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Entries from January 2006

Hawaii’s Mystery Meat iPod Re-examined

January 12th, 2006 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

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Deconstructing Dominic Monaghan

January 11th, 2006 · Comments Off · News

In an interview on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dominic Monaghan (Charlie of TV’s Lost) made quick work of The Aloha State.
Here’s an analysis of a few things Monaghan said on DeGeneres, from a summary:

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Ilocanos Ignore Island Idol Jasmine Trias

January 11th, 2006 · Comments Off · News

“American Idol” 2004 runner-up Jasmine Trias had a hard time convincing her audience that she is Ilocano, just like them.
This, although they had come in droves to Plaza Burgos on Sunday evening, patiently waited for her to come out onstage, and then wildly cheered and applauded her.
“You don’t believe me? I am Ilocano, I really [...]

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Lost’s Lindelof to Losties: Lower Your Expectations

January 11th, 2006 · Comments Off · News

Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof says greedy network programming weasels prevent television shows from satisfying endings.
“The reality is,” Lindelof says, “that Carlton, myself, J.J. (co-creator J.J. Abrams), the creative brains behind the ‘Lost’ universe, we could all band together and say, ‘We’re ending the show after three seasons because that’s the arc. They get off the [...]

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Is Lost a Video Game?

January 10th, 2006 · Comments Off · News

Jennifer Buckendorff writes an interesting piece in the Seattle Times comparing Lost to interactive television, or something like a video game.
Unlike traditionally passive television shows, which expect viewers to zone out in a couch-potato haze, “Lost,” which returns with new episodes Wednesday night, has embedded clues throughout. It’s these recurring tidbits — and the patterns [...]

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