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Archive for January, 2005

The crawl for Episode III

I had nothing to do with it, I swear!

‘Bug’ found outside Kidman’s home

Police in Australia are investigating after a bugging device was found outside the home of Nicole Kidman.

CCTV footage showed a man apparently planting the bug in the street near Kidman’s Sydney home on Sunday.

Nobody better mess with MFWNK!

Make a run for the border

In honor of my El Centro peeps (especially the one who has to deal with this sort of stuff as part of his job), here is the Mexican government’s guide to sneaking into the U.S.

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Apple iTunes plus Pepsi again

It’s baaaaaaack:

Pepsi will distribute specially marked bottles of Pepsi products that include codes for 200 million free songs from iTunes on one out of every three lids. The promotion period will be from January 31 until April 30.

Apple has officially launched a new iTunes promotion with Pepsi. While Apple has not kicked off the promotion itself, the company has posted the official rules of the competition and a sign up form for those who wish to be notified when it begins. In addition, AdAge has also reported that Pepsi has purchased airtime for Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6.

Mac News: Music & Film: Apple Launches New Pepsi iTunes Promotion

I just hope I don’t run into the same distribution problems again.

Veronica Mars: certified cool

Somebody will be guest-starring on Veronica Mars. [Article contains spoilers related to somebody's role. You have been warned.]

There is no “I” in team

But there is an “I” in “pie.”

Cover to the Shaun of the Dead sequel (it’ll be a comic book) .

Ep III thumbnail tour

Don’t know how legit the info is, but a site has posted a visual summary (kind of like a storyboard version of Cliff’s Notes) of Revenge of the Sith, the third Star Wars flick, set to be released on May 19, 2005.

Huge spoiler warnings, of course.

Lots of additional Ep III spoilery links at www.ropeofsilicon.com/news.php?id=1634

Happy Birthday, Amy!

Club 33: Eyewitness account

My friend Sara has posted an account of when she and her husband Alex went to Disneyland’s famed Club 33 on her brand new blog!