Gearing up here for the holidays. Tomorrow is my last day off before Christmas and I plan on getting all my shopping done. Other than that, I’ve been on a major media rush for the past month.

I’ve started watching alot of TV shows. Finally started watching Battlestar Galactica, Veronica Mars, and Grey’s Anatomy. All which are better than the hype and I suggest you check them out in case your haven’t yet.

Recently subscribed to Netflix and been loving it. There HD-DVD selection is about as good as it gets and Blockbuster is giving away free rentals in exchange for the Netflix flaps you usually toss out. So its safe to say I’ve been getting my movie on lately too.

In addition to Netflix, I signed up for Gamefly too tho my experience has been no where as good as with Netflix. I’m currently playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance and its really fun so far. A must get for any Marvel Comics fan.

Speaking of Marvel, thanks to Geekdrome, god rest its soul, I’ve gotten back into reading comics. I’ve been stockpiling them for almost 2 years but could never find a good “in” to start. Enter Civil War, it seemed like the perfect story arc to jump back in. Major story arc and most major comic titles are involved, the perfect time start. I got alot of catching up to do before I’m current but its been a great story so far. I’m also reading all the titles involved so it will be a couple weeks until I’m caught up. I started with Road to Civil War and I’m about 30 issues in with about 35 left.

Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday.

• 100 Beginner Running Tips � Complete Running Network 100 Tips for beginner runners (tags: running fitness health)
• DailyLit Get books emailed to your daily in small snippets (tags: email books)
• super OS X menubar items Fairly nice list of OS X software that resides in your menubar (tags: osx software menubar)
• WP Blog Installation Action Sheets � thinelectrons.com Workflow for setting up a new Wordpress blog. (tags: wordpress plugins blogging)
• Live Documents – Web-enabling Microsoft Office Share Microsoft Office documents over the web with others (tags: microsoft sharing software office)
• How to remove Logos from your PDA / cell phone with sugar Remove company logos from cellphones and other gadgets (tags: howto logo DIY cellphone)
• Cracked :: 8 Important Lessons Learned from ’80s Cartoons Funny look at life lessons learned from 80s cartoons. (tags: cartoons funny 80s culture)
• Download everything from Microsoft without WGA Check � gHacks tech news Yet Another WGA bypass method for downloading software from microsoft.com (tags: microsoft wga)
• DiggThumbs – Adds Website Screenshot Thumbnails to every listing on digg.com – WebShotsPro.com Adds thumbnails from webshots.com to digg articles. Very nice intergration with digg. (tags: digg firefox extention)
• Photoblog.com New photoblogging site but doesnt seem to offer the features of Flickr or Zooomr (tags: photos blogging)
• digg | River Digg formated for Mobile devices. Take digg on the road with you. (tags: digg mobile)
• SafePasswd – Generate Secure Passwords Genrate randon secure passwords that you will never remember (tags: password security)

• TheoryMail: How do I create �personalized� Daily Del.icio.us Posts?
  Instructions i used to setup this post.
  (tags: wordpress del.icio.us blogging)
• SimpleSeating.com
  Need to setup a seating chart? Me either but if you did, here ya go.
  (tags: seating web)
• ClearCheckbook.com – Totally Free Online Checkbook Balancing
  Balance your checkbook web2.0 style
  (tags: finance checking money)
• motionbox: Videos
  YouTube alternative
  (tags: social video)
• Radar: Welcome
  Social moblogging. Does anyone do that anymore?
  (tags: moblog blogging photo mobile)
• roachfiend.com � ErrorZilla – Useful error pages for Firefox
  Replaced Firefox’s Error pages with useful links and utilities
  (tags: firefox browser extention)
• Torrent Search – ScrapeTorrent.com – The Torrent Search Engine
  Clean all-in-one interface for search populate torrent sites
  (tags: torrent download)

Firefox 2 beta 2 – Mozilla released beta 2 of Firefox 2.0. Includes new Default theme, Phishing protection and more.
(tags: browser firefox beta)

CrossOver Mac – Wine for Intel Macs. Run Windows apps natively on your Mac without using a VM.
(tags: wine windows osx)

NeoOffice 2.0 Aqua beta 3 – NeoOffice is a OS X native version of OpenOffice 2.0. Does not require X11 to be installed, is a Universal binary and uses Aqua widgets. Nice alternative to Microsoft Office.
(tags: office openoffice mac)

Windows Media Player 11 beta 2 – Beta 2 of the next Windows Media Player. Fixes know issues with beta 1, adds addition stores and integrated Windows Media Connect.
(tags: microsoft wmp11 beta)

Scream – This program will move windows are randomly based on screaming. It uses your computers mic and reacts accordingly.
(tags: windows fun)

Calgoo – Access Google Calendar offline.
(tags: google gcal windows)

This week some links to the newest players on the intratubes.

• Lingr – IRC web2.0 style.

• Loowa – a WhoAreYou clone that matches faces with email addesses.

• Traineo – Social fitness and diet goal tracking. Track workout and diet goals and help stay motivated.

• Sampa – Free DIY webdesign that helps to intergrate media content, add RSS feeds and help design layouts and menus.

Starting every Friday I will listing some of my favorite links, diggs, and bookmarks from the week that I don’t get to blog about. This week I’m going to start off with some links to stuff I’m looking into buying for my Macbook. Mostly cases since I’m in the market for a new one. My current Targus Backpack has served me well over the years but now its just too big to lug around everywhere.

• Timbuk2 Blogger bag – Newly released messenger bag from Timbuk2. I may be ordering this very soon.

• SecurePack Backpack – Backpack that pervents access to the inside whle being worn. Nice idea and holds upto a 17″ notebook but I’m not sure I want another backpack.

• Waterfield Laptop Sleeve – Going to pick up this sleeve regardless of which bag I get. A little extra protection for a reasonable price and can double as a case also.

• Invisible Shield – Full Body shield that protects the top, touchpad, wrist guards, and the bottom of the MacBook. Offers lifetime replacement if ever gets scratched too.

• Firefox Ogio Messenger Bag – Probably won’t get this but this bag is just plan hawt for any tech junkie.