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| August
28th 2000 |
Fink
Reading
Penned a horn-tootin' POV today. Check
it. When yer done readin' it, be sure to scope out this
site. I pronounce it to be High Art!
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| August
24th 2000 |
Double
Wide
Pulled an old Station Entrance out of retirement; the
Trailer Park Landspeeder has always been a fav. Almost as good
as the Mean Streets entrance of yore (accessible,
as always, from the Station Archive section).
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| August
20th 2000 |
Shaken,
Not Stirred
Rented The World is Not Enough DVD over the
weekend here. Not one of the better Bond flicks. The worse of
the Brosnan run to be sure. The really painful part was, as we
were plunkin' down the rental dinero at m'local Blackbuster, the
cashier stops and says: "Y'know, I'll let you rent this
movie for free you can answer a Bond trivia question."
Now,
back in the day I fancied myself to be quite the Bond aficionado
- all the Connery movies, a couple books, even the RPG for a brief
spell in 7th grade: "Bring on your so-called trivia, madam
- I am ready to partake in gratis spy cinema."
"Where
did the title The World is Not Enough come from?"
Oooooh
lordy. I got zip. Nada. Not single clue. Couldn't even rustle up
a guess. Ghug. Apparently it has to do with the Bond family
crest. A bit on knowledge dropped in The Spy Who Loved Me. Was
she actually gonna pony up a free rental? I'll never know, cause
I stink (at trivia, apparently).
Also
saw What Lies Beneath. Better than expected. Didn't like
that the trailer gave away some key plot points, but still a few
surprises in there.
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| August
12th 2000 |
Harvard
is My Safety
The Rushmore:
Criterion Collection DVD finally arrived. Supposed to have
been here a week or two ago. Called to complain and the folks at Amazon wasted no time shipping out another. Whatta good
bunch o' trust-worthy fellers.
Great
film. Bill Murray at his finest. Glorious soundtrack.
Fully-loaded DVD. Scope it out.
Darkside
of Democracy (and the Spruce Goose Connection)
Being the eminent high-brow political satirist that I am, I
recently put together the following image for that Rebelscum
site (click to enlarge):
The
conspiracy exposed. A day after I post
it some fella from a daily newspaper in Memphis emails to ask
permission to publish the image in his paper. Funny. A day after
that I hear some nationally syndicated political radio talk show host (Neal Boortz, for those in know) carried on about the picture
for five minutes on his show and gave the Rebelscum URL to his listeners.
In
short, I'm famous now and you are not (ok, Jeremy's
famous too). Wealth, power, ego - all mine.
Don't
worry about this
newfound celebrity goin' to my head. Hey, I'm still
gonna be like any of you good, average people - my butler puts my
silk pants on me one leg at a time.
Another
Kodak
Moment
The hunt (nay, obsession) continues. I've taken long hard looks at the
Olympus 3030z and the Nikon Coolpix 990 (comparing both to the
DC4800). Got pretty excited about the 3030z for a spell there, but
was disappointed with the amount of chromatic aberrations
visible at wide angles in the sample images I've seen. Unacceptable. The DC4800
continues to lead
the pack - though I've still not read many reviews.
That is all.
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| August
9th 2000 |
We
Got Deathstar
Star
Wars Rap, yo. Scope
this out post haste - some mean Flash stuff (the mighty
Station even gets a quick mention). Aw yea, boyeee. |
| August
8th 2000 |
Kodak
Moment
I knew you wouldn't want to go another day without an update on
the digital camera situation...
If I
had to plunk down the shekels for a camera today, it would be the
mighty Kodak DC290.
Glowing reviews across the board. 2.1 megapixels, Digita
scripting, very flexible.
However,
Kodak has also just released the DC4800
- their first foray into the world of 3 megapixels. Looks to be
a pretty advanced camera. Top of their consumer line. Doesn't
ship until the end of this month - not many online reviews (only
found one, actually). Probably gonna hold off on a purchase
until I can get my hands on some more 4800 literature.
Also
got m'eye on the Nikon CoolPix, though I'm leaning toward the
Kodak brand - got muself a blood-re-lation who works at Kodak in
Rochester, NY. Hopin' he'll hook his geek nephew up with a sly
employee discount... |
| August
6th 2000 |
The
Big One!
Rolled out a shiny new Station Entrance. She's a heavy
download at 48k (for a front page), but what the heck - s'what
Elizabeth woulda wanted... Knocked the old Punch-Out entrance
over to the Station Archive section.
Clock's
Ticking, Bob, and I'm Only Getting Older
Caught Space
Cowboys last night. There was some concern during the first
half of the movie that this was strictly one for the
grandparents, but turned out to be pretty gol-darn entertaining.
And something you can take yer Na-Na to as well. Fizzled just a
bit at the end.
I'd
still have to say Eastwood's best directorial effort was A
Perfect World with that Kevin Costner. Outlaw Josey Wales wasn't
bad either, now that I think about it... |
| August
5th 2000 |
Cheese
Thinking of investing in one of those new-fangled digital
cameras. Currently got my eye on the mighty Kodak
DC290. Sports a beefy 2 megapixels, though has a somewhat disappointing
3x optical zoom (and I hear is a battery hog). Gets high marks
in most reviews I've read, however.
So,
who has one of these bad boys and can regale
me with a story or two?
Presto
Change-o
Station Layout V2.5 - now features a black bar on the
left side, where it still probably looks a little heavy, but at
least it isn't lop-sided. Ghug. Ahm done messin' with it. Focus
on makin' some updates around here, y'dig? Remember
that D&D cartoon that was on Saturday mornings way back in
the 80's? What did that goofy wizard-wannabe kid use to say when
he performed his feats o' magic (which always backfired, but
still managed to save the day)? Was it "presto
change-o"? I'm thinking not, but I can't recall what
exactly his line was... Into
the Cellar
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