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Not that you care a whole lot, but I thought I'd start posting some things that I find of interest on ye olde internets. Just little snippets here and there that don't take long to post, but at least add something new to the page. So, here are several things I've found over the past several days.

Well, first of all, being a movie guy, the death of Heath Ledger is big news. Everyone is calling it a great tragedy and is all tore up about it. And yeah, it totally sucks. But in my not so humble opinion, anyone that kills themselves with drugs isn't someone that I'm going to waste a lot of time mourning over. That being said, he was a good actor and after The Dark Knight comes out this year we won't be enjoying any more movies with him in them. Sad. There are reports all over the net about all of this, but I like this one, it's more of a tribute than a report.

Have you guys heard about the Amazon Kindle? I first saw it on the cover of Newsweek and the accompanying article was quite good. I think it's pretty neat, and would love to have one. I don't expect, or necessarily want it to replace actual books, but it would still be a handy dandy thing to have if you like reading. Stephen King took it for a test drive and wrote about it for Entertainment Weekly. It's a nice, honest little opinion piece from the point of view of an author and reader.

I got a lot of this first batch of links from surfing the Entertainment Weekly website. I don't go there often though, mainly because there is way too much content to keep up with! Anyway they had a list of the best fan sites on the web and a few of them jumped out at me to share with people that I knew liked some of these shows.

• For the Simpson's lover there is The Simpsons Archive.
• For those of you obsessed with the Dunder Mifflin Paper Co., this site is for you!
• How about The Amazing Race? TARflies has it all.
• And of course there was a Star Trek site on the list! I give you... Memory Alpha.

That's all for this time. Enjoy! Oh, and let me know what you think about any or all of this, not to mention the idea in general. Thanks.

"So while a college degree was de rigueur for the baby boom generation, that's not necessarily the case now. In today's highly technical and service-related market, workers are judged more on their skills than their sheepskins."

Check out the 25 top-paying jobs that don't require a four-year degree.

I'm going through life a generation and a half ahead of my time. If I was going through high school/college right now, I think I'd be thriving. *sigh* Oh well. Hopefully my kids will do better. (and isn't that what we all end up aspiring to in the end?)

My company won an award and was written about in the local paper. Check it out!

There hasn't been a whole lot of time for surfing the Net lately, but I happened to follow a couple of links from Penny Arcade today that I thought I might share.

Lasagna Cat and Garfield minus Garfield

Lasagna Cat is reeling from the hit a server takes whenever linked from PA (heh-heh) but I did manage to sneak through eventually. Interesting, in a disturbing sort of way...

The last comic on the G-G page absolutely killed me!

Now, THE really big news ( in my world ) that's been ongoing this year is the end of the high definition DVD format war. In January, Warner Bros. went Bluray exclusive, and after that the dominoes started to fall! Microsoft, Netflix, Wal-Mart, one by one they all started ditching HD DVD, until finally Toshiba pulled the plug ( here's another toshiba story ).

I'll admit that I was an HD DVD supporter, and for 2 reasons. One, HD DVD hardware was better priced for the cost conscious consumer. And two, I hate Sony.

That being said, I have to admit that my first Bluray DVD player will most likely end up being a PlayStation 3, the console I formerly swore never to own. My how things change!

It's a sad day when Mariah Carey has more #1 songs than Elvis. Not only that, but she's second only to The Beatles, and only trailing by two!

Sad, sad, sad . . .