NewsRadio Season 5 on DVD
I can’t be the only person asking where the hell the 5th season on Newsradio is on DVD. I’ll admit that when the first season came out I was surpised that the network would give it enough attention to release it on DVD, but I never thought that they would go so far as to release the second, third and fourth seasons too! That sort of attention from the network is unprecedented for NewsRadio. But now I am left pondering where season 5 is! It’s been seven months since season 4 came out and Amazon doesn’t even have a “coming soon” page for it! It was only four months between the season 3 and season 4 release.
On a similar topic, we’ll finally be getting Twin Peaks Season 2 on dvd in April of 2007 if all goes well. Season 1 of Twin Peaks came out on DVD in 2001! And it isn’t even being produced anymore! Lame.
-Josh
Digg just launch a podcasting thingy
Digg has launch a podcasting directory using it same user scored system that they use for news and video submissions. Naturally I had one of the first submissions for my Schalictocast. I would appreciate it if you would head on over to http://www.digg.com/podcasts/Schalictocast_Videos and digg the podcast and the individual videos in the podcast.
The digg podcast directory seems like it could be a tough nut to crack, seeing as how I have never submitted a story and gotten more than ten diggs I don’t know how I am supposed to get a large number of people who have no idea who I am to digg my podcast, no matter how good the videos are.
Oh well, enough about me…. LOL! It’s my website! It’s all about me!
-Josh
Conversation with Sprint
12/19/2006 01:47:17PM System: “Please hold and the next available agent with be with you shortly.”
12/19/2006 01:47:21PM Session Started with Agent (Alice)
12/19/2006 01:47:23PM Agent (Alice): “Hello, Thank You for contacting Sprint Now Together with Nextel Web chat my name is Alice , how may I assist you with your Sprint.Com order today.”
12/19/2006 01:48:03PM josh: “I’m just wondering about super vision.”
12/19/2006 01:48:54PM Agent (Alice): “Do you mean the vision packs for pcs vision phones.”
12/19/2006 01:49:36PM josh: “well, no. From what I understand there is the normal vision pack, and then there is premium vision or something like that for next generation phones. It uses the evdo network.”
12/19/2006 01:51:00PM Agent (Alice): “I am not aware of those vision packs . our vision phones have the EVDO network.”
12/19/2006 01:51:31PM Agent (Alice): “That allows you to watch live TV and send music and pictures.”
12/19/2006 01:51:31PM josh: “so, when you pay 15 per month for the vision plan, you’re getting the high speed evdo network?”
12/19/2006 01:52:04PM Agent (Alice): “Yes that is the sprint power vision pack.”
12/19/2006 01:52:19PM josh: “power vision… maybe that’s it.”
12/19/2006 01:52:23PM Agent (Alice): “The Sprint PCS Power Vision Plus Pack can be added to any EVDO handset which can expand your wireless experience to include Data Access at much faster Network speeds which gives you Unlimited Email, Instant Messaging from AOL, MSN and Yahoo.”
12/19/2006 01:52:29PM Agent (Alice): “The Sprint PCS Power Vision Pack can be added to any EVDO handset which can expand your wireless experience to include Data Access at much faster Network speeds which gives you Unlimited Email, Instant Messaging from AOL, MSN and Yahoo. Unlimited Web Acc”
ess from sites like CNN, ESPN and The Weather Channel plus Unlimited Data Access streaming news channels such as ABC News Now and radio channels including Sirius Hits for just $15 per month per line. Your first month is free!
12/19/2006 01:52:43PM josh: “I’m a current customer, can you look at my account?”
12/19/2006 01:53:03PM Agent (Alice): “This, Is the web chat and we do not have access to account information .”
12/19/2006 01:53:19PM josh: “thats what I figured.”
12/19/2006 01:53:38PM Agent (Alice): “Sprint’s Customer Care number is 888 211-4727″
12/19/2006 01:53:57PM josh: “Yeah. thanks.”
12/19/2006 01:54:09PM Agent (Alice): “Thank you for choosing Sprint Now Together with Nextel have a great day.”
12/19/2006 01:54:54PM josh: “so if I got a next gen phone, would it work with a regular vision package?”
12/19/2006 01:55:42PM Agent (Alice): “What is a next generation phone I have not heard of that phone before.”
12/19/2006 01:56:27PM josh: “OMG! a next gen phone would simply be any phone that is using the next generation of technology, i.e. evdo.”
12/19/2006 01:57:39PM Agent (Alice): “I see i never heard it called that before . You will have to have a sprint phone for it to work on out network.”
12/19/2006 01:58:36PM josh: “wow. Let me ask this slowly. If I have a sprint power vision phone, do I have to have a power vision package? Or can I still use a standard vision package?”
12/19/2006 01:59:59PM Agent (Alice): “You do not have to have a vision package on a vision phone . although you will not have access to the features of the power vision packages.”
12/19/2006 02:00:33PM josh: “that is not what I asked you. if I have a power vision phone can I use a standard vision package?”
12/19/2006 02:01:13PM Agent (Alice): “Yes you can.”
12/19/2006 02:01:39PM josh: “but then I won’t get the high speed evdo network. right?”
12/19/2006 02:01:46PM Agent (Alice): “correct.”
12/19/2006 02:01:53PM josh: “great. Thanks for your help!”
———-
This was a great conversation. I think my favorite part was when she had “never heard of that phone before” and that “I would need get to a sprint phone in order for it to work on the sprint network”.
Obviously I was a little confused about the vision packages, but that’s why I was looking to her for help. *sigh*
I love customer service, I love it all over the place.
-Josh
Kite surfer sores 200 feet strait up.
This is amazing. The number one reason that you do not want to use a power kite over land. And you also don’t want to use a power kite if you don’t know what the heck you’re doing.
read more | digg story
Mini-Jet Engine Powered bike
I can’t really tell where the fuel cells for this bad boy are, but it sure is cool. Those are miniture jet engines that these guys have attached to a bike. Who could ask for anything more? I know what I want for christmas.
read more | digg story
Movie Trailer Review, Episode 6
I just saw the movie Holiday and I freaking loved it, but more importantly I saw four new movie trailers.
Premonition
The dreams that Sandra Bullock has about her husbands death comes true, and then things get weirder as everyday when she wakes up it’s a different day in the timeline where she learns new clues about the mystery and she has to try and solve it before her husband actually dies. The trailer is sloppy and it tries to play up a horror/suspense aspect of the film that probably really blows. This trailer sucked hard and the movie is going to be twice as bad and much much longer.
Miss Potter
The trailer for Miss Potter was really a lot of fun. It was kind of like Amelie meets Finding Neverland with a dash of Bridget Jones Diary. It’s the story of Beatrix Potter, the author of “The Tale of Peter The Rabbit”, and her dating and over active imagination. Renee Zellweger plays Beatrix and and Ewan McGregor plays her love interest. The trailer is magical and Zellweger seems a little less obnoxious than her normal self. My only real problem is that it seems a little bit too much like Finding Neverland 2.
Because I Said So
Because I Said So is the story of a mom and her daughters and their dating life. Diane Keaton plays her typical “trying to be hip mom” character that she has been playing for the past 5 years. Keatons character is trying to teach her grown-up children life lessons and make sure they meet the right men, meanwhile her grown-up children try and teach their mom life lessons and make sure she meets a great man. The trailer was kind of dry and the movie looks a little trite.
Bridge to Terebithia
Walden Entertainment partnered with Disney to bring us the trainwreck that was The Chronicles of Narnia, in-fact they have delayed the production of Price Caspian to make Bridge to Terebithia and I think it was a good decision. Unfortunately I don’t think that the Chronicles franchise is going to go much further based on the weak showing of the first movie. The trailer for Bridge to Terebithia was enchanting and engaging, I am completely unfamiliar with the book for which this movie is based and I think that is why it seems so great. The production value looks a lot higher than Chronicles too.
-Josh