Davis, CA has an appreciation for Tolkien and his Lord Of The Rings as I think most people do. Rlyconfused and I stumbled across this hidden neighborhood modeled somewhat in the vein of the Shire. You’ll definitely recognize the street names. Here are the photos of this seemingly magical place. … Continue reading…Davis’s Ode To Lord Of The Rings
Below Terrance Malick’s The New World in film’s that I really want to see this holiday season is Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Hype is starting to build as the film opens in December. Jackson is trying to appeal to his Rings tech/geek audience by releasing a huge DVD set about the production of Kong. … Continue reading…King Kong Director Peter Jackson Lost 70 Pounds
I’ve just downloaded Flock, a new web browser, and it’s awesome. I’m testing its in-browser blogging feature. I’m pretty amazed. Let’s see if this works. At a 0.5 Beta, this is pretty neat, although some features like Flickr don’t work as well. … Continue reading…Flock 0.5 Beta
Today, Steve Jobs announced the video iPod, capable of showing video at 4:3 (damn, no widescreen). It’s intended to show music videos that the iTunes Music Store now sells for $1.99. iTunes is now up to version 6, which I thought Apple just updated to 5 only a few weeks ago. iPods are 30% thinner and now come in black as well as white at 30/60 GB (comes with a case too). Updated iMacs and a couple of new Applications intended for the new music videos: Photobooth (slideshow presentation) and Front Row (TV viewing software w/ remote). Damn, looks like I’m gonna buy another iPod. This was what I was waiting for… … Continue reading…New Apple Video iPod + iTunes 6
I didn’t get invited into the milkshake study that I wanted to do. You get paid $200 in Safeway giftcards and all you do is drink a few milkshakes and draw a little blood. Sadly, I missed the cut-off of the study score of 12 by one! Dammit. I love milkshakes. … Continue reading…Sad… No Milkshakes For Me