http://www.makeyougohmm.com Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:01:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In years past the logo was changed on our blog birthday to the following: This year, just keeping the logo in this post. I’ll be out all day volunteering – call this my first big volunteering year, I guess - at the local 4th of July ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090704/5963/ Never thought a movie could have too much action but if you ever needed an example go see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. That’s not an endorsement because it’s like running a marathon without taking a breath or gulping any water along the way. We paid $40 to go see ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090703/5962/ This guy really, really loves Black Sabbath which to be serious is what the band Heaven & Hell is about. Learned about him from the Heaven & Hell twitter account: http://twitter.com/hvnandhelllive While the Ozzy lawsuit aimed at Iommi seems to be trying to make Ozzy part of ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090619/5959/ It’s good to know that comment spammers from Turkey still have a sense of humor. The post that was being spammed was a recap of the Janet Jackson breast dustup back in 2004 where I proudly proclaimed that breast censoring, save for dramatic purposes, ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090618/5958/ Didn’t update the blog when our 7th Xbox 360 went down, but now that we have our 8th, which is the Xbox 360 Arcade package that we purchased in November 2007, it’s unfortunately that time of year again. If there was ever a time for me to go thumbs down ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090616/5955/ These days I hesitate to share my anticipation for something based on a trailer, but the video game Brutal Legend just hits all my hot buttons. It’s a rock-based adventure based upon heavy metal album covers (awesome!) killer rock voices like Rob Halford, Lemmy and Ozzy and guitars as swords. ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090616/5952/ There is some major irony in the following screenshot and activity:   If you follow the above blog’s RSS feed, you are treated to these worthless commercial interludes presumably to help ZDNet pay the bills. Sure, we could filter out crap like this by using a multitude of ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090608/5951/ Having been someone who has lost his temper before on an internet show I winced when I saw the normally calm and friendly Leo Laporte get angry and shut down the Gillmor Gang show over a Palm Pre review copy misunderstanding with Mike Arrington. I think the point Arrington tried ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090608/5948/ While driving back to the office yesterday I heard over the local talk radio that there are some conspiracy theorists out there toting that the date of the 5/31/2009 crash for missing Air France Flight 447 adds up to 9/11: 5+3+1 = 9 and 2+0+0+9 = 11. This is ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090603/5947/ E3 is the electronic expo (see the official E3 Expo website) where gaming and electronic goodies galore get showed off. Sometimes they are just promises more than guarantees, but this demo impressed Loren – and me too. It’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 and shows off you as the game ... http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20090602/5946/