Ozzzzitup
Friday, July 30, 2004 »
Yes, this is from yesterday's paper, but it's still a pretty cool header.
I, Willsmith
Monday, July 26, 2004 »
Somehow I wound up seeing I, Robot. Reactions:
- This movie had the most blatant product placement ever, and there was a lot of it.
- The one-on-one, robot-on-robot fight scenes could have been longer and more creative. The robots actually looked fairly life-like (as in, not blatantly CG), so it wouldn't be a total tune-out moment like, say, insane computer-animated werewolves vs. insane computer-animated vampires.
- Will Smith has a ridiculously large torso.
- About halfway through the movie there is a completely unexpected plot development. (Like Matchstick Men-unexpected.) I was hoping it would have some mindblowingly clever explanation to it, but it did not. Disappointing.
- Of all the jokes they tried to fit into the script, exactly one of them was actually funny.
- The scene with Will Smith standing on a catwalk with the camera rotating about the x-axis: how did they do that
- People on the IMDb boards who seem think that the three laws of robotics were invented just for this movie: I love all of you.
- Eating entire sweet potato pies every morning for breakfast (let alone while walking down the street) is a GREAT IDEA, possibly second only to using a Nilla Wafer crust.
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To-do list update
Sunday, July 25, 2004 »
1. At my next job interview, when they ask me where I see myself in five years, answer with, "Working at Fry's Electronics, as the guy who points people to open cashiers."
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Supremacy, The Bourne
Saturday, July 24, 2004 »
The Bourne Identity caught me by surprise. I was expecting it to be a pretty generic action flick, but it turned out to have an interesting plot, some pretty exciting car chases, and, of course, Matt Damon beating up a lot of people awesomely. So it almost goes without saying that I was looking forward to seeing The Bourne Supremacy tonight. This wasn't helped by extremely favorable reviews in the paper and all over the Web.
Unfortunately, I have to say I was disappointed. Now, that probably sounds like a bit of a deterrent. You may be thinking, oh, now I'm having second thoughts about seeing this movie. That should not be the case. I definitely recommend seeing it. I enjoyed it. It was a good movie. Matt Damon continues to elude the CIA, beat people up, and do awesome things involving a toaster. There's even a lengthy car chase through Moscow at the end. The frenetic camera work during said car chase (and during several of the other fight/chase sequences) left a lot to be desired, but I wouldn't say it ruined the movie.
What really disappointed me is that they didn't even come close to topping the body-surfing stunt from the first movie. Not at all. I can't really blame them, though. It's a very difficult act to follow.
Yeah it's like 5 AM.
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VOLDO
Sunday, July 18, 2004 »
Yes, that Voldo. And he dances. About two-thirds through the movie, I'm not sure what's going on there. But it's Voldo, so it's expected that whatever happens is automatically going to be weird.
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I just found this and it is awesome
Friday, July 16, 2004 »
The date on the file says July 16, 2001.
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New wallpaper: Sharkhat
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 »
This is a throwback to the old days when I'd randomly make a wallpaper without even thinking of how well it would function as someone's desktop. But anyway, here it is. Maybe someone will actually use it.
p.s. i hate macromedia products
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iTMSx100,000,000
Sunday, July 11, 2004 »
Follow-up to the previous post about iTunes's 100 millionth song: I just returned from a Berkeley day trip about 20 minutes ago, and iTunes had sold 99,983,029 songs. I figured it would be a good time to load up the store to make my purchases. However, as far as I can tell, the servers are absolutely overloaded. It still says "accessing" as I type this. Also, the 100 million barrier was soon breached, as in the next ten minutes they sold over 30,000 songs. Wow.
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iTunes Music Store VERSUS Tomoyasu Hotei
Saturday, July 10, 2004 »
As Apple's iTunes Music Store hurtles rapidly toward 100,000,000 songs, I find myself wondering if there are five or six songs I could toss into my shopping cart in hopes of landing the grand prize. Nathan brought up a good point that I probably don't stand a chance against people willing to drop hundreds of dollars for a chance at winning (the grand prize, a 17-inch Powerbook, 40GB iPod and 10,000 song downloads, is worth about $13,000), but I see this as a fun excuse to blindly try out a handful of new artists.
So then Ken pointed out that there is a Tomoyasu Hotei album on iTMS. In case you don't know, Tomoyasu Hotei is an insane Japanese guitarist who is probably on my short list of the world's most awesome people. Anyway, this album, Electric Samurai (+1000 cool points right there), features 14 tracks of him rocking out, including "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" #2 and #3. After listening to a few of the samples, I added it to my shopping cart, figuring this would be a good way to increase my entries toward the 100 millionth song while allowing me to listen to it a little before I eventually order the actual album.
Then I paused and thought. To me, one of the reasons MP3s haven't completely replaced CDs is the fact that they're just files on the computer. I still like to have actual CDs. While it's very convenient that I can pay $10 for a high-quality, digital copy of an album on the iTunes Music Store, it doesn't come with a disc, liner notes, album art, or any of that. Even though I'll often download a new album to listen to, I still plan to buy physical versions of the ones I really like. So, while it may be practical to go to iTMS for new singles or individual tracks off otherwise mediocre albums, it doesn't make sense for full albums since I know I would eventually end up paying for the same album twice.
Of course, if I were to actually win the 10,000 free songs, that would probably complicate things.
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Anchorman
Saturday, July 10, 2004 »
I N S A N E
Addendum: I don't feel this entry effectively conveys the full insanity and hilarity of Anchorman. However, I don't think it would be appropriate to attempt a serious review, much less a coherent one. So, a list of memorable quotes that Ken, Noah and I have been repeating mercilessly for the last 24 hours:
- Why don't you go back to your home on whore island?
- I love carpet. I love desk. I love lamp. I love lamp!
- I'm riding a big, furry tractor!
- I just burned my tongue.
- I'm going to shoot you in the back of the head with a BB gun.
- I stabbed a man in the heart.
- I ate a big red candle.
- I'm going to punch you in the ovary.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!
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How's everything tasting over here?
Wednesday, July 7, 2004 »
Over the last few years, I've noticed that instead of the usual, "how is everything?", waiters instead tend to ask me, "how's everything tasting?" What I can't figure out is if this is unique to Southern California or if this is just the new, more politically correct or customer-friendly method of inquiry. Whatever the reason, it's pretty annoying.
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Nothing to do with the Dodgeball ordeal
Monday, July 5, 2004 »
I'll be down in Sanata Barbara this week, chillin' like a billin. Ich komme am Freitag zurück.
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Final Fantasy X-2
Sunday, July 4, 2004 »
Square should have just called this Final Fantasy Stay up Till 5 AM Playing the Most Inane Minigames in the World While Completely Ignoring the Main Plot. HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
