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Windows 7 (Get It While It’s Cheap)

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Windows 7 actually appears to be worth the upgrade. I got a firsthand account from my roommate, who says it’s combines Vista features with XP efficiency. And for a limited time that upgrade is cheap: $50 for Home Premium and $100 for Professional.

To make it easy on the consumer, each version of 7 has all the features of it’s lesser brethren – no more Home Premium vs. Business vs. Ultimate BS. E.g., since Premium includes Media Center, so does Professional, even though it’s targeted at small business users. Here is a good article comparing the different versions. I think Professional is a pretty clear win (at least for me).

To ease the minds of upgraders, Professional and Ultimate include a fully licensed copy of XP SP3 that runs in a virtual machine. There is one big gotcha, though – not all Intel CPUs support Intel VT (Virtualization Technology), required for this XP compatibility mode. Here is a list of supported (and unsupported) CPUs.

Please comment if you’ve had any luck (good or bad) with Windows 7.

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Everything Else

Violent & Crazy

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The Violent Femmes have covered Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, payback for Gnarls covering Gone Daddy Gone. It’s pretty frickin’ great. It should be played on KROQ, but they’ll probably just play Blister In The Sun for the trillionth time.

In other news, the Violent Femmes still exist, and Gordon Gano’s voice hasn’t changed a lick, thank goodness. I’ll admit, I don’t know why I dig his vocals, but want to punch Billy Corgan in the throat. That’s just the way it is.

If you want a great read, check out the Violent Femmes Trivia section on their site (you have to scroll down). It is filled with humorous and embarrassing gems from a long career in rock, and includes items like:

  • Victor DeLorenzo met insane Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Wilson pointed to Lake Michigan and asked Victor, “What ocean is that?”
  • Brian Ritchie went to Femmes booking agent Frank Riley’s office. Upon leaving he entered the elevator where he was joined by actor Sly Stallone. The elevator door did not close immediately, which visibly agitated Stallone. Rather than pressing the ‘Door Close’ button Stallone issued the following instruction,”Fuckin’ door, CLOSE!”
  • Teen actress Mayim Bialik of the show “Blossom” told Gano, “Don’t get married until I reach the age of consent.” Gano did not comply with this request.
  • When former Talking Head Jerry Harrison produced the Femmes, Gordon was shocked to find him drinking from a little bottle clearly marked,”For External Use Only.”

OK, enough for now, you read the rest. And oh yeah, here’s the song.

 

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Food

Single Guy Chef: Kalua Pork

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Kalua Pork (or pig) is one of my favorite Hawaiian dishes. It’s a smokey, salty pulled pork dish served over white rice, with optional katsu sauce.1 When I found out how you make it, I was stunned at how easy it is.2 It takes a long time to cook, and there’s some work involved, but it requires no skilled labor, much less murdering a pig with a knife while sobbing. In fact, I thought it was some half-assed way to make it, but a friend who is very wise in the ways of Hawaiian cooking told me nope, that’s the way everyone makes it on the island.3 And after making it, I can honestly say it matches the one at my favorite Hawaiian restaurant. Kick ass!
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  1. Thanks to Agent Doubledeuce for the tip. [↩]
  2. But don’t worry, I’ll still explain it to you like you were held back a few times. [↩]
  3. Not counting those supermen who actually dig a hole, add fire, and roast the whole pig all at once. [↩]
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Books

Archie Engaged to Veronica

After a 67-year courtship, Archie finally buys the cow (when he was getting milk from two cows for free). Most thought he’d end up with Betty, the hot blonde next door. Instead, Archie chose the hot, rich brunette who’s into anal.1 So, yeah, big surprise there.

Archie proposes to Veronica

  1. C’mon, I think we can all agree it’s implied. [↩]
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Television

Reaper Canceled

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Oh, f*ck me. CW has canceled Reaper, one of my favorite shows. There are rumors it may get moved to cable; SyFy seems interested, and you can email them. There is also a good chance it could live on in syndication. I don’t mean reruns (off-network syndication), I mean first-run syndication, where the affiliate stations buy the show directly. If you want this to happen, email your local CW affiliate and ask them to buy it in syndication so we can have a third season. (If you’re in SoCal, here’s the form to email KTLA.) Normally I just rant on my blog about a cancellation without doing anything about it, because the situation usually looks hopeless. But this time there’s actually a good chance of a pickup.1

If you’ve never seen Reaper, it’s a very fun show; Kevin Smith directed the pilot and acts as a consultant. The cast is really solid with no weak spots. In particular, Ray Wise as the devil does a fantastic job of intimidating the hell out of everyone. And Missy Peregrym is just hot.

Hopefully I’ve piqued your curiosity enough to pick it up on DVD or rent it from Netflix.

  1. This seems to be happening more often, with ABC picking up Scrubs from NBC, and CBS picking up Medium. [↩]
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