Mitch Hedberg, one of my favorite stand-up comedians of all time, died this week. Allegedly. Early April Fool’s joke?

Edit: This now appears to be not an April Fool’s joke. You can download a torrent of his two CDs here.

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Man oh man, they sure timed last night’s South Park perfectly. They managed to squeeze the Sony PSP and Terry Schiavo into a single episode together – complete with a Last Starfighter reference. South Park is funniest when it’s all about current events.

Watch it! Tivo Link

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ATI provides on their website a single video driver that works with pretty much every chipset they’ve ever made. They call it the Catalyst driver, and they update it pretty regularly so that it can boost performance in games, fix bugs, whatever.

In recent years ATI’s Mobility Radeon series of video processors have worked worked their way into laptops across the industry. ATI feels that the responsibility for providing updated video drivers for these laptops should rest on the shoulders of the laptop manufacturer. They’ve gone so far as to prevent their Catalyst driver installer package from installing on any machine with a Mobility Radeon chip.

That sucks ass because laptop owners often get stuck using hopelessly out-of-date video drivers, most of which are never updated after their initial release.

Luckily someone has seen fit to change all that! DriverHeaven’s Mobility Modder will modify the detection routine of the Catalyst installer, allowing anyone with a mobile ATI video chipset to install the latest drivers from ATI themselves.

Installation is a breeze and the drivers work flawlessly. If you’re using a laptop now and are having troubles running say, Half Life 2, these new drivers will hook you up!

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I don’t know what it is about golf video games, but I love them with an unexplainable passion.

Imagine my joy this morning when I came across Shot Online, a totally free online multiplayer golf game. You can level-up your character, advance your career, earn better clubs, and do all kinds of crazy golf-related things!

FRICKIN SWEET!

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Space Debris just posted Lucien Lavoute and the Travelling Orchestra Volume 7.

I’d never heard of Lucien Lavoute before downloading the album, but it’s worth a listen! This is some of the best tightly-arranged 60s production music you’ll ever hear!

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Radio DavidByrne.com is on the air. Sweet.

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We saw Bonnie McFarlane open for Rich Vos at the Improv Saturday night.

Bonnie opened up with the usual “I’m so sick of crying at work” routine and was generally okay, but Rich had really tightened up his act since he left Last Comic Standing.

I need to visit comedy clubs more often.

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Looks like Tivo rolled out the first of their ‘banner ads while fast-forwarding’ over the weekend.

Now would be a good time to enable the 30-second skip backdoor on your Tivo! To enable the toggle hit Select, Play, Select, 3, 0, Select. This will turn the skip-to-end button (->|) into a 30-second skip button. I’ve had mixed results trying to use it in the past, but now it looks like I’ve got a reason to learn how to use it well.

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ZeldaClassic has been developed into an exact replica of the NES version that we all know and love. Beyond that, Zelda Classic allows the development of new quests that can use either the traditional graphics or enhanced graphics, as well as new enemies, items, and challenges.

This isn’t just some simple rom hacker or emulation tomfoolery – this is a real-life port of 8-bit Zelda to Windows. Once you’ve finished the game you’ll find plenty of downloadable quests to keep you busy, handmade by Zelda lovers just like you and me!

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“The SLEEPTRACKER’s goal is to wake you up at the most optimal time for your body to not feel tired and sluggish.”

Imagine waking up fully-rested every day! It sounds like a scam, but this review claims it works!

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