The Jay Leno Show
September 17th, 2009
NBC’s “The Jay Leno Show” premiered on Monday and attracted 17.7 million viewers, including myself. It’s a late-night type talk show airing in prime-time. Jerry Seinfeld was the first guest and rude dude Kanye West was there as well. For me, the show felt somewhat awkward. Comparing Jay and Conan has me thinking that “The Tonight Show” got a bit of an upgrade. Conan is funnier, smoother and a better interviewer. Don’t get me wrong, I like some of Jay’s stuff and maybe the show will get some tweaking and improve enough to continue on in its time slot. Alternatively, there’s much worse television out there in Minow’s vast wasteland.
Chargers Fan On ESPN OTL!
August 10th, 2009
ESPN OTL examines the impact of Twitter on athletes
Towards the end of June, San Diego Chargers All-Pro linebacker Shawne Merriman was the guest celebrity for a tweetup that took place at a trendy nightclub in downtown San Diego. ESPN had a film crew there to capture part of the action. This past Friday the ESPN show Outside the Lines aired a segment, Twitter & Athletes (embedded above) which includes some of the footage from that tweetup with Merriman and interviewer Jennifer Van Grove. I was in the VIP section courtesy of the fabulous Jenn, so when the cameras were on the audience, I was right up front when I appear in the clip at around the 1:50 minute mark. Nice!
Twitter Is Down: Alternative Things To Do
August 6th, 2009
Screen capture from the Twitter Status Blog
Alternative Things To Do:
1. Talk about Twitter being down on FriendFeed
2. Talk about Twitter being down on Facebook
3. Talk about Twitter being down over IM
4. Leave a comment on a blog post about Twitter being down
5. Talk about Twitter being down via text message
6. Talk about Twitter being down over email
7. Tip BinaryWolf that Twitter is down
8. Write your own blog post about Twitter being down
9. Talk about Twitter being down on Plurk
10. Talk about Twitter being down on Identi.ca
11. Talk about Twitter being down internally on Yammer
12. Think about Twitter being down
13. Call an actual friend to talk about Twitter being down
14. Invite an actual friend over to talk about Twitter being down
15. Go outside
(via @techcrunch)
Greg Grunberg Promotes Yowza in San Diego
August 3rd, 2009
Greg Grunberg using his iPhone to follow me (@binarywolf) on twitter
Actor Greg Grunberg (Heroes, Alias, Felicity) appeared at Rubio’s Fashion Valley mall location in San Diego last Thursday. He was in town to promote his new Yowza application – a mobile coupon app that searches out local deals based on your current location. Greg and Rubio’s spread the word about the event via Twitter and Facebook. A good sized crowd turned out including a few news people, hanging around Rubio’s for chance to talk with Greg and snap some pictures.
Insider’s Guide to Following San Diego Comic-Con
July 23rd, 2009
Here are a few of my favorite sources of info for Comic-Con:
Need Last Minute Tickets?
Official eBay address of San Diego Comic-Con International.
Comic-con Real-Time Search Results
Tweetgrid allows you to follow several Comic-Con hashtags with automatic updates.
Twitter
The Official Twitter for Comic-Con.
Guide for Families
Comic-Con 2009 Guide for Families by Alexandra Hart
We wanted to know, among other things, does a family that goes to Comic-Con actually stick together? Is everyone in the family interested in animation, comic books, video games, and science fiction? This question and more were posed to a family in San Diego that was willing to share their animated interests and navigation strategies with us and with you.
Comic-Con Hot Spots
Google Map of restaurants, nightlife and after parties to take in during the Comic-Con weekend.
After Parties
Signonsandiego’s Entertainment Guide
SDUT’s Comic-Con Guide
San Diego events, photos, video, maps, parties.
Vicarious Comic-Con
Web Series Guide to Comic-Con
We’ll be sending down a small army into the belly of beast to report the gushy details and leaks from everything web series at Con. To help prepare, we’ve whipped up a list for all web series junkies to tag along or live vicariously.
YouTube Videos
YouTube Comic-Con channel
Comic-Con Videos
San Diego Source Media Archives
Official Comic-Con Site
The official site is here and you get can get the latest news via the rss feed here.
Windows 7 Pre-order Discount Ends Tomorrow
July 10th, 2009Order your upgrade copy of Windows 7 now before Amazon’s pre-order sale ends tomorrow. In general, if your PC can run Windows Vista it can run Windows 7. To make sure, download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to do a quick check.
