Oscar Results: 75% Correct

Well, I at least got 6 out of the "Big 8" correct for the Oscar's last night. I'd take more credit for that if it wasn't such a straight-forward (read: boring) year....

Best Picture:
"The Departed" (Beegs picked) (Actual Winner)

Actor:
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland" (Beegs picked) (Actual Winner)

Actress:
Helen Mirren, "The Queen" (Beegs picked) (Actual Winner)

Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine" (Actual Winner)
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed" (Beegs picked)

Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" (Beegs picked) (Actual Winner)

Directing:
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" (Beegs picked) (Actual Winner)

Adapted Screenplay:
William Monahan, "The Departed" (Actual Winner)
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children" (Beegs picked)

Original Screenplay:
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine" (Beegs) (Winner)

103 Geek Movies That Don't Suck

I need to get moving...I've only seen 59 out of 103 of these (the bolded titles...)

1. 12 Monkeys
   
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
   
3. 28 Days Later
   
4. A Clockwork orange
   
5. Akira
   
6. Alien
   
7. Aliens
   
8. Army of Darkness
   
9. Back to the Future
   
10. Barbarella
    
11. Batman Begins
    
12. Battle Royale
    
13. Being John Malkovich
    
14. Blade
    
15. Blade Runner
    
16. Braveheart
    
17. Brazil
    
18. Children of Dune
    
19. Contact
    
20. Cube
    
21. Dark City
    
22. Dawn of the Dead
    
23. Donnie Darko
    
24. Dr. Strangelove
    
25. Enemy Mine
    
26. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    
27. Excalibur
    
28. eXistenZ
    
29. Fahrenheit 451
    
30. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    
31. Fight Club
    
32. Frank Herbert’s Dune
    
33. Galaxy Quest
    
34. Garden State
    
35. Gattaca
    
36. Ghost in the Shell
    
37. Ghostbusters
    
38. Gladiator
    
39. Goonies
    
40. Groundhog Day
    
41. Hackers
    
42. Highlander
    
43. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    
44. Krull
    
45. Labyrinth
    
46. Ladyhawke
    
47. Leon the Professional
    
48. Life of Brian
    
49. Mad Max
    
50. Mazes and Monsters
    
51. Memento
    
52. Minority Report
    
53. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    
54. Mystery Men
    
55. Office Space
    
56. Orgazmo
    
57. Planet of the Apes
    
58. Predator
    
59. Primer
    
60. Real Genius
    
61. Revenge of the Nerds
    
62. Run Lola Run
    
63. Serenity
    
64. Seven Samurai
    
65. Shaun Of The Dead
    
66. Short Circuit
    
67. Silent Running
    
68. Sin City
    
69. Sneakers
    
70. Spaceballs
    
71. Spider-Man
    
72. Spider-Man 2
    
73. Star Trek II
    
74. Star Trek III
    
75. Star Trek IV
    
76. Star Trek: First Contact
    
77. Stargate
    
78. Starman
    
79. Starship Troopers
    
80. Strange Days
    
81. Swingers
    
82. Swordfish
    
83. Terminator
    
84. Terminator 2
    
85. Thank You For Smoking
    
86. The Andromeda Strain
    
87. The Big Lebowski
    
88. Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    
89. The Dark Crystal
    
90. The Fifth Element
    
91. The Girl Next Door
    
92. The Incredibles
    
93. The Matrix
    
94. The Princess Bride
    
95. The Thing
    
96. The Transformers
    
97. Top Secret!
    
98. Trainspotting
    
99. Tron
    
100. V for Vendetta
     
101. WarGames
     
102. Weird Science
     
103. X-Men 1 & 2
     

Vista Speech Command Exposes Remote Exploit

"One gentleman on the Dailydave security mailing list started a discussion about the potential for exploiting Vista's speech recognition feature by hosting malicious sound files on a website that would playback a series of audio commands to try to subvert the Operating System."

You think after 5 years of development someone would have been clued into this....

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New Year's Resolutions

1) 640 × 480

2) 800 × 600

3) 1024 × 768

4) Get into jazz

Oscar.com "Predict The Winners" Group Invitation

The nominations for the 79th Academy Awards were announced this morning. It's the mark of an unusual year when Eddie Murphy gets nominated for best supporting actor, yet Apocalypto doesn't get the nod for best foreign picture. I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell ya...

Regardless, you are invited to play the Predict the Oscar Winners Sweepstakes at OSCAR.com.

You and a guest could be headed to Hollywood for an all-expense paid weekend and watch as your favorite stars arrive at next year's Academy Awards! Seated in the bleacher seats in the Red Carpet arrival area, you will be able to watch as the stars strut for the cameras and the fans!

Log on to OSCAR.com, make your predictions, then join your group using the information below:

URL: http://predict.oscar.go.com/predict/frontpage

Group Name: Beegs' Gang

Group Password: No Password Required

My picks are listed below. Good luck!

Best Picture:
"Babel"
"The Departed"
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"The Queen"

Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

Actress:
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"

Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

Directing:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Paul Greengrass, "United 93"

Adapted Screenplay:
Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"
William Monahan, "The Departed"
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"

Original Screenplay:
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

The Ultimate iPhone Frequently Asked Questions List, Complete With Answers

ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS:

Can it be used with anything but Cingular? –No.

Is it an "unlocked" phone, so I can use it with a carrier other than Cingular? –No.

Will there be a non-Cingular version? –Not within the first two years.

Can I put my T-Mobile SIM card in it instead of Cingular? –No.

But what if I keep asking? Then will it be available beyond Cingular? –No.

Can it run Mac OS X programs? –No.

Can I add new programs to it? –No. Apple wants to control the look and feel and behavior of every aspect of the phone.

Does it run programs from Palm, Symbian, Windows? –No.

Does it connect to iChat? –No.

Does it have games? –No.

Is it ambidextrous? –No.

Does it have GPS? –No.

Voice recognition? Voice dialing? Voice memos? –No, although this could change by June when the phone ships.

Does it get onto the HSDPA (3G) high-speed Internet network that Cingular has rolled out in a few cities? –No. But Steve Jobs said a later version of the iPhone will — once there's enough HSDPA coverage in this country to justify it.

Does the Web browser support Flash or Java? –No.

Will it play music over Bluetooth? –Unknown.

Can you change the battery yourself? –No. You'll have to send the phone in to Apple for battery replacement, just as with the iPods.

Can it open Word and Excel documents? –No. (Steve Jobs says it can open PDF files, though.)

Can you use it one-handed? –Yes, for some functions. But overall, it's less convenient than on a phone with physical keys.

Can I make a call while driving a car? –Not as easily as on a regular cellphone with programmed speed-dial keys. (Besides–MUST you?)

Does the camera record video? –Not yet. Apple may add this feature by June.

Does it connect to standard iPod accessories like car docks and speaker systems? –Yes!

Does it work overseas? –Yes. It's a quad-band GSM phone, meaning you can use it in almost any country (for an added fee, of course).

Is there a Verizon version? –NO!!!!

Will they make a non-cellphone version–a widescreen touch iPod? –Nobody knows. Apple doesn't leak product info until it's good and ready.

That scrolling through lists thing is glitzy, but what if I have 3,000 names in my address book? –There's also an alphabet "index tab" down the right side of the screen, so you can jump to another spot in the list.

Is there a calendar? –Yes.

Will it sync with Outlook? –No.

What about airplane use? –It has a airplane mode (wireless off), just like any cellphone.

Won't the screen get smudgy? –It does, but you don't see it except when the screen is off. The one I played with was pretty streaky, but wiping it on my sleeve cleaned it completely.

Calendar Of Love '07

If you look at the links on the right side of this page, you'll notice that I have linked directly to the new Calendar of Love '07. This is a continuation of the Summer Of Love Calendar '06 from last summer. As time progresses, more and more events, festivals, parties, parades, etc. will be added. Be sure to check it often (especially as the days get warmer) for events that a lot of us end up going to.

Also, if you have any event, birthday, party that you'd like added, send it off to summeroflove@beegs.com. Enjoy....

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