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"GateWorld - News: Devlin optimistic about 'Stargate' sequels Dean Devlin, producer of the original 1994 movie Stargate, seems to be moving forward with two sequels to the film, which was apparently meant as the kickoff to a trilogy from the beginning. Devlin"
'Stargate' sequels (Note: NOT SG-1)

"First, the confession: I've been a Doctor Who fan since I was about 8 years old. Sitting and watching those episodes (Tom Baker, at the time) with my Dad is a great memory for me. I started to lose interest in"
Review: Doctor Who 2005 & 2006 seasons

"Got caught up on some stuff tonight: Chuck: Entertaining. Pretty light. I'll see if it pulls me in more, but it seems like one of those shows that I'll catch if I happen to see it on. Bionic Woman: Certainly grittier than"
Initial thoughts - Premiere week pt 2

"Oh, great... another cause to spend our research money on. "
Duke Nukem Disease: Come Get Some! - Tuesday TubeWatch

"FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH | Bryce Zabel: Superman Returns (2006) vs Superman: The Movie (1978) Here's a great review of Superman Returns in comparison with the original Superman movie (I love Bryce's new concept in movie reviews). I agree with him on"
Bryce Zabel's Superman Smackdown

"Recently Gather Little by Little posted an article on "Deal of the day" sites, such as Woot.com and Yugster.com. These are sites that offer one product per day for a substantially reduced price. The merchandise, frequently reconditioned but at times"
4 sites to get free/cheap stuff - finding deals online

"We've got a firm street date for the new Babylon 5 movie! In fact, you can start ordering now!! As a reminder, here's the early description from JMS, as I reported earlier: This first DVD, entitled “Voices in the Dark,” covers the"
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales pre-ordering

"I knew that I knew it from somewhere. It sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it. Now I know. The Olympics stole their theme song from the opening credits of one of my favorite too-quickly-cancelled shows. The Adventures of Brisco County"
What do Bruce Campbell and the Olympics have in common? - Tuesday TubeWatch

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"For simplicity's sake, I'm combining the statements of both daughters (currently 4 and 3). Kids: I don't like much boys. Me: Why don't you like boys? Kids: I don't know. Me: Oh. Kids: You're a boy! We love you! We don't like any other boys"
Best conversation I've ever had with my kids

"The networks released their schedules for next year this week. No surprise: Smallville and 24 are both reappearing in the schedules. However, there has been surprising news/rumors about both shows... 24 Jack is back, and as an appeasement from the long wait"
TV updates: 24 and Smallville (w/spoilers)

"I think it's official: I'm addicted to Kathy Sierra's blog. Yesterday she made a great (if a tad long) summary of some pretty basic points she made earlier in the year that apply to learning. Here's a bulleted list of her main"
Instructional Design reminders

"From Elliott Masie's Learning TRENDS newsletter comes news of a new tool to help doctors and nurses. Projected Vein Locations: This weekend I saw a fascinating new "performance support" system - one that helps doctors and nurses find veins easily when"
VeinViewer

"Star Wars: Community | starwars.com at Comic-Con 2006 At the recent Comic-Con, Steve Sansweet, head of Fan Relations, dropped some depressing news about one of the more anticipated Star Wars rumors of the last year or so: George and Rick are really"
Star Wars in 3-D: Not happening soon

"Comcast ran an "exclusive" interview with Joss Whedon, creator of the scif-fi series, Firefly and it's follow-up movie, Serenity. Fans of the series have been talking about a movie trilogy and/or a resurrection of the story on TV, but Whedon"
Serenity/Firefly — End of the line

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A slow day in the world of computer usability reporting

Usability in the Movies — Top 10 Bloopers Jakob Nielsens Alertbox

Obviously a slow day in the world of Usability. This has got to be one of those posts that Jakob had stored just in case he had nothing to say one day.

But it’s amusing, it’s movie related, and it’s a topic that geeks go on and on about amongst themselves, so I was, of course, interested to read it.

The one I can’t believe that he didn’t . . . → Read More: A slow day in the world of computer usability reporting