2 years ago

I pulled a Scott this weekend and watched five movies: The Squid and the Whale, Bubble, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Island and Everything Is Illuminated. Of them all, Everything Is Illuminated was my favorite. I will also say that Michael Bay sure knows how to do a car chase.

Bubble had a similar feel to Gus Van Sant' Elephant, but wasn't satisfying. However, the commentary track from Steven Soderberg and Mark Romanek was. Romanek was a pleasant surprise. Definitely more of a technical conversation about the film making process, but cool to sit in and listen to those two talk about film for an hour or so.

During the commentary, Soderberg mentioned In This World by Michael Winterbottom. That recommendation and the 90% rating at Rotten Tomatoes definitely piqued my interest. comments

2 years ago

Looks like Google launched their calendar on us and it's awesome: calendar sharing, iCal publishing, integration with Gmail, cell phone reminders. Here's the official word from Google on the calendar launch. comments

2 years ago

In my search for a cleaner solution to the upcoming IE ActiveX update, I stumbled onto Flash Object over at deconcept.com. I need to test it out with our sites at work, but looks as if that's what I'm switching to for Flash detection and embedding. comments

2 years ago

Looks like CNN rolled out a new home page over the weekend. comments

2 years ago

In addition to a pretty eventful weekend hanging out with Amy, Jeremy and my brother, I managed to squeeze in four movies: V For Vendetta, The Aristocrats, Serenity and Jarhead. In that order, here are my one-word reviews: Excellent, tedious, superb, satisfactory. comments

2 years ago

Great video review of the Nintendo DS Lite by Cabel Sasser. comments

3 years ago

There's an interview with Joshua Davis over at Wired. comments

3 years ago

Here's the integral question from a recent Engadget interview with Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo and why I will always love that company.

I know we don't have a ton of time left, so one of the last things I wanted to ask you about was about how Sony and Microsoft are positioning their new consoles as multimedia digital entertainment devices in addition to gaming devices, something which Nintendo has not emphasized. Sony talks about the PSP and how it can play music and video, and while the DS can have those capabilities, it's not something Nintendo talks about very much. What is Nintendo's philosophy about all this stuff going forward? Do you see multimedia as a distraction from gaming?

Our philosophy is that consumers want great gaming experiences and our passion is delivering great gaming experiences. In the home console space, we believe that the best way to do that is with a dedicated machine. In the handheld space, as you've said, the DS does have other capabilities in the multimedia area, but we believe it's important to first establish its credentials as a superb game playing device.

To be perfectly clear, the Microsoft and Sony strategies are based on overall corporate objectives versus what's right for the consumer. That's a reality. Microsoft is essentially trying to get you to put a PC in your living room because they are fundamentally a PC software company. Sony is trying to get you to put an entertainment hub that has Blu-ray technology because that's important to their movie business and the rest of their entire electronics business.

We are a gaming company. We are gamers at heart. We love creating great, innovative content and superbly designed hardware, that's what we do. And with that passion comes a laser like focus to do things that are right for the consumer and right for the business. That's the fundamental difference in our strategy versus our competition. comments

3 years ago

Jared Hess + Jack Black = Nacho Libre. comments

3 years ago

The Western State series over at Coudal is pretty nice. They've been up there for a while it seems, but they are great shorts. comments

3 years ago

The Gameboy Micro mini-site from 2Advanced is probably the first tasteful thing I've seen from those guys in a long time. comments

3 years ago

There's an Artist Series Documentary featuring Mark Romanek up over at Hillman Curtis. Watch the one on Pentagram while you're there, too. comments

3 years ago

Exxon Mobil posts record profits for the second quarter in a row. Gas prices? About the same. comments

3 years ago

I've seen hints of what's coming as far as markup on the web, but the IBM series The Future of HTML definitely spells it out for me. Part one of the series deals with the WHATWG, HTML 5 and Web Forms 2. Whereas, Part two takes on the future of XHTML 2.

HTML more confined to standards mixed with Web Forms 2 sounds like a great start to me. A total adoption of either seems impossible. Obviously, any of these changes will be phased in over several years. comments

3 years ago

Apparently, these are the IPs for the upcoming "BigDaddy" algorithm switch at Google: 66.249.93.104 and 64.233.179.104. I was still at the top of the list for "Robbie Player", but apparently it's supposed to shake things up a bit. comments

3 years ago

The owner of Abercrombie & Fitch looks weird. comments

3 years ago

Awesome breakdown of Web Authoring Statistics from Google. I'll have to dig through this more at home. comments

3 years ago

I haven't ever had a reason to use the Favorites options on Flickr until I saw this picture of Ben's friend Justin. So good. comments

3 years ago

I'll have to try out the Paper CD Case. If anything, just another clever way to package mixes. comments

3 years ago

If there is any justice in this world, Mastodon will go down in history as the best metal band of my generation. comments

3 years ago

I agree with the University of Minnesota and 37 Signals: meetings are usually more detrimental than helpful. Length, lack of focus and poor preparation are usually to blame. comments

3 years ago

Picasa rocks. Just point it at a couple folders and you're on your way. Utterly painless. comments

3 years ago

I like dabbling with the XP command line occasionally. This XP/2000 command list is the best reference I've seen. comments

3 years ago

I completely cleaned out IE 6 yesterday and moved everything over to Firefox for good. In the process, I remembered I used to be addicted to Invisibles. I immediately added it back to my bookmarks. Glad to see it's still updated weekly. comments

3 years ago

I understand why Windows XP/Vista eventually running on the new Intel-Macs is positive for Apple, but the real question is will the Intel build of OS X run on my PC? comments

3 years ago

All the 2006 predictions have started rolling out. Two lists I've seen that seem reasonably plausible are I, Cringely and Popular Mechanics.

Things that will affect my life in '06: metadata, the proliferation of AJAX, new stuff from Google, NAND Flash memory, and Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia. comments

3 years ago

I may at some point or another, if you've had a meal with me, have mentioned aperitifs and digestifs. I almost always get a puzzled look in return. Nevertheless, for all of you in the dark, an aperitif is drink that is served before a meal to stimulate the appetite (e.g., sherry is a popular one, as well Greek ouzo — like an appetizer). As you may have guessed, a digestif is served after a meal and should aid in digestion (e.g., brandy and cognac are popular). Basically, a lighter, sweeter drink beforehand, a heavy, strong drink afterwards.

There is no point to this post, other than to educate those who may not have known what I was talking about at the time. I don't know why this idea has always attracted me (although I believe it may have been in the movie Made), but I'd like to get back to the usage of aperitifs and digestifs. If only to see if they actually do aid in creating an appetite and/or digestion.

Yeah, I know this is weird way to start 2006. comments

3 years ago

To the handful of people who come here regularly, I'll be attempting to take a break from the interweb over the Christmas and New Year holidays. I should be back to posting again on January 2nd. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone! comments

3 years ago

ExtraTasty is live. Get your booze on. comments

3 years ago

I'm going to consider this the final push I needed to finally remove Mac IE 5 from my machine at work. comments

3 years ago

C82 posted a great alternative to a multiple select element. Displaying the information as a scrollable checklist is a much more intuitive solution. comments

3 years ago

Apparently, you can design a single shirt and have it printed over at Spreadshirt. Quality is the big variable, of course. comments

3 years ago

I was told about The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst several years back. Richard Rutter is applying the same ideas covered in the book to the web through CSS. Should prove to be a useful resource, if only to motivate me to buy a copy of the original book. comments

3 years ago

IE 7 to use Mozilla's RSS icon. Now if only Republicans and Democrats could play nice. comments

3 years ago

Giant jellyfish terrorize the people of Japan! comments

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