Saturday, October 27, 2007
Here’s a brief movie review, both because I’m tired, and I have to pee quite badly
4 stars out of 5 - The acting and story were both compelling, and David Fincher’s capacity for keeping me on the edge of my seat for most of the 2.5 hours is brilliant. However, it WAS [...]
Tomorrow, for the first time, I’m going to work on a Saturday. And it may be most of a Saturday. Fantastic cap to what must have been one of my worst weeks ever.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
I almost busted out laughing when I saw this picture accompanying the BBC’s story about Bush’s visit to California:
Arnie seriously looks like he’s about to snap the President in twain.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Plenty of commercials use popular and recognizable music to help sell wares. UPS’ brilliant white board ads use The Postal Service’s Such Great Heights. Cadillac abused Led Zeppelin’s Rock and Roll before finally switching to Stars by the alternative rock band, Hum.
What drives me up a wall, however, is the lengths companies go [...]
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Tomorrow evening, October 26th at 6pm, Apple releases OS X 10.5, “Leopard,” to the public. As of this writing, Apple’s retail page indicates that the first 500 visitors (to each store, I believe) will receive a free Leopard t-shirt.
As much as I want the new version, I’m not really in a position to upgrade [...]
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
After a stressful day, nothing makes me smile more than some slapstick comedy. This commercial for the game Flash Focus on the Nintendo DS made my evening so much more jolly:
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
I’m fortunate enough to have a fair amount of vacation time each year. As much as I enjoy taking the occasional long weekend, there’s nothing quite like an extended break to recuperate.
I can tell you after the last several days that I seriously need one of those.
I may work a pretty standard 40-45 hour [...]
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Today’s been a really busy day work-wise, which means it’s been a really slow day blog-wise, but I did manage to find this awesome high-speed-camera clip of a lighter striking and burning:
If a blog is our digital equivalent of a journal (albeit public facing in most cases), then I’ll vent here as I would in a journal.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just got off the phone with the dealership where Val’s car is in NOVA (because we didn’t know any any reputable mechanics near her mom’s house), and it’s gonna [...]