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Autumn is the perfect season for zombies. The weather change means less sweaty humans to pin down and brains chilled to tasty delight in the crisp weather, but not frozen like grey matter popsicles. Not to forget a little holiday called Halloween and the kick off to season three of The Walking Dead as well.
Andertoons help get you into the undead spirit with a step-by-step guide to drawing a cartoon zombie. It’s so easy, you won’t have to worry about losing your brrraaaiin.
ART LESSON CLICK HERE. But WAIT! There’s more! As a bonus, to get you in the mood for Halloween, Mashable has gathered 10 zombie movies you can catch this month on Netflix. They involve gore, the ’80′s, blood, sex, Ron Jeremy, chickens, and politics! I didn’t say they were GOOD movies...SEE?
http://mashable.com/2012/10/09/how-to-draw-a-zombie/
All new, brand new! Arrested Development is coming back in 2013, thanks to Netflix!
The movie rental giant officially announced it will bring back Arrested Development, bringing new hope to dozens of cancelled cult classics. Netflix struck an exclusive deal to stream new episodes of the comedy in 2013.
“For the first time in their histories, Twentieth Century Fox Television and Imagine Television will produce original first-run entertainment content for the world’s leading internet subscription service, bringing back the acclaimed series to production on all new episodes five years after its cancellation,” according to Netflix’s press release.
Of course, it’s not easy for Netflix to revive a cancelled show. There are more than several hurdles in securing the rights and talent necessary to recreate a cult classic. But if Netflix is successful with Arrested Development, reviving cancelled shows could be an excellent way for the company to woo back the subscribers it lost following its price hike and Qwikster flip-flop.
What would YOU like to see revived? New Firefly episodes would be MOST WELCOME here! Here are The Street’s top ten choices:
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http://www.thestreet.com/story/11275690/1/10-cult-tv-shows-netflix-should-revive.html
I am a magnet for the Redbox douchebag. The one jackass that knows that you are behind him yet feels the need to peruse every selection at least twice and then must read each description of every movie. I want to scream, “It’s Scooby Doo, Douche, and it has four teenagers, a dog, some drug references, and a big green van. Move out of my way!”
It doesn’t matter which Redbox I go to, I feel like I have won the lottery if I can get to the screen before anybody else does. It warms the cockles of my heart and keeps me from throwing elbows. I stood at a Redbox for about 8 minutes before I gave up and went home today. I didn’t need to get a new movie for tonight, but it sounded good. Instead, I will be snuggling up to my Netflix. The irony of this story is the man and woman who were occupying the Redbox were ragging on how Netflix has nothing to watch. With that said, it reminded me of all of the movies I had in my queue and I went home.
I think the potential for Redbox is awesome, but I hardly ever have been able to walk up to one without an idiot somehow hovering in front or behind me. If they are in front of me, I know that I should pull up a lawn chair, a beer and a good book. If they are behind me, I know that the clock is ticking and soon enough I am going to hear them pacing behind me, heavily breathing, and mumbling under their breath.
The question is, “How do I get to have a pleasant Redbox experience?” I have two solutions. One is to go to Redbox at midnight and hope I don’t get mugged or have an idiot installed on the box. Maybe a person would have to walk up and answer a question that people with common sense could answer. Similar to Jay Leno’s “Jaywalking”, where Jay goes up to people, asks them questions that seem to be common sense questions and then the people just blow the answer so badly they end up on TV looking like complete morons.
Maybe I can start a timer behind the Squatter loud enough for them to hear that they just took up my precious time debating whether to rent “The Thing” and “Eurotrip”. At this point I have lost a handful of brain cells and everyone knows that “Eurotrip” is the way to go.
Maybe Redbox has thought of this already and that’s why they launched the pre-ordering of your Redbox movie(s). That’s a fantastic idea, yet I don’t think the morons will ever catch on to it, so I am still screwed waiting for them to get out of my way.
Maybe I am the jerk. Maybe I do have “Redbox Rage,” but walking up to a Redbox is like walking up to the rudeness meter. People stand too close, lean on people’s cars that are parked on a curb and say rude things under their breath. I have yet to become confrontational about this behavior, but I think I may just be one DVD away from losing it completely. Next time, I am just going to go in wearing full goalie hockey gear and push my way through. I will show them the difference between being rude and being dumb.
The Xbox 360 was introduced to the world 6 years ago, ushering in this current generation of gaming technology. Microsoft had no plans to stop there. It has matured into more than a gaming system, having the ability to be an entertainment hub for your home, connecting your home PC or laptop to the console wirelessly to stream from your computer, and has applications to buy or rent movies from the Zune Marketplace, or stream TV shows and movies from Hulu and Netflix, sport content from ESPN and UFC, and audio like Last.fm. (No word yet on pornography though, so keep your fingers crossed).
Patent # 8,058,593 was awarded to Microsoft just last month. The patent details adding a DVR feature to gaming consoles to allow recording and playback of live television, while playing games or not. A curious note is that Microsoft several months ago announced new partnerships with various programming networks, and services to be used through the Xbox 360. Did they know the patent would be awarded to them, or a lucky coincidence to make the 360 more valuable to its new content partners?
The partnership between these 3 tech giants: Google, Samsung, and Verizon Wireless has produced a much anticipated and high-powered device: The Samsung Galaxy Nexus. A powerhouse mobile device, exclusively on Verizon’s 4G LTE network, which is available in 190 United States markets, and covers 200 million people (claimed).
This phone comes out of the box ready to do almost everything except wash your car and help you travel through time. The operating system, care of Google, is Android 4.0, also known as “Ice Cream Sandwich”, as all of Androids operating systems have quaint food-related nicknames. 4.0 brings the Galaxy Nexus a complete overhaul to the look and feel of Android, touting a new UI (user interface), a better multi-tasking capability, and HTML5 total web experience.
Note – this phone is one of the devices that are part of the brutal patent battle between Samsung and Apple. To see more about the battle you can go here.
The Nexus holds a very impressive spec sheet, one that could give some of the low-end PCs and laptops a run for the money. A 1.2 GHz dual core processor with 1 GB of ram, and 32 GB of internal storage. A 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video chat, and rear camera of 5 megapixels, with panoramic shot capabilities, no shutter lag for those quick, off the cuff photos of your cat flying through the air after a laser pointer, or a good prank shot of your buddy taking a dump. A small suite of built-in photo editing effects guarantee you can give grandma a biker beard just in time for holiday photos.
Bluetooth 3.0 for clear sound and talking on wireless headsets, speakers, and PC communication, the ability to become a mobile hotspot, which when signed up for the service through the provider, will allow you to tether up to 10 Wi-Fi devices. (Man, she really can take a lot at once, can’t she?). 9.47 mm thin, with a 4.65 in Super Amoled HD screen, giving you one the biggest screen on the market for typing, taking photos, or viewing and recording videos.
A very interesting, and new feature being discussed with this device, is facial recognition software that utilizes the phone’s camera to lock/unlock your phone. Along with Android Beam, which is what you can use to share videos, apps, contact info, etc. just by literally tapping the two compatible phones together. Google Music and Google Cloud play a big part in the Galaxy Nexus, too, letting you choose the data that’s stored on your phone to sync with your cloud, along with using Google Music to be able to save up to 20,000 songs to the cloud.
Are you excited? Are you Sweaty, or maybe a little tight in the pants? Before you jump in your’ 91 Toyota, or charge your Segway, these are the rules that Verizon will impose on you:
The phone is available for $299.99 with a 2 year contract or upgrade, and you will have to have a voice plan higher than $39.99 a month, along with a minimum of their 2GB data plan. If you think that’s a raw deal, you can always stream your Netflix account, and furry porn on your home Wi-Fi connection.
We all love technology, don’t we? Well, at least if you’re reading this, you do, or you’re very “tech-curious”, which is of course nothing to be ashamed of. One of the most interesting, multi-faceted pieces of technology out in the field today is the Xbox 360. You can’t deny it’s a solid gaming system (and a movie & music streaming machine Netflix and Last.Fm after connecting it to your PC for infinite possibilities of what to watch).
Now, there’s more: Microsoft announced a deal with almost 40 TV/entertainment providers around the world in the 20 plus countries that the Xbox 360 is used. For the United States this partnership is with Comcast, and their Xfinity On Demand service, which consists of thousands of movies, and TV shows. Also, you’ll be able to browse through the on demand catalog using the Kinect “gesture” controls. Further partnerships for entertainment content in the U.S. include: Bravo, HBO Go, SyFy, and Verizon FiOS. Also, The Xbox in the U.S. will have content from ESPN (already available), and UFC. Both of these sports streams will feature pre-event videos, HD, and live events for ESPN, and live PPVs for UFC.
Interactive Entertainment Business President at Microsoft Don Mattrick had this to say: “Today’s announcement is a major step toward realizing our vision to bring you all the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, made easy,” “Combining the world’s leading TV and entertainment providers with the power of Kinect for Xbox 360* and the intelligence of Bing voice search will make TV and entertainment more personal, social and effortless.”
This is not a completely new venture for Microsoft. Approximately a year ago, AT&T partnered with The Redmond, WA. Software giant to put their U-Verse live TV into Xbox systems, with a personalized and interactive display. And that was 12 months ago, only the tip of the iceberg. Now, Microsoft not only has partnered with services in the United States, but also the United Kingdom’s BBC and Sky, TELUS and Vevo in Canada, and You Tube in 22 Xbox markets around the world.
This looks to be a promising deal not only for Microsoft, but Xbox Live subscribers in every country that has the service. Coupled with the “fall” Xbox dashboard update, this winter’s big entertainment and gaming push looks to be one to be remembered for a while.
Go HERE to see the full press release.
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