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South Park: Season 12 Episode 10 – “Pandemic”

South Park: Season 12 Episode 10 – “Pandemic”
While the world struggles to contain an epidemic of epic proportions, the boys find a way to make money off of it.
Original Air Date: 2008-10-22

NOTE:
Please check back on Saturday or Sunday night for more South Park Episode News!

You WILL Watch “Pandemic” on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 HERE!

“Pandemic” Uncensored Version will be available for streaming on Friday October 24th, 2008 11:59PM Pacific Time. You will watch it here (Flash Player required) instead of downloading the episode from site like MrTwig.net.

Preview “Pandemic” here (“Craig, We Need You” – Craig has what it takes to make the boys dream a reality).

From the Comedy Central Press Release:

THE WORLD FACES AN EPIDEMIC OF EPIC PROPORTIONS IN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF “SOUTH PARK” ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 10:00 P.M.* ON COMEDY CENTRAL

NEW YORK, October 20, 2008 – While the world struggles to contain the latest global epidemic, the boys find a way to make money off of it in an all-new episode of “South Park” titled, “Pandemic” premiering on Wednesday, October 22 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on COMEDY CENTRAL.

The boys find a way to make money off an international crisis that requires no talent and very little effort. Cartman convinces the other boys to invite Craig to get in on their latest plan. He knows Craig has just what it takes to make their dream a reality.
Read the complete Press Release @ South Park Studios

Note:

Public Service Announcement:

This episode will be available for streaming after the premiere on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at South Park Studios. Flash Player Required. Unfortunately the stream will not be available in the following countries:

Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, U.K.

Comedy Central strongly urges you not to download the episode from any site such as MrTwig.net or any other South Park related sites. Remember that unauthorized download of South Park episodes hurts Comedy Central and South Park team. It is very very wrong to download South Park Episodes from sites like MrTwig.net, because Comedy Central would have to wait for another 2 months to get gold plated shark tank installed in their lobby. Instead, Comedy Central would like you to purchase the episode from vendors like Amazon.com or iTunes Store.

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Now Available

South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season (Uncensored) DVD Set

The Cult of Eric Cartman – Revelations

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Disclaimer

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy these DVD’s, I can buy a MacBook Pro” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

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Family Guy Volume 6 DVD – Target Exclusive

Family Guy Volume 6 DVD is scheduled for release on October 21st, 2008. This time Target has an exclusive for the DVD set. It comes with signed script and collectible poster. The box artwork is slightly different than the regular edition. It is only available in Target Stores.

The DVD set will include some episodes from season 5 and season 6.

Disc 1:

  • “No Meals On Wheels”
  • “Boys Do Cry”
  • “No Chris Left Behind”
  • “It Takes A Village Idiot, And I Married One”
  • “Meet The Quagmires”

Disc 2:

  • “Movin’ Out (Brian’s Song)”
  • “Believe It Or Not, Joe’s Walking On Air”
  • “Family Guy 100th Episode Special”
  • “Stewie Kills Lois”
  • “Lois Kills Stewie”
  • “Padre de Familia”
  • “Peter’s Daughter”

Disc 3:

  • “McStroke”

Family Guy “Blue Harvest” is not included in this volume because it is released as a stand-alone movie.

Family Guy Season 5 on Amazon Unbox – Delicious DRM is included for your protections.

Family Guy Season 6 on Amazon Unbox – Tasty DRM is included for free!

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Disclaimer

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy this DVD, I can buy a MacBook Pro” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

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So, You Want To Buy A MacBook Or A MacBook Pro.

A lot of the questions I’ve been getting since August 2008 from friends and clients are about buying a MacBook or a Macbook Pro. Now that Apple has refreshed their notebooks line, I can now give them better answers.

All prices are in U.S. dollars and for U.S. stores. More disclaimers at the bottom of this post.

Buying MacBook

If you are new to the Macintosh, and wants to get a MacBook, the new Unibody Aluminum MacBook is a no brainer. The downside is that base prices for MacBook are $1,299 and $1,599. The $1,599 model has one thing that any other MacBooks don’t have, and that is the backlit-keyboard. The first complaint about the Unibody MacBook is the lack of FireWire port.

MacBook @ Apple Store (Retail and Online)
MacBook 2.0GHz $1,299 | with Educational Discount $1,249
MacBook 2.4GHz $1,599 | with Educational Discount $1,499

Macbook 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo – plastic White $999

MacBook @ Amazon.com (as of 2008.10.18)
MacBook 2.0GHz $1,294
MacBook 2.4GHz $1,594

Macbook 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo – plastic White $944 and $75 rebate

Usually Amazon adds $75-$100 rebates on each MacBook. Since the Unibody MacBook is just released, there is no rebates added yet as of October 18th, 2008.

Buying MacBook Pro

The Unibody MacBook Pro comes in two 15-inch models. One for $1,999 and the other is for $2,4999. The first one comes with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz with 3MB L2Cache, 2GB of RAM, 250GB 5400RPM hard drive and 256MB video RAM. The second model comes with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz with 6MB L2 Cache, 4GB RAM, 320GB 5400RPM hard drive and 512MB video RAM.

If you see the need for better performance, the $2,499 model does have double the L2 Cache and video RAM.

MacBook Pro @ Apple Store (Retail and Online)
MacBook 2.4GHz $1,999 | with Educational Discount $1,899
MacBook 2.53GHz $2,499 | with Educational Discount $2,299

MacBook Pro @ Amazon.com (as of 2008.10.18)
MacBook 2.4GHz $1,994
MacBook 2.53GHz $2,494

Usually Amazon adds $150 rebates on each MacBook Pro. Since the Unibody MacBook Pro is just released, there is no rebates added yet as of October 18th, 2008.

Previous MacBook and MacBook Pro

If you still want to buy Apple notebook but don’t want to spend as much, consider buying the previous MacBook and MacBook Pro models.

@ Apple Store
MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo – White $1,249
MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo – Black $1,299

MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo $1,599
MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo $1,799

@ Amazon.com
MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo – White $1,234.23 and $75 rebate
MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo – Black $1,294 with $100 rebate

MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo $1,594 and $150 rebate
MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo $1,779

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NEXT: Upgrading the MacBook and MacBook Pro

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Disclaimer

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy Apple notebooks, I can buy a MacBook Pro” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

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The Upcoming Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro

Let’s recap what went on Apple’s “The spotlight turns to notebooks” event. Steve Jobs unveiled new 15-inch MacBook Pro and MacBook, dubbed as “Late 2008” model. They are also described as Aluminum and Glass MacBook and MacBook Pro. Some would call em as “the brick” MacBook Pro; well that sounds stupid, but this whole “brick” thing went out of control. Apple never once mention anything about “brick” or implying anything. The new MacBook and MacBook Pro can now have “unibody” designation, as Apple uses the word over and over.

MacBook is significantly updated , but missing one important feature: FireWire Port. The 15-inch MacBook Pro is also missing one FireWire 400 port, while retaining the FireWire 800 port. Both MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro gains new glass screen with LED-backlit display, and large multi-touch glass trackpad.

Overall, it is a significant upgrade for the MacBook and a nice incremental upgrade for the MacBook Pro. The inclusions of nVidia chipset is one of the biggest upgrade for the MacBook and MacBook Pro. The nVidia 9400M chipset adds h.264 support on the hardware level.

Now, whatever happened to the 17-inch MacBook Pro? For those who are complaining about the lack of 17-inch MacBook Pro update needs to take a big cup of “shut the hell up.” Apple is working on it, and it will be announced when it is ready for release. Apple engineers have been exploring different avenues in redesigning the MacBook Pro, and more often they stumbled upon some road blocks. The new unibody MacBook and MacBook Pro feature a reduced size logic-board similar to the one in MacBook Air. Apple engineers are working to find the balance between features and form factor in the notebook line. No coubt that Apple would like to include Intel QX9300 processor (or higher model) in the MacBook Pro. It is likely that the upcoming unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro would have this CPU in the BTO options. Even though the current MacBook and MacBook Pro seem to be running cooler compared to the previous models, there will be some thermal challenges with Intel QX9300 in the MacBook Pro form factor.

It is possible to have the Intel QX9300 in the 15-inch MacBook Pro, but it would make more sense to have it in the 17-in model. The 17-inch MacBook Pro would have some extra surface area to dissipate heat compared to the 15-inch model. Eventually Intel QX9300 or its successors would make their way to the 15-inch MacBook Pro, but we would see it on the 17-inch Model first.

Logically, January 2009 would be the next window for Apple to introduce the unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro. We all have to wait until then.

To quote Ice-T, “Shut up, be happy”

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Ice-T: The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech…Just Watch What You Say

If you bought it through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy the CD, I can buy a MacBook Pro” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

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Still no new MacBook Pro for me.

So, I went to the Apple Store again earlier today. I get to play with the Unibody MacBook and MacBook Pro again. I was ready to get one, and even asked one of the Apple Store employee if they could bring me one. While waiting I was talking to a few people around the new MacBook Pro. For some reasons, I didn’t see the Apple Store employee I talked to earlier for a while. Almost an hour passed, and we all were going on tangents around the MacBook Pro. I decided to call Carrie, just to tell her that she wouldn’t be able to “Mac-block” me this time. Alas, her iPhone was turned off. I kept talking to the people there and for some reasons, we were walking out the store and realized it was closing time already.

Yeah, I “Mac-block” myself this time.

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Editorial: “Thanks a lot, Carrie. You just Mac-Block me last night.”

First, I’d like to thank Carrie for Mac-Blocking me last night. She just delayed the inevitable.

We headed to Apple Store at The Grove with the intention of me buying a new Unibody MacBook Pro. well, we decided to get something to drink at the Farmer’s Market first.

A few beers later and lots of debate about the debate, including Joe The Plumber, I realized it was already past 10:00 PM. Yep, the Apple Store closed an hour prior to that.

I could only blame you, Carrie. You just prevented me spending my money that night. But that doesn’t mean I can’t spend my money today!