New Blogger coming!

For everyone that writes their blog here on Blogger like me, they've announced a massively upgraded new version! It seems they're adding tags and categories for posts, RSS feeds for comments and other stuff, new templates, more control over who reads your blog and finally and end to the accursed "publishing" system. That's right, when you post in the new beta version, it's live instantly - no more finding out that blogger is down after you've watched that publishing graphic spin for 5 minutes. And there was much rejoicing.

Links: New Blogger Upgrade

Star Wars Lost Scenes on Youtube!

If you're a Star Wars fan (and really, if you're reading a blog called "News from the Nerdiverse" how could you not be?) you've probably heard about a bunch of different scenes from the original trilogy that hit the cutting room floor, never to be seen again. Until now. While these aren't all the scenes I'd love to see, a user posted 2 deleted scenes and 1 extended rough cut from A New Hope. The 2 deleted scenes feature Luke on Tatooine hanging out with his pals (if you've listened to the radio dramas you know what I'm talking about) and the extended rough cut scene is the cantina scene. For the record Han shoots first. In fact it's not even "first" - he kills Greedo so dead he doesn't even get off a shot.

Links: Star Wars Cut Scenes on YouTube | Web Site Home of Star Wars Deleted Scenes

Shiny Apple Goodness...

So yesterday was the opening keynote for the Apple WWDC, and Steve Jobs showed off some fun new toys including new "Mac Pros" - quad-Xeon behmoth computers, new Xserves (a rack computer only a geek could love) and a sneak peak at the next Apple operating system! So if you're a mac fan, revel in the Reality Distortion Field and go check out the new mac hotness!

Links: Mac OSX Leapord Preview | The Mac Pro | Watch the Keynote

The Dark Knight

I seem to have a lot of movie and entertainment news this week. Warner Bros. have just announced the new title of the next Batman movie, it's called "The Dark Knight". They also confirmed that Heath Ledger will be playing the Joker, and there's rumors that the Penguin and Two-Face might make appearances in the film. I'm not sure about Ledger as the Joker, but as long as they stear clear of Tommy Lee Jones this time around I should be ok.

Links: The Dark Knight