Archive for the 'General' Category

Movie Notes: In The Land Of Women

May 11th, 2008

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Carter (Adam Brody) has been dumped by Elena (Sofia Bunuel) and so retreats to his grandmother’s house in Michigan to work on his screenplay. Across the street lives Sarah Hardwicke (Meg Ryan) and daughter Lucy (Kristen) who take a liking to the pensive, doe eyed young man from Los Angeles.

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Flash Notes: Properties, Button Event Listeners

May 10th, 2008

FlashI’m finally getting around to learning ActionScript 3 and what better way to learn than forcing myself to upgrade an ActionScript 2 project and working on some other simple ones. Over several posts I’ll document what I’ve discovered, mostly as a personal reference so I can refer to them later.

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Bird And The Bee: Mac Music Video

May 10th, 2008

AppleAs a Mac user I’m overly familiar with the eye candy depicted in this video, but not as much with the musical artist, Bird and the Bee. The song “Again and Again” is decent as well, if a bit repetitive. The video was made by Dennis Liu.

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Battlestar Galactica: Faith

May 10th, 2008

Battlestar GalacticaSynopsis

The crew of the Demetrius revolts against Starbuck and decides to jump back to the Galactica. In the scuffle, Anders shoots Gaeta in the leg. Starbuck asks to take Leoben, Sharon, Barolay, and Anders via a raptor to Leoben’s damaged basestar. The Demetrius gives them fifteen hours.

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Movie Notes: Sunshine

May 9th, 2008

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The spaceship Icarus II is on a mission to drop a huge bomb into a faltering sun, reigniting it to warm the frozen earth.

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How To Get A List Of All iTunes Movie Rentals

May 8th, 2008

AppleFor obvious reasons, I’ve been keeping tabs on all the movies available for rent via iTunes. It’s actually not super straight-forward to get a comprehensive list, so I’ve documented some methods that use iTunes and a few website resources.

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Movie Notes: Fierce Creatures

May 8th, 2008

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Rollo Lee (John Cleese) runs a zoo which has been taken over by the Rod McCain (Kevin Kline) corporation. Rod soon dispatches his son Vince (also Kevin Kline) and a new employee Willa (Jamie Lee Curtis) to monetize the zoo. The zoo keepers are not pleased with the new focus on crass capitalism.

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Webomaticast #3: 3G iPhone, Tech Crap, Movie Ratings

May 7th, 2008

WebomaticastA bit bored on my day off, so I recorded a podcast or “Webomaticast” as I prefer. Perhaps I’ll revive this idea as a once a week thing.

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Battlestar Galactica: The Road Less Travelled

May 7th, 2008

Battlestar GalacticaSynopsis

Baltar continues to gain power and influence over a group of cult followers, while preaching a belief in one god. Chief - now sporting a shaved head - listens to Baltar’s sermon with distrust. Meanwhile, on the Demetrius, Starbuck finds Leoben aboard a damaged heavy raider and brings him aboard. The crew is not happy about this development and doubt grows about Starbuck’s leadership ability.

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Movie Notes: 2 Days In Paris

May 7th, 2008

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Marion (Julie Delpy) brings her New Yorker boyfriend Jack (Adam Goldberg) to Paris to meet her parents and rekindle their relationship. Cultural differences, Jack’s neuroses, and Marion’s various past lovers make this goal difficult.

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