About this product: It happened more or less by accident; the people who made it happen wereamateurs; and for the most part they still are. From his own Silicon Valley garage, author Bob Cringley puts PC bigshots and nerds on the spot, and tells their incredible true stories. Like the industry itself, the series is informative, funny and brash. Some of the episode participants include: Bill Gates (Chairman of Microsoft, the richest man in the world), Steve Jobs (Hippie co-founder of Apple Computer; CEO of NeXT Computer; and the man who wanted to change the world), and Steve Wozniak (Co-founder of Apple Computer; engineering genius, practical joker).
Written and Presented by: Bob Cringely
All 3 volumes on 1 DVD:
*Impressing Their Friends
*Riding the Bear
*Great Artists Steal
DVD has English Sub-titles that can be turned on or off.
About this product: This dramatization of the tangled history of Apple Computer and Microsoft, based on a book by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine, hits enough of the right notes to make its failures all the more frustrating. The script follows the entwined paths of Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates with a pointed sense of the cultural divide between the hip, self-absorbed Apple cofounder and the brilliant alpha geek behind Microsoft's eventual software empire, contrasting the Mac's countercultural underpinnings with the PC's more strait-laced origins. But Pirates of Silicon Valley seemingly can't decide whether it wants to be a serious-minded history of these key figures in the personal computer revolution or a trashy wallow in the more ignoble foibles of its principals. As a result, it falls short of exacting history while never achieving the guilty pleasure it might have.
If Gates has become synonymous with corporate conquest at its most striking, Pirates' interest lies more with Jobs, given a nervous energy and flashes of adolescent selfishness by Noah Wyle, who benefits from a reasonable physical resemblance to the Apple chief. Eyewear and a comb-over do nearly as well for Anthony Michael Hall, who also grafts some of Bill Gates's better-known mannerisms onto his performance and renders Gates as a smart if socially maladroit entrepreneur who, like Jobs, provides the ambition and business savvy to exploit his partner's computing talents. There are a few fanciful touches (Ballmer and Wozniak become Greek choruses, addressing the viewer as they comment on the principals), but the story plays out in straightforward fashion. It's tantalizing to consider how the Apple/PC melodrama might have fared with an edgier, more openly satirical script. --Sam Sutherland
About this product: Job Coaching Strategies focuses on the successful supported employment of Nick, a young man with multiple disabilities. Nick's accomplishments, and the techniques used to facilitate them, are detailed by his Job Coach, parents and the host, Steve Tenpas, who has trained Job Coaches for 15 years.
In addition, assessment interviews and case studies offer in-depth exploration into many issues of supported employment. Comprehensive DVD indexing of subject matter allows quick review of topics. Job Coaching Strategies is a concise, goal oriented staff development program.
About this product: First, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple talks about his new company Pixar with John Lasseter, the director of the new Pixar film, Toy Story. Then, illusionist David Copperfield discusses his upcoming Broadway debut in Dreams and Nightmares. A dialogue on the new exhibit The Master Drawings Rediscovered, at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, with Dr. Mikhail Piotrovsky, the museum's director.
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About this product: All of our friends are pretending to be different occupations and we play Blue's Clues to figure out what Blue wants to be. Steve who is being a reporter for the day needs our help figuring out what occupations our other friends are pretending to be. Then we skidoo into a picture and help Door build his house by calling on the right workers to complete their appropriate tasks.System Requirements:Running Time 102 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: NR UPC: 097368899148 Manufacturer No: 889914
About this product: From Isaac Stern discovering an original Brahms manuscript and Francis Ford Coppola celebrating the preservation of lost films, to Julia Child with the world's first cookbook and Penn & Teller trapped deep inside the Houdini Collection, this hour film examines the world's largest repository of human thought and culture. Stewart Brand, Richard Wurman and Steve Jobs speculate on the future of the Library as it move into the emerging global information environment. Sam Waterston and Gore Vidal share their insights into Lincoln and their research at the Library, while Pete Seeger recalls the early field recording trips he made for the Library's Folk Archive. Dr. James Watson speculates on the information explosion in science and the unprecedented amount of data needed for the Human Genome Project. The first film ever commissioned by the Library of Congress, Memory and Imagination explores the Library's hidden treasures and awe-inspiring prospects for the digital global village. National broadcast on PBS
About this product: Your Guide to True Happiness is a brand new DVD featuring New Zealand's leading motivational speakers and expert guides to self-esteem, contentment and happiness. If you have been searching for the secret to feeling happier at home, at work, with friends and family, then this 70-minute DVD can help you. Among the nine featured experts offering guidance on money, health, depression, well-being and work, are The Attitude Doctor - Dr Tom Mulholland, leadership coach Clive Littin, self-esteem guru Janice Davies and Dr Robin Kelly. Aimed at people that are not feeling contented in their life, this excellent and thought-provoking video offers a perfect starting point. DVD chapters include How to be happy at work, Coping with depression, How to find happiness and answers the big question we all ask; Can you buy happiness? Your Guide to True Happiness will help you feel better about yourself and see the world in a whole new light. It is spiritual, motivational and above all - provides you with the tools you need to help you change your life for the better. After watching it you will start to discover a more positive you and become a person that smiles, embraces life and helps others to become more content. Every time you watch the DVD you'll pick up something new to help you.
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About this product: 1999 film starring Josh Hamilton & Steve Zahn tells the story of a brain-fried stoner & his best friend. NTSC/Region 0. Panorama. 2004.
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