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Chris Hardwick
Chris Hardwick, host of WIRED Science, has worked in every medium of the entertainment business either as an actor, host or stand-up comedian. Hardwick attended UCLA where he studied math, science and philosophy. A fluke audition in his senior year led to the hosting job for MTV’s “Singled Out,” one of the most successful shows in the channel’s history. From there, Hardwick’s sardonic humor and lightning fast wit earned him a four-year stint as a DJ on KROQ in Los Angeles. Since that time, he has hosted a variety of shows for CBS, NBC, FOX and CNN and has also appeared in numerous sitcoms and films, including “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.” In 2003, Hardwick teamed up with Mike Phirman to form the comedy band Hard n’ Phirm, which is dedicated to spreading the appreciation and awareness of science through comedy. Their music video entitled “Pi,” whose chorus recites approximately 180 digits of pi, has been downloaded from the internet over a million times. Also an actor and stand-up comedian, Hardwick is the son of professional bowler Billy Hardwick.
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Boring Macworld Photos PLUS Parting Thoughts!
by My final thought about the event is that it was a big sack of fun to be there, but I'm not all psyched up about the "big" announcements. I shall further express my lack of psyching in list form...
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Macworld '08: Quicken Redux
Anyone who uses Quicken for PC and then has had the unfortunate displeasure of switching to the Mac version feels an overwhelming sense of castration. Sometimes I feel like Intuit went out of its way to say, "Heeeey, suck it Mac User!" The interface is dreadful, batch editing is a drag and many times I yell at the transaction download system like it was an under-achieving teenage son. You might imagine, therefore, that I was pleased to run into a guy in front of the main showroom handing out flyers for the Intuit booth and its brand new iteration of Quicken for Mac, which will be out this fall.
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2008 CES: The Neonode N2
While eating at a schmancy sushi place in the Venetian, I noticed a Nordic looking fellow when he pulled out what looked like an iPhone accidentally knocked up a CB radio mic. The bastard device in question was the Neonode N2, a cellular phone of Swedish citizenship with no carrier in the US yet.
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2008 CES: 3-D DLP HDTV
Samsung really impressed me this year. From the capable yet stylish Blackjack II cell phone to a powerful virtual surround Sound Bar with a wireless Bluetooth subwoofer to a new Ultra Mobile PC to RSS on your TV to OLEDs and larger smooth HDs to a freaking PERSONAL CELL TOWER, this peddler in electronic delights was probably my favorite overall exhibitor.
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Adam Rogers Labs Out Loud!
I just wanted to throw out a quick plug for my good friend, Adam Rogers, who also happens to be my editor at Wired Mag as well as our delightful roving field geek on Wired Science. He recently chatted with the National Science Teachers Association on their podcast, Lab Out Loud. The NSTA is located in Virginia and boasts a 55,000+ membership. Their main goal involves promoting not just science literacy but scientific excellence in our schools. They also advise Congress on relevant education issues involving science, and help focus attention on the scientific questions that society and its educators need to be asking.
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Holiday Ethics or Blatant Humbuggery?
I live in the Eastern chunk of Hollywood, California (near Silver Lake, for you ironic t-shirt-wearing hipsters). This past Monday, the 19th, I was caught up in the worst traffic jam of the year. "What happened?" I wondered. "What sort of terrible accident has clogged even the sneaky side-streets that usually pave my way home? Geez, I hope no one died..." Then it donned on me. The "terrible accident" was, in fact, the first evening of the annual DWP Holiday Light Festival that illuminates a mile of Griffith Park, which you may remember from such wildfires as "May of This Year." Perhaps it was the hour-long drive that should have taken ten minutes that got me unreasonably riled up, but I was REALLY MAD at the Festival: "A month and a half of unnecessary traffic?!! Why, the very IDEA!!! (or something similar but with more swears)" The anger was lame on my part, I admit, and as the bubbling chemicals from my limbic system began to ebb I wondered how a light festival that stretches a mile long could possibly be good for an energy crisis.
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Viewer Comments! Episode 1
Here is a delightful rant from a viewer in Washington, D.C. who
rightfully assumes that people on TV have no soul or feelings. I'll
address each segment:
Chris Hardwick needs to work on
presentation and language skills. When he's doing a walk-through on the
set reading the script, he's fine, but on the What's Inside and Hack
segments he's terrible.
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The Curious Case of Dr. Megavolt
This Wednesday, October 31st, while your offspring plop down on your living room floor after a long evening of Halloween pillaging and grow plump with high fructose corn syrup, I ask--nay, URGE--you to witness the awesome power of electricity taunter Dr. Megavolt on WIRED Science.
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Greetings, Correlations!
Greetings, Correlations!
I am Chris Hardwick, one of Wired Science's plucky
hosts. The good folks at the Correlations Compound (several leagues
below the surface of the ocean) have graciously allowed me junior
blogging privileges.
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