Galactica Season 3 plus spoilers

Now Playing Magazine: "Galactica Producer Talks Season Three"

I like the concept of more Cylon story time :)

Battlestar Spin-off Announced

Battlestar Spin-off Goes Frak in Time

Sci Fi Channel has announced its plans for Caprica, a Battlestar Galactica spin-off set 50 years prior to its original series. Battlestar's Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will executive-produce the new venture, and Remi Aubuchon (24) is penning the script, Variety reports. Sci Fi is also developing Chariots of the Gods, a miniseries based on Erich von Daniken's best-seller, and Destination Truth, a reality series investigating otherworldly mysteriesTV Guide Community: Entertainment News

Free Up FireFox Memory

Not sure if this will help others or not, but I saw a cool post on Life Hacker about how to Reduce Ram use in FireFox

In a Nutshell:

1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config and then press Enter.


2. Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.


3. In the box that pops up enter config.trim_on_minimize. Press Enter.


4. Now select True and then press Enter.


5. Restart Firefox.

I think LH has a link to a utility that you can use to do all that for you, but come on... its just a few keystrokes.

I was able to drop from 50 Meg of Memory in use with a few tabs running java applets down to 2 meg and the applets didn't seem to mind.

I have seen complaints that this stops FF from performing other tasks, so YMMV.

-jrj

Up Next?

Now that he's unemployed, or at least has less on his table, what would you like Joss Whedon to work on next? Sci Fi Wire has a poll up and lists the following choices: More Serenity, More Spike, and Wonder Woman. I'd really like an Other box on this poll so I could put in "A Star Trek that doesn't suck". Given the choice, what would you have Whedon work on? Link via Whedonesque.

Unnecessary Dock Icons

Do you have an icon in your Mac OS X dock that you'd like to get rid of? I had one in particular that was a background service, and the dock icon added absolutely no functionality. After some fierce googling, I found this nice little hack. Happy icon killing! (note: tested and verified working on Tiger)

AOL Getting Desperate

Just turned on my AIM client, and got the following:

AIM added a new AIM Bots group to your Buddy List.

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Send IMs to moviefone and shoppingbuddy for great holiday flicks and gift ideas. (To remove 'em, just right-click and delete! Learn More)

So AOL now can add users and bots to my buddy list? I hate these 'opt-out' days.

Goodbye Eddie

iWon News: "'WWE Smackdown!' Star Guerrero Dies"


MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A World Wrestling Entertainment star was found dead in his hotel room Sunday in Minneapolis, where he was scheduled to appear that evening in a WWE show.

Eduardo Gory Guerrero, 38, didn't respond to a wake-up call Sunday morning, authorities said. His nephew, fellow WWE wrestler Chavo Guerrero, and hotel security at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center forced their way into the room and found him.

There were no apparent signs of foul play, police said. An autopsy was planned to determine how Guerrero died.

His nephew said Guerrero was open about past drug and alcohol abuse but had been sober for four years. Guerrero was married and had three children.

"This is a huge loss," said WWE chairman Vince McMahon. "Eddie was a wonderful, fun-loving human being. Eddie was a consummate performer."

Guerrero was a featured star on the UPN series "WWE Smackdown!" and son of Mexican wrestler Gory Guerrero. Last year, he became the second wrestler of Hispanic heritage to be WWE champion, though he lost the title four months later.

UPN also aired a special last year on his life, "Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story." The program chronicled Guerrero's childhood and his struggle with drug addiction that almost cost him his job, family and life.