Archive for July, 2009

Sweet Zombie Jesus!

futuramaBad news everyone, it seems that while 20th Century Fox Tv (not to be confused with the FOX Television Network) and Comedy Central are finally reviving Futurama they are too cheap to pay for the original voice cast.  Admittedly the original voice actors are probably calling for a sizable salary and the budget for Futurama this time around won’t be nearly as high but finding voice actors who “sound” like the original cast just isn’t going to cut it.  For my money (of which I will pay them none anyway) it just wouldn’t be the same show and I just simply won’t watch it.

This, of course, could just be 20th Century Fox’s way of playing hardball with the voice cast as they have done time and time again with both The Simpsons and Seth McFarlane and as well all know, Seth still works on all his shows and The Simpsons voice cast has remained relatively the same.  Maybe they need enough internet nerd support, maybe the voice actors have to take a cut, maybe it’s just all BS for the sake of BS.  Only time will tell I suppose but here’s hoping the cast remains the same.  Use this link for another take on the subject.

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Firefox 3.5 unleashed into the world

For those that may not have heard, the world’s most popular alternative browser, Firefox, was upgraded to version 3.5 yesterday after a relatively long (but not unusual) beta testing period.  If you’re already using FF 3.0 then the update will look very familiar to you.  Minor aesthetic changes include the tab bar remaining visible even with only one tab open and the addition of a “plus” button to add a new tab without needing to use the menu or “Alt+tab” keyboard shortcuts.

As with all new browser releases these days the focus is on Javascript speed and with their new TraceMonkey JS engine, mozilla has brought FF 3.5 up to par with the likes of Chrome and Safari 4.

Firefox 3.5 is also one of the first browsers to support some new tag elements from the yet to be ratified HTML 5, namely the video tag.  This will allow developers to embed video directly into a page without the need for plug-ins like quicktime or flash.

Head on over to Mozilla’s Website to scoop up the download.  As of this writing there have been over 5.4 million so far.

UPDATE: It’s 20 days later and the download count is just over 30 million.

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