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Adobe Updates Flash Player 9

Adobe releases Flash Player 9 update for Linux, Mac and Windows.
The build numbers for current official release are 9.0.47.0 (Mac and Windows) and 9.0.48.0 (Linux).

Adobe Flash iCon
In addition to that, the pre-release version of Flash Player 9 is also available at Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com/)

Adobe Labs features prerelease versions of the Flash Player 9 Update software. The release candidate prerelease is an opportunity for developers and consumers to test and provide early feedback to Adobe on new features, enhancements, and compatibility with previously authored content.

This update, codenamed “Moviestar,” includes new features, enhancements and bug fixes for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux versions of Flash Player 9, including:

Support for H.264 video and HE-AAC audio codecs.
Multi-core support for vector rendering.
Full screen mode with hardware scaling.
Flash Player cache for common platform components, such as the Flex framework.
Support for Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) in the Windows plug-in.

The build numbers for the pre-release version are 9.0.98.0 (Mac), and 9.0.64.0 (Linux and Windows)

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Lars Ulrich for Mayor of San Francisco?

The Examiner says that Lars Ulrich of Metallica fame, has the odds of 1000-1 to become the next San Francisco Mayor. Not sure if this is a joke or something serious.

I for one think that Lars Ulrich should run for Mayor of San Francisco. Should he won, he then had to quit Metallica. This is good because only then Metallica can get a better drummer.

Metallica is currently recording the follow up to “St. Anger” with Rick Rubin as producer. The new recording is tentatively scheduled for February 2008 release.

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South Park: Season 11 Episode 12 – “Imaginationland Episode III”

South Park: Season 11 Episode 12 – “Imaginationland Episode III”
Original Air Date: 2007-10-31

Note:

  • All Season 11 episodes will be available uncensored @ iTunes Store and Amazon Unbox.
  • Part three of a trilogy.
  • Al Gore makes an appearance in this episode, just like Manbearpig.

Preview Imaginationland Episode III here (Al Gore dissecting Manbearpig Video).

From South Park Studios: (announced on October 28th, 2007)

Inside Imaginationland, Stan and Butters engage in the battle of their lives as they fight the army of evil imaginary forces. Meanwhile, Cartman goes all the way to the Supreme Court to get Kyle to suck his balls.

Season 11 Episode 12 - Season 11 Episode 12 -

From today’s Comedy Central Press Release:
THE GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO NUKE IMAGINATIONLAND
IN AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 AT 10:00 P.M.* ON COMEDY CENTRAL

Viewers Can Catch The Entire “Imaginationland” Trilogy Beginning Wednesday, October 31 At 9 PM

Episode II Was The Most Watched Program In All Of Television Among
Men 18-24, Beating Out The World Series And Ranked #1 In Cable Among Persons 18-49

NEW YORK, October 29, 2007 – In the exciting conclusion of the Imaginationland trilogy, Stan and Butters are stuck in Imaginationland and the government has given the go-ahead to nuke the whole thing. This all-new episode of “South Park” titled, “Imaginationland: Episode III,” premieres on Wednesday, October 31 at 10:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL.

Last week’s episode, “Imaginationland: Episode II” drew over 3.6 million total viewers and was the most watched program in all of television for Wednesday night among Men 18-24.

Previously in Episode II, the government revealed their secret portal into the Imagination. This week, a nuclear device is in position and ready to launch. Inside Imaginationland, Stan and Butters engage in the battle of their lives as they fight the army of evil imaginary forces. Kyle pleads with the U.S. government for his friend’s lives and undeterred by the crisis facing the nation, Cartman goes all the way to the Supreme Court to get Kyle to suck his balls.

Airing Schedule on Comedy Central:

  • Wednesday, OCT 31 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Thursday, NOV 01 2007 – 12:00 AM
  • Thursday, NOV 01 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Friday, NOV 02 2007 – 12:00 AM
  • Saturday, NOV 03 2007 – 12:30 AM
  • Sunday, NOV 04 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Sunday, NOV 04 2007 – 11:30 PM
  • Monday, NOV 05 2007 – 03:00 AM

South Park Season 11 Episode 12 on:

  • iTunes Store – UNCENSORED (available on Saturday – October 27th, 2007)
  • Amazon Unbox (available on Saturday – October 27th, 2007)

South Park Studios and Comedy Central would like to remind you if you are looking for South Park episode, you can get it at iTunes Store or Amazon Unbox instead of downloading the AVI or RM files off torrents from site likes mrtwig.net.

Remember downloading TV episodes off torrents is generally frowned upon by the TV networks. It’d be very very very wrong to download South Park episodes off torrent sites such as mrtwig.net where you can find high quality South Park episodes in AVI and RM. Please forget that you can find high quality South Park episode links at mrtwig.net because Comedy Central would like you to purchase them.

South Park – The Complete Tenth Season

South Park Season 10 DVD

The tenth season of South Park includes the instant classic and Emmy Winning “Make Love, Not Warcraft” – one of the most ridiculous South Park episodes ever.

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Mac OS X Leopard and then some…

Mac OS X Leopard has officially arrived, and there’s nothing really I want to write about right now. Thousands if not millions of other blogs out on the “inter-web” are talking about it. So that’s it about Mac OS X Leopard……. for now.

Some interesting notes:

  • Many people were using the iPhone $100 Apple Store Credit to purchase Mac OS X Leopard.
  • Many customers actually purchasing the Family Pack (5 user license).
  • Steve Gibson of SpinRite (@GRC.com) and Security Now fame was spotted at Apple Store Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California. Good luck getting that T-Shirt, Mr. Gibson. Actually the funniest thing was that, someone in the line was saying that Gibson’s SpinRite was a piece of useless software that doesn’t do anything.
  • Many customers who pre-ordered Leopard reported that their copies arrived before the 6:00 PM sale time.
  • The first update available for Mac OS X Leopard is Apple Remote Desktop Client 3.2.1; assuming that it’s a clean install.

One more thing:

  • During Mac OS X LEopard installation, the Airport is available and able to connect to Wireless Access Point. Picture will be added later, I have yet to reinstall all the apps on my MacBook Pro.

Leopard Installation - Airport is available 1 Leopard Installation - Airport is available 2

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Upgrading Hard Drive on MacBook Pro

I have a first generation MacBook Pro Core Duo which I ordered the the moment it was made available back in January 2006; i was delivered in March 2006. It comes with 100GB hard-drive, which was considered large at that time. Eighteen months, two hundreds and fourteen apps later, I found out that I need more hard drive space. (OK, it’s not about the number of the apps, but it’s because of all the multimedia projects I have been working on; and Boot Camp partition or VMware/Parallel disk image.)

Anticipating the official release of Leopard, I decided to upgrade the hard drive on this MacBook Pro. It’s not a trivial task but I’ve done a lot of it for the past 18 months or so. The hard drive is being delivered, and Apple has just completed the screen replacement on my MacBook Pro. I need to pick it up soon.

I’ll be replacing the hard drive later today, as soon as UPS delivered the hard drive. Assuming I picked up my MacBook Pro already.

I’ll post some video clips of me upgrading the hard drive. I anticipate spending 30 to 60 minutes to complete the upgrade.