** same anti-douchebag message goes here.

LOS ANGELES – Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.

Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.

"As he got out of bed, he felt a little weak and went down to the floor on his knees," Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. His mother called paramedics.

An autopsy will determine Haim's cause of death. There was no evidence of foul play, police Sgt. Michael Kammert said.

Haim, who gained attention for his roles in "Lucas" and "The Lost Boys," had flulike symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, police Sgt. William Mann said.

"He could have succumbed to whatever (illness) he had or it could have been drugs," Mann said. "He has had a drug problem in the past."

funny, but the first thing that poped in my head when i saw this photo of him was "looks like a douchebag"... another funny thing? i honestly can't remember another movie that he played in other than "Lost Boys" (great movie) off the top of my head without looking it up on IMDB. *blink*

p.s. Top 15 Pictures of Christina Hendricks, you are welcome.

still don't see me getting one of these, but i'm definitely still curious enough to go check one out at some point... hell, might make a great christmas present or something. heh.

anybody picking up the game? i'll probably just wait until i see it one day for like $20 and will buy it on impulse... oh, and God of War III is out next week, and the waiting is killing me, man.

of course, there's a lot of bad things we're probably known for as well... so what do you think america is famous for? i got a laugh out of somebody saying, "stole the name of a continent"... funny, never really think of it like that. *chuckle*

The design profession is full of happy folks, and understanding why so many designers enjoy their work is not hard. But not all are so happy. If you’re not careful, the joy of getting paid to pursue your passion can be tainted by the less joyous realities of the professional world. You see, no matter how skilled you are as a designer, unless you are equally prepared in professional matters, your prospects will be limited and your circumstances compromised. This is true whether you work freelance, for an agency or in-house with a company.

Every week I hear from designers who are struggling to come to terms with these realities. Unhappy with their current circumstances, they write to ask for advice on improving their lot. Usually, they either claim not to understand how things got so bad, or they lay the blame somewhere other than at their own feet. In every case, however, the sole cause is their poor choices and lack of professional acumen. It needn’t be so.

thought this article on smashing magazine was worth the read... good stuff as always, and really does apply to just about everybody in the workplace these days.

speaking of work, it's 60 degrees outside and they still have the heat on in the office building... fuck man, feel like i'm slowly dying here. ugh.

NEW YORK – Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room.

Samsung Electronics Co. announced Tuesday that it is selling two 3-D sets. Combined with the required glasses and a 3-D Blu-ray player, the prices start at about $3,000 for a 46-inch screen.

Panasonic Corp. has said it will sell its first 3-D set Wednesday.

The push into the living room comes as moviegoers have shown considerable enthusiasm for the latest wave of 3-D fare in the theater. This weekend, "Alice in Wonderland" grossed an estimated $116.2 million at the box office, beating the first-weekend receipts of "Avatar," the winter's 3-D blockbuster.

Although it's clear that 3-D sets for the home will appeal to technology and home-theater enthusiasts, it remains to be seen if the TVs will entice regular consumers to spend $500 or more above the price of a comparably sized standard TV and Blu-ray player.

The 3-D effect requires viewers to wear relatively bulky glasses that need to be recharged occasionally. They're not like the cheap throwaways that have been used in theaters since the 1950s. When you're wearing these 3-D TV glasses, room lights and computer screens may look like they're flickering, making it difficult to combine 3-D viewing with other household activities.

i'm still not sold on the whole 3D thing in the livingroom, but i have a feeling all i'm going to be hearing and seeing for the next couple years is "3D" this and that... part of me thinks its really cool, the other part find the whole 3D glasses thing really silly... but guess we've already gone over this — and i'm sure we'll be talking about it a lot more.

i did read an article about some of the new tech, and didn't realize that not only do you have to get the 3D HTDV, but might have to spring for a new 3D blu-ray player and receiver with the proper tech included — otherwise you'd hook it up, push play, and might get no sound and a blank screen. man, that would really suck. *blink*

so i'm wondering if you'll end up needing to get a whole new system in order to take advantage of it... if so, then it'll just have to wait, because there's no fucking way i'm about to drop $4k or more on a new system so i can sit on my couch wearing 3D glasses to watch shit. nope, not me.

p.s. Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3B-plus