Jason Unger

Magic Eye, Time Waster

Posted by junger - 03/14/08 at 10:03:35 am

I used to never be able to do these, but I learned on the back of a box of Golden Grahams.

Did you get the message?

Waterbed For Sale

Posted by junger - 03/12/08 at 08:03:41 pm

All it costs is your humility.

Why are all the most ridiculous viral videos from foreign TV shows? Hollywood, take note.

PS – sorry for the shorter posts. These tradeshows take up a lot of my day, and when I do have time to relax, the last thing I want to do is sit in front of the computer.

Free Beer, and the Best Sponsorship Ever

Posted by junger - 03/11/08 at 09:03:02 pm

Seen at EHX Spring — full coverage here

Gmail, Label:Unread and Controlling My Inbox

Posted by junger - 03/10/08 at 09:03:26 am

Why doesn't Google allow you to create an "unread" label for easy access in Gmail?

It's one of those "hidden labels" that Google uses, but doesn't allow you to actually access without typing into the search bar.

There are workarounds, but they're not ideal.

I use Gmail for everything. It's my personal email. It's my business email. It's my work email. I probably have 5 or 6 Gmail accounts.

So it actually IS a big deal that I have to type in "label:unread" into my search bar every time I need to find the emails I haven't read yet.

I understand that Google would rather have you archive your read emails and only keep unread emails in your inbox, but that's not how I manage my mail.

I read the stuff that is important, then leave the less important stuff unread to do later (I rarely check my starred items, so that doesn't help).

Come on, Google, let me create that unread shortcut. It would make life a lot easier for me.

24 Prequel Movie Coming Fall 2008

Posted by junger - 03/07/08 at 05:03:35 pm

"24" will be getting a two-hour movie that prequels Season 7 this fall, the Hollywood Reporter is reporting.

The movie, designed to bridge the two-year gap between Seasons 6 and 7, is targeted to air in the fall, leading to the January return of the real-time drama. On Wednesday, "24" producers began securing the show's core cast members for the film.

I guess Fox didn't listen to my idea for National 24 day, but this is pretty big news.

So, now that there is SOME news, let the speculation begin…

- Will it be a two-hour "real-time" affair? Or will it stray from 24's standard time model?
- Is this the 24 movie that was supposed to come out? Or is that still happening?
- What will the prequel bring that we don't already know about Season 7? Most of the times, the prequels on the DVDs don't do much at all for the season.

Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely looking forward to it. But is this just a way to "apologize" to fans for the lack of Jack Bauer in 2008? Or will it actually mean something to the show?