http://www.jameschamberlin.com Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:40:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't usually blog about movies, but I figured I'd share some quick opinions on the latest box office hit, Avatar. I've liked James Cameron's past work, but I just couldn't get behind Avatar. The promos never impressed me and after seeing the movie, this movie reminded me of what's ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2010/02/21/avatar/ Thanks to my Tivo, I haven't had to watch nearly as many commercials as I used to. The Super Bowl is another story however. While there were only a couple of decent ones, there's one that I can't get out of my head lately. It's from Old ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2010/02/12/commercials/ I haven't used a piece of Apple hardware since I was a child and the local school had Apple IIe computers. I've yet to shell out cash for an iPod, iPhone, or any of their computers. I was holding out some hope that Apple's tablet would be something ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2010/01/27/new-from-apple-the-idisapointment/ It was nice to have some time away from writing for IGN. It's always good to get together with family around Christmas. Now I'm fighting off a little cold which I came down with a few days ago. I don't get sick very often. I'm usually ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2010/01/04/back-to-work-2/ The U.S. is covered with a big weather system this week. For me, it's resulted in a fair amount of snow. I'd guestimate our accumulation to be about 5 inches so far and we've got another day to go, so I'm guessing that amount will be almost doubled ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2009/12/08/bring-on-the-snow/ One of my last entries before disappearing without a trace for a while was about SPAM and when I decided to return to my lolely little blog, I was greeted with some four hundred SPAM alerts. Once hesitant about Akismet, I have nothing but good things to say about it. ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2009/12/03/spam/ There's not much going on these days. The weather is about the most interesting subject to discuss, strangely enough. After a couple of days near 50 degrees, we've dipped back to 30 or below. This means any precipitation is going to be in the form of snow. Although ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2009/12/03/snow-3/ I'm afraid there isn't much to report right now. I'm just busy working. Regarding the title of this new entry, I had an old post about blog spam which is suddenly attracting you guessed it: blog spam. It's getting 5-10 spams a day right now. It's hardly a ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2009/09/21/the-irony-of-it-all/ In the last few weeks I've briefly read over several articles about a possible solar power station being built in space by the Japanese. The proposed 1-gigawatt power station will cost an estimated $21 billion, a huge expense for such little power. The station would only be able ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2009/09/06/a-solar-power-station-in-space/ Every once in a while I feel like watching something an older movie or tv show and last week I popped the first two DVDs of season one of MacGyver in my DVD player and was instantly taken back to the 80s, a time which looks makes things so much ... http://www.jameschamberlin.com/2009/09/06/retro-dvds/