Author Archives: Chris

Apple to use Intel chips?

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Chris

This again? Maybe they will. Maybe they won’t. Really it would not be too hard to get OSX to run on Intel or AMD chip. Well, at least for the smart engineers at Apple. I’m sure that in some vault … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: E3ROTS is already online

Posted on May 19, 2005 by Chris

Already? I’m surprised it took this long. Not that I condone this kind of thing (illegal downloads, that is) and I don’t always agree with Cory Doctorow (although, he probably doesn’t know or care). He is pretty much right on … Continue reading →

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Busy couple of weeks . . .

Posted on May 19, 2005 by Chris

It’s looking to be a pretty hectic next few weeks for your humble writer (me, in case you can’t figure it). This week I will be all over the City of Angels at various events. Monday night is a screening … Continue reading →

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George Lucas is a rich mofo . . .

Posted on May 14, 2005 by Chris

Forbes has the info. “It all started with a story treatment, handwritten in pencil on a few sheets of lined yellow legal paper.” And the rest, as they say, is history. They also have a breakdown of the “Star Wars” … Continue reading →

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Going down?

Posted on May 11, 2005 by Chris

Sorry, but I am really busy again and only had time to write for one site at the moment. However, here’s my latest bit for LAist for your reading pleasure. ————————————————– There is something missing at the movies this year. … Continue reading →

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Lightsabers: not just for the movies

Posted on May 8, 2005 by Chris

In case you were wondering (and who hasn’t?), here’s how Lightsabers work. Cool.

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Laying Low and Putting Tiger To the Test

Posted on May 6, 2005 by Chris

I have been busy for the last week or so. Thanks, in part, to the good folks at Apple Computer putting out a new version of OSX that has, shall we say, a few “issues”. There are many things to … Continue reading →

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Tiger arrives

Posted on April 30, 2005 by Chris

Apple’s latest OS, Mac OSX Tiger has arrived. We went down to the Pasadena Apple Store last night to get our copy. I installed it on my Powerbook and my G5 and all is well. So, go out and get … Continue reading →

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Han Solo is art

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Chris

This is pretty cool. People with talent amaze me. I wish I had some. Is being a pain in the ass a talent? Well, if it isn’t, it should be. Or something like that. Happy Wednesday everyone.

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Amazon makes a little mistake.

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Chris

From the “oops” department. Amazon.com accidentally leaked the details of the yet to be released update to the Power Mac G5 Tower. Of course, now they have pulled it. And of course, here’s what it looked like: Click on the … Continue reading →

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