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• Initial D Movie Trailer

  Thursday June 30, 2005

• Eric Grohe Wall Murals

  Thursday June 30, 2005

• 2GB and 4GB iPod shuffles rumored, and 8GB iPod mini

  Thursday June 30, 2005

• In-depth Analysis of Batman Begins

  Tuesday June 28, 2005

• Boffins create zombie dogs. A little misleading as the dogs are actually frozen before they die.

  Tuesday June 28, 2005

• Google Earth. This is the same thing as Keyhole, except it’s integrated with Google’s mapping technology.

  Tuesday June 28, 2005

• King Kong Trailer

  Tuesday June 28, 2005

• iTunes 4.9 and iPod update. iTunes now supports Podcasting and all iPods are now color.

  Tuesday June 28, 2005

• Hydro-Foam R/C

  Monday June 27, 2005

• Behaviour : Using CSS selectors to apply Javascript behaviours. I heart clean code.

  Monday June 27, 2005

Batman is my favorite comic book hero, so saying that Batman Begins is my favorite of the comic book-based movies is probably showing a bit of favoritism.

But also know that by being a big fan, I’ve got a lot of expectations of the character and wouldn’t be happy if things were done wrong, so when I say that Batman Begins is my favorite film of the year so far, that’s saying quite a lot.

Continue reading “Batman Begins Review”

The Kia Rio is one of the cheapest cars available at a starting MSRP of $10,195. Add to that the 10 year / 100,000 mile warranty, and you’ve got what could possibly be a great deal. But as we all know, you get what you pay for.

Continue reading “Auto Erotica - Part 1″

I decided to brush up on Christian Bale’s films to coincide with the release of Batman Begins. I passed on Newsies for now, but American Psycho would be good to watch in its entirety since I’ve only seen bits and pieces of it. Perhaps in the future.

Empire of the Sun features a teenage Christian Bale as an English civilian stuck in Shanghai as it is overrun by the Japanese during World War II. The story was a little slow, and it’s not something to watch when you’re sleepy, but still well done in the way we watch Bale’s character grow up in an internment camp.

The Machinist, on the other hand, was awesome — totally creepy and never had me bored. The trailers had me thinking it took place in some alternate universe or a stark future, but it actually takes place in modern day, the movie is just shot in a way to have everything appear undersaturated.

Bale is seriously just skin and bones in this movie, and to think that he bulked up to his Batman muscle mass in two months time. That’s dedication. This movie is definitely recommended.

The server this site is hosted on went down over the weekend and finally made its way back online late last night. They’re working on moving to a better and faster server though, so some downtime may occur in the near future. Hooray to free and stolen hosting!

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  Thursday June 23, 2005

• Futuristic BMW off-road helmet and body armour

  Thursday June 23, 2005

• See Revenge This Father’s Day Weekend, Get a Free Poster! I don’t think this tops the classic, “Who da man? Yoda man!”

  Friday June 17, 2005

A nondescript sedan creeps up behind us as we walk across the parking lot. It honks, making us aware of its presence, and we move to let it pass even though the parking lot is deserted.

The two recruiters don’t even introduce themselves. “You guys want to join the Army?” they ask, dressed in their camoflauge fatigues. Those fatigues really help them blend in with the Winchell’s donuts in Costa Mesa.

“No thanks,” we say.

“Good luck in life.” They drive away.

Fucking murderers.

• Firefly lands on the Sci Fi Channel. Aww, for a minute there I thought it meant new episodes. Excellent news nonetheless.

  Thursday June 16, 2005

My one line Batman Begins initial impression after the jump. Fair warning to certain people stuck in Europe but shall not be named like Brad who said he would hurt me if I told him what I thought of the movie.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a movie where people applauded at the end, and an even longer time since I’ve felt compelled to clap along.