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New Bionic Woman

NBC is bringing back the classic 70′s TV show, The Bionic Woman. For those of you too young to remember, the Bionic Woman was a spinoff of the AWESOME Six Million Dollar Man starring Lee Majors (one time husband of the AWESOME Farrah Fawcett) as Steve Austin. The Bionic Woman was a creepy, dark, angst driven 70′s series, more about the independent feminist Jamie Somers (played by Lindsay Wagner) than it was about the cool gadgets she had. My memories of that series consist of inside shots of Jamie in her Ojai, California home, the super scary Fembots and the ultra cool Oscar Goldman.

Anyway, the new series looks to be much more fun, except for the annoying deaf sister angle. Here is a trailer, but a spoiler warning, this appears to comprise most of the pilot episode.

Broncos Game – Recap

I was fortunate enough to attend my first NFL game when my friend Sarah invited me to Saturday night’s pre-season Denver Broncos game. While I am an avid professional football fan, this was the first time I had ever been to a pro game live. While I had a great time, and really appreciate Sarah taking me, I don’t think I will go to another.

The amazing thing about an NFL game is that nobody really seems to watch the game. when I watch a game at home I am bombarded by three hours of play-by-play action by at LEAST two announcers. They give background information, stats analysis, and replays for BOTH teams. Invesco Field had two big screens that showed replays and information on the Broncos, but nearly nothing on their opponents, the Cleveland Browns. From my upper deck seat I couldn’t make out the name of any Browns players. I really felt like I only got to watch half a football game.

Again, this is not a critque of the evening. I had a great time, but I care too much about the game to watch another one live. I would much rather watch Jay Cutler fumble snaps and throw incompletions in the comfort of my own home, where I can switch over to Peyton Manning when I get frustrated…

Comcast infringing on Net Neutrality

It’s been over a year since I wrote about my views on Net Neutralityand suddenly the issue is back at the forefront.

Just this week it’s been found that Comcast has disabled bittorrent seeding effectively making the protocol useless. Now strictly speaking, this is not really a Net Neutrality issue. Comcast, to my knowledge, has not accepted any fees from another entity in exchange for disabling the bittorrent traffic. In fact, Comcast’s actions are in accordance with their TOS, however vague the terms of service may be.

The real problem with this situation is that Comcast is a monopoly in many areas. If they disable a particular service, many of us have little alternative but to continue with their service. Of course, it will be interesting to see the fallout. Many Comcast subscribers use their Internet connection primarily for bittorrent, and may change service if this continues.