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This week's Trailers Without Pity is about G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The trailer ended up bringing back a lot of childhood memories I didn't realize I was still carrying around. Like, say, what is a Zartan and why does he change color?

You can find the video here or watch it embedded below:

Also, if you're into Twitter, I just posted a blog on Digital Savant about whether gender matters on the social networking site. Would love to hear your thoughts.

posted by Omar G. at 10:47 AM

The gamut

Again, things have come in waves: first, today's NPR segment was about tech energy consumption, something I knew next to nothing about before an all-day cram session yesterday. I learned a lot.

The segment is online in two parts: the first part is about digital picture frames and how much energy they consume. The second is the interview with me talking about other kinds of gadget energy issues. (I had to restrain myself from doing Dracula Gottfried when we were talking about vampire power: "Yes, MEEEECHELE NOR-VIS. You haff to turn off zee POW-VER! And in zee darkness, I vill drain your keelovatts! Blah!")

She also mentioned again how she'd like to call me "Original Gangsta" on the air sometime. I swear I didn't bring it up; she did. This lady is cool.

I also posted a whole mess of links to go with the piece (all our research, basically), in a blog entry at All Tech Considered.

So, apart from all that, I also had two stories in the newspaper today. The first was a Tech Monday column about AMD's recent record-breaking overclock of a Phenom II four-core processor (no, wait! Don't go! It gets interesting!). I had done a video interview on the subject and spun it into a column about the culture of hardware overclocking. Got a few interesting calls and e-mails about it today from hardcore dudes.

The second story was a Masters of their Domains piece about WhoDelivers.com, a Web site that tells you what restaurants deliver food in the Austin area. They hope to take the idea national and add a whole mess of features.

Also posted a video today of an interview I did Friday with South by Southwest Interactive organizers Hugh Forrest and Shawn O' Keefe. It's the first in a series.

That's it. I'm pooped. New Trailers Without Pity video should be up tomorrow and I also have a story about a chair to share with you.

posted by Omar G. at 10:40 PM

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