Link of the Day — Just click on it and you’ll be satisfied
I’m hoping that you enjoyed the past week’s music breaks. It puts you in the island mood. If you want to learn more about some of the rock steady and ska from the latter half of the week, check out today’s link. Then get thee to Amazon and purchase, purchase, purchase….
"Tetsuo!""KANEDA!"*bong* *bong**BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*So goes my imagination of Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo's sci-fi manga masterpiece, as I read through Jason Thompson's overview of it at ANN. I saw the anime years ago what the U now calls the Cosford Cinema. Big as life on the big screen with all that chaos of Neo-Tokyo, it was an amazing experience and came to epitomizes anime when I was a young buck. But today's link gives you a reading of the manga that didn't make it very much into the anime. So there was more to it? Yeah, I would guess so, because the anime at times is confusing.I do have few issues of the original US run of the "comic." They are pretty cool issues with a very distinct cover design. I should scan a few as the issues signify that this is not a kid's book: this is AWESOME!And still, "Tetsuo!" rings in my ears…http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2011-04-28
Chasing tunes on YouTube and I always look for covers of songs. I like covers. There’s just something fun about them. How the artist covering the song changes it around or how they don’t, it’s great to listen to a familiar song done in a less then familiar way.
Go check out this site that categorizes and compiles covers of songs. I’ve barely scratched the surface there, but it’ll lead you to some nice covers.
When Artificial Intelligence goes dumb.
It’s an interesting item, because it is an example dumb computing. Dumb computing is dangerous. If they don’t learn, how do we? WOPR should show us the way.
Just bought one of these SSD drives from OWC. I’m using as my storage disk for music and photos. Or rather, I am planning to use it, but like the last hard drive I bought, I haven’t gone through the steps to break down both media libraries and transfer them to that drive.
Yup, it’s a network drive hanging off the Airport Express. I chose an SSD drive so that I don’t have to worry about spinning disc failure. I, also, want to connect it to Mobile Me and Back To My Mac so that I can access it from the road. Yet, I can’t really figure out how that all works. I have yet to successfully log onto my Mini from outside the house. I’m even having trouble with logging onto it via remote desktop while I am home.
All this network computing — it’s all ridiculous.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/Mercury_Extreme_SSD_Sandforce/Solid_State_Pro
I’m not sure if the link of the day will continue to work. Doesn’t it look like a dynamic link?
Anyhow, it’s because I’m gonna get a new surfboard!
http://news.patagonia.com/cgi-bin23/DM/t/hlut0EBSlL0K6e0YO3C0GW
Mancave? Fancave!
These dudes get the envious task to watch all MLB baseball games this season from a high tech apartment in New York City. I would’ve given it a big “meh,” if not for the Orioles fan, Ryan Wagner, being one of the dudes. I only found out from the Adam Jones and his tweets about his visit the other day. Since the Orioles are in NYC, I believe a couple of them have visited the place.
What a weird way to spend the season.
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-drone-20110410,0,2818134,full.story
Did movie going go out of fashion? Is it no longer social? Or has it changed into something else?
We watch lots of movies, but no longer together. What does that do for our common experience?
Imagine watching Star Wars for the first time as a downloaded iTunes file. Would it be as awesome? Would it be mind blowing? Would you watch it all the way through mesmerized? Or would you have it playing in the background as you facebook your friends? Could you feel the anticipation of getting back in line at the theatre to see it again? Or would you rather press play again?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/movies/the-24-hour-movie-and-digital-technology.html
If you've been reading my blog for a while now, you've read about my disdain for vampires, their stories and movies. I can't stand 'em, and their appeal frustrates me at times like wish fulfillment people looking for a fantasy life. Give me science fiction or sword and sorcery for my fantasy life not something from the horror genre.Still, there's one vampire tale that I like a whole lot: Stephen King's Salems Lot. The night I read it I had to stay up until dawn because I was too scared to put it down and turn the lights off. The Glick kids could've started scratching at my window if I did. Even to this day, it is the one vampire story I can say I like. Most likely, this affection results from the novel's heroes are the vampire hunters. It sides with those who are vanquishing the scourge that are the vampires of the story like eradicating a virus. Kill all vampires!Today's like is a nice roundtable read about the CBS miniseries explaining how it fits into the vampire story pantheon. I watched the miniseries as a youngster and I can tell you how frightening it was. Only later when I read the book did I feel the terror of it all.http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/25/the-horror-dads-in-salems-lot/
