Since hooking up the Mac Mini to the television, it goes without saying our Apple TV is getting less use. The primary app running on the Mac Mini is Hulu Desktop, which has proved a solid app, recreating the TV experience on a computer with a minimum of fuss. It even responds to a remote flawlessly.

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Career woman Angela (Heather Graham) and husband Curtis (Jerry O’Connell) suddenly find themselves unexpectedly expecting. Best friends Danny (John Corbett), Sylvia (Katie Finneran), and demanding boss Mary (Lara Flynn Boyle) inavertandly threaten to tear the couple apart.

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In an earlier post I mentioned playing with Notational Velocity on two Macs, synced with DropBox. This worked really well, but I then wondered if I could edit the same notes using the iPhone. The great DropBox iPhone app only lets you view files, not edit them.

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Take revenge on the green pigs by launching angry birds at their towers.

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Seems the competition between Google and Apple is heating up, with a New York Times article reporting some increasing behind-the-scenes rivalry, specifically around Android.

Which naturally got me thinking: if hypothetically forced to choose between Apple and Google – without hesitation – I’d go with the former.

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James Bond (Daniel Craig) investigates the death of Vesper Lynd, which leads to a multinational conspiracy based in Bolivia.

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Mr. Montblanc wants a clean lawn. Get to work, Mario doppleganger.

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Older and facing an arranged marriage, Alice (Mia Wasilkowska) returns to Underland (turns out she heard it wrong the first time), home of the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) and the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter).

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Solid article over at BusinessWeek about the cable companies reacting to threat of video delivered using the Internet. The article uses the term “TV Everywhere” which is essentially what I’ve oft-referred to as “digital video nirvana.”

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High school loner Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) investigates the murder of his ex-girlfriend.

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