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Zane Story
I've gotten a lot of requests to record Zane's stories, since he chatters off little bits of plot a lot, and often during movies he'll suggest alternate plotlines, heroes from a different movie or game who should dive in and save the day or things like that.
( The Brief Tale of Dutin ) -
ALL Day-to-Day
Since I got to maintenance, I haven't discussed chemo much, and I usually describe it as 'low-level' chemo. It's so much easier than induction chemo and the chemo you need for solid tumors that I don't want to talk about it much. People see Zane running around and discuss the Leukemia as a thing of the past ( Read more... ) -
Violence
I finished Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes. Where the book shines is in making sense of the psychology behind really atrocious, terrible violence. The author was an advisor for a maximum security prison, and he shows a very clear understanding of really dangerous people.
( My Mind Wanders ) -
WTF Theater with Zane Joly
Zane (Picks a discarded wrapper off the groung) What's this?
Me Huh, this used to have little bits of Spam. It's a kind of meat that isn't very good.
Zane Put it down, Dad. You'll hate yourself.
I have no idea where that came from. It's both less weird and understandable than when Zane said, "Venus is singing to you. She's full of crickets ( Read more... ) -
Cheap way to lowjack
I got this idea earlier today, and I just got it to work. I wanted a program in case my laptop was stolen that would periodically record what network it was on and what was in front of the camera. That way, if someone not very bright opened my laptop on a network, I'd know the IP of the nearest router and I might get a picture of the thief.
( Duct tape solution ) -
Watchmen
I just saw Watchmen. It's rather faithful and it's very pretty. They had to cut about half of it to keep it down to the really long run time the movie has anyway, and without fail, they cut the least memorable half. The plot changes are pretty minor and I agree with them. I loved the soundtrack ( Read more... ) -
Chocolate
I've just seen Chocolate. My mind is blown. Everyone must see it. The star, Jeeja Yanin, has scenes where she does Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Tony Jaa style scenes as well as each of those stars at their peak. Don't get me started on touretic badass in glasses. Oh my God ( Read more... ) -
Dropbox
I know this is also in my Facebook status, and, no, I'm not getting paid ( Read more... ) -
7:35 am
I saw Timecrimes, which was pretty good. It's a kind of dumbed down version of Primer, which is the only movie I've seen that I thought desperately needed dumbing down.
Before Timecrimes, the Alamo showed other movies by Nacho Vigalondo, including 7:35 de la Mañana. I saw it once before in a set of Academy Award Nominated short films. I can't ( Read more... ) -
The Big B
I have a very inconsistent bullshit detector, so I was pretty pleased that I spotted the Ashley Todd story as a fake I first saw the report of her attack. Now that I'm checking reports, it seems the police were dubious from the get-go.
( I get a little offensive and disrespectful )