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Tag: Computerworld

Dancing with the Woz, Round 4.0

Posted on Mar 31, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Steve Wozniak and Karina Smirnoff return for an Argentinean tango on the fourth week of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Watch it here!

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Dancing with the Woz, Round ///

Posted on Mar 24, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Steve Wozniak's third — and final? — appearance on ABC's Dancing with the Stars was a poorly-received samba. Here's the video.

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Dancing with the Woz, Round ][

Posted on Mar 17, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Despite a fractured foot, Steve Wozniak took to the Dancing with the Stars floor and danced an admirable quickstep. Could geeks ask for a better representative?

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Dancing with the Woz, Round 1

Posted on Mar 16, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The eighth season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars debuted with Apple II inventor Steve Wozniak breaking out of his comfort zone. Now that's a true celebrity!

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On the Road Again…

Posted on Jul 21, 2008Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

As with this time last year, I'll be AFK for a few weeks as I enjoy a summer vacation in Missouri, then Washington and Missoula. I have some Showbits content queued for the next two weeks, so there will be something to read while I'm gone. I didn't want to leave the site in a…

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You Can't Have Iron Man Without IT

Posted on May 15, 2008Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

It's summer blockbuster season, which means it's time again for a dynamic duo team-up. No, not Batman & Robin — Angela Gunn and I have joined forces to review the technology in yet another explosive film. As we did last year with Live Free or Die Hard and The Bourne Ultimatum, we now turn to…

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Hollywood Meets MIT

Posted on Feb 13, 2008Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Tomorrow sees the release of Jumper, a movie about a young man (Hayden Christensen) who can instantly teleport to anywhere on the planet. He soon discovers this power puts him in the middle of two warring factions: people like him, known as Jumpers; and the Paladin organization, represented by Samuel L. Jackson, who believes Jumpers…

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Apples?

Posted on Jan 14, 2008Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

When David Szetela delivered his keynote speech at KansasFest 2007, he revealed a fact that is little-known to all but diehard geeks (which was, of course, exactly who he was addressing). It connected two of my favorite things: the Apple II computer and the Terminator movies. In the Terminator films, the audience is often treated…

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