Sep 30

Season 2 of Chuck aired last night and I have to say it was better than I expected!

One of the main reasons I think I'll enjoy this season is that Chuck has evolved into something more than the stereotypical "computer nerd". He seems to have a lot more confidence and is more of a take action kinda guy as opposed to the season 1 Chuck that couldn't tie his shoes without tripping over them. Chuck's attempts at wooing Sarah continue, paying off in this season opener when he manages to get her out on a real date -- high five Chuck, score one for the nerds!

A cameo appearance by Michael Clarke Duncan was a great choice for a bad guy. I always like Duncan as a bad guy (yeah that's right - even Daredevil - Ben Affleck really screwed that one up for everyone). Although when he uttered the words "Heebie Jeebies," it kinda threw me off for a second, making me wonder how many bad guys would actually say something like that. As for the storyline…just another day in the life of Chuck (the government harddrive for all their secrets) -- a couple of fight scenes with the gorgeous Sarah and Chuck being dangled over the railing by the bad guys. Other than the bad guy getting the "Heebie Jeebies" from his bosses, I thoroughly enjoyed this episode and hope that the rest are as good if not better.

Mar 14

Are you tired of missing "The Office" every week... well not anymore thanks to Hulu.com. Now you can watch it when you want to, where you want to. Hulu was created by NBC and Fox to deliver their content free, but with an advertising catch: with a 20 minute clip you get about a minute to a minute and half of advertising (one 30 sec spot and two 15 sec spots in something I watched).

With the user sitting in front of the computer, visiting a sponsor's website would be as simple as the click of a mouse. I've been watching alot of shows on Hulu.com and I don't know about you, but lately I've been wanting some thick bacon from Chili's.

Although you may be saying "Why didn't they do this earlier?" well a few companies had, even now Hulu is still competing with companies such as Brightcove which allows companies to join their network and get a personal channel.

The really neat thing about Hulu though is they even offer the ability to select clips of a video to embed on your website, blog, etc. Who wouldn't want to see Peter from Family Guy fight a Giant Chicken!

Of course last but definitely not least: HD movies(720p)! It's mostly just previews for now, but this will definitely be the biggest hit of the site if users meet all the requirements.

All I have to say is so long broadcast, hello digital!

Feb 12

A few days ago I came across some neat advanced search techniques that you can use in Google’s search and here are a few of my favorites:

inurl:<keyword> this will only return websites the keyword in the url

allinurl:<keywords> this is the same but allows multiple keywords

Along with these there are a few operators that you can use also:

+<keyword> this will return all pages that include the keyword only.

Example: Louisville +interactive agency will return only Louisville agencies that have interactive describing their agency.

-<keyword> this will return all pages that don’t include the keyword.

Example: Louisville –interactive agency would return all agencies that don’t have interactive describing their agency.

Here are a couple of links if you are interested in learning more neat tips and tricks for optimizing your searching in Google:

Google Search Operators

Google Query Tips