‘House’: Lisa Edelstein Talks Huddy’s Future, Relationships & More

Jan 24, 2011 by Anthony Ocasio 

Lisa Edelstein sat down to talk about ‘House,’ the future of House and Cuddy’s relationship, filming the infamous season 7 premiere and so much more.

Fresh from her win at the People’s Choice awards, the beautiful voice of reason on House, Lisa Edelstein, took some time today to talk to the press about what fans can expect in the second half House’s seventh season.

Now that Candice Bergen has joined the series as Cuddy’s mothers, viewers will be provided with a more in-depth look at what makes the character of Cuddy tick. As the Cuddy matriarch sets to make her return to the series, she’ll be bringing along Cuddy’s sister. As Edelstein says, “it’ll be very, very messy.”

On top of that, Edelstein took time to discuss the intricacies of filming the fan-favorite House season 7 premiere, what the future holds for House and Cuddy’s relationship, working with Candice Bergin, the character of Cuddy and so much more.

In total, the entire conversation ran around 30 minutes, here are some of the highlights:

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I wouldn’t have been surprised. I thought I saw it in the pilot, but then it just didn’t become a story. I just felt like they have a complicated relationship and if the show lasted long enough, it would be a relationship worth exploring. If [someone] told me that House and Cuddy would be getting together in season 6 or season 7, I would have been more [surprised] that we had a season 7 – that’s probably more shocking than anything else.

We know each other really quite well now. We’ve been working together for over 7 years, which in our line of work is like dog years – it’s like 49 years. I really feel like our friendship as people – as we got to know each other better – this kind of intimacy between the characters was an easier thing to do than if it started with day 1 and just kind of jumped in and pretended to know each other. It’s been great. If there’s anybody that I would have to be intimate with on camera, I’d want to have it be someone I knew and trust as much as I do Hugh.

It was more like a play; it felt more like a play. It felt very intimate and the writers felt – and I certainly agreed – that you couldn’t just get these two characters together and just go on like [everything was] normal right away. You have to take this moment and experience these two people together, and then get back to the hospital stuff and House stuff.

They really thought about it long and hard. They went down several different roads trying to figure out how to handle it and that’s where they ended up – at this very intimate, play-like episode where you’re just with these two people alone, experiencing intimacy and friendship.

I think they’re very two complicated people, who really want to be together. Whether or not they can is another thing, but they’re going to try as hard as they can.

Candice is amazing. She’s an incredibly bright woman, which I think just shines right through all the dialogue. She’s really fun to work with. I was really happy to be on set with her just historical, because I’ve grown up watching her.

It was really fun pushing the envelope, in terms of the fictional part of our lives, and getting to see what it would be like for House to deal with a very pushy mom. I think – having met the character of Cuddy’s mom – I get why she would be able to tolerate someone like House.

According to David Shore, “Characters don’t change, they get unveiled” … and become more complicated in terms of how the viewers perceive them and how the writers write them. When you sign on to a show, you are – as an actor – hired to perform something that came out of the writer’s imagination. As the show goes on, how you perform affects how the writer imagines the character -it becomes a melding of the two.

Of course, it’s always David Shore’s characters, it’s always his stories – he controls the world, he controls all the puppets – but rhythm and humor and all those things kind of become embellished when you put an actor in the part – any actor – and it would be no matter who plays the role.

I think just because the show has matured, the characters have to become more complicated, more real, make different choices and to have life experiences that take them on a journey. In essence, they don’t ever really change.

We’re not pranksters, we have too much to do. There are a lot of great wits on this crew – some very smart, very disturbed people that work together. It’s a lot of fun because we like each other. If the scene is very heavy, you have to take your time away to concentrate and stay in that space and the lighter scenes are always more fun and playful.

I had a great time… not just because the show was about my character. It was really fun for me to be the person that’s on the set the most, setting the pace and atmosphere on stage, because you really are responsible for that when you’re there the most. If you have an attitude or you’re tired, it kind of drags everything down. It’s fun to have that responsibility and I loved doing it. I loved it. I loved it. But, boy, Hugh must be exhausted.

She’s very controlling, so she wears very structured outfits. Her life is very restricted. She really is all work and very little play – she can’t even run fast in those skirts. I like how everything she wears just holds her in. She just doesn’t have great freedom. She’s also a woman and lives most of her life out at the hospital, so she uses that time to feel sexy and beautiful.

I haven’t the faintest idea, they don’t tell me things like that. I didn’t even find out about [the previous] Cuddy episode until a couple of weeks before hand.

Last year, I got to observe this really cool surgery and I had a really great time doing it. A lot of the doctors watch the show, so they’re very excited about having [me] around. I really love biology and it was so interesting, observing. It reminded me more of Nip/Tuck than House, but it was great.

It’s the magic bullet isn’t it? I’m so happy about it. I can only thank David Shore and Hugh Laurie and just be thankful for the ride. It’s so arbitrary what makes it and what doesn’t. We had the luxury of being on after American Idol, when we started. Our first six episodes, we were on our own and we would have been canceled if it were any other network, because we didn’t have [much of an] audience. As soon as American Idol started that season, we got 28 million eyeballs on our show – it was an incredible thing. A lot of those people stuck with us.

There’s a great history there and, as you get older, that is a really important thing to have with somebody – a sense of time having passed, problems having been conquered, truths having been faced.

For him, she is someone that he trusts. He knows that she wants the best for him, he knows that she’ll tell him when things have gone too far… and then he’ll decide on his own if he wants to listen, but she’s definitely someone that he trusts.

For her, I think it’s his intelligence and brilliance that really excites her. Getting attention from a man like that is not an easy thing to achieve and having achieved it, I think there’s a rush of excitement. Whether or not he’s ultimately someone that she can trust is something that he’ll have to prove.

I don’t think that the show was centered around “will they or won’t they,” so that gives you a lot more freedom to play with “will” or “won’t.” It doesn’t rely on them never getting together. It really is a show about House and his journey and in his journey, he’s had a series of relationships on the show that he’s explored and learned from… and this is one of those – this is his path.

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Steven Tyler Talks ‘American Idol,’ Aerosmith’s Future & Jennifer Lopez

Jan 20, 2011 by Anthony Ocasio 

Steven Tyler sat down to talk about ‘American Idol,’ the difficulties of judging contestants, the future of Aerosmith, his affinity for Jennifer Lopez’s ‘The Back-up Plan’ and so much more.

“There was a time, when I was so broken hearted…” Now, imagine hearing that line come out of a 17 year old who is tonally handicapped.

For Steven Tyler, one of the new judges on American Idol, he has to do just that.

Now that long-time American Idol icon Simon Cowell has left the series to bring The X-Factor to America, Steven Tyler has been tasked with not only having to judge potential contestants (many of which chose to perform songs that Tyler himself made legendary), but also providing a breath of fresh air to the almost decade-old series.

In preparation for last night’s American Idol premiere, Steven Tyler sat down to talk with the press about his experiences on the show and what fans can expect to see in season ten of the series.

Certain press people have attempted to make Steven Tyler out to be Paula Abdul incarnate. However, one can’t deny, upon hearing Tyler talk about the series, that not only is he completely lucid and sincere in his thoughts and logic but he also views American Idol as much more than just a “silly singing competition.”

In the 30 minute chat, Tyler talked about the difficulties that he found judging contestants, what he’s looking for in a potential “American Idol,” the future of Aerosmith, bringing a rock element to the mainly pop-focused series and how watching Jennifer Lopez’s The Back-Up Plan helped him in his decision to join American Idol.

I don’t take whatever happened to me this morning or last night or with the band or with exes, I don’t take that into judging kids, like some other people might have.  I kind of take what I’ve grown up with, which is being a very harsh judge of myself—my own vocals, my own band—and kind of laid that across the talent that comes across my view.

I’m taking what they give me, cutting it up in three different pieces: One is can they sing?  Are they in pitch?  Two, do they have character?  Three, do they have a star quality about them?  Kind of folding that all into one. But that would be my expertise and J. Lo’s got her own singing style.  But don’t forget I’m a drummer.  I’ve got the pitch from my father, Juilliard, my own.  I’ve got the drumming sensibility and there’s a tonality and harmonic stuff, and I think I’m going to take it up a notch.

I made some harsh comments the first week, and they snapped back and said, “What do you mean?”  But I only did two of those.  There were only two of those because I didn’t want that to happen again.  I couldn’t say that you were no good without substantiating why, and a couple times when I said, “You know you just don’t have it,” they did ask me why, and I couldn’t tell them why.

I just heard—It’s like I’m looking for that certain something. Well I heard that certain something in a negative way. I didn’t see the star.  I didn’t see this and I didn’t have the balls to tell them that.  I hadn’t ever really watched the show, and I wasn’t really versed in that type of judging. I’ve got three daughters, so it’s hard for me.  Those two times after that, I was ready to go and I jumped back in with both feet.

The part that’s a little difficult is judging young kids… It took me a couple of minutes to get into the role of that, but I’ve grown accustomed to it and it’s fun, and I get to sit next to J. Lo and Randy taking the “you know what out” of everybody, and it’s been good.

On whether there will be more rock singers on American Idol now that he is a judge and whether he feels like he brings a “rock” element to the series:

That would be my judgment call on what rock is, and I haven’t heard a lot of it, but what I have heard has come out through the worm hole.  Remember, it’s got to go through two other judges and for every week that I’ve run along someone that I thought was great, the next week after they were given the wrong song in the wrong key, so we had to drop them.  That’s the beauty of this show, which I didn’t know before, and it’s also the heartbreak.

There’s one kid there that’s got a rock element about him. He’s totally off the wall, and I don’t know which rock star ever wasn’t, but I’ve got hopes that he makes it through.  His voice is ridiculous, it’s so crazy and great.  I hope he can stretch out and use the voice that I heard.

But will I bring a rock element?  Yes, [with] my personality, but I’m also very—I’ve got a good ear for all music and that’s why I thought I would take this.  It’s not just a one phase type judging.  I’m good for all different music and listening to voicing, and the spirit of, and the imperfections of someone’s voice because not all great singers make great rock stars.  It’s some of those voices that aren’t the best that make the best rock stars [is what] I mean to say.  So it’s been fun.  I don’t take this too seriously and I take it seriously, so it’s been a real hoot for me.

I think if anyone’s got anything bad to say about me this season, it will get better the next season, and I take that back.

I have more than a one year contract, but as you know things are what they are, but I have more than a one year contract.  I’ll give you that one.  Can I elaborate?  No, I can’t.

It did at first.  At first, I was told she wasn’t, she was out, and I was a little bummed, but I met Randy first before, and Randy was the shit. I loved Randy.  I thought he and I got on within the first five minutes. It was like we were separated at birth, and we had so many similarities, and the music curriculum and program. Whatever he’s been through I’ve been through, and we mentioned names and we knew everybody and it was like how we hadn’t met before was beyond me.

But no and then when I—and yes on the way from England to America, I saw J. Lo’s movie The Back-Up Plan and I fell in love with her.  I’m watching going, “Oh my God, it’s Jennifer Lopez,” and I went, “Alright I’ll watch the movie.”  I watched her and I fell in love with her because the way she played that to a guy that was just falling in love with her, the way she played her part I could so relate to and I thought anybody that could be this open and honest even acting…  All I can tell you is when I met her she was exactly all that and I was grateful that she got the part.

They must have sung, in the 7 weeks, they probably got 15/16 “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” and a song by Pink—they sang that song as well. It was hard for me because it always seemed to me when they said they were going to sing it I knew that someone at home would—“If you sing this song Tyler will be enamored.”  When I didn’t like it, I felt a little ill at ease to tell them, “You know what? You didn’t really sing it good,” but after the third or fourth, like I said I got into it.

It will be easier for me to judge live on TV because I’ve been through this mine field of teenage entitlement with all the songs they brought, but specifically for the Aerosmith songs, wow.  I wish they would have sung like a little something else but “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” is definitely a hard one especially when they have no accompaniment. They would stand in front of me all by themselves and sing it, but if any of them sing it now – remember we’re down to 20 great people – so if they did it, would be nothing but good.

I know Joe’s got the licks and I got a bunch of songs that I’ve written for solo and/or Aerosmith. Next Saturday, we start. The guys are coming out to L.A., where I will be flying out of New York tomorrow and be back in L.A., watch the premier Wednesday night. I get Thursday off, and Friday I’m writing with Marti Frederiksen, and Saturday we’re into a writing program with the band. We’re already booked for a tour in November/December that’s going to be in South America and Japan… what you hear in the press about Aerosmith getting in the way of American Idol it just isn’t so.

(Note: Steven Tyler revealed in an earlier interview with Howard Stern that Joe Perry isn’t confirmed to appear in Aerosmith’s upcoming writing session. In fact, Tyler admitted that he now only communicates with Perry via text messaging. The final message from Tyler was telling Perry that he better show up on Saturday – Tyler’s actual message had more curse words.)

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‘Sanctum’ Producer James Cameron Talks Schwarzenegger & The Future of 3D

We had the opportunity to attend the “Sanctum mobile 3D experience” at which, the 3D trailer and several scenes from the film were screened. In attendance were the film’s director Alister Grierson, writer Andrew Wight, and executive producer James Cameron.

Sanctum tells the story of::

An underwater cave diving team experiencing a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world.

The creators spoke with us after the screening about some of the difficulties inherent in the process of shooting a 3D film on a project that was already rife with challenging physical exigencies, as well as the genesis of the story. We have video below with some excerpts of what James Cameron and the team had to say about the use of 3D in this film; the future of 3D in general, and what they feel makes Sanctum a compelling tale outside of its technological and visual appeal.

We have to thank our good friend Eric Eisenberg from Cinemablend for providing the raw footage for us to edit with after we had technical fail on not one, but two flip cams, while attempting to film James Cameron. Which some may call ironic.

Executive Producer James Cameron, Writer Andrew Wight, And Director Alister Grierson.

The most dynamic scenes that were screened had to do with the characters’ near-silent, underwater, battle to save their lives. It is difficult to correctly ascertain the strength of the story outside of the “event.” The opening sequence that did include a fair amount of dialogue did not feel terribly fresh; and the characters read a bit like broad sketches. Again, it is challenging to make a thorough assessment without having seen the full film -- but our best surmising would be that Sanctum is exactly the kind of film that you would imagine it would be: A visually engaging adventure, that has a brief, and perhaps somewhat thin character/relationship set-up before it brings you into a perilous situation in a visceral way. The relationship that seems to have the most meat is between the leader of the expedition, Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh), and his son, Josh ( Rhys Wakefield).

Take a look at the trailer below, and note the final moments, as Josh seeks even the smallest air pockets as he clings to life; this was the most effective scene that we were able to see.

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As to the physical production, Sanctum, literally, used the same cameras that were utilized on Avatar, so they were working with 2007 technology. The team had visited the set of Avatar and were aware of some of the challenges inherent in working with 3D, and as such, they built their sets specifically to work around said challenges.

They shot most of the film on a stage, with the underwater work done in a tank, as it was impractical for them to attempt shooting an ambitious 3D production on locations where control is limited. As mentioned, they found the physical needs of the story — working with actors on cables in dangerous situations, the heat, the cold, and of course working in and around (literally) tons of water, to be the most difficult aspect of physical production. Having any camera near that much water is problematic, the particular issue that comes up when recording 3D, stereo space, is that the water may splash one lens, but not the other.

Cameron was attracted to the project in that it was an attempt to create high quality 3D on a “modest budget”; though he quips, “compared to Avatar, everything is a low-budget.” He also feels that 3D is completely appropriate for a claustrophobic survival tale such as this one; it brings you into the experience, and technically speaking, 3D is more effective in tight, confined, close shots. In fact, he tells us that anything more than about 20 feet away does not really read as 3D (even to the human eye), so it is the close, intimate scenes that the medium is actually most useful for.

Take a look at the video below where the team discuss’ the use of 3D in Sanctum specifically:

The story of Sanctum was inspired by a real-life near death experience in a cave that writer Andrew Wight lived through. The team wanted to take that experience and create a film about survival, and the dynamics that come into play as a group of people are forced to either “push forward, or die.”

Take a look below where Wight tells his tale, and James Cameron talks about what he feels this film, and its action sequences, are really expressing about human nature:

Of course, there was some general discussion as to the future of 3D technology, and a brief spanking for those who create cheap, quick and otherwise poorly done post-conversions. The team compared 3D to any of the other cinematic advances over time – sound, color, widescreen -- and believe that television programing, like sporting events, will collapse the timetable for a widespread shift to the everyday use of the medium.

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Take a look at James Cameron talking about the future of 3D:

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Finally, when Cameron was asked about his plans to work with his longtime friend Arnold Schwarzenegger -- now that the governator is no longer governating -- this is what the director had to say:

Sanctum opens February 4th.

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NVIDIA says quad-core processors are coming to smartphones in the near future

December 2 2010 by admin in News |

Maybe you aren’t impressed by the speeds of the current generation of smartphones It’s also possible that video yesterday of LG’s dual-core Tegra 2 smartphone or rumors of AT&T’s first dual-core smartphone didn’t resonate with you, you’ll be happy to know that devices with quad-core processors are coming up in the “near future.”

At least according to Tegra 2 maker, NVIDIA.

Yesterday, NVIDIA released a whitepaper that talks about the benefits of multi-core CPUs inside of mobile devices. Deep within that PDF file is a one sentence line that reads:

Dual-core processors will be the standard in 2011, and quad-core is coming in the near future.

As Android and Me points out, NVIDIA has already said that a new Tegra would be out every single year and that the Tegra 3 is almost finished and the Tegra 4 is already being developed. Of course, NVIDIA doesn’t elaborate on what “near future” means exactly however because devices are going to be rolling out with dual-core processors as soon as Q1 rolls around, we very well could see a quad-core smartphone towards the end of 2011.

So, we have to ask.

How many of you just put a quad-core, LTE enabled smartphone on your 2011 wish list?

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Mozilla Calls the Future on its Concept Seabird Phone

November 30 2010 by admin in Gadgets |

The future is now, and I wants it.

We’ve come a long way since the first days of analogue mobile phones. And we’ve seen such rapid advancements in technology that it’s hard not to speculate what will happen next. The Mozilla Seabird Project did just that. The video you’ll see bellow is part of Mozilla Labs’ Concept Series, a crowdsourced experiment that explores how users might interact with multimedia content as devices and technology advance.

Thousands of users called for a goodbye to traditional desktops and hello to absolute connectivity, which designer Billy May, a Mozilla Labs community member turned into an “Open Web Concept Phone,” which later became known as “The Seabird.

May decided to play around with a few futuristic concepts in its new camera concept like Dual Pico projectors (45 Lumens @ 960X600), wireless charging, a built-in bluetooth headset with haptic clicking, 3D pan and zoom and an IR touchpad area, while keeping a few of our established industry standards like an 8.0 MP camera and mini USB port. The future looks pretty awesome, and also like its right around the corner.

N.B. Seabird is not a Mozilla or Mozilla Labs project but part of the Mozilla Labs Concept Series. Mozilla has not plans to produce a mobile phone.

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Jason Lee Talks ‘Raising Hope,’ ‘Memphis Beat’ & Future Projects

On Tuesday night’s episode of Raising Hope – titled “Burt Rocks” – Jason Lee reunites with My Name is Earl creator Greg Garcia on his new television venture. In it, Lee will play hair-band rocker Smokey Floyd. Smokey is character Burt Chance’s (Garret Dillahunt) music idol and in this new episode he will be rocking out at an event called Grocery-Palooza.

Lee, currently starring in TNT’s Memphis Beat, took part in a conference call on Monday to discuss his guest spot on Fox’s hit comedy.

Given his history of playing musicians in both film and TV, I asked him about the importance of music in his life and for him to fill us in on his musical tastes.

“Music is something I listen to every day, I play guitar and I’m always fiddling about. I listen to everything from classic rock to John Coltrane to The Pixies to Hank Williams. It’s a part of how I wake up in the morning and go to bed at night.”

As for the preparation required for playing a rock star, Lee says it was a challenge first to let it all go for the role, even if it was a slightly ridiculous role.

“It’s difficult at first. Musicians are a special breed, they let it all hang out and just go for it. Even with something silly like Smoky Floyd, you just have to let it all hang out and not really care because rock stars are the ultimate care-free spirits. In the case of Smoky Floyd, you have to make a complete ass of yourself.”

Highlights from the call follow, which should give us a good idea of what to expect from the former My Name Is Earl star for Raising Hope, and into the future.

On the cast of Raising Hope and re-teaming with Greg Garcia:

“It was sort of a reunion of: Greg Garcia, writers, crew members… just having fun. It was like going back to camp. They are all extremely talented. How strange it was that I was going on a set that was just like Earl, but it was their own well-oiled machine. They’re good solid people, light-hearted. I got a really good vibe. Raising Hope has a lot of good Karma.”

On the role of Smoky, and thoughts on the episode:

“You feel for him even though you hate him. He’s annoying and full of himself. I like playing characters with likability, even though they are just jerks. It was like doing an SNL skit… but this episode is very redeeming. I like when people maintain the same style and don’t think they look older but they do, who wears the same clothes as the 80s because he thinks he’s badass. I tried to pull a lot of comedy out of the fact that he looks like a lizard. I made him one of those ridiculously obnoxious people that you love to hate. I hope it’s a redeeming quality.”

On whether Memphis Beat is a preparation for Smoky Floyd:

“Maybe Memphis Beat is a preparation. All those episodes prepared me, but it’s a totally different character… one is likable and one’s an idiot.”

On the hair and makeup required for Smoky:

“I went from bad-ass to even badder-asser. It was three hours in makeup, a lot of work… I even took a photo as it was such good work. I’m not used to dressing like that. I would walk around the set and forget that I looked like a ridiculous rock star.”

On if there were a movie about his life, who he’d want to play him:

“I’m stumped. No funny or witty comeback.”

On the potential of any more half-hour comedies:

“This made me miss what I had on Earl, but it was a lot of hectic work. It was nice seeing the Earl memorabilia on set. I said to Greg, ‘If you do this again, I’d want back in.’ It was an easy decision to do this one character.”

On his preference between drama and comedy roles:

“Just when I think I love exploring Memphis Beat and making it better, [after] playing this part on Raising Hope [I find] that comedy is the best thing. But it’s good to mix it up.”

On being a fan of Raising Hope:

“I’ve watched every episode. I love that there’s a redeeming quality to it. It’s a beautiful thing.”

As for future TV projects, Jason is working on a pilot for Adult Swim, and I asked him if he could let us in on any details. “It takes place in the skateboarding world, I’m starring in it and directing the pilot episode in December. Adult Swim is doing an 11-minute episodic comedy series and if we get picked up we’ll be one of them. It’s very twisted and it’s very out there. Not much is done in that world, and I get to play with that. We’re gearing up to shoot that in a few weeks.”

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The future of the Alchemy social marketing platform

November 26th, 2010 | Videos

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Jamming the future

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Jamming the future

Nokia's cellphone anthropologist Jan Chipchase - interviewed in depth here - blogged this week about the etiquette of connectivity. When is it OK to whip out a phone or laptop, and when is it not?

Chipchase gives the example of a UK cafe that discouraged customers from using laptops by targeting them with bustling cleaners. I've certainly been to places that seem to carefully cultivate an atmosphere that makes people feel they must leave their laptops in their bags, and steal outside to make or receive calls.

Here in London, lovers of non-connectivity were worried this week by suggestions that underground trains may soon get cellphone reception. Trains between cities here commonly have "quiet carriages" where the use of phones and music players is banned. But I think that is unlikely on the Tube - the march of connectivity is set to continue until we just don't question it anymore.

Laptops are largely tolerated in lecture halls and mobile phones are hardly ever banned anywhere anymore. We've rolled over, and adjusted.

Chipchase hints at the idea of places that actually jam mobile or Wi-Fi reception. Also unlikely, I think, but before patches without connectivity are completely eradicated, perhaps they'll become more celebrated for a while. They deserve some commemoration of their passing.

Tom Simonite, online technology editorLabels: cellphones, wireless

Posted by Tom at 5:15 PM