For those of you not subscribing to my Google Reader shares, it is worth noting that the final of the three ‘Complete Recordings’ from Lord of the Rings, will be released on November 6th. And while the extended edition of Return of the King of course marked the end of a golden age of cinema, for me, these complete recordings releases have been something of a lifeline to cling on to.
Monthly Archive for September, 2007
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Wanting to update my lives-in-a-drawer–PSP, I first came across the Danish PSP portal, accessible through the PSP’s browser, and found it to not have been updated since late january… Great. Not even Sony believes in their little portable; new slimmer sibling not-withstanding.
Then I came across this page with update instructions (which is an old version!). And I wept.
Why is this not a one-click feature on the PSP? I could of course just use the ‘Network Update’ feature, which I totally overlooked (again, the joke is on me. Doh!). But, why doesn’t it automatically inform me that an update is available?
My 22-year-old student brother and a friend of his (possibly more), are looking for an apartment in Copenhagen, as they were recently snubbed of the one they had been promised. If you know of something, drop a comment, and I’ll relay the message.
So after having sent out a good wholesome number of mails throughout the day (work is slow…), I finally found what looks to be a decent, cheap bed and breakfast that got pretty good reviews on TripAdvisor. So in a jiffy — read: panic — I wired the owner, Coleen, the two days deposit and thusly we have a place to sleep at night. Hopefully we haven’t picked a too crackhouse dense area of town :)
Takes a load off of our collective chests, for sure. And thank you very much for all your suggestions, all of which has gone through the meatgrinder (and most of which was booked already).
Alright, so as I wrote last night, we’ve already booked our flight. We’ll be in NY between the 21st and 31st of October.
As it turns out, that was perhaps a bit premature. Throughout October, a lot — by which I mean most — B&B’s and hotels have friday through sunday booked, making it a hassle finding a place to stay.
Alright, so there’s been a change of plans. After having exhausted the transportation options, and found them lacking/cumbersome/expensive, we decided to ditch the Maine leg of our US ’07 tour, making it in essence ‘New York ‘07’.
And we’ve already got our tickets booked (and payed for, irk!), the very finest cattle-class too!
So, now both the iPod Touch and the iPhone have wifi, right? But it doesn’t connect to your bonjour shared iTunes library. Nor does it stream music form your pocket to your Airport Express. Doesn’t stream video from your Mac either. And it doesn’t perform any remote control-like functions…
Ehm. Why?
I had some spare time during the week to finally dig a bit more into Bioshock and God of War II. Yeah, I know; old, right? I’m such a lousy consumer. It can easily take me months to read the most exciting book or to play through the most fantastic game.
I suck that way.
So it seems more of the 80’s is enroute to cinemas near us. Robotech the movie. I love Robotech, but I sure hope they leave 70% of the TV show on the cutting room floor.
Q: Are you involved with “The Hobbit�
SR: I am not involved. I respect the director [Peter Jackson] a great deal and he may do it some day, so no. #
Excellent. Eeeexcellent. Everything is proceeding as planned.
Part 2 of the aptly titled Sugar Shock webcomic, written by Joss “I am you new master” Whedon.
Come to think of it, it seems like a lose/lose situation now that Wikipedia has straight up put an end to using statements such as “If I remember correctly…” when writing things. After all, if you don’t look up your facts, you’re a slob, while at the same time, stating something as if you just knew it off the top of your head, makes you look as a pompous jackass.
Man, you just can’t win…
Let it be known, 10 seconds in, I already hate the new Nano. It’s fugly, and the new screen aspect and video capabilities are unnecessary IMHO.
Following up on the interesting, and hopefully on-going discussion, Cinematical, in the guise of Richard von Busack, weighs in with the following remark:
What I haven’t been seeing is someone making the point that Blade Runner is film noir dressed in a sci-fi costume, just like Scott’s other famous sci-fi film Alien, is a monster movie set in outer space. #
This one is for Martin and Poulsen:
“I am continuously looking for [another science fiction film] so if anyone has got a science fiction script in their briefcase, give it to me.” #
I had to do a doubletake, when I read the following:
At the Venice Film Festival for a special screening of his seminal noir thriller Blade Runner, Sir Ridley said that science fiction films were going the way the Western once had. “There’s nothing original. We’ve seen it all before. Been there. Done it,” he said. Asked to pick out examples, he said: “All of them. Yes, all of them”. #
Strong words, sure. But wrong? I can’t quite disprove his accusations as such. Consider after all Hollywood’s output of sci-fi over the last decade, and the words ‘questionable quality’ comes to mind. Summer blockbusters like Transformers, sure, but not since The Matrix, has there been something which truly boggled the mind. It might be a different story on TV, but even there, a lot of it feels like it’s treading old grown, even if it’s in a slightly new way.
I hear what you’re saying Ridley.
But I also think you’re just old and grumpy, and that you will be proven wrong, any day now.
Any day…
Though, to be fair I think what he means, which is perhaps not how it’s quoted, is that nothing comes close to 2001: A Space Odyssey. And sure, in that he has a point, but then it’s not really a fair comparison, now is it?
Steven Poole — the author of amongst other things, Trigger Happy — has a great run down of the reasons he chose to switch from using Word for writing his books and articles. In the process, he swoons at great length over in particular WriteRoom and Scrivener, citing their simplicity, no-frills fullscreen modes and future-safe formats. All ‘minor’ details, that have also made me switch to using Scrivener for largely all my writing.
“Columbia is stuck in the dark ages. I have great confidence that we will have the best record company in the industry, but the reality is, in today’s world, we might have the best dinosaur. Until a new model is agreed upon and rolling, we can be the best at the existing paradigm, but until the paradigm shifts, it’s going to be a declining business. This model is done.” #
Rick Rubin’s an interesting guy, even if Minutes to Midnight wasn’t exactly what I needed.