This month’s Wired was great!
I greatly enjoyed this month's issue of Wired. The content is not live on the webernets yet, but I can recommend most of the issue. Especially: the article about the DOJ's eye on Google the ionosphere controlling HAARP in Alaska that can artificially create Northern Lights beer made from dinosaur-era yeast frozen in Amber (Jurassic Pint indeed!) Silicon Valley CEO's trip to Baghdad And an interesting story about Dilbert creator Scott Adams, who lost his voice for 3 years. Many other good things abound in the pages, but these 5 stories really stood out. I really love it when a Read more…
Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others
But no, apparently the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic edition, and apparently Amazon, whose business lives and dies by publisher happiness, caved. It electronically deleted all books by this author from people’s Kindles and credited their accounts for the price. via pogue.blogs.nytimes.com I love my Kindle, but this is bad news for everyone. It makes me wary to buy anything when this can happen. And, as David Pogue notes: “You want to know the best part? The juicy, plump, dripping irony? The author who was the victim of this Big Brotherish plot was none other than George Read more…
At the Movies: HP6
We went out to Gig Harbor last night for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was a fun adaptation. Generally speaking, all the choices they made were good ones. … Except one. SPOILERS BELOW! In the book, when Draco has Dumbledore at wand-point, Harry has been petrified and covered by his invisibility cloak by Dumbledore. Because of this, he can't interrupt the proceedings. In the movie, Dumbledore simply tells Harry to stay out of sight no-matter-what. That's it? Harry Potter, who seldom does anything he's told, sits idly by? I was not convinced. Further, the choice of the Read more…
Bigger, Better Stadium Thriftway
Great news for the local neighborhood! “According to the TNT, Mike Hargreaves, the owner of the Stadium Thriftway, is planning a 6000+ foot expansion. The move will take over some space currently used by Premier Collision (who will be moving to a nearby facility) and will allow for many additional services including a larger fresh seafood counter, expanded cheese selection, and an expanded deli among may other improvements.” Via Exit133: http://www.exit133.com/5399/stadium-thriftway-bigger-better-and-a-large-pile-of-fish
John Dillinger, Bank Robber
We saw Public Enemies tonight. I thought it was a pretty good film. Long, with some slow parts, but also with some fun parts too. Johnny Depp is always fun to watch, and his Dillinger is really good. Billy Crudup’s Hoover is fun too. Michael Mann’s choice to shoot in video feels like a misstep. It just didn’t work for me and I regularly felt it was jarring me out of the picture. It had the wrong look and vibe. Glad I saw it. But looking forward to many other movies on my list.
Who robs cave fish of their sight?
I was interviewing for the job while my college roommate was visiting last week. He asked about what City Club did and I told him they were a civic organization. "Like the Stonecutters?" He asked. Yes, Joe. Exactly like the Stonecutters. In fact today's Port Commission Candidate Forum looked a lot like this:
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