Happy Valentine's Day. These looked so good at my local bakery that I just had to snap them. (I didn't eat them, though - I'm on a strict diet for the launch of the Lab.)
I'm back from vacation. I had to jump ship on the Geek Cruise to handle an urgent family matter (all's well now - nothing to worry about) but I decided to use the empty block of time to relax. I've got a new radio show and a new TV show launching this month, so this might be the last time off for a while.
During the break I caught up on some movies and TV. I just saw the Studio 60 Christmas episode and I think it might be the best, most satisfying, television show I've ever seen. If you've missed this NBC series from Aaron Sorkin of West Wing fame, you probably should see the first 10 episodes to set up episode 11. I often despair about the state of television, but when it's good, it's better than any other medium. It's both inspiring and terrifying (well, for someone who aspires to do good TV, that is).
Vacation ends today. Amber and I will be back with a new net@nite live via Talkshoe tomorrow at 9p Eastern (0200 GMT) and a brand new TWiT is going up at one minute past midnight Monday morning (I'm holding it a little longer than usual because Dvorak revealed some news that's embargoed until then). I also have a new FLOSS Weekly and this WEEK in LAW to post this week. Monday I'll post a visit to the actual Gadget Warehouse, recorded when I was with Dick DeBartolo in Manhattan last week.
Before I left on vacation I had a great conversation with the people at Vox. I've been looking for a web backend for the new Tech Guy radio show. The wiki I'm using now just doesn't offer the social networking features I'm looking for. Thanks to Anil Dash and the folks at Six Apart I think I'm moving to Movable Type /Typepad (not sure which right now) with a new design from Apperceptive. We'll continue to use the wiki until that's done.
I'm also commissioning a theme song from the great Ashley Witt. Ash has done so many of the TWiT themes including Doin' the TWiT.
The show launches in one week - I'll have a final list of affiliates soon.