Movie Theaters
Much has been said in the media lately regarding the drop in movie theater attendance by the American public. Reasons given include: awful movies; expensive tickets and concessions; competition from...
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When Bad Random Functions Go Good?
Most software developers who have even a cursory knowledge of code security know that using the built-in rand() function for anything cryptographic is a bad idea. Now take the issue of randomness in...
View ArticleBad Random Functions Redux
I had talked before about the random play function in my car stereo, particularly the playing of Arlington every time I drive past Arlington National Cemetery. It happened AGAIN. This is the 5th time...
View ArticleA sign that ticket prices are too high
Les Misérables is in town, and I would love to see it. I’ve seen it three times, but it’s one of those shows that I could see a million times and love it more each and every time. Problem is: the...
View ArticleFirst billion dollar movie
With today’s large blockbuster movies (LOTR, King Kong, Spiderman, Chronicles of Narnia, Titanic) costing hundreds of millions of dollars to make, I wonder what will be the first movie to cost $1...
View ArticleInfinite Enjoyment with Finite Resources
Have you ever thought about the miracle of music? OK, some might object to the world miracle, but I’m talking about music, something where transcendental terminology is appropriate. On a piano you have...
View ArticleDear Blockbuster,
Our relationship has been a long one, but at long last the time has come to go our separate ways. I can’t say our relationship has been a happy one. I remember the long nights of walking up and down...
View ArticleEditing Tracks in Windows Media Player
I recently embarked on a complete overhaul of my digital music library–including re-ripping all of my hundreds of CDs into WMA at 192 Kbps. It took a few weeks to get through that, and now I’m going...
View ArticleFlightplan
We just watched Flightplan on DVD, and I have to say I thought it was a pretty good movie. It was interesting how it made you feel by taking place completely on an airplane (albeit a very large one)....
View ArticleRiverdance
Leticia and I took in Riverdance over the weekend. I’d seen the video and listened to the music countless times, but seeing it live on stage is a completely different experience. If the tour ever comes...
View ArticleCopying Beethoven
I was lucky enough to score some tickets to an advance promotion of Copying Beethoven from Washington’s Classical Station, WGMS. It opens this Friday. I was pretty excited. It was in the very nice...
View ArticleThe Fountain
We just got Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain in the NetFlix mail today, and we loved it. Definitely worth watching, a thinking movie, a feast for the eyes. The use of lights was spectacular. It was in...
View ArticleWill someone please stop these people! (RIAA)
Washington Post story. You can no longer put the CDs you BOUGHT onto your iPod. Update: ok, apparently the story is wrong. Still, the RIAA is evil… Technorati Tags: RIAA, digital music
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Podcasts I listen to
I got a 4 MB blue iPod Nano 2nd Genfor my birthday last June, and while I do have a few music playlists, I almost exclusively listen to podcasts. I can’t believe I went so long without one of these....
View ArticleUpdated my favorite podcasts
I’ve updated my list of podcasts with some that I forgot and some new ones I discovered while finding the links to the first ones. I also slightly reorganized the list (Added a business section)
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Rudeness is destroying the arts
or Why I Don’t Leave The House Anymore “Am I disturbing you?” The last movie I saw in the theater was the 3-D version of Beowulf. The theater was fairly empty–maybe 30-40 people total. Two teenage...
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I could get cable for this…
My wife and I only recently bought a TV, but we still don’t get cable or even have an antenna. If we ever did, the only things we’d watch are Discovery, History, and Food. This is the closest I’ve come...
View ArticleLots of Good Movies This Year
We might have to make a few exception this year to our decision not to go the theater anymore…hopefully won’t have experiences like the last time… Cloverfield The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian...
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Girl from Mars – Magneta Lane
I first saw this video at the Microsoft Company Meeting 2008, and looked for the song everywhere, but couldn’t find the Magneta Lane version. They recorded it just for Microsoft. Nevertheless, the...
View ArticleSome awesome dual-piano music
I came across this awesome piano duo via Great White Snark: Awesome Star Wars rendition: I also loves this rendition of Rondo all Turca You can see a ton more about Anderson and Roe at their website.
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