Find The MacGuffin
I’m slowly working my way through the 2007 Best Picture nominees. Last week, N and I watched the Blu-Ray disc of No Country For Old Men, and this weekend it was the Blu-Ray of Juno (or, as I like to call it: Gilmore Girls: The Movie). I love that NetFlix rents Blu-Rays, BTW.
In [...]
The Other Side Of The Tracks
Yesterday, I went to the theater to watch a documentary about NASCAR. I don’t know much about the sport, so I thought it would be a good introduction. I did learn a lot of things; I guess I had a lot of misconceptions. For one thing, the cars were a lot more [...]
Wallets Are Holding Us Down
Will phones ever replace wallets? According to this article, yes, but it’s still a ways away – 2012 at the earliest.
I know the article is primarily focused on the use of phones to make payments wherever you would use a credit or debit card, but I want a phone(/pda) that will replace all the [...]
Comparing Donkey Schlongs
I finally got a chance to see The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters tonight. Fabulous. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll kiss two bits goodbye. The story of champion Donkey Kong player Billy Mitchell vs challenger Steve Wiebe is a tale for the ages.
Though I did play a lot arcade games [...]
Will Haptics Make Me Happy?
I found this news article interesting: iPhone-Blackberry Battle Will Be Fought Over Keyboards.
Quote: In spite of all the well-deserved hoopla about the iPhone, RIM still has an impregnable position in enterprise and corporate markets — its tactile QWERTY keyboard is way more accurate than Apple’s glass keyboard, and corporate types are less tolerant of [...]
The XVI-Files: I Want To Believe
Wow, the Catholic Church is getting more and more enlightened all the time: Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens. Of course, this is coming from a Jesuit, and everyone knows they’re not real Catholics. They’re like the Star Trek “fans” who go to conventions but don’t dress up like Klingons or Vulcans. [...]
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