It finally happened.  After several years… Jupiter Broadcasting finally has a store… store.JupiterBroadcasting.com.

We’re still fleshing it out and adding more goodies, more clothing and the like.  But it is live and fully functional right now.

We don’t handle any of the transactions ourselves.  All purchases end up going through Amazon, Printfection (for the clothing), etc..

Along with the store launching you can find the Jupiter Broadcasting clothing line-up.   Including Linux Action Show shirts and hoodies… as well as shirts that, ahem, make a statement.

We also have sections dedicated to Star Trek, Comics, Linux… and other geeky pursuits.

Every purchase made through the store goes towards off-setting the cost of producing the shows at Jupiter Broadcasting.  We don’t get much per sale, but every little bit helps!  (And, besides, it doesn’t cost you any extra to go through our store than through Amazon.com directly… so why not, right?)

Last September, Sonic Team announced something called “Project Needlemouse”.

There were rumors.  There were assumptions.  Then, in January, Sega USA started teasing us on their blog.

Now, at long last, we know what “Project Needlemouse” is…

Sonic the Hedgehog 4.

This is not a 3D adventure game in the vein of Sonic Adventure.

Nor is it a 2 1/2 D (sorta-ish) game like Sonic Rivals.

It’s also not a pinball game, an Olympic sports game, a racing game or a role playing game.

No sir.  Remember the game called, simply, “Sonic the Hedgehog” for the Sega Genesis?  How about Sonic the Hedgehog 2?  And then Sonic 3?  You know… “The Sonic Trilogy”.

Well now, after years and years of waiting… Sonic team is about to release Sonic the Hedgehog 4.  And it’s got the same style and game-play as the original 3 games.  And it picks up where the third game leaves off.

Awesome.

Set to be released for XBox Arcade, PS3 and Wii (as a downloadable game) this summer.

This, alone, is enough to make my inner Sega fanboy let out a little girlish shriek of glee.

But, the extra cool part?  This is, officially, “Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1″.  Yep.  They’re going episodic.  Which means, if Sonic 4 is good… we can expect more sonic games soon.

The move to Phoenix, Arizona ended up being a 2 and a half day long relocation (aka a short vacation).

After arriving, me and my wife quickly decided two important things:

1. Phoenix is not for us.  It’s nice enough and has some great points.  But it’s not our cup of tea.
2. We live in Western Washington (the greater Seattle area).  This is our home.  We love it here.

So… we’re back!  Just got off the road last night.

And now we are going to take advantage of having so much of our stuff packed up… and get a little house work done.  Some painting, etc.  Good times shall be had.

I’m packing up and moving to Phoenix, Arizona!

After spending the last 15 years (or maybe 16?… something like that!) in the greater Seattle area, it’s time for me, and my little family, to run away from the rain — and find some sunshine.

On January 1st, we’re hitting the road and driving straight there (I love the symbolism of moving to the other side of the country, and to an entirely different climate and a brand new job, on New Years Day).

We’re still working out the details of how this impacts Jupiter Broadcasting but, rest assured, the shows aren’t going away.  I’ll just be… remote.

For reference, as of this exact moment:

Everett, WA (Just north of Seattle) : 42 degrees and raining.  Will be raining and in the 40’s for many days to come.

Phoenix, AZ : 73 degrees and sunny.

We’ve known for a while now that there is a new A-Team movie in the works.

And, admittedly, I’ve been skeptical.

You see, I’m a huge fan of the original series.

The cast was astounding: Mr T, Dwight Schultz (Who you will also remember as Reggie from Star Trek TNG), Dirk Benedict (Starbuck from the original Battlestar Gallactica) and, of course, the great George Peppard.

As a kid, these guys taught me a great deal about what it was to be a real man.  They were funny.  They were loyal.  They planned well and were cautious, but took risks to get things done.  And they always, always helped out the damsel in distress.

Today we got our first look at the cast of the new A-Team movie (which, admittedly, has a great set of actors in it).

And it looks wrong.

The new Face (Bradley Cooper) looks angry.  The attitude is all wrong!  Face is more easy-going, and the ladies love him for it.

The new B.A. (Quinton “Rampage” Jackson)… where is the bling?  B.A. wears a lot of gold chains, end of story.

Murdock (Sharlto Copley)… actually he looks about right.  I love Dwight Shultz’s Murdock… but I think this could work.

And , then there’s Hannibal (Liam Neeson).

He’s got the cigar.  He’s got the gloves.  Heck, he’s even got the hair.

But it just doesn’t feel right.

Then there’s the van.

I’m going to say this once: They got the van wrong, and the van is important.

(Though the van is obscured by a lot of smoke… maybe it’s awesome.  I dunno.  I’ll go out on a limb and just say “Van is causing me PAUSE”.)

For me, this is like if they re-made Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back with a whole new cast (let’s say, Hugh Laurie as Obi-Wan and Neil Patrick Harris as Luke Skywalker)… okay, that actually sounds pretty damned epic.

How about if they re-made The Empire Strikes Back with Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker (Balki and Larry from Perfect Strangers)… wait.  Dude that would be awesome too.

Okay.  Maybe Empire Strikes Back is a bad example.  But here’s the point I’m trying to make (other than they obviously should re-make The Empire Strikes Back, apparently):

I’ll be there opening night for this movie.  But I’m pretty sure it’ll tork me off.