Author: Timpane

Batch converting shortcuts..

OKAY.. here’s a fun question.

I have an external hard drive. I have recently moved it from one computer to another. I want to use it as I always have.

The problem? I made a bunch of shortcuts to help me navigate around the drive, but now they all point to the wron drive.

On one computer the drive was F:. All my shortcuts say “F:/data/bla bla bla. On my new computer, the drive is K: and the shortcuts still say “F:/data/bla bla bla.” so each time, I have to redirect each shortcut to point to K, not F. Is there a one-step way to do this? I need the shortcuts to work, but don’t want to edit the LITERALLY hundreds of shortcuts manually.

OKAY.. here’s a fun question.

I have an external hard drive. I have recently moved it from one computer to another. I want to use it as I always have.

The problem? I made a bunch of shortcuts to help me navigate around the drive, but now they all point to the wron drive.

On one computer the drive was F:. All my shortcuts say “F:/data/bla bla bla. On my new computer, the drive is K: and the shortcuts still say “F:/data/bla bla bla.” so each time, I have to redirect each shortcut to point to K, not F. Is there a one-step way to do this? I need the shortcuts to work, but don’t want to edit the LITERALLY hundreds of shortcuts manually.

Thanks!

Everything Old Is New Again..

Here is a short list of the things coming out in the next 1.5 years that harkens back to my childhood.

STAR TREK – A new motion picture in Nov. 2008
X-FILES 2 – A New Motion picture slated for next summer.
KNIGHT RIDER – A new TV movie and series
GI JOE – A New Feature film
SPEED RACER – From the Matrix directors
WOLVERINE – Look for it in 2009
ALIENS vs PREDATOR 2 – In 2 weeks
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE – A New Spike Jonze movie

Here is a short list of the things coming out in the next 1.5 years that harkens back to my childhood.

STAR TREK – A new motion picture in Nov. 2008 X-FILES 2 – A New Motion picture slated for next summer. KNIGHT RIDER – A new TV movie and series GI JOE – A New Feature film SPEED RACER – From the Matrix directors WOLVERINE – Look for it in 2009 ALIENS vs PREDATOR 2 – In 2 weeks WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE – A New Spike Jonze movie RAMBO – Yup, in a month, PRINCE CASPIAN – Big summer movie INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL – May 22 THE INCREDIBLE HULK – Next June GET SMART – Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart THE DARK KNIGHT – Remember 1989 – Well, Joker’s back! FAME – Yup.. a new film JAMES BOND 22 – In fairness, he never really went away FRIDAY THE 13th – In One Year TRANSFORMERS 2 – 2009

Its like its 1984-1992 all over again.

ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL – Review

WARNING – Minor spoilers below.

So, as much as I’ve dug the Buffy Season 8 comic, nothing has had me so excited as this first issue of Angel, Season 6. For the uninitiated, ANGEL, a spinoff of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, was cancelled a few years ago. The writers only had 2 episodes to finish up the entire series, and they did so with panache, but in a way that left a lot of people (myself especially) screaming at their televisions that more was wanted.

WARNING – Minor spoilers below.

So, as much as I’ve dug the Buffy Season 8 comic, nothing has had me so excited as this first issue of Angel, Season 6. For the uninitiated, ANGEL, a spinoff of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, was cancelled a few years ago. The writers only had 2 episodes to finish up the entire series, and they did so with panache, but in a way that left a lot of people (myself especially) screaming at their televisions that more was wanted.

This year, Joss Whedon, the guru and creator of all things Buffyverse, started Buffy, Season 8 – which was initially intended to be a lead-in to a buffyverse TV movie trilogy… but when talks imploded with FOX, Joss decided the comics would be used to tell the whole story. They’ve been fantastic.. a real treat, and it fills that Buffyverse void.. cuz it is considered to be as Canon as the show.

However.. Buffy had a true ending, and you didn’t wonder much waht happened next – you just wanted more.

ANGEL had room for alot of questions as to the next step – you did leave the show wondering What happened next… and you never got that answer. Then, one day, the writer for the ANGEL comics (not considered to be in any way Canon) ran into Joss in a coffee shop and approached him. Joss sat down with the guy and using the plans for what was intended to be ANGEL’s 6th season, plotted out a comic book version of the story.

SO.. while Buffy was never supposed to have a season 8, Joss has written a story that is extremely satisfying. ANGEL was, however, supposed to have a season 6, and in “ANGEL: After the Fall”, here it is.

The comic opens a while after the ANGEL finale (The actual “exactly what happened right after” story will be told in another comic – “ANGEL: First night”, this april). And we immediately see that the stakes have been raised. LA is literally in Hell, and ANGEL is trying to save people from being devoured and enslaved by the Demons who are now running the town.

We see the fates of Major and Minor Characters, and the tone matches the show exactly (better, in fact than the match made by Buffy S8). The dialogue is smart.. not the whip smart Joss Dialogue (Joss did story only) that BUFFY S8 has – but still dark, brooding, and also funny. It feels a LOT like the show.. and that is a good thing (many, including me, believe it is a far superior show, especially seaosn 2 onward). The art is quite good.. a little to comic-booky for me.. (BUFFY S8 has really real looking people, these are more archetypical) – and the layouts are impressive.

The issue builds and then ends with a bang so welldone, you are ready for the screen to snap black and say “Executive Producer: Joss whedon”. And if you’ve watched Joss shows.. you know that’s a good thing.

WRITERS STRIKE

I may do a real post on this one day.. but as we all know there is a writers strike in Hollywood. I saw THIS posted on Aintitcool..

If the writers are on strike..
who’s writing all the phrases on the picket signs?

HAHAHAHA

I may do a real post on this one day.. but as we all know there is a writers strike in Hollywood. I saw THIS posted on Aintitcool..

If the writers are on strike.. who’s writing all the phrases on the picket signs?

HAHAHAHA

LYING B*ST*RDS with GREAT HAIR!

Heh.. look at that bottle or Pantene 2 in 1.
It says on the front in BIG PURPLE LETTERS: “Up to 50% more Volume! *”.

But then look at the back in small tiney gray letters.. “* When comparing Pantene 2 in 1 use with mousse and Pantene 2 in 1 without Mousse”

Wait a sec..
Did they just say that, essentially.. the 50% more volume has nothing to do with the Shampoo? They just said the shampoo, when used with mousse has 50% more volume than when used without the Mousse. ISN’T THAT ALWAYS TRUE??! THAT’S THE POINT OF MOUSSE!!

Heh.. look at that bottle or Pantene 2 in 1. It says on the front in BIG PURPLE LETTERS: “Up to 50% more Volume! *”.

But then look at the back in small tiney gray letters.. “* When comparing Pantene 2 in 1 use with mousse and Pantene 2 in 1 without Mousse”

Wait a sec.. Did they just say that, essentially.. the 50% more volume has nothing to do with the Shampoo? They just said the shampoo, when used with mousse has 50% more volume than when used without the Mousse. ISN’T THAT ALWAYS TRUE??! THAT’S THE POINT OF MOUSSE!!

NEW JOSS WHEDON SHOW!!

Or at least I hope so.
There is a writer’s strike either on or about to be.. so it may be delayed.. But Fox has Greenlighted “DOLLHOUSE”, starring Eliza Dushku (Faith).

Essentially, she is a blank slate, owned by an organization that rents her out to the highest bidder, able to be imprinted with whatever it is she needs. If she is hired to be your lover, then she is completely devoted to you alone, if she is an assassin, she is deadly, and inbetween, she forgets it all.

Or at least I hope so. There is a writer’s strike either on or about to be.. so it may be delayed.. But Fox has Greenlighted “DOLLHOUSE”, starring Eliza Dushku (Faith).

Essentially, she is a blank slate, owned by an organization that rents her out to the highest bidder, able to be imprinted with whatever it is she needs. If she is hired to be your lover, then she is completely devoted to you alone, if she is an assassin, she is deadly, and inbetween, she forgets it all.

At least she’s supposed to – but when she starts remembering, drama ensues.

Joss has a SEVEN episode commitment based solely on the idea, and it may become more, so here’s hoping.

(Still waiting for “Ripper” info.. c’mon BBC!!)