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Damian used Seb’s latest 3D CRC head for this winter wonderland extravaganza.

End of 2007 and predictions for 08:

2007 had some incredible products come out, some of our favorites from Apple were the iPhone, Final Cut Studio 2, iPod Touch, and the new operating system Leopard. How will Apple top itself in 08?

2008 is the last year for Analog TV. This means that the price of HD TV’s will drop significantly. Please go to my green electronics to find out how to recycle your old analog TV. It could possibly be the end of broadcast TV as well. More and more people are turning to the Internet for content, and TV’s connected to the Internet will be the norm.

2008 will also be the last year of the Desktop PC. I have said it before, the laptop will become the new home PC and mobile Internet devices such as the Nokia N800 Internet tablet will become your new portable PC.

2008 will be an interesting year in the technology race. Everyone will have to upgrade to an HD TV or get a converter box, and most people have some sort of tech gadget that they use everyday. Technology is becoming more and more of a staple in everyday life and no foreseeable future of it slowing down, so embrace it, learn it, and share it with the world.

What is on your Tech gadget wish list?

ONLY BREATH

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu,
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion

or cultural system. I am not from the East
or the West, not out of the ocean or up

from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all. I do not exist,

am not an entity in this world or the next,
did not descend from Adam or Eve or any

origin story. My place is placeless, a trace
of the traceless. Neither body or soul.

I belong to the beloved.

–Rumi poem.

Sebastian Pelan’s 3D BikerCHEF tests.

When we launch the show next year, I am very interested in having a 3D character as a fun transitional gimmick between scenes. I’d also like to use it as a marketing tool on the internet. I like Seb’s work. We just have to make BC look less like a kidney bean, though I am very fond of kidney beans. I think trimming down the fat cheeks and a doorag will help. I do like that I look a tad Mongolian though. Feel free to give Seb some additional feedback as he continues to develop this concept. Remember, SEB’S THE MAN!

A memory of Alice Ghostley. I was saddened to hear she passed away this year. Besides giving me great comfort from her rolls on television as a boy, she was a fantastic singer and musician. She worked with my great Uncle Anton who conducted numerous musicals and operas. She agreed to play a small part in my bizarre, apocalyptic comedy “Palmer’s Pickup:an American Roadshow Odyssey”, which I consider sort of my “It’s a Mad, Mad, World” for the millennium. Her sense of comic timing was virtuosic…it was a great honor and privilege for me to have worked with Ms. Ghostley. I am grateful to have had the experience.

The Nintendo Wii:

The game Wii Sports is not only a fun game for the family but you can actually get some exercise. In this game you can do fitness test to determine your Wii age and if you don’t exercise your character gets fat. The interesting thing is this gaming system is not just for kids; you can host a bowling party or play a game of tennis or my favorite, baseball. I had a chance to play against my son and the DigiPostle and while my son plays a lot more than me, and the DigiPostle grew up during the boom of video games, I still knocked more balls out of the Wii park then those two combined. When gaming systems first came out the only thing that you exercised were your thumbs, but I recently read an article about a girl that lost 80 pounds because of Dance Dance Revolution. While you should not let your children veg-out on video games all day, it is nice that they get some exercise during their gaming sessions.

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
–Ansel Adams