Monthly Archives: June 2007
The iPhone Weekend
No, I didn’t get an iPod this weekend. But reportedly a lot of people did. Did any of you? Personally, I’m glad I waited. There are reports of folks with odd AT&T plans having problems and being put on indefinite hold to get their iPhones activated. I have a family plan so… However the general consensus from what I’ve been reading is that, if anything, the phone actually surpassed the hype. Quite the feat given what seems like to biggest hype machine ever. (So big that even Apple was trying to downplay things after a while)
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Roadside Attractions
Greetings from Goodland, Kansas. The family stayed here last night, the midpoint way station for this summer’s cross-country car trip. Goodland is a pretty nondescript town in most respects. It’s a tiny little one-Walmart burgh, heavily rural with the obligatory interstate oasis of chain efficiency hotels and fast food stops. However, it is home to the World’s Largest Easel, which supports a giant replica of one of Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings.
Review: Live Free or Die Hard
Bruce Willis said a few weeks back in a Q&A session that Live Free or Die Hard was the best of the Die Hard movies.
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Favorite commercials
I saw a Cold Stone Creamery commercial last night that blew me away. I just thought it was so well done. It’s definitely my currrent fave. If you use a DVR maybe you’ve missed it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Yor58HGClw
Feel free to post nostalgic ones if you want.
Current obsessions
I am one of those people who tends to develop mini-obsessions. For a few weeks or months, I’ll order the same type of thing in every restaurant I go to; listen to the same song or songs over and over; read the same genre/style of books. Anybody else do that? Maybe not. But whatever — I’m now going to subject you to my list of current obsessions. Feel free to share your own, make fun of mine, etc. Read the rest of this entry
Looking Indy
We’ve talked Indiana Jones before. I bet everyone’s curious as to what Harrison Ford will look like playing a 60 year old Indiana Jones. The other films took place in 1938 or earlier whereas this one takes place, as I recall, in 1959. So I guess Ford is actually playing Indiana as 55 or so – a bit younger than his real age.
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Shawshank is best King adaptation
According to this website, The Shawshank Redemption is the best adaptation of a Stephen King story.
’1408′, being released this weekend, will mark the 99th adaptation (for TV or film) from the mind of Stephen King. In honour of this, The Pocono Record lists their top 5 SK adaptations: Read the rest of this entry
Who is Takezo Kensei?
So at the end of last season of Heroes everyone thought the Samurai charging down on Hiro was none other than his own father, George Takei. Well you were wrong!
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Colored Money?!?
I got a 10 note today. Much to my shock it was orange and not green. What’s this? Is someone trying to give me some Canadian money? Nope. Apparently the new bills are a bit more colorful. Maybe this has been around for a while. I don’t know. I honestly don’t use cash a lot. But wow. What’s next? A looney?
What’s worse? I’m going to Canada for a week and the dollar exchange has gone from $0.86 to $0.94! So everything’s not only orange, it’s more expensive to shop in Canada!
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