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Working Out with DOCTOR WHO: Planet of the Spiders (3rd Doctor)
Aug 27th
You’d think that iTunes would have somehow put these in something close to chronological order… but where would the fun be in that, right?
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (from iTunes): The Doctor’s past has caught up with him, and now he must risk death to save the universe from the evil clutches of the Great One.
The four things of note from this (otherwise cheesy) series of episodes…
THE WHOMOBILE
The Doctor gets a sweet set of wheels! Kevin Smith would be proud of it… since it’s a FLYING car!
UNIT (UNified Intelligence Taskforce, or United Nations Intelligence Taskforce)
I guess the good Doctor worked for the British government? From Wikipedia…
UNIT (UNified Intelligence Taskforce, or United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Operating under the auspices of the United Nations, its purpose is to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to the Earth. In the original Doctor Who series, several UNIT personnel (such as The Brigadier) played a major role in the programme.
Following the broadcast of the 2005 series, executive producer Russell T Davies explained that the real life United Nations were no longer happy to be associated with the fictional organisation, and the UN’s full name could no longer be used. However, the “UNIT” and “UN” abbreviations can be used, as long as it is not explained what the letters stand for.[1] In 2008, he announced that the organisation’s name has been changed to the “Unified Intelligence Taskforce”.[2] This new name was first mentioned on-screen in “The Sontaran Stratagem”.
BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART
The Brigadier is a great addition to the show and this was my second time seeing him. A fun straight man to many of the Doctor’s offbeat actions and comments, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart very much grounds the series (pun intended) on Earth. He helps carry Planet of the Spiders with humor and a sense of purpose.
SPOILER ALERT! (THOUGH YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS AFTER 30 SOME ODD YEARS…)
It seems that my SECOND outing with the THIRD doctor was his FINAL appearance. In the last episode, I was treated to my FIRST regeneration scene… Jon Pertwee fades away to become Tom Baker.
Overall, the most interesting thing about the Planet of the Spiders was the passing of the Doctor. The Spiders as villains seemed somewhat inferior in comparison to previous villains, and I was kind of disappointed that such weakly developed evil characters where the undoing of the Third Doctor.
Testing Mobile Posting (again)
Jul 26th
I have a WordPress app on my phone which (last time I tested it) didn’t work well with adding photos. I am trying it again. If it worked, you should see the awesome Weird Al shirt I got this past weekend (which I will post more about later.)
NOTE: Didn’t work right. I’ll try to make another post in a few.
Testing the technology
May 28th
Next week I will be stepping outside the United States for the first time in my life (with the exception of Miami.) My tether to the Interwebz will be the unlimited international web I have activated on my Palm Pre for the duration of the trip.
In case I have issues finding a good wifi spot for the laptop, I have installed a WordPress editing app on my phone.
This morning’s post is just me testing that tech from my phone.
Each day cellular phone technology reminds me more and more of something…
New Hotness: My Palm Pre
Jul 13th
So after some long thought (and the usual arguments with Sprint to convince them for the hundredth time that bending the rules in my favor IS the right thing to do) I went out and picked up a new phone.
NOTE: To make sure I am not one of “those” husbands, I also bought my wife a new one too. It’s pink.
I am the proud owner of the Palm Pre – basically a smaller iPhone with a keyboard. After a weekend of playing with it, here’s the good and the bad:
THE GOOD
-Smaller than my last phone (an HTC Mogul).
-Multi-tasking! Instead of calling the programs “windows” they are called “cards”.
-Super hi-tech charging without a wire (click here to read about it.)
-Fast… switching from program to program happens really quickly. VERY impressive.
-The contact list integration with AIM, Facebook and Google contacts is beyond awesome.
-The Twitter app (Tweed) allows you to stay logged into more than one Twitter account at once.
-The Pre will “spoof” iTunes and pretend it is an iPod and sync with it.
THE BAD
-The Twitter app (Tweed) does not have Twitpic support… yet.
-Outlook syncing is not built in – but there are a couple of apps in the works (the one that exists now requires that the PC and Pre be on the same WiFi network to sync.)
-The keyboard takes some getting used to – but it is still (in my opinion) better than a touch screen keyboard (which is what keeps me away from the iPhone.)
-If you run a lot of apps for a decent period of time – the sucker gets hot.
-While the camera is higher in resolution – it does not record video. Boo.
So I got a new cell phone…
Jul 11th
And I am taking the time to test email posting to my blog. I have attached one of the default wallpaper images to see how well it posts.
The phone? The Palm Pre aka “iPhone with a keyboard.” There are sooooo many elements “borrowed” from Apple on this it’s scary.
More later.
Tom Croom
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NOTE: This message was sent from my cell phone – so please excuse any grammar mistakes and typos.
Started the “work-cation” tonight…
Jun 30th
So I’ve taken a week off of my job to get things done around the house and in the Wasabiverse. Tonight made of a good early start by getting some page editing work done on Facebook and I integrated (at Eddie’s suggestion) Google Calendar into my Outlook.
I’ve also built a Google Calendar for Wasabi Anime to be shared publicly – so folks looking for fan conventions in and around Florida can add it/subscribe to it. (It’ll be on the Wasabi Anime website upgrade coming this week.) Check it out:
