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Writer's Block

Alright. It's been awhile since I've posted anything. So here we go.

I'm sure you know that a couple weeks ago the Writers Guild of America began they're strike and since then a sleu of popular (and not so popular) television shows have been put on hold leaving the tv grid packed full of their reruns. Initally this only affected late night shows like The Colbert Report, Late Show with David Letterman, and Saturday Night Live. Primetime shows like 24 and Kid Nation continue to air because production for the season is complete or partially completed.

I wasn't too bothered by this because I'm not really a big tv viewer and only watch (Tivo) a handful of shows (Dexter, Weeds, The Office, Heroes, and Scrubs; okay there's more but let's not get too personal). I wasn't bothered until now. Today an L.A. Times article was sent out at work that shows what the writers' strike holds for television programming in the coming months and new year. Production for several prime time shows have been or will be shut down leaving their seasons incomplete and fans hanging. This includes The Office (only 9 or 10 of 30 will be complete and and the finale season of Scrubs (12 of 18 will be complete). Get the full list here.

So now I'm a little dissappointed. But in a way this was also good news. Why? I work at a search engine marketing company and one of our clients is an american television network (guess which one). So while most seasons for shows are in limbo this may (hopefully) drive traffic to the(ir) websites. Why? Some people like reruns. Well on most tv network websites you can view past episodes of current seasons as well as extra video content such as interviews and unaired clips.

According to MSNBC, the networks will be out of new episodes by January 1 and will implement Plan B: reality tv shows. All that we can do now is patiently wait and watch (funny?). But remember, football season's not over yet.

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Stephen Colbert To Run For President!

Yeah a little late but deliverable news nonetheless. Tuesday night Stephen Colbert announced on his prestigious show The Colbert Report that he will seek the presidential office. However he will only run in the South Carolina primary as Democrat and Republican so that he can lose twice; that's John Edwards territory. But there is still hopes that as a favorite son candidate he will succeed.
Just earlier this month Colbert's book was released, "I Am America (And So Can You!)". There's also the audiobook version which features Colbert as well as Jon Stewart from The Daily Show.
Audiobook cast and crew:

• Stephen Colbert as Himself and as Gil Honeycomb, oldest man in the world (ch. 2, Stephen Speaks For Me)
• Amy Sedaris as Dolores Greerson, old maid (ch. 1, SSFM)
• Raymond Whitman as Young Stephen (ch. 2, six-year-old's note)
• Evelyn McGee as Cow #L73NR, a cow (ch. 3, SSFM)
• David Pasquesi as God, maker of all that is seen and unseen (ch. 4, SSFM)
• Kevin Dorff as The Guy Sitting Next to You at The Stadium (chs. 5 and 13, SSFM)
• Allison Silverman as Your Soulmate (ch. 6, SSFM)
• Paul Dinello as Austin, a formerly gay man (ch. 7, SSFM)
• Brian Stack as Dr. Bernard Brunner, distinguished professor (ch. 8, SSFM) and as Thomas Bindlestaff, executive assistant to Mr. Stephen Colbert (ch. 11, SSFM)
• Jon Stewart as Mort Sinclaire, former TV comedy writer and Communist (ch. 9, SSFM)
• Greg Hollimon as Rev. George A. Lewis, ex-civil rights leader (ch. 12, SSFM)

Stephen Colbert has recently agreed to give the 2008 graduation speech at a Maryland high school, Quince Orchard. Located in Montgomery County, Quince Orchard High School has no true connection to Colbert other than the fact that many students frequently watch his show.

NBC Universal Plans To Acquire Oxygen Channel For $925 Million

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-nbcu-to-acquire-oxygen-for-925-million/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-nbcu-oxygen-gaspin-digital-brand-will-remain-ability-to-cross-sell-with/

Verizon Wireless - LG's Voyager to Compete with Apple's iPhone

Good to see that Apple's iPhone is finally getting some competition. The Voyager flips open to reveal a full qwerty keyboard. The biggest feature that's absent is Wi-Fi capability (boooo!). Here are more specs and details on the Voyager VX10000:

Network:
Type CDMA dual band ( 800/1900 MHz)
Data CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEV-DO rev.0
3G Support Yes

Size:
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels

Additional Display:
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels
Type Color, TFT
Colors 262 144
Features Touch-sensitive

Multimedia:
Video Playback Yes
Music Player MP3 format supported , Dual stereo speakers

Memory:
Memory Slot microSD (T-Flash)

Input:
Predictive Text Input Yes
Full Keyboard QWERTY

Connectivity:
USB Yes
Bluetooth Yes

Other Features:
PhoneBook Caller Groups supported, 1000-names capacity, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
PIM Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, World Clock, Notepad
Voice Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone
Email Yes
GPS Yes

Article: http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/03/verizon.lg.voyager/