LOST: There’s No Place Like Home - Sneak Peeks
DarkUFO has posted three sneak peeks from this week’s episode of Lost, which is titled “There’s No Place Like Home.” I’ve embedded the most substantial of them above, and let me just say that I’m happy as all hell that we’re getting a tense scene between Jack and Sawyer here. We should all give thanks to CarLost, who seems to be responsible for encoding these clips (and many others that I’ve featured here before).
Music Video Set On/Inside A Mac Desktop
When you have a second, check out the amazing YouTube video that I’ve embedded above. Not only is the song ("Again & Again,” by The Bird and the Bee) great, but the video is set entirely on/inside/within the confines of a Mac desktop. As TUAW puts it, “You sort of have to see it for yourself to understand.”
Even if you’re vehemently anti-Mac, this is worth your trouble. Just imagine Clippy making a special guest appearance, or something.
Kelly Taylor Returns to West Beverly High
A quickie-post for our good friend, Bethany: Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that Kelly Taylor will be the new guidance counselor at West Beverly High. That’s right, Jennie Garth is joining the cast of the 90210 sequel/spinoff.
Discuss.
Apple’s Photo Booth App Helps Recover Stolen Laptop
The Unofficial Apple Weblog broke this story on Friday, the New York Times followed up on Saturday, and I’ve been laughing about it all weekend long.
Apparently, Kait Duplaga, an employee of the Westchester, NY Apple Store, used Apple’s “Back to My Mac” service, in combination with the popular Photo Booth application, to snap a picture of the morons who stole her laptop but didn’t think to reformat the thing.
“Back to My Mac,” in case you’re not familiar, is part of the Apple’s .Mac servce which allows a user to control their computer remotely from any other .Mac enabled machine. Photo Booth, for the uninitiated, is an application which uses the Mac’s built-in camera to snap pictures of the people standing or sitting in front of it. If you see lots of teenaged mallrats hanging out at your local Apple retail outlet, Photo Booth is probably what they’re there for.
Ms. Duplaga used these two applications to snap photos of the culprits, which she then delivered to the police. The culprits, who, according to the deputy commissioner of public safety in White Plains, “were arrested last year on a felony marijuana possession charge” are not “career criminals.” And I think that’s probably a pretty darned good thing. Seriously, dudes, if you’re going to steal laptops for a living, you better be up-to-date on what they can do. Otherwise, just roll yourself a couple joints, listen to some Afroman, and fix yourself a plate of brownies.
Geek Force FiveCast 013 (Video)
I attended the inaugural meeting of New Hampshire Media Makers on Sunday, May 11. This is me geeking out about that. Links to many of the cool people I met can be found in the video, or else at the various blogs that have covered the event: 1, 2, and 3. Roger Goun took photos (as did several others), and his photos can be found here.
