Friday – 19 March 2010
It’s my 9/80 Friday off.  Amen.

Last night, SaraRules and I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. In it, former jewel thief John Robie is the prime suspect in a rash of high-dollar thefts. In order to clear his name, Robie has to figure out who the thief is and what his next target will be. This movie was fun… and funny.  “Witty” would be a better word than “funny,” in this case. It was also well-paced and well-acted. It was a definitely well worth watching.

After the movie, I did a little channel-surfing. I found Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee’s last movie. More whoop-ass per square inch than all six Rocky movies. The movie only had about 45 minutes left in it, by the time I turned to it… but that was hardly a reason not to watch it. After all: It had Bruce Lee.  I mentioned that, didn’t I? I did?  Okay, just checking.

To Catch a Thief:
Enter the Dragon:

I also realized that I didn’t give a rating to Alice in Wonderland, yesterday. Big oversight on my part.

Alice in Wonderland:

Stray Toasters

  • Back to using the standard WordPress interface, for this post at least. I’m still liking MacJournal, on the whole, but I need to spend some time getting to learn how to use it more effectively.
  • Jake Theis is back at WizKids. Bully for him! I enjoyed his posts on the old WK site, especially his “behind the scenes” looks at what went into branding and marketing. It will be good to see what he brings to the table now that he’s back on the block.
  • Commodore is back.
  • I was watching Property Virgins (I think) last night and they featured a young teacher from Ottawa, ON who had accepted a job in Dubai and was looking for a home. Every time they said “Abu Dhabi,” I kept wanting to substitute in “La Di Da Di.”  And for those of you who are unfamiliar with it:

  • “Piracy” sounds too sexy, say rightsholders
  • I just saw a commercial for Brawny paper towels that had the lumberjack on the package singing Lean On Me… and while I’m not bothered by the “uncanny valley,” the animation on the character looked… wrong.
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy: Don’t Worry, Your Phone Isn’t Making You Dumb
  • Google Reported Ready to Leave China April 10
  • A few weeks ago, I toyed with the idea of tossing a game-related blog/sub-blog on the site. Mostly, I wanted a centralized way to contact the HeroClix tournament regulars… and to have a way for people to easily contact one another, in case someone wanted to kick off a pick-up game during the week or on non-tournament weekends. I found BuddyPress. It looked like just the thing to fit the bill. I installed it – a few times – to try and get the setup right. And never did. It turned out that BP builds on WordPress MU (“multi-user”), rather than the standard version of WP. Once I got that installed, things seemed to fall more or less into place. There’s still a little tweaking to do on it, but I’m happy with where it is at this point.
  • UCSB Physicists Show Theory of Quantum Mechanics Applies to the Motion of Large Objects
  • From the “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot…?!” file: TV presenter gets death sentence for ‘sorcery’
  • Old Websites Sure Are Embarrassing

Time to get a wiggle on, I have people to meet for lunch!

Namaste.