I have a bad feeling about this...

http://www.syfyportal.com/article.php?id=2033

According to IGN (now owned by FOX), George Lucas is putting the feelers out for a writing staff to pen the new Star Wars series. The article describes it as a mix of live action and CGI. When I read that I suddenly had a terrible notion. What if the new series is all CGI based on live motion (like most CGI is done)? Even worse, what if it's the tacky CGI as seen in Toy Story and Polar Express?? Please George, don't ruin it and make the show for your grandkids (again)!

Podcasting in radio free Dover, NH

Thanks to my MP3 player I have become hooked on podcasting! Of course, my 2 hour daily commute was a motivating factor as well. If you're curious to see what I'm listening to these days, slap this file into your favorite RSS aggregator, download a sampling, and go to town!

...and "Zen" you came along....

I finally picked up a micro-drive MP3 player. I toiled for the longest time over this as I was very much drawn towards the 20gb iPod photo. However, my experience with the iPod shuffle and iTunes set me straight. I researched extensively and finally decided on the Creative Zen Touch. For the same price as the iPod I get twice the storage (40gb). Plus, DRM is completely optional so I do not need to use Creative's Media Organizer (although I've grown quite fond of it). I can attach it to any Windows XP machine and move files on or off at will without having to load drivers, software, etc. As of this blog entry I have 2000+ songs (and podcasts) on it with more than 28gb free on the player!