ME WANT!!!
Found a new cool geek store: Fractal Spin.
Oh sorry: “frActAlspIn[D()T]cOm”
Ah well, their uber-cool geek swag more than makes up for the pretentious leet-speek. That is honestly one of the coolest looking messenger bags I’ve ever seen. I just really can’t justify 55 bones (US, not that it means quite as much these days) for a glorified man-purse.
But if any of you felt like being really really nice to me… my birthday’s coming up in….. 10 months or so…
How cool would this be?
I’m starting to think about law school again. Hoping maybe my professional experience will outweigh my… less than exemplary academic record. May be worth taking a few night classes to “upgrade”.
Hate to admit it, but this job is just not working out NEARLY as well as I had hoped. Time once again to look for ways to improve myself.
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
Gotta figure the same thing applies to jobs.
The journey never ends.
Go Wil:
“My Road is paved with d20s and TRON DVDs and Atari 2600 games. It’s lit by the glow of TNG and BSG episodes and the soundtrack is by Vangelis. It’s patrolled by Rover and they sell Soylent Green in the rest stop vending machines. The speed limit is 42, but if you flash your Bavarian Illuminati card, you can use the FTL drive to make it to Milliways in time for dinner.”
If you can list for me all the references my buddy made here, not only do you get wicked geek points, but I will bake you a cookie.
For some reason the background colour of the sidebar wants to stop at a certain point.
I can’t figure out why.
Much as I love to “tinker” with this stuff, I really have no idea what I’m doing.
Couple great quotes from my buddy Seth:
“Today Tom Peters quotes from one of my favorite books, The Art of Possibility, ‘A shoe factory sends two marketing scouts to a region of Africa to study the prospects for expanding business. One sends back a telegram saying, SITUATION HOPELESS STOP NO ONE WEARS SHOES. The other writes back triumphantly, GLORIOUS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY STOP THEY HAVE NO SHOES.’”
“The Artisan Hotel in Las Vegas is filled with thousands of reproductions of oil paintings… even on the ceilings. Really nice people, no slot machines. There was a pool table in our room.
Zushi Puzzle in San Francisco has the most amazing fish I’ve ever been privileged to be served. And Roger behind the bar is charming and funny and without pretense. Ask to see the photo of the pencil fish. And it’s almost inexpensive enough to be scary.
Both are purple cows. Neither is trying to fit in (Roger’s place doesn’t look as good as it is) and both are worth talking about.
Neither spends much on real estate. Or advertises. Both do great.
Nice to see remarkable when it works. Tell Roger I sent you.”
I’ve been looking at my blog, and I decided two things:
One, I just don’t like the overly stylish, stripy/boxy/hip colour scheme thing I’ve had going on.
Two, I have been really slack lately in putting anything of thought or substance in my writing.
So that’s it, back to basics. This site has been looking like I spend more time designing pretty backgrounds than forming semi-coherent, mildly amusing, hopefully interesting entries.
Tony Pierce’s How To Blog Rule #8: “dont worry very much about the design of your blog. image is a fakeout.”
Standard blank template (I will get my links back up soon), at least until I can start writing like I mean it again. There’s a hundred sites online for you to find cool links or strange pictures, this is supposed to be some kind of expression of my own creation.
As always, stay tuned.
PS – my girlfriend is studying for a big test right now, and for some reason looks even hotter than normal. Brains = sexy!
As the movie & comic geeks amoung us get ready for the premiere of the big-screen adaptation of Alan Moore’s legendary graphic novel “V for Vendetta” by the equally famous/infamous Wachowski brothers, many have turned to the Wachowski’s other well known sci-fi comic adaptation for hints as to how they will handle this highly respected material.
I am a rabid, unapologetic Matrix fanatic. I love every part of the epic trilogy, as well as the supplementary “Animatrix” shorts. I love the world and mythologies created. I love the source material, inspired works, and philosophical studies done on it all. I love that we will still be discussing these stories for years to come.
I will fully admit there are flaws (why did they even bother suggesting werewolves?), but for me they don’t detract from the overall narrative, which in my opinion is, without hyperbole, one of the greatest ever put to screen.
This has come to mind because of a recent article posted on Ain’t It Cool looking at the oft-maligned second and third films of the trilogy. I agree wholeheartedly with the author’s assertation regarding the overblown expectations of the general public being primarly responsible for the lukewarm reception of “Reloaded”. I would reach even further by suggesting that the “pop” popularity of the first film opened the doors for the much of the wrong audience in the sequels. The Matrix trilogy is a heavy, philisophical, sci-fi geek movie. The first one was accessible enough to the general public that many people who otherwise would never be interested in the genre became so. However, as the second and third films dove deeper into the essence of their story and style, these people were simply reminded of what they found distasteful of “that kind of movie” in the first place. Had the first film not reached such a broad audience, I believe firmly that the entire trilogy would be canonized as the true cult classic it deserves to be.
Below is an excerpt from the article speaking about one of the most often criticized scene in “Reloaded”, that of the celebration/dance/rave. I was so happy to read this, because the first time I watched it in the theatre I totally “got it”. I knew exactly what I thought they were trying to say with the sequence (ie: humanity vs technology, warmth vs cold, flesh and sweat vs steel and oil, the essence of humanity surviving despite everything), and I felt they succeeded. Since then, however, I have felt like the ONLY one who did!
“The infamous celebration in Zion is perhaps the most unfairly maligned sequence in the entire film. The summation of poor sequences leading up to the celebration made it an easy target for strong resentment and complaint. The celebration itself is one of the most intriguing, well paced, and symbolic moments in the story. For a film dealing with concepts of war and death, the dance in Zion is a spectacular demonstration of the body and soul, a uniquely human trait intensely portrayed by an energetic crowd of free spirits. The dance is sensual, sexual, alive, emotional, and dangerous. The feeling of death and destruction looms over every movement – movement that represents the purest and most simplistic joy of the human spirit. Most importantly, it brings a feeling of togetherness and communion through the beauty and elegance of pulsating liveliness. The dance is beautifully intercut with another criterion of human passion, a love sequence between Neo and Trinity. The imagery is exquisitely interwoven, resulting in a fairly potent piece of human symbolism and metaphor.
Cinematographer Bill Pope does magnificent work in the entire trilogy, and this particular sequence represents the best of his abilities. He and uber production designer Owen Paterson bring a sufficiently earthy, dark, almost claustrophobic atmosphere to Zion, and this section demonstrates just how vital their contributions are in envisioning this world. And while Morpheus’ thunderous speech is undeniably awkward at specific moments, it’s still effective at presenting his passion for freedom and peace with his fierce leadership. Most special about this segment is a tender moment shared between Neo and Trinity after they’ve made love. This is precisely the emotional content necessary at this point in the story. It’s soft and sweet, a powerful reminder of how close and special they mean to each other. It also returns the focus on Neo, the character that leads the story.”
3D Sidewalk Art
“Religion’s Guided Missles” by Richard Dawkins
Cuppycake Gumdrop Snoogums
1001 Things to do with Liquid Nitrogen
Unlost Camera: One Family Giving Canadians A Bad Name
Malcolm Gladwell’s Blog
If you’re wondering why the temperature suddenly got hotter and lightning was dancing across the sky… yes, I’m back in town.
I missed you too.
Now I can resume plotting to take over the world. Here’s a picture of my minion. You obviously have no chance of stopping me. His cuteness is irresistable, you can not refuse…
Don’t worry, I’ll get to telling you about Aussie-land and my hot girlfriend and new townhouses and stupid work and books and movies and secrets of the universe soon… I just need a couple days to catch up with the meatspace.
Wakey-wakey, here comes Snakey.
Listening to…
Work Blog
