television

Yesterday we watched the premiere of Jericho, which features Skeet Ulrich, who no longer looks like Johnny Depp, but in fact looks a lot more dirtier and worn out. It's about a town who witness a disaster and believe that they're the only people alive now. The premiere was a bit too much like the premiere of Lost, and I think that was probably deliberate, but it's going to be in the back of viewers' heads now every time they watch it.

There's this TiVo exclusive thing that Mark watches - it's a CNET fifteen minutes or so show that features CNET employees showing off the latest gadgets, giving tips, etc. It is populated by some of the most annoying people ever, who would be less annoying if they could just realize that they do not have to be cartoon characters in order to give good TV.

Anyway, it's not notable except that they do not seem to know the ins and outs of their own technology that they're hawking. Really, what the hell? During a feature on how not to sound stupid while buying a TV, Mark caught them out in several errors. For example, they called the Sony LCD TV a DLT television and Sony doesn't make DLT televisions - which is a different type of display technology. But the latest one is they had someone showing how to insert a picture online as a part of your comment on myspace or something. However, the method in which they advised you to do it is considered bad form in the Internet world - what they described was hotlinking - direct linking to a file on someone else's web page to display on your own desired page and thus using the other person's bandwith.

china music

From Feministing, Ai Bu Fen, a music video from the first out lesbian artist in China. It's very Asian pop, so it might not be your thing. But I think Qiao Qiao has a very nice voice - I just wish I could read the lyrics, though - I have no idea what they are except for the song title.