June 2008
31 posts
Firefox 3 is the Truth. Make it your primary. Do... →
““The nuclear bomb? Does that bother you?”
“I just want you...”
– Richard Nixon to Henry Kissinger in 1972 on his desire to “go nuclear” in the Vietnam conflict as heard in the excellent “War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death”
Late Adopter: 30 Rock
Multiple parties asked me if I had checked NBC’s “30 Rock” so I watched an episode last year and was less than impressed (though I got a chuckle out of Alec Baldwin’s character, how can you not?). Well, I’ve given it another run and I’m fully locked. It is laugh out loud funny and has great topical jokes very clever writing. Great production value, fun...
Review: The Happening
First of all, this film isn’t THAT bad. It has an interesting idea behind it and several scenes that are worthwhile. The critics have almost universally despised it and I think that’s somewhat unfair considering it isn’t nearly as bad as a lot of releases. I guarantee those critics have not lambasted films far worse and whose content don’t have anything nearly as original as the basic premise of...
Words that you don't want to read on the Internet:... →
David Brooks Continues to Struggle to Find... →
I like David Brooks. I read him regularly. But lately he’s been struggling to find something to say that is as meaningful as even his most uninspired work. In his most recent column he takes Obama to task for being a good politician. I understand and will be the first to admit that there is a degree of hypocrisy in Obama’s anti-politics politics, but David Brooks is certainly savvy...
Jaws Attacks!
Don’t forget to check out the record that’s out now at jawsattacks.com
Josh Homme Shreds →
Drobo - Data Backup "Robot"
Calling Drobo a “robot” is kind of a stretch (although I suppose technically correct), but it sure is cool. I had it up and running (and fully updated) in about 5 minutes. It was recommended to me by my friend Hunter and I can whole-heartedly recommend it to you. Thanks Hanz!
WatchTeam Fortress 2 has hands down the best art direction in any FPS ever. There are “Meet the …” trailers for the Soldier, Engineer, Heavy, Demoman and Scout as well. Be sure and check ‘em all. And if you haven’t played TF2, you gotta at least give it a run. It is absolutely worth the effort.
Another Drive Down
One of my 3 Lacie Firewire drives went down yesterday. That’s the 2nd HD in the last 3 months. Incredibly annoying. My hope is that it is just the power supply, but I think it may be the drive.
My faith in firewire drives is waning rapidly. My faith in drives period is fading. I’m not sure the fact that 4 failing drives out of an estimated 30 I’ve had in the last 10 years...
Southland Tales: The Worst Movie of the Last...
When I heard “Donnie Darko” director Richard Kelly was making a post-apocalyptic film set in LA I thought we were in for good things. Especially when I read he had almost complete creative control. Not only is “Southland Tales” singularly awful, but it is actually so bad it makes his previous effort worse. Donnie Darko was a film that had some gaps of logic that ultimately...
Summer in Malibu
The early Summer months are always the ones that bring out the - how to put this politely - casual surfer. A lot of scenes like the one I saw earlier with three guys in a yellow jeep with one Channel Islands surfboard promenently displayed in the ride. What are you guys gonna share? That CI looks suspiciously new too dudes. By July a lot of them are done “surfing” and the people...
Blog It Test
This is a test post from the Blog It iPhone app. Not sure how often I’m gonna fire off posts on the iPhone, but I like the option.
Meet the Press: The Best Stay the Best?
What makes Tim Russert’s passing even more of a bummer to me is that his show was simply the best political show on network television. I hope that it maintains its level of quality even if it will never be quite the same. I’m watching The McLaughlin Group (“an American original!”) right now and it is simply so bad I can hardly stand it. I know in its day it was probably...
Sunday's will be a little empty for me now. ... →
Ralph Nader told you so, now give him money!
theaudible:
From Votenader.org:
From food safety (bad tomatoes), to cracking down on corporate crime (sub-prime meltdown), to the oil industry ($4 a gallon), to health insurance (42 percent of adult Americans now underinsured or uninsured), to the corporate control of the two major political parties (corporate contributions to the Democratic Party convention in Denver), to the war in Iraq, to...
Why more stars will be funding their own companies...
Will Ferrell’s FunnyorDie takes HBO for up to $10 million
We’re going to see a lot of stars do things like this in the coming months and years. Smart people realize that the distribution channels controlled by large corporations are going to be increasingly marginalized in the not-too-distant future. They know that they’ll be able to reach an audience directly and maintain...
The NBA, Donaghy and Ralph Nader
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* A disgraced ref drops a bombshell
Man, everyone is saying people who think the NBA is manipulated are “conspiracy theorists” and should “go away”. It’s sheep-like thought such as that that gets us into trouble collectively. Like, oh I dunno, a war.
* Here’s Ralph Nader taking David Stern to task for just what Donaghy is saying
This is from back in 2002. I mean, Nader is only...
Funny, I brokered this story with Adam and Matt. ... →
Nader vs. Stern →
Bill Simmons, the NBA "Product" and You
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EDIT: You know, I got a little carried away with a portion of this post. And I want to put this edit here and apologize to Kelly Dwyer. After the abortion that was Game 2 of this series I immediately went to the Ball Don’t Lie Live blog, fully expecting to see the creme-de-la-creme of the NBA blog world calling it what it was. Especially KD. He didn’t see it like I did (which I...
Google Logo
Call it a gut feeling, but I think soon Google is gonna change it’s logo. And it’s gonna be purple-ish.
Hunter is suffering from an acute case of...
hanchor:
Converse hates me. Why do they discontinue the One Star, then make it again, then kill it again. Like Fender with the Mustang… Sucks.