Stuart Little
Friday evening during dinner, we took in a showing of Stuart Little. I lost interest as soon as Stuart showed up (approximately minute :02). I sort of thought it would have been a better movie if the cat bit down instead of swallowed Stuart whole.
Blood Diamond
Friday evening before bed (I think). This one held my interest briefly as Leo had a funny accent. Other than that, I was bored. As soon as The Mummy appeared on the screen, but was not interested in eating people - I lost interest and shut it off. Leo just could not hold my interest any longer.
Transformers
Saturday afternoon, coming in from the heat for lunch - this was demanded by single request. Having viewed this Shia and Optimus multiple times already, I was relegated to transforming various vehicles into robots (and vice versa) at key times during the film.
The Kingdom
Saturday evening before bed, I put this on off of the DVR. It scored OK on IMDB (7.1/10) so I figured I'd give it a shot. I liked the opening credits / timeline - and that was about it. I watched the entire thing, skipping entire boring segments of dialog. Other than an initial "twist" (explosion), it was completely predictable and cliché. Jennifer Garner stayed alive thoughout the entire film - who knew? It was a waste of time to watch and should have just watched Back to the Future in HD.
Some work I did over 4 years ago (and two years prior to that) is about to be revived (probably). I'm sure there will be updating and tweaking before production (in about 18 months), but the base should remain.
It might just get revived for a small test, but it has the potential to impact millions of people.
Sharpie just came out with "Sharpie Pen"
I have only written 12 words with it so far, but I'm in love. Sharpie Pen has a smooth, crisp line and a great feel on the paper without bleeding through like felt tip pens.
Might have to stop by Staples and pick up some more.
UPDATE: They come in Black, Blue, Red & Green. I must buy some more.
Up at 4am (back to sleep until 6am). Could really use a nap or some caffeine or both. At least its a short week.
After a quick evening of Wii goodness, a couple of quick first impressions
- Wii-mote: a little annoying to use on the Wii Home menus
- Wifi out of the box: excellent
- Lack of built-in-Ethernet: crappy
- Lack of included HD connections: crappy
Wii Sports:
- Wii tennis - fun. I can easily see the possibility of pulling a muscle or tossing a Wii-mote through the TV.
- Wii bowling - meh.
- Wii golf - meh. Take a lesson from Hot Shots Golf.
Mario Kart Wii:
- Logged most of my time here.
- Online play easy and fun.
- Multiplayer works well.
- Even Max liked it and wanted to race. And he is only 2.5 years old.
I think it was a new record for me. My one way commute home took just over 4 hours door-to-door. The commuter train was at a dead stop for nearly an hour.
Delays to MARC Brunswick Line trains are being caused by heat orders, track inspectors, storm affected signals and fallen trees. Delays ranging from 30 to 90 minutes have been noted.
I like that the delays have been "noted."
The Internets are all a frenzied waiting on Jobs to announce the iphone2.
I'm keeping up with live coverage from:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080609-ars-at-wwdc-08-live-keynote-coverage.html
There are so many options available for blogging. I have been using Vox for a while, but initially liked Blogger. I've been frustrated with Vox's tightly controlled layouts and adding outside content (html, flash, etc).
I think I'll try out tumblr. It isn't as polished or novice friendly as Vox, but I like the complete and total flexibility of their platform. It aggregates outside services nicely too.
Kind of glad I drove today. Looks like any attempt at taking the commuter train this afternoon would have been impossible.
Brunswick Line - The line is shut down with no estimate of when it may be cleared. It will be hours. There are trees down for 4 miles. Metro will honor MARC ticket to Shady Grove. We are not able to get sufficient buses to handle all riders. We recommend that you make you own alternate arrangements.
I've been attempting to reduce and eliminate caffeinated drinks from diet for years. I've gotten past the addiction and caffeine headaches. I don't need the morning shot of whatever to get me going. I don't get sick I miss that afternoon soda and I really could do without all the artificial colors and high fructose syrups.
but I'm increasingly tired...
Bed: 11pm, 11:30
Wake 6am
6.5, 7 hours should be enough, right?
Throw in some 2am wake up calls, and I'm nodding off on the way to work or yawning through meetings.
So, I am going to give in and keep a bottle in the fridge at work.
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:_zOrzXuogagJ:wilstar.com/caffeine.htm+dr+pepper+caffeine+content&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
