Sunday, February 29, 2004
Call it... time-lapse blogging.
I'm writing this posting while I'm watching the Oscars, or rather during the somewhat uninteresting bits in the middle of the Oscars. Right now we're just finished the second Cold Mountain song that was done with Elvis Costello. I'll be coming and going from this as the awards go, so the timestamp at the bottom is in no way representative of the time of posting. So far, the only thing that was unexpected was the instrument Sting played for the first Cold Mountain song. What was that thing? Like a hand-cranked fiddle/mandolin thing. Very strange, but it had a cool sound.
Burned Palm
So in my hasty reformat a while ago, I guess I completely forgot about my Palm. Only found out a while after when I went to update one of the many files I had stored there, and it wasn't exactly available. Seems that since I can't use my Palm at work, I haven't bothered to keep the batteries going, and with my comp reset, everything I had on it is no more. It's not a huge setback, since all my contacts that actually matter are stored in other spots like my cell, but it still kinda sucks. I'm almost still waiting for the other shoe to drop and find out that I had some other critical information I can't live without that's been utterly destroyed.
Just saw a TV spot for Tom Hanks' new movie, The Ladykillers. Looks like Col. Saunders is suddenly a casino robber and has to contend with a cranky landlady. Could be really good, but on the other hand I think Marlon Wayans is in it, so you never know.
Around the net
I wholeheartedly agree.
(Blake Edwards is talking. A lot.) For added fun, Google "Weapons of Mass Destruction".
Radio broadcasting what people are listening to on the street. Interesting concept. I think it would be just as interesting if one programmed their whole radio station based on what people are listening. You could program everything from a PocketPC or laptop, or by radioing in to the base station or something (intersting couple of commercials just went by) and pick your songs based on what random people are listening to. Fill the gaps, and you have a station!
A very funny little blog post + discussion regarding a very pro-war spam email (LotR just won makeup, and I can't figure out what else Scarlett Johannson was in...) and basically just rip it to shreds. If you enjoy seeing people proved wrong and getting picked apart point by point, take a look.
I noticed
I consider it to be rather interesting that the LotR folk that won for best costuming never actually thanked anyone for the award. They just kind of started naming names. The guy did it again when he went up for makeup. (Another LotR win. I'm spotting a trend...) Anyways, I can't think of anything else to talk about. There was some stuff about my dream job, but I'll leave that for later. Also, I'll put up my thoughts on the Oscars, after the fact, since they just gave the award for Sound and I'm leaving. So there g'bye. ¶ 7:44 p.m.
I'm writing this posting while I'm watching the Oscars, or rather during the somewhat uninteresting bits in the middle of the Oscars. Right now we're just finished the second Cold Mountain song that was done with Elvis Costello. I'll be coming and going from this as the awards go, so the timestamp at the bottom is in no way representative of the time of posting. So far, the only thing that was unexpected was the instrument Sting played for the first Cold Mountain song. What was that thing? Like a hand-cranked fiddle/mandolin thing. Very strange, but it had a cool sound.
Burned Palm
So in my hasty reformat a while ago, I guess I completely forgot about my Palm. Only found out a while after when I went to update one of the many files I had stored there, and it wasn't exactly available. Seems that since I can't use my Palm at work, I haven't bothered to keep the batteries going, and with my comp reset, everything I had on it is no more. It's not a huge setback, since all my contacts that actually matter are stored in other spots like my cell, but it still kinda sucks. I'm almost still waiting for the other shoe to drop and find out that I had some other critical information I can't live without that's been utterly destroyed.
Just saw a TV spot for Tom Hanks' new movie, The Ladykillers. Looks like Col. Saunders is suddenly a casino robber and has to contend with a cranky landlady. Could be really good, but on the other hand I think Marlon Wayans is in it, so you never know.
Around the net
I wholeheartedly agree.
(Blake Edwards is talking. A lot.) For added fun, Google "Weapons of Mass Destruction".
Radio broadcasting what people are listening to on the street. Interesting concept. I think it would be just as interesting if one programmed their whole radio station based on what people are listening. You could program everything from a PocketPC or laptop, or by radioing in to the base station or something (intersting couple of commercials just went by) and pick your songs based on what random people are listening to. Fill the gaps, and you have a station!
A very funny little blog post + discussion regarding a very pro-war spam email (LotR just won makeup, and I can't figure out what else Scarlett Johannson was in...) and basically just rip it to shreds. If you enjoy seeing people proved wrong and getting picked apart point by point, take a look.
I noticed
I consider it to be rather interesting that the LotR folk that won for best costuming never actually thanked anyone for the award. They just kind of started naming names. The guy did it again when he went up for makeup. (Another LotR win. I'm spotting a trend...) Anyways, I can't think of anything else to talk about. There was some stuff about my dream job, but I'll leave that for later. Also, I'll put up my thoughts on the Oscars, after the fact, since they just gave the award for Sound and I'm leaving. So there g'bye. ¶ 7:44 p.m.
