Friday, August 04, 2006

Bomb!

The :CueCat is a cat-themed handheld barcode reader developed in the late 1990s by the now-defunct DigitalConvergence Corporation, which connected to computers using the PS/2 keyboard port and later USB. The :CueCat enabled users to link to an Internet URL by scanning a barcode appearing in an article, catalog or on some other printed matter. In this way a user could be directed to a web page containing related information. The system which supported this functionality is no longer in operation.
DVD's You May Have Missed

Lie With Me

Leila (Lauren Lee Smith) is a sexually voracious young woman who connects with men through sex. One night at a party, she meets David (Eric Balfour). Later, as she has casual sex with a stranger outside, David and his girlfriend mirror her actions in their car. Their eyes lock, beginning a courtship ritual that initiates their own sexual affair. Leila and David get to know each other – which means being intimate - in bed, on the roof, in the park, everywhere. For them and other members of their generation, sex is communication. Just as Leila realizes her attraction to David is different than anything she has ever known, he retreats. Her explosive reaction knows no bounds. Now they must conquer their demons in order to move beyond the purely physical…and satisfy the emotional connection they unknowingly crave.



9 Songs

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall--London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages (familiar to anyone who's ever been in love) unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.


Naked Fame

At the age of 40, wildly successful gay adult film star Colton Ford decides to leave porn behind and to pursue his dream: music. He definitely has the talent, but can he successfully use his porn past to build up a new career as a singer-songwriter? Christopher Long's intelligent and appealing documentary, Naked Fame, attempts to answer that question, following Colton and his life partner, fellow adult film star Blake Harper, as Colton moves from the film studio to the music recording studio. This documentary explores the inner-workings of the music industry, capturing the intense emotional drama involved in the pursuit of stardom against the stigma of a porn-star past.

Blast From the Past

AMC Gremlin
The AMC Gremlin was the first American subcompact car. Made by the American Motors Corporation for nine model years from its April 1, 1970, debut through the end of the 1978 model year, a total of 671,475 Gremlins were made.


AMC Pacer
The AMC Pacer was a two-door compact car produced in the United States by the American Motors Corporation between 1975 and 1980, although design started in 1971. Its unusual, bulbous "Fish Bowl" look and differently-sized doors still make it an easily recognized icon of the 1970s.



Ford Pinto
The Ford Pinto was an American subcompact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, first introduced in 1971, and built through the 1980 model year. Like many Ford cars, it had a "twin": in the Pinto's case, the Mercury Bobcat, introduced in Canada in 1974 and then in the U.S. for 1975. Introduced in the same time frame as the Chevrolet Vega and AMC Gremlin, the Pinto was the most successful of the U.S. designs, and was the basis for the upcoming Mustang II. Pintos were built in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada and in California.
Dirk Shafer




Born in the small town of Tuna, Texas, (but doing some of his growing up in Oklahoma), Dirk first came to public attention when he appeared, at age 27, in a nude photo-spread in Playgirl Magazine's "Holiday 1990" issue. This handsome, hairy-chested blond proved unusually popular with readers and when given a chance to select 1992's "Man of the Year", these readers picked Dirk from among a field of twelve candidates. He subsequently stripped down for another nude photo-spread in Playgirl's February 1992 issue. This "exposure" led to a number of personal appearances, press interviews, and guest spots on TV talk shows. Dirk used some of these experiences as the basis for a theatrical film titled Man of the Year (1995) which was released in 1995. Dirk played himself in this "mockumentray" which told, in generally light-hearted fashion, of the tribulations a gay man might face when he's presented as the female's ideal of a sex symbol. The movie received mixed reviews and didn't play in many theaters but it proved popular at gay film festivals. Dirk followed this with another movie in 2001 titled _Circuit (2001/I)_ which also dealt with a gay man's life.

Justin Hartley





Justin Hartley (born January 29, 1977) is an American actor who is most popular for having portrayed the role of Fox Crane on the NBC daytime drama Passions from December 17th, 2002 to February 10th, 2006. After work in commercials, Hartley originated the role of Nicholas Foxworth Crane, a spoiled, rich young man on the NBC soap opera Passions, where he and his character were fan favorites. In October 2005, Hartley announced that he had opted not to renew his contract with Passions after three years with the series. He taped his final episode on January 7 and last aired on February 10. Shortly after his departure from the soap, Hartley was tapped to replace Will Toale as Arthur "AC" Curry in The CW's drama based on DC comic book character Aquaman. The CW failed to pick up the show for fall 2006, though the show's pilot was released on iTunes. Hartley currently has three movies due out in theatres, two of which are completed. Hartley stars as "Joe" in Race You to the Bottom, a film by writer/director Russell Brown; he also just completed a movie called Scorpio Men on Prozac, which he describes as a dark comedy. Hartley recently signed as the lead in Stewart St. John's newest movie, The Next Race (put on my StewdioMedia). In addition, Hartley has been cast as the Green Arrow on seven episodes of Smallville's sixth season.

Yvan Cournoyer





YVAN was born Yvan Benoit Cournoyer. He was raised on a farm in Quebec with his three younger brothers and was always active either in sport or working on the farm. Passionate about sport, Yvan started working on developing his physique and learning as much as he could about fitness. In 1999 Yvan was named Athlete of the Year in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1999 and in the same year won a Bronze Medal in the Quebec Bodybuilding Championships in his division. He also placed first in a Gladiator Fighting Competition. Yvan combines his love of extreme action with his passion for health and fitness. In Quebec YVAN was recognized by the Institute Top Modele as Outstanding Model of the Year 2000 which also brought him to the attention of internationally recognized photographers Herb Klein and Brent McTavish. Herb Klein is currently working on a photography book in which Yvan is featured while Brent has an outstanding selection of YVAN art work available for sale on several web sites.

Nicholas Gonzalez



Nicholas Edward Gonzalez (born January 3, 1976 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actor.

Television appearances: The O.C. (2004)-The Princess and the Barrio Boy (2000)-Resurrection Blvd. (2000)-MTV's Undressed (1999)-My Little Assassin (1999)-Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
David Fumero




David Fumero (born Joseph Sentielo-Fumero on December 29, 1972) is a Cuban American actor and former male model discoverd by Irene Marie Models when he was a high school senior. Fumero is best known for his portrayal of Cristian Vega on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he has played from June 1998 through October 2003 and from November 2004 to February 2005.
Jeremy Jordan





Jeremy Jordan is an American gay pornographic actor (porn star) who performs in pornographic movies for a number of major gay porn studios.
Jordan started his career in porn in 1999 at Jocks, a division of Falcon Studios. His first movie for this studio was Thrusted, and many more were to follow. Jordan was eighteen years old at the time of the production of Thrusted, and was a quintessential twink boy at the start of his pornographic career. His slender and smooth body, bright blue eyes and his bleach-blond hair aided him to quickly grasp star-status as a bottom in gay porn of the early 2000s.