The media can talk about the Playstation 3 or the Wii all they want. I don't really care. Neither of those systems can deliver what the XBOX 360 will deliver in 2007. That's right, HALO 3 !!!! Click on the image to see the HALO 3 TV trailer!

-steve

Been watching the Winter Olympics in HD on NBC. Coverage is a million times better than it was in 2002. There was barely any HD back then. Just Hockey and Figure Skating. This time we've got everything from Snowboarding, Downhill Skiing, Ski Jump and Luge (I'm sure they'll have Bobsledding as well). It makes a huge difference when watching this stuff in HD. It's amazingly clear! I've always liked the Winter Olympics more than the Summer. I don't know, it just looks like more fun to me. I caught some of the preliminary snowboarding trials last night. Shaun White (aka "The Flying Tomato") who is pegged to be the champ almost didn't qualify. He pulled it out on his second run. Bode Miller didn't medal in the downhill. According to the results on NBC's site, looks like Shaun White took home the gold as expected and Danny Kass (previous medal winner) took home the silver. Also, the women's snowboarding team took the top two spots as well. Hannah Teter took gold and Gretchen Bleiler (mmmm...Gretchen...) took silver. I hope they air this stuff in tonight's broadcast. Looking forward to the rest of the coverage over the next week and a half.

-steve

P.S.
If you noticed the white cords coming from the ears of the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team, yes they all were wearing iPods during their runs. The specially designed pinstriped uniforms by Burton, are "already wired for the machines, with a nifty iPod-size pocket, speakers in the hood and a control panel on the left sleeve that allows the athletes to select songs". Read more about what the athletes listen to while in the halfpipe here.

-steve

My favorite new show! Didn't catch it when it first came on awhile back. There was some kind of "Earl" marathon on tonight on NBC. This show is great! It's very funny. Earl (Jason Lee) has taken one too many wrong turns on the highway of life. However, a twist of fate turns his life into a tailspin of life-renewing events. Earl wins a small lottery, and, after an epiphany, he is determined to transform his good fortune into a life-changing event as he sets out to right all the wrongs from his past. Much in the vein of H.I. McDonnough from Raising Arizona. Add Jamie Pressly to the mix for the perfect trailer park ex-wife. I'm sill not sure when it's regular time slot is, but hopefully I'll find out. Now I want to catch it every week!

-steve