Normally I'm not a fan of all these people filing lawsuits over stupid things they did, that
warning labels didn't warn them about. As a manufacturer you can't think of everything, nor
should you be forced to. Here's one however who asks for it.On the ...
(more)I've devoted a few entries to a Dutch TV show called De Gouden Kooi, a reality show about ten
people living together in an expensive house, being smothered in wealth, with the person
staying the longest winning the house. The show was intended to go ...
(more)Last Monday there was an interesting coincidence on Belgian TV station Canvas. First an episode
of Australian satire show The Chaser's War on Everything, which was then followed by a British
documentary from Louis Theroux. Both shows touched on the subject ...
(more)Filed under: Cellphones
Screen grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in
today's movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt
com.
During the first episode of the new season of Criminal ...
(more)Sunday night's the night. Christian groups are still trying to stop it from happening with
prayer marathons, but they don't stand a chance. Deep Throat, the popular porn flick from the
1970's will be aired on Dutch television. On public television. That ...
(more)I watched a great show last night, on the Belgian TV station Canvas. It was a French production
from 2002, entitled Opération Lune (English title: Dark Side of the Moon). People like
Donald Rumsfeld (who actually seems honest, for a change), Vernon ...
(more)As most of my American readers may know, tomorrow is the big day, when Dutch crime reporter
Peter R. de Vries will show the world what really happened during that fateful Aruban night.
I've read a lot of comments on both American and Dutch news ...
(more)I'm pretty much allergic to talent shows on TV. Whether that be America's Next Top Model, Idol,
Dancing with the Stars, ... I can't watch it. Last Saturday, there was a new one (at least new
to my country) I did manage to watch for ...
(more)3.4 Million viewers. Out of 11 Million people watching TV. And it wasn't even a World Cup
soccer game. Back in the eighties when we only had two TV stations (is it that long ago?) that
might have occurred, but this is downright unbelievable. What ...
(more)In an attempt to write more personal entries, here's on that's entitled 'Weekend'. Because,
let's face it, that's what it is. It'll be quite an irregular Saturday for me. Normally I'd be
online from 1 AM thru 4 AM Pacific, but now I'll be signing ...
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Lotus
Media Services' first locally produced show
airs its second season of "The Buzz" on
FOX 6. Dubbed
as Guam's reality TV, The Buzz, is a fun show depicting life on
Guam. According
to Sorensen Media Group and Lotus Media Services
Managing ...
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Former Air America Chairman Evan Cohen heads up content development company in the Pacific -
Lotus Media Services. Cohen's business partner Rex Sorensen is joining him on this new
endeavor. Sorensen
Media Group CEO Rex Sorensen and Media Entrepreneur ...
(more)I watched Larry King early this morning, and this show was about UFO's. I wish I could've seen
the entire show, but sometimes I have issues getting up at 3.30 in the morning, so I saw only a
bit. There was this skeptic on the ...
(more)Filed under: Displays, Home Entertainment, Media PCs
There's a select group of red flags that
appear when a product is, or is dangerously close to becoming, vaporware, and we've seen just
about all of 'em when looking at McPerson's I-TV. Apparently, this ...
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Sorensen Media Group CEO
Rex Sorensen said, “ This is the fourth time Fox Sports
will cover this event
and each year the coverage keeps getting better and better. Racing fans
will
not be disappointed when watching the Daytona 500 this year.” ...
(more)I've found an entry in some WordPress blog, that shows some of the commercials I tried to
Great Dutch commercials (Friday 05th of October 2007 02:37:00 PM)
SilverWind has written another entry about a commercial again, so I decided it was time for me
to do the same. This time around I'm going to describe my favorite commercials, which are part
of a long tradition of really funny stuff from insurance company ...
(more)Elvis (Tuesday 02nd of October 2007 01:10:00 PM)
I don't know why, but I have this weak spot for ETA's, or Elvis Tribute Artists. Call it a
guilty pleasure. Great was my joy when I discovered Saturday a week ago, that the BBC were
staging a show called "The World's Greatest Elvis". 30 ...
(more)Gsus indahouse (Tuesday 25th of September 2007 03:13:00 PM)
Catholic church leaders across Belgium are outraged. French-language TV station RTL are airing
a promotional video for a new show, depicting Jesus Christ having a good time in a nightclub.
He performs miracles like making a bottle of whiskey appear on ...
(more)Suit Seeks 'A La Carte' TV Channel Choices (Friday 21st of September 2007 08:45:03 PM)
An anonymous reader writes "A breathtaking lawsuit was filed this week against every major
player in the 'for-pay' television industry. Every major broadband and cable company in the US
was named in the federal suit, which seeks the right to obtain content ...
(more)Copycat syndrome (Friday 07th of September 2007 02:12:00 PM)
SilverWind once addressed this issue: TV stations shamelessly copying eachothers successes. In
the Netherlands exactly the same thing is happening. We already had parallel ice dance shows,
ballroom dance shows, shows in which singing talent was sought ...
(more)Fundraiser for my burned home (Monday 03rd of September 2007 12:50:00 AM)
These websites were all constructed by David J Ward of Angleton-TX from a free website from
Tripod.com--the products shown here all come from a variety of affiliate program sources--this
is a general listing of the tripod websites that I have built over ...
(more)Sleepy? Cut out late-night Internet and TV (Thursday 23rd of August 2007 10:33:16 PM)
People who spend more
pre-bedtime hours using the Internet or watching one's calories
television are
more likely to report that they don't get enough sleep, even
though they sleep
almost as long as people who spend fewer
pre-bedtime hours in front ...
(more)De Gouden Kooi III (Monday 23rd of July 2007 04:19:00 PM)
Lately, I've been receiving quite a few new visitors trying to find info on De Gouden Kooi
again. A new entry then. I must admit, I haven't got a clue what's going on, but I hear rumors
that things are now getting out of hand, ...
(more)TV Kidney Show a Hoax (Saturday 02nd of June 2007 09:00:00 AM)
Well, all is well that ends well. The TV show last night was a hoax. Interestingly, to Dutch
viewers, and the Dutch media gathered in the studio this became pretty clear right away. I've
heard that the first thing they did on the show, was ...
(more)Who is to live and who is to die? You, the viewers decide. Text A B or C to ... (Friday 01st of June 2007 12:36:00 PM)
Yes, the Netherlands have made international headlines again. Tonight on a show on public TV a
woman with an incurable disease is giving away one of her kidneys to one of three contestants.
I don't know many of the details, but apparently the viewers ...
(more)A few TV shows I like (Monday 21st of May 2007 02:08:00 PM)
I suddenly realised, that I haven't done any new installments in the category "Be Like
Me" in a dog's age, and I haven't covered TV yet, so I've chosen today to discuss a few TV
shows I like to watch. All three of them are ...
(more)Welcome Comedy Central (Wednesday 25th of April 2007 12:52:00 PM)
Next Monday on Queen's Day, Comedy Central will launch its Dutch operations. Finally. I'm
hardly a fan of American comedy (I especially hate sitcoms like Friends), but whenever I see
something funny it's invariably a Comedy Central production. I'm especially ...
(more)Another royal baby (Friday 13th of April 2007 02:34:00 PM)
Life on nationwide TV this morning: Crown Prince William Alexander of the Netherlands went to
the registry at Wassenaar town hall and declared the birth of his third daughter, Ariane,
sister of Princess Amalia (3), and Princess Alexia (2). She's the fourth ...
(more)De Gouden Kooi (Wednesday 14th of February 2007 02:42:00 PM)
The reason I write this entry, lies in the fact, that since early January my site has been
found five times, from the US and England, by people googling the TV show "De Gouden
Kooi". The entry they're linked to contains dated info about the ...
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