Several of you have been wondering who the beauty is in my profile and avatars.

Her name is Freida Pinto, and I think she's fast becoming a known name in Hollywood. She was originally a model in India, and got her first role in film in [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/"]Slumdog Millionaire[/URL] (which looks like a great movie, I'm seeing it next week: [URL="http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/slumdogmillionaire/"]trailer[/URL])

This...

Online today is the final release version of vBulletin's Blogging system, "vbBlog". This is v2.0 of the software, and while it's been here for awhile, it's not been used a whole lot. I'm hoping some of the new features here will make more people want to jump in and use it. Here's a list of what's new over the old version:

• Blog Customization - users may customize their blogs in the same manner that they can customize their user profiles.
• Group Blogs - users may allow other

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I don't think I ever formally stated this here before. My wife and I are having another kid - she's due on June 6th.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_%28TV_series%29"]Heroes[/URL] has gone to the dogs. It's the cheesiest show on TV.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Break"]Prison Break[/URL] got better in season 4, but it's still not as good as the first half of season 1. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Morgan"]Gretchen[/URL] is still the worst character ever and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Lyn_O%27Keefe"]Jodi Lyn O'Keefe[/URL]...

The planet Zi and its ion-rich oceans gave birth to a large number of metal life forms. Some went on to become the humanoid Zoidians. Others became the creatures known as Zoids, mechanical living beings with a core as a central life-force. For centuries, the Zoidians lived in small tribes with an emphasis on survival, as their planet was wreaked with earthquakes and volcanoes. As the tectonic instability quieted down, their numbers grew, and people had time to squabble over territory. They took...