Random Access

Thursday – 18 March 2010
It’s another NBN Thursday/Technical Friday combo.
I like those.

Last night, I saw Alice in Wonderland (in IMAX 3D) with Jana, Dave, Rebecca and Joe. It was a good movie, nicely adapted from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. There were a couple of departures from the original stories, but not so much as to be incredibly distracting.

Correction: The music for the Mad Hatter’s dance, near the end of the film, seemed anachronistic and did pull me out of the movie, so to speak. Sorry, Danny Elfman.

I thought that the casting was good; I particularly enjoyed Mia Wasikowska’s performance as Alice. Johnny Depp’s turn as the Mad Hatter wasn’t as over-the-top/bad as I feared it could have been. Likewise, Helena Bonham Carter’s Red Queen was good as well. I do, however, have to agree with a comment Galadriel made a few weeks back:

All-in-all, it was an enjoyable movie and a nice way to spend an evening with friends.

Stray Toasters

• WordPress != WordPress MU
• 20 Cell Phones with Highest Radiation Levels
• The Runaways is poised to give girls an education
• A few weeks ago, Craig Ferguson joined Twitter. I check his feed every so often to see what bit of randomness he’s posted. By way of his feed, I found Carrie Fisher’s Twitter feed. By way of that, I found her blog; it makes for a rather curious read.
• Overtime change in NFL would bring cheers, jeers
• “Hello, Sticky-pants!”
• Scholar Says ‘Lost’ Shakespeare Play Is No Hoax
• Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely
• Happy Birthday to My Happy Meal
• How Blind People Ski
• 10 ft. long LEGO Pennybacker Bridge
• Filming for ‘The Hobbit’ Begins in July

Almost time for today’s round of meetings to begin…

Namaste.