This might be the thing that makes me buy a HD DirecTivo. MSNBC is reporting that TiVo and Netflix are getting in bed together. If you have a network based TiVo (I don’t) you’ll be able to download movies from NetFlix directly instead of waiting for the DVDs to show up. If the movies are… Continue reading Netflix via Tivo??
L’ Avventura
Avventura, L’ (1960) is an award winning Italian film from 1960. I’d seen this movie in the Criterion catalog since the first year I worked at Voyager in 1988 but never got around to seeing it. it is a bit slow, but the scenery is great. The plot is not obvious as you are taken… Continue reading L’ Avventura
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo & Stitch (2002) was cute, but I just can’t have the adoration for some of the new Disney stuff as I have for the classics. I was yawning. Give me Pinocchio any day 🙂
A Clockwork Orange
Alright, Clockwork Orange, A (1971) was amazing, creepy, freaky and just odd. Artistically the movie was fantastic. I suppose it was an interesting statement on humanity, draped in sexual violence. Kubrick had a think for the sexual subculture it seems. This really is a must see, and I think I’ll have to watch it again,… Continue reading A Clockwork Orange
Network
I’d heard some of the famous lines from Network (1976) many times, such as “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.” What is scary is how accurate the film was in predicting how attached to the tube we’d become and now brain dead a society we’d become. The current elections… Continue reading Network
Meaning of Life
I finally was able to see Meaning of Life, The (1983) all the way through. I love Python but I’d always watch this late and fall asleep. I think it was the sketch nature of the movie. I can’t say it is my favorite of their works but at least I fully understand the ferocity… Continue reading Meaning of Life
Misery
Wow, I had never gotten around to seeing this and no wonder Kathy Bates got pegged as a psycho. She really owned the role of Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990). James Caan did a fine role also, but it was Bates who stole the show. What a creepy, creepy performance. Anyone care to kill off… Continue reading Misery
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Saw League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003) on HBO last week. It was better than I had thought it would be and has inspired me to read “The picture of Dorian Grey” I found the size of the Nautilus fascinating and I am sure it is not due to any phallic reference. Capt. Nemo was… Continue reading The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Peter Pan
Believe it or not, Disneyland freak me had never seen the original Peter Pan (1953), as least not to my recollection. So I saw it. Tinkerbell was a bitch! Wow what a bunch of jealous women on that island. No wonder so many guys never want to reach Never Never Land with a woman. LOL.… Continue reading Peter Pan
M
I rented Criterion’s M (1931) not really knowing what to expect. I enjoyed it, but it was a tad long and slow. However, for a 1931 film, I thought the acting was quite good and it had that Frankenstein feel, you know, the audio crackling, missing frames, etc. I really dig that. The movie was… Continue reading M
The Experiment
Experiment, Das (2001) movie was great – German origin, subtitles, about an experiment to simulate a prison, using volunteers off the street. Acting was well done, a tad predictable, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Canvas inkjet paper
This is so cool. I picked up some Office Depot canvas inkjet paper and printed out the TIFF scan of my Haunted Mansion sketch. It came out incredible! I’m going to mount it in a frame with two other art pieces of mine that i have yet to create. I bought it with glass, but… Continue reading Canvas inkjet paper
Goths at Disneyland explained
Sabina and I saw a ton of goths at Disneyland last Sunday. Here is the explanation.
Jon Hicks creates new BBEdit Icon
Jon Hicks of Firefox icon fame has created a new BBEdit 8 icon. Much nicer in my opinion!
Big Cat
Brent Simmons (NetNewsWire fame) did it again with Big Cat. While not new, this little plugin lets you write contextual menu items in AppleScript and Unix shell scripts. One plugin to filter text/files and then it dispatches to the chosen script. Much faster than having 100 individual plugins!
new iMac G5
I’m not so sure I like the new iMac. It looks like something Gateway would create. I can’t tell if the screen can move up and down, although I know it tilts. It is lighter, and presumably faster. I guess all of the cables go up the middle on the back. I wonder why they… Continue reading new iMac G5
Microsoft slaughters steer, shows longhorn full of hormones
Ars reports that Microsoft will be nuking WinFS, the much touted metadata file system from Longhorn such that it can ‘ship in 2006’ The bloodletting has begun. Longhorn was being OS X before Microsoft started cutting features. Do you think they will stop with WinFS? Probably not. As with XP SP 2, they’ve proven that… Continue reading Microsoft slaughters steer, shows longhorn full of hormones
My SP2 experiences
Windows update reported a 78mb SP2 patch Started the download. After about 20 mins of “preparing” (I guess saving off old stuff) it is downloading a 95Mb file. Good to see Windows can still count. No wait, now it is backing up after starting the install Rebooted, have Windows XP “Please wait…..” blue screen That… Continue reading My SP2 experiences
Katie Galaxy
I’ve added a permalink to Maggie’s wonderful Katie Galaxy comic strip. Maggie is one of the most insightful, outspoken, caring, loving people you could meet – Toss her some props for the amazing work she is doing as an amateur artist!
Flaws already found in SP2 – Go Microsoft!
In the “You can’t teach an old dog new security tricks” a firm in Germany has reported finding several flaws in SP2 that allow circumvention of the new security dialogs. Nice job, MS. As Gates said, “This is really important software.” Obviously MS put it’s best design/QA team on the job! Full article