Amazing Race 6
The latest season of the greatest reality show starts Tuesday, November 15, 2004. Set your Tivos. Get ready for a good time. Plus check back here as I blog my thoughts on the show.
Cup o’ noodles
Ramen noodle shops opening up in New York City makes me want to venture up there to try them out. Soup is good food for the soul, and ramen is extremly good. I would like to try it. I wonder if there are any good ramen shops in DC?
Cool lampshades
I am truly fascinated with that design style called “mid-century modern.” Here’s a lampshade manufacturer that makes some modern/retro lamps. I want to get a few made from them.
Hey, Dirty.
Sad news in the world of rap. ODB has died. Big Baby Jesus is no more. He was one of the most colorful rappers ever. He will be missed.
Mac development story.
Why don’t you hear more stories like this from Windows developers. Or do I read the wrong sites? I would guess it is that the Mac developer loves Macs and views the platform in a different way. They love it and write code because what better way to show your appreciation for the platform than to make cool apps for it. Money would be a secondary reason. Anyway, how do you get started writing Mac apps?
Les Encroiables
The Incredibles has been receiving a lot of good reviews. They are justly deserved. I caught a Thursday night showing with not many people in the audience, and I think I want to see it again with lots of people having fun. As I watched it, it dawned on me that this movie is for a more mature audience rather than little kids. The PG rating it received is a good indication of it being a little more serious than the average animated cartoon. If this had been a live action flick, it would’ve been rated PG-13. People die. Even though they are cartoons, it was still shocking to realize that the creators had the balls to show people die (both good and bad).
I also liked the modern style. I am geeked on modern style, and this flick had plenty of it. Also, the score was awesome. Lots of 50s retro touches to it. I think this was probably fun to make as much as it was to see.
4 of 5.
Shall we dance
What would a weekend be without a movie to be seen? This week’s movie is “Shall We Dance” featuring Richard Gere and J. Lo. The movie was a remake of a Japanese movie of the same name. The differnces were subtle, but the transition to English did not suffer although some of it became Americanized (like his choosing his wife over dancing with J. Lo.). It made me want to pick up ballroom dancing in order to pick up chicks.
3 of 5 stars.
Moving to another country
I agree with the sentiments of this post. Even though it is disappointing that Kerry did not win, it is pretty stupid to leave the greatest country just because the President sucks. The United States have had many sucky presidents and it is still around. If we have survived Chester A. Arthur, then surely we should survive Bush II. But if you want to go, and you’re a CS student or practicing engineer, then check out Andrew Tanenbaum’s graduate program in parallel and distributed computer systems. It is very inviting. You’re gone from the country for a few years. You’re geeking out in Amsterdam. You’re studying under the dude who did MINIX. Sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.
What now?
As you have probably heard by now, we are going to have another four more years of Bushism. Another four years of mismanagement. That is our future. What happens to the Democratic party after this is anyone’s guess. It wasn’t bad losing the presidential race, but to lose it by that close of a margin in the popular vote hurt. I keep asking myself, “What reality do I live in and what reality do those who voted for Bush live in?” Because, frankly, I think they’re different. My reality sees the empty rhetoric propogated by the Republican party, which culminates in the ridiculous presidential “compassionate conservative.” We have rewarded incompetency. It wasn’t a Democratic president who chose to ignore a serious threat to the country. It wasn’t a Democratic president who chose to squander a surplus and create a deficit which needs to be serviced soon. It wasn’t a Democratic president that started a futile war in the Middle East. But it wasn’t a Democratic candidate who won the election.