May 2008
27 posts
Summer 2008 Movies
Lots of potentially good movies coming out this year, and given that I always forget what’s happening, I thought I’d provide myself with a list. This website has all the upcoming movies listed with trailers. Here’s my list, with commentary. Iron Man: good, very enjoyable, love Mr Downey Speed Racer: meh Narnia / Prince Caspian: *squee!* the last one was excellent. excited!...
Stonehenge Could Have Been Resting Place For... →
Interesting, interesting. Read the related stories about the Neolithic village in the valley around Stonehenge, too.
The Amazing Money Machine →
As a fundraiser interested in tech, this is incredibly interesting. I wish I could’ve seen how they did it internally.
“I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or...”
– Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82 - New York Times
Today's Stupid Spelling of my Name by a Stranger...
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“Because people will ask, Eddie wore jeans, a black t-shirt, and black tails with...”
– Eddie Izzard “Stripped” Review on the The Park Bench
“… some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text...”
– 75 students arrested in San Diego State University drug bust
“Speaking as a lifelong geek, my knee-jerk reaction when I hear someone talking...”
– Wil Wheaton on his blog. Hear hear!
“When I’m in a state or national park, I’m armed.”
– Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, admitting to breaking the law AND being ignorant of it
Betoota, Queensland →
The article on abandoned hotels led me to this Wikipedia article on a place in Austraila. ONE permanent resident, ONE building left in town, THREE hours from the nearest town. Wow.
It’s a whale! It’s a fish! It’s…the North Pacific... →
It’s the size of Texas!?!? That would be the floating plastic heap called the North Pacific Trash Gyre? It’s pretty disturbing there’s a small continent of plastic floating out there in the Pacific Ocean. Vast vistas of trash, currently being studied, hard to see via overhead photos (because so much is under water).
Microsoft says it is ending bid for Yahoo →
Good, now I don’t have to plan Life Beyond Flickr. Cause I would have bailed. I hate Microsoft and Steve Ballmer is a giant braying jackass.
glumbert: had a bad day →
Hey, it’s my day!