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IMDB is reporting that David Bowie will be joining the cast of Doctor Who playing an alien that goes up against the Doctor in a two part episode of the 4th season of the show. You can read the news for yourself here.
When you absolutely have to hang out with flying Hawkmen there is no better way to fly.
The Hawkman Rocket Cycle, the slickest ride in all of Sci-Fidom. It’s the toy I never got as an 8 year old kid. Not because my Dad wouldn’t buy it for me but because no company thought to make it and ever since there has been a giant hole in my heart.
Well the 8 year old kid in me can rejoice because BifBangPow! is going to save everyone of us. That’s right after 27 years a toy maker finally gets it and is bringing Flash Gordon figures to the market.
BifBangPow! is a new toy company owned by Jason Lenzi and Jason Lab and their first two properties are The Big Lebowski and Flash Gordon. Both lines look very cool but it’s the Flash Gordon stuff I am here to talk about today.
First up are Flash and Ming The Merciless, both sculpted and designed by Alex Ross and the prototypes look fantastic. I have it on good authority that if these guys sell well we will get more characters added and the chance to finally get a Hawkman Rocket Cycle.
To read about my first encounter with these awesome guys at Toyfair 07 click here. To read my in-depth retrospective on the 1980 film at CollectionDX click here. Finally, to help out the little 8 year old deep down inside go here to preorder.
Let’s post a random weird Youtube video. Stumbled upon this one day, an entire prison recreates the Michael Jackson Thriller video. Very wild, a must see.
As of August 24th, 12:00pm the Apple’s iPhone has been unlocked. Engadget reports a team of developers have a proven method of performing a software unlock on the iPhone allowing you to use another GSM network provider (in the States that would be T-Mobile).
The article states that all the functions work including internet with the exception of the Visual Voicemail feature. A program developed for AT&T. Not a big deal in my opinion.
At this point there appear to be 4 very public groups performing the software unlock. One is saying they will make the software available for free the rest want to cash in, much to the chagrin of AT&T’s lawyers.
Will an unlocked phone stay unlocked? Will apple do an upgrade down the road to prevent you from unlockng the phone or brick your already unlocked phone? Only time will tell but I suspect that in just a few months I’ll be storing my poopy Sidekick for a far better internet enabled device. 
You can follow this story at Engadget here, here, here and here. And believe me this is not the last we will be hearing about this.
First the Post Office whips up stamps and now NASA is taking lightsabers into Space. Cool!
“According to recent news out of NASA, the next time the Discovery crew take their ship into orbit, the “force” will be with them — because they’re taking Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber along for the ride. That’s right, for the film’s 30th anniversary, the original lightsaber prop from the first Star Wars film is taking a ride into actual space… but that’s not all.”
To read the full article on Engadget click here .
Those who read my posts regularly know I really dug the folks over at Tech TV, and have followed most of those folks as they have migrated their acts to the internet. Luckily TechTV/G4 kept Morgan Webb and Adam Sessler from X-Play as that is about the only show really worth watching on that channel. Taking her patented dry, sardonic wit to the net, Morgan does a 5 min daily tech news roundup in her new daily video cast. Currently new episodes normally appear Monday thru Thursday on her web sight Webb Alert.
Onell Design applies classic injection molding to small run toy production
ACTON, MA, August 20, 2007 – Onell Design, a new independent toy and comic company, is pleased to announce the debut of its Glyos System Series toy line. hearkening back to the action figure design principles of the mid-1980’s, these rugged toys are made with playability, durability and accessibility in mind.
Unveiled at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, the Glyos System Series was well received by adults and kids alike. “They have what a lot of the “collector” toys are missing these days, and that is FUN. You can actually play with them,” writes Josh Bernard, owner of CollectionDX, in his August 9th review of the product. The new line features three different versions of Space Traveler Pheyden – Standard (blue), Gear’s Edge (sepia) and Phase (clear green) – and three versions of Prototype Sincroid Exellis – Standard (midnight), Hyper (yellow) and Aves (red).
The Glyos System Series figures are produced using a full-color classic injection molding process, as opposed to the current rotocast toy trend. The durable PVC construction results in a unique aesthetic that appeals to the seasoned toy collector but can also withstand the rough play that comes with child’s active imagination.
Each figure stands 2.75” tall, has 12 points of articulation, and is guaranteed to “Survive the Pocket”. As an added bonus, all parts are fully interchangeable. Window-boxed in unique packaging, both the Pheyden and Exellis toys come with a mini catalog and collector card. The figures are now available for $10 each at www.onelldesign.com.
About Onell Design:
Onell Design, a small independent company owned and operated by a husband and wife team, is dedicated to producing original toys and comics. All products are created in limited runs to ensure collectability, paving the way for innovative new projects. The Glyos System Series is the brainchild of Matt Doughty, founder of Onell Design, who is responsible for the conceptual artwork, character design, sculpting, and figure packaging. Onell Design also produces several original comics, including Gear’s Edge, Rechlen and Aves, MicroShow and Sidrick.
Thirty years ago he helped create a technology that has revolutionised millions of lives around the world. But yesterday the man known as the “godfather of the net” laid out his vision of where our online future might be, including a time when we download entire TV series in seconds - and even surf the web from Mars.
Talking at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, Vint Cerf - one of the handful of researchers who helped build the internet in the 1970s - said that the television industry would change rapidly as it approached its “iPod moment”.
The 64-year-old, who is now a vice-president of the web giant Google and chairman of the organisation that administrates the internet, told an audience of media moguls that TV was rapidly approaching the same kind of crunch moment that the music industry faced with the arrival of the MP3 player.
“85% of all video we watch is pre-recorded, so you can set your system to download it all the time,” he said. “You’re still going to need live television for certain things - like news, sporting events and emergencies - but increasingly it is going to be almost like the iPod, where you download content to look at later.”
You can read the entire article here.
For those who where following Pat on his show DL.TV know he announced he was leaving to start a new gig. Well he announced on the latest TWIT podcast he is indeed going to Revision 3 full time to continue to co-host Systm and to start a new show (which Pat says he began to work on this past Monday). No word on when the new show airs or what they will be calling it. You can hear it for yourself here.
Tech TV was a smaller, independent cable network that focused on technology a few years back and I loved the channel! It was an excellent mix of tech news, product reviews, how-to and tech info in general. Then Comcast bought it and merged it with G4 and all that made Tech TV was destroyed. The hosts of the different shows where all very knowledgable and you could trust their insights and information. Tv has not been the same since it went away.
“TechTV (May 11, 1998 – May 28, 2004) was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco, California featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. At the height of its six year run, TechTV was broadcast in 70 countries, reached 43 million households, and claimed 1.9 million unique visitors monthly to its website. [1] A focus on personality-driven product reviews and technical support made it a cultural hub for technology information worldwide, still existing today online through its former hosts’ podcasts.
Webb Alert- Morgan Webb does a daily blog roundup in 5 mins. Morgan is the latest to jump into the online content boom and I wish her the best of luck.
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