"Where nothing happens?" Give me a break

A list of the "five great films where nothing much happens".

Meh; one of my all time favorites happens to be number 2. And, in case you're curious, a lot happens in this film. (Sort of.)

Films for the Masses

But especially for Jody and Josh. 

A link to the A/V Geeks film collection. Anyone ready for 'Everybody's Prejudiced' (1960)?

The McGangBang

Hard to pass up (well, actually, quite easy now that we stop and think about it), a new fan favorite from Mickey D's. Ugh.

Vanity Fair article on Bernie Madoff

This article appears in the April issue of Vanity Fair.

A heist story for Josh

Found this ealier today via an RSS feed:

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamonds?currentPage=all

Enjoy!

The first (and so far only) funny moment on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Occured in the 18th minute of episode 3. Link here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/60903/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-wed-mar-4-2009

It's a shame Sesame Street had to be involved.

Stem Cell Reversal

President Obama will reverse former President Bush's limits on stem-cell research on Monday with changes to federal financing. Link here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/us/politics/07stem.html?hp

Even more exciting is Obama's desire for politics to be removed from the realm of scientific research. I'm not holding my breath.

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Eh; not so much. I can't believe Conan had this rocky a start when he assumed the mantle in 1993. Let's hope Triumph, or something like it, is on the way.

Add another beverage to the 'real sugar is better' motif

Posted in the City Room section of today's NY Times is this article indicating Snapple is bringing back real sugar to its beverages.

Can't wait to try one.

For Josh (and anyone else who appreciates real sugar)

Looks like Pepsi is making a move in the right direction. Just like Mexican Coke (no, not that kind), real sugar is always better than high fructose corn syrup.

What I didn't know about, however, is Kosher Coke.

User Adoption

Time is relative, yes?

Education is really important, yes?

See this for some insight into the above.

Thinking about summer, already

Google Chrome: You're Killing Me!

It drives me nuts that due to incompatibility issues I need to use Firefox to blog via the Google acquired tool, Blogger. And now, this:

Yep - Chrome doesn't support Google Earth plugins. Why?

Working 9 to 5

This, apparently, is a real help-wanted ad. I kid you not. 

Scrapbooks: An American History

From today's The Morning News, a good read by all means.

For Scrapbooks: An American History (Yale University Press), graphic designer Jessica Helfand, who as it happens collects these meticulously bound oddities, has anthologized a broad array of samplings from over 200 scrapbooks, reaching back to the early 19th century and hurtling toward the present. The 400 images in this thoughtfully designed book are selected from private individuals as well as some well-known Americans: Zelda Fitzgerald, Lillian Hellman, Anne Sexton, Hilda Doolittle, and Carl Van Vechten.

Auditorium

Very, very nice game.

Via kottke.org

Photographs of the President

A great interview Opinion piece from the NY Times (25 January 2009). Errol Morris questions the head photo editors of the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Thomson Reuters about photographs of the 43rd President of the United States. 

Well worth the time.

MST3K Live Performance - Jan. 28, 9pm EST

I kid you not. The MST3K guys will spoof a film before your very computer eyes. Catch it here as they slaughter the 1950 film Overcoming Fear.

I hope Josh isn't working the night shift.

Leave it to Microsoft

The first time I saw this product I just shrugged; now that I hear about it seemingly every 10 minutes I thought I'd investigate a bit more and found this horror:

Egads this one's bad. But, wait; there's more misery to be shared:

Make it stop, please!

Surprise 60th

We threw a surprise 60th birthday event for my mother in Baltimore last night. As of 10:30am, today, most of the dishes are done. Boy, am I tired.