished this was SF/SJ Bay Area would Play this if  you Dialing around the AM/FM dial??

37 tracks in playlist, average track length: 2:06
Playlist length: 1 hour 18 minutes 17 seconds
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          1. twins (0:48)
          2. Men Without Hats - Jenny Wore Black (2:57)
          3. September 2004 - 960 KABL/Oakland, CA & 92.1 KFJO/Walnut Creek, CA (0:20)
          4. Various Artists - Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny) (3:47)
          5. October 2004 - 960 KQKE/Oakland, CA (0:12)
          6. The B-52's - 6060-842 (2:52)
          7. DentalClubOne-Remember-15

-051005 (0:15)
          8. Software Automatic Mouth C64 (0:05)
          9. Eurythmics - Jennifer (5:10)
          10. March 2004 - 1510 KMZT/Piedmont, CA (0:15)
          11. Annie Lennox - Dark Road (3:47)
          12. July 2005 - 1550 KYCY/San Francisco, CA (0:32)
          13. Way Of The West - The Cool Set (2:51)
          14. July 2005 - 1590 KLIV/San Jose, CA (0:19)
          15. the killers - jenny was a friend of mine (4:04)
          16. March 2004 - 1640 KDIA/Vallejo, CA (0:16)
          17. Peter Buffett - Jenny C (3:58)
          18. October 2004 - 89.1 KCEA/Atherton, CA (0:14)
          19. Belle and Sebastian - Photo Jenny (3:13)
          20. July 2005 - 92.3 KSJO/San Jose, CA (0:20)
          21. States - Jemmy (3:04)
          22. February 2006 - 95.3 KRTY/Los Gatos, CA (0:16)
          23. M - Doubletalk (3:26)
          24. March 2004 - 97.3 KLLC/San Francisco, CA (0:14)
          25. Beat - Dub In The Bathroom (4:40)
          26. July 2005 - 100.3 KBRG/San Jose, CA (0:21)
          27. M - Guardian Angel (4:24)
          28. February 2006 - 102.9 KBLX-FM/Berkeley, CA (0:12)
          29. M - Love Inferno (3:36)
          30. M - Love Inferno (Narrative) (3:05)
          31. July 1987 - 103.7 KLOK-FM/San Francisco, CA (0:13)
          32. Indians in Moscow - Jack Pelter & His Sex Change Chicken (3:10)
          33. January 1979 - 104.5 KFOG/San Francisco, CA (0:25)
          34. Wang Chung - The World in Which We Live (7:05)
          35. May 2007 - 106.9 KIFR/San Francisco, CA (0:16)
          36. KKSF 103.7 Music Sampler - KKSF 103.7 Music Sampler (7:29)
          37. You're Listening To (0:06)

Oops Comcast Does it yes Again. Twice in the same Year!!!

Beginning next month, Comcast customers who subscribe to stand-alone cable service will see their monthly bill increase by nearly 5 percent - the second rate boost this year.

The Bay Area's dominant cable provider, with 1.7 million subscribers locally, said the increase - which goes into effect Nov. 15 - is needed to pay for new products, improvements in customer service and upgrades to the regional infrastructure.

In the Beginning of next year I was Originally going switch over ATT U-Verse from Comcast. But now Comcast Raising their  Rates yet again this year. Might decide to jump ship earlier if my cable bill rises by more than five bucks.

Another way to spend some good quality time with your PC.

Another way to spend some good quality time with your PC. Is to take this weekend to devoted entirely to Installing XP SP2 from scratch. Hopefully this Monday I will have some extra time to get my New Linksys  Wireless Draft N  Router Up in running with my iPod Touch and Nintendo DS, and soon  to be purchase Wii for this Christmas Season.

At least I will able to listen to The Tech Guy Leo Laporte this Weekend on On KFI 640am.