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Date Added: . 02/09/2008 21:06
After numerous cracks at the netbook market, ASUS has finally found the winning formula in the EeePC 1000HE.
John Ricitiello started his DICE keynote with a list of games he's currently playing?Burnout Paradise, BioShock, Portal. The one game he's playing that we're not is Spore, a title he said he'd become "fixated" on. While John got the crowd up to speed on his gaming chops, he admitted "Deep down, I'm a business guy." That helps explain Riccitiello's publicly expressed hesitance about the ultimate success of the Will Wright "SimEverything" game.
"It's probably the greatest creative risk maybe going on in the game industry today," he said, responding to audience questions about dealing with failure. Calling Spore "massive" he continued, "I believe it's going to be one of the greatest franchises in our industry and will rival World of Warcraft or The Sims or Rock Band. It's going to be right up there."
"Or not."
An interview with John Whitesell, who is the Director for Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son:
1. Story
2. Big Momma
3. Martin Lawrence
4. Music in film
5. Making film for teenagers
6. Message in film
What took him so long? Terry Semel, the Hollywood boss who abruptly quit his job as Yahoo's CEO in 2007, has frozen his daughter Courtenay's trust fund.
He also won't answer her phone calls, she told the New York Post. "I don't want to be known for all this craziness in my life," said Courtenay. Nor, presumably, does Terry. A recap of her adventures:
- Had a public dalliance with Lindsay Lohan, the actress's first known same-sex relationship.
- Fought with ex Casey Johnson, who said Courtenay set fire to her hair, a claim she denies.
- Dated MySpace fameball Tila Tequila (they were last seen smooching in December).
- Told a security guard at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas to "just f—-ing Google me, you dumb f—-."
That off-brand moment in Vegas may have been the last straw for Terry. Now Courtenay's on her own — a conveniently dramatic plot point in the reality show she's working on!
Sometimes, when you travel to a foreign land, it's hard to grow accustomed to the traditions of another culture. But most travelers soon learn that it's easier to do as the proverbial Romans do than to whine about how things aren't the way they are at home. It's a lesson that might well be applied to sojourns to, say, Williamsburg, where a not-so-intrepid traveler recently filed this report on sorta-underground eatery Pies 'n' Thighs on eGullet:
After reading articles in the NYT and newly published one in NYMAG I was real interested in making a trek from Brooklyn Heights to the artsy/bohemian/hipster Williamsburg to try pies/donuts & fried chicken @ Pies 'n' Thighs.
My girl and I had a bit of trouble finding the hidden place. My navigation in my car got me there but I still needed to search on foot. I walked into a bar with no signage (Rock Star Bar) to ask where this chicken joint was and was directed to the back of the bar where there was a line of four people. It was real hole in wall (this excited me like I discovered something and it wasn't packed like Bubby's); there wasn't room enough for ten people in the area including the two people behind the counter. There is a weekend menu which disappointed me (no fried chicken or most other delectables). I settled on an egg hash for me and a chicken cutlet on a biscuit for my girl. I was told to go back into the bar and my food would be brought to me. While we waited we had the delicious $2 donut (sinfully good) at the bar. Here is where the whole thing hit the rocks BIG TIME.
Rockstar bar had the nerve to have a bartender serve drinks while having a lit cigarette hanging out of her mouth. This is to me is really gross. I am not against smoking but A) its illegal in NY & B) its so outrageously gross while serving the public. I took a big gulp of air and said let me shutup because the food will be worth it and I don't want to piss anyone off. The other seven patrons in the place seemed happy eating. Alas the food arrived at our section of the bar. We began eating and sadly felt the food was mediocre at best, in no means was it bad but nothing worth hunting for like say Silvia's in Harlem. As we continued to eat and converse I saw a black CAT walking around. Ok, now I was grossed to a new level in which I never had been at a restaurant or bar. Animals in a restaurant/bar are in no way or level excusable. I also had thoughts that the cat is there for rat or mice control. So ok now I am grossed on two levels, yes it got way F-ING worse. The cat jumped on the bar where people were eating and was played with by the artsy/bohemian/hipster patrons. As the cat came close to me the cigarette smoking bartender started aggressively making kissing noises and petted it. I said to my girl grab your coat we are outta here (we left a full Blue Moon beer and all the food). All I could think was a cat was snooping around the kitchen and pantry at night and eating scraps during the day. My girl said she felt like she was eating cat hair (she hadn't literally). I am so upset that I think I am going to call the health dept on Monday at some point.
Eh, that doesn't sound so bad to us. At least they didn't try to serve the cat.
Pies 'n' Thighs Debacle [eGullet via Eater]
Time Warner will run the Internet access and audience businesses of its AOL segment independently, the company said today.
Since today is the Intel Skulltrail day, we can see a lot of previews/reviews of this new dual four-core beast, otherwise known as Intel's pride and honor. But only one man went as far as 5.5GHz, Fugger from XtremeSystems. With a little help from K|ngp|n's F1 cooling system, which is actually an LN2 pod, Fugger managed to push this beast's heart all the way up to 5.5GHz.
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Dot Unplanned: "If the iPhone has helped me accomplish one thing, it has probably been to make it easier for me to stay away from Emacs."
Losing a tooth while reading the news
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November's Guy Ritchie-directed "Sherlock Holmes" will bring together the acting talents of Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams -- all of whom are seen in the still posted in a new Downey interview at USA Today.
