Links & Blinks

Announcing an Announcement: Cam is putting our marriage announcement, including a picture of us, into the London Free Press this coming Saturday February 23rd. Please pick up a copy!

Have y'all seen the latest trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Then check out this link. Apparently, the American version of this trailer differs from the international trailer in one key scene. The MPAA, which controls ratings and content for both movies and trailers, has a rule against pointing guns towards characters within a trailer. "Won't somebody please think of the children" and all that. So they CGI-ed that shot to make the obvious guns disappear. Weird, eh?

There will be a total lunar eclipse tonight, starting at around 10:00 PM. You can read about the details here, and apparently the planet Saturn will be visible during this time as well. Cool!

For a while now, there has been a heated competition for the next generation hi-definition DVD technology. Similar to the Beta and VHS wars of a bygone era, this was a commercial war between Blu-Ray and HD DVD formats. As this article details, Toshiba has conceded the HD format and Blu-Ray now stands victorious. All of the momentum shifted this past year as movie studios started to choose sides, and only one survivor was left standing.

As a fan of the NBA, it's been fascinating to see all of the major trades that were recently completed. Pau Gasol to the Lakers, Shaq to Phoenix, Mike Bibby to Atlanta and Kidd to Dallas. Gasol and Bibby were taken almost for free, and Shaq was an expensive rebuilding trade in exchange for Shawn Marion. Kidd was the most complicated, protracted and costly trade of the bunch. Of that bunch, Gasol was the best steal and he certainly makes Kobe a happy guy. The jury is still out regarding Shaq's againg skills on a run-and-gun team and Kidd's clear slacking this year, but it will be fun to see how well they do with a change in scenery and a renewed playoff run.