Posted in Movies on Jul 30th, 2008
I Love Sarah Jane is an excellent little short about a boyhood crush and kids surviving in a world that has been overrun by zombies. There’s some gore and a lot of swearing, so stay away at work. I’m surprised at how well done it is (if we forget for a moment the explosion since [...]
Posted in Music on Jul 21st, 2008
Anybody who’s reading my web site (except for maybe my Mom), probably already knows about Jonathan Coulton. He is a big ol’ internet superstar after all. I’d been hearing him on various podcasts and in other dark corners of the internet for a while now. I like his stuff a lot. It’s funny and geeky [...]
Posted in Web on Jul 16th, 2008
I’d heard about Dr. Horrible, but I didn’t pay much attention until today. The first of a 3 part episode was out yesterday. The 2nd is out tomorrow. You have until July 20th to see all 3 on the internet. It’s better than I would have expected. Very high production values, and a quirky sense [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jul 13th, 2008
Santa Barbara puts on a French Festival to celebrate Bastille Day weekend, so I headed up there to check it out. It was a little smaller than I was expecting/hoping. I’m not sure it’s really worth the drive all the way to Santa Barbara to see it (especially given the price of gas these days), [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jul 4th, 2008
I headed over to Marina del Rey to celebrate America’s birthday and make some photos of fireworks. I really need something in the foreground to make these shots a bit more interesting. I had hoped I might get some water reflections, but I wasn’t set up in a good place for that, and I ended [...]
Posted in Other Media on Jul 4th, 2008
Jedi Gym – heh!
Posted in Other Media on Jul 1st, 2008
Man, I don’t get this Donald Duck cartoon. I mean it’s pretty clear that it’s supposed to be anti-German during world war II, but it seems like they passed up a lot of opportunities for jokes in favor of play up the drudgery of working in a German factory. Is that really the best propaganda [...]