PR firm busted over fake iTunes reviews

A public relations firm has “settled” Federal Trade Commission charges that it wrote bogus reviews of games on iTunes on behalf of its clients. Its the first major such case since the introduction of new guidelines on disclosure from people writing online. Reverb Communications staff had “consistently” posted reviews on iTunes using false usernames. Every […]

Wicket the Ewok and other Amigurumi

Had a bad day and need your ration of cute? Here’s Wicket from “Return of the Jedi,” in knitted stuffed animal form. This Wicket (and others like him) are called “Amigurumi,” which is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals. Our friends over at GeekDad pointed us to other geeky Amigurumi, including […]

Star Trek:TNG casting memo surfaces after 23 years

In a parallel universe, Belgian actor Patrick Bauchau played Captain Picard. I’m basing that claim on a 23 year old memo that surfaced, on Paramount letterhead, written by John Ferraro, who was then a young development executive in Paramount’s syndicated television division, to John Pike, president of Paramount’s TV division at the time. The memo, […]