Rocket Silence » nbc http://rocketsilence.com/db Imagine Content Worth Reading Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:07:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Re: Matt Santos pals around with serial killers http://rocketsilence.com/db/2008/11/12/re-matt-santos-pals-around-with-serial-killers/ http://rocketsilence.com/db/2008/11/12/re-matt-santos-pals-around-with-serial-killers/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:34:16 +0000 Carlos http://rocketsilence.com/db/?p=191 I’m saddened so few people got my joke earlier on Twitter, so much so that I feel it necessary to explain it because it involves two excellent dramas that everyone needs to have watched in their lifetime.

First, Matt Santos was a character on the West Wing played by Jimmy Smits. Santos was a Democratic senator from Texas who ascended to the presidency on the show. Writers on the West Wing noted that Santos’ character was based on upstart Illinois senator and President-elect Barack Obama.

Jimmy Smits has a recurring role as Miguel Prado on the Showtime drama Dexter. He plays a District Attorney who has become quite fond of Dexter Morgan, a serial killer who only kills those who kill others. Next, Sarah Palin, running mate of John McCain, stated in the final weeks of the election that “[Obama] pals around with terrorists”.

Therefore, “Matt Santos pals around with serial killers” is funny.

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In order to watch a few events of the 2008 Olympics that I wanted to see from nbcolympics.com, I was forced to install Microsoft Silverlight on OS X. I had resisted for quite a while, but I guess the Beijing Olympics are the huge foot in the door that Microsoft has been looking for. After installing, I was pleased to see that there is a whole freaking tab just for digital rights management. I’m glad that the competitor to Adobe Flash makes it clear out of the gate what it’s about – keeping the content provided in control and a user experience second. Kudos.

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