I acquired a very nice computer that has the video socket(where the monitor plugs in) broken out of the board. Someone bumped the plug hard. Is there a video board that I can by-pass the socket on the board with and plug the monitor into?...

Titles and short fiction I’m in the middle of what I’d like to pretend is a raging debate, but it’s more like a desultory email discourse, into titles. For complicated reasons I did some editing for an anthology while somebody else was ill. Somebody else is now back, so I’ve stepped out of t...

Dear all, I'm pretty sure that once I was able to do this however, its not in my history (history | grep mount) :(. What I'm trying to do is mount an external USB hard drive which is in ntfs on the computer. The users only log in via ssh and therefore don't execute the normal scripts (automount) whe...

Jessica Alba will leave sunny LA for the vast plains of Oklahoma where they will film The Killer Inside Me, a psychological thriller based on the book by Jim Thompson. The movie also stars Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck and Bill Pullman. The film revolves around Affleck’s character, Lou Ford, a r...

Director : Frank Capra Release Date : 1 September 1937 (USA) Genre : Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery Cast : (Credited cast) , Ronald Colman as Robert ‘Bob’ Conway, Jane Wyatt as Sondra Bizet, Edward Everett Horton as Alexander P. ‘Lovey’ Lovett, John Howard as George Conwa...

Movie: Watchmen * Trailer * Official Site In Theaters: March 6, 2009 Runtime: 163 minutes Directed by: Zack Snyder MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language Gecko Rating: I was especially interested in reviewing "Watchmen" this week, because I knew it was q...

Heroes on the Dark Side The Smackdown. When it was first published in 1986, Alan Moore's graphic novel epic Watchmen helped redefine comics, pulling superheroes from the honey-sweet boy scout era into a complex world of vigilantism and corruption. Last year in film", "The Dark Knight" did something ...

  Hello film geeks, Scott here: This week promises to be our most intense episode of Film Geek Central yet, since we'll be adding an enticing new spin on things. THE FAN AND THE VIRGIN - WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!?     Well, it's out. And though we are separated by over a thousand miles, ...

  Hello film geeks, Scott here: This week promises to be our most intense episode of Film Geek Central yet, since we'll be adding an enticing new spin on things. THE FAN AND THE VIRGIN - WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!?     Well, it's out. And though we are separated by over a thousand miles, ...

Director : Sidney Olcott Release Date : 11 August 1924 (USA) Genre : Drama, Romance Cast : Rudolph Valentino as Duke de Chartres / Beaucaire, Bebe Daniels as Princess Henriette, Lois Wilson as Queen Marie of France, Doris Kenyon as Lady Mary, Lowell Sherman as King Louis XV of France, Paulette Duval...