I'm sorry. I meant to comment on this weeks ago, but I forgot.

Blade: The Series has been running for about five or six weeks now. So far, not so bad. It's not great, but not bad either.

I just find it completely ludicrous and funny at the same time, that the guy playing Blade is billing himself under his real name, Kirk Jones. I'm sorry but I don't care how legit you try and make yourself, we all know that mutha fucka is Sticky Fingaz. Like we wouldn't know.

Ain't this the same mutha fucka that said, "Kids, don't do drugs...without me."

Labels: TV

I didn't get my Venture Bros. fix tonight. Instead they showed a rerun of the Season 2 premiere. Although I watched it and it was funny as hell, I expeted a new episode. It's too early in the season to be pulling this type of crap. I think we're only like three or four weeks in.

Adult Swim: Please don't let this turn out to be another Lost: Season 2, where I completely lose interest because you won't show new episodes with any consistency.

Labels: Rants, TV

I was just happy as a clam until a couple of weeks ago when my iTunes told me "There is a new version of iTunes. Would you like to download it?" Dunce that I am, I replied yes.

iTunes is bundled with QuickTime, and as you may or may not know, the latest version of QuickTime (version 7.0.3) from Apple is fairly incompatible with Windows 2003 Server. Ordinarily, I could give less than a fuck, but iTunes requires QuickTime to run. The only reason I EVER use iTunes is to put music onto my iPods, and since iTunes was to ONLY thing that I could use, you can imagine how pissed I was.

After doing a little research, I came across several threads like this one in the Apple support forums. It seems that one of the Security patches (KB908531) for Windows Server 2003 issued by Microsoft, creates a situation where parts of QuickTime's normal operation (including install) are now "privileged instructions".

You could uninstall this security patch and the latest versions of QuickTime and iTunes will work just fine. The problems with this are that 1) you leave your Windows 2003 Server vulnerable to attack, and 2) If you have your Windows Update set to automatically download, you will be consatntly downloading and re-installing this security patch.

The latest version of QuickTime claims to have corrected a vulnerability as well. Personally I would rather go with a secure Windows server and a vulnerable older version of QuickTime, so that's what I did.


So here's how to clean and revert QuickTime.

First, let's get down to the uninstall. Since the latest version of QuickTime fouls up the install, it fails to make the registry entries that would allow the uninstall to show up in Add/Remove Programs. OK, so then what? You could try using the Start Menu item to uninstall QuickTime (Start -> All Programs -> QuickTime -> Uninstall QuickTime). For the same reason (the catastrophic failure during install), it fails to make registry entries that would allow the InstallShield kernel to run the MSI package which would uninstall QuickTime.

Download the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility from Microsoft. This will find the MSI installer package and allow you to uninstall its contents fairly quietly.

It may still leave the files in place so be sure to delete those files manualy. Usually they are stored in C:\Program Files\QuickTime

Here is the step that is really important and must be done before proceeding any further. Open your system folder (usually C:\Windows\system32) and find 2 files, QuickTime.qts and QuickTimeVR.qtx. You must delete these files. They are Apple extensions for QuickTime that function like DLLs. Any QuickTime installer will search for the existence of these files and read the version information out of these files. Don't believe me? Run a file monitor during the install process.

OK, so now you have successfully cleaned off QuickTime. If you inadvertently uninstalled iTunes, you must install the latest version of iTunes (which will attempt to reinstall the latest version of QuickTime) and repeat the process.

QuickTime 7.0.1 Reinstaller (link no longer available)

So now you should have the latest version of iTunes and the not so latest version of QuickTime.

Labels: iPod, iTunes, Technology

When you're a dumbass relief pitcher, you learn some things the hard way. Like if your first-baseman runs after a ground ball, you cover first so he has someone to throw the ball to. Duuuuhhhh!!!!!

So you have to ask yourself, "How does it feel do be asleep on the mound?" If you're Ken Ray of the Atlanta Braves, you know the answer. I watched as Jimmy Rollins fired a ground ball down the first base line, and turned an easy out into a base hit because there was no one there to catch the ball. HAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That was great! The first-baseman just stood there looking like, "What the fuck!!!" while Braves' pitcher Ken Ray just had the "I just had a brain fart." look on his face.

Not that I'm complaining that we got a much needed base hit in the 8th inning for the 6-5 win, but that was funny as hell. Indeed, a comedy of errors.

Labels: Sports

Someone tell me why a bloody TIRE needs a music video.

Labels: Rants, TV

Adult Swim has started showing Pee-Wee's Playhouse in the 11:00 PM timeslot.

I remember being an avid fan of Pee-Wee's playhouse. I would watch it every Saturday morning. I was 8, dammit!

I tried to watch one episode of that dreck last night. I'm not sure, but I think I experienced a stroke. All I have to say is that must be some good shit.

A brief analysis:

Labels: Rants, TV

Who can tell me the name of the song that's playing behind the commercial for Lifetime's Angela's Eyes?

I couldn't give two shits about the show itself (although I have been known to watch Lifetime for the occasional slice of white America a lá Will & Grace, Frasier, and The Nanny). I just want to know what that bleedin' song is.

It starts with a little double-bass figure for a couple of measures, then enters with (believe it or not) a triangle. It's just a cool little drum & bass tune that kinda reminds me of Fuckin' In The Bushes by Oasis.

Update 12/3/2006
Maybe it's Diamond by Klint, but I haven't seen the commercial in a while, so even I'm having difficulty remembering.

Labels: Music, TV

Why is it that whenever you see someone reading on television, they're reading books from back to front?

I was watching Battlefield Earth (only God knows why) and I watched Barry Pepper reading the Declaration of Independence. I noticed he was reading it backwards and remembered I had this quandary, so I posted it.

Labels: TV

Good lord, the things I would do to Rosario Dawson if given half a chance.

Rosario, watch out. I'm gonna make you my wifey.
Insert stalker manifesto here.

Labels: Hot Bitches

Evidently, soccer is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to mass genocide.

We watched the FIFA World Cup semifinal match on the 4th (Germany vs. Italy). It surprised me how much my Dad and Uncle Wayne were into it. I would have never thought either of them would like soccer. It's just not a sport I would have expected either one of them to like, and yet they insisted on watching the match.

Truth be told, I'm not a huge soccer fan myself. Don't get me wrong. I like soccer. If there's a match on, I'll watch it; and I'll be enthused about it. It's just not a sport I would turn the channel to watch if someone told me there was a match on.

As matches go, this one was pretty spectacular. The level of violence was superb! ;) No score at the end of regulation. That means that for an entire hour, 22 guys on a field are working their collective arses off, moving the ball up and down an 100-yard field. Try getting that much physical activity out of baseball or golf! Even american football isn't that exhausting (although it is a contact sport).

2 back-to-back goals in less than a minute of second overtime sealed the deal for Italy getting into the World Cup this year. All Germany could do was stand there looking stupid and stunned. Das D'oh!

Labels: Sports

Venture Bros.: Best show EVER!

Cartoon Network needs to stop screwing around and put Adult Swim on OnDemand® so I can watch Venture Bros. and the Oblongs whenever I want.

Labels: Rants, TV