http://www.allsortsofjunk.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:56:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has come full circle in the weird relationship between Blizzard and GamesWorkshop.  With the recent release of Blizzard Licensed and Upper Deck produced World of Warcraft miniature game, both companies are now in each other's marketspace competing directly with one another.  It will be interesting to see how the ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2009/01/06/blizzard-vs-gamesworkshop/ The IOC is completely ruining the Olympics.  Although I don't mind the recent commercialization of the Olympics because it has brought and kept higher quality athletes, the IOC has gotten too obsesed with making money on the Olympics.  Here is my prediction: Greco-Roman (and possibly Freestyle) Wrestling's last Olympics will be ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2008/08/19/ioc-is-ruining-the-olympics/ It has come to this.  Revision3, a new media company with it's own shows and distributes them using new technology (P2P) is attacked by the "old media".  Revision3 has its own shows, which I doubt the "old media" sees any "action" (i.e. money) from.  They use P2P technology to distribute ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2008/06/03/old-media-illegally-attacks-new-media/ A new movie out by Ben Stein called "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" has been released and been discussed a bit. Around the same time the movie came out (in limited release) a counter web-site debuted call "Expelled Exposed". I have been surprised at some of the discussion at ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2008/05/06/expelled-evolution-vs-creationism/ I have discussed previously that if keeping Mark McGwire out of the MLB Hall of Fame meant that we could keep Bary Bonds out of the Hall of Fame then it was a sacrafice I was willing to make.  My basic premise was two-fold.  1) We shouldn't let steroid users into ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2008/01/08/stunning-mlb-hof-reversal/ So, it seems that the "real" media has actually covered the latest lawsuit by the RIAA that I already discussed after coverage from the Washington Post.  A lot of coverage is saying "no, no, no, the RIAA did NOT say ripping CDs is illegal".  However, what they are missing is that ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2008/01/03/riaa-news-now-mainstream/ First, let's review my predictions from the first Sports Extravaganza and how close I was: Joe Torre out, Joe Girardi in. Book it Correct Cubs won’t be bought by Mark Cuban. They will be bought by an investment group Has this been resolved yet? Tony Romo is an average to above average QB (not another ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2007/12/26/sports-extravaganza-ii-predictions-and-steroids/   Recent picture of Micheal Jackson (Top) Klytus from the movie Flash Gordon - 1980 (Bottom) http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2007/12/21/micheal-jacksons-new-role/ From arstechnica: RIAA: Those CD rips of yours are still "unauthorized". So, you buy a Sony MP3 player and use the Sony software that comes with it to RIP a Sony CD to your Sony computer and copy it to your Sony MP3 player.  Sony then pays the RIAA to sue ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2007/12/12/mp3-players-should-be-made-illegal/ So I guess there are some people questioning Falcon's owner, Arthur Blank, comment that There's a lot of roadblocks to Michael coming back and even playing in the National Football League, Tony. Let's assume he's out for three seasons, 07, 08 and 09. If he doesn't watch himself and eats a ... http://www.allsortsofjunk.com/2007/12/12/micheal-vicks-favorite-food/