Two words: Angelina Jolie. Finally, she’s back as Fox; exactly the type of too-hot bad-ass she was born to play. As for the rest of Wanted, just sit back, put your mind on hold and prepare for gorgeous, non-stop over-the-top action from start to finish. And for the ladies, McAvoy is almost as ripped as Jolie. This movie is why they coined the phrase “Summer blockbuster.”
I still don’t get the whole bullet-bending thing, but I don’t think that even matters. Recommended.
That’s it. I’m out. Twitter has lost most of its utility for me over the past several weeks. It’s like feature whack-a-mole. One day replies are disabled, the next it’s the “older” link. IM is pretty much always dead. I have been ramming Twitter down everyone’s throat since before it had an “e” in the name, but I quit. Between the whack-a-mole game and the FAIL whale it’s not worth it.
In the meantime, Friendfeed is pretty much always working. And they actually add features instead of the other way around. See you there.
In Bruges is pitch black, very funny and totally recommended. Colin Ferrell is awesome here.
The movie Teeth, about a young woman with teeth in places no one should have them (vagina dentata) was funny, gross, interesting and terribly, terribly disturbing.
Updated 11/28/2009 here
After getting a new computer I usually prefer to install everything from scratch. It takes a lot longer than just migrating, but I like how it feels to install things one at a time, without any of the legacy crap that typically piles up.
Here’s the list of things I installed on day one of using the new Air…
Things Omnifocus
CocoaMySQL Sequel Pro
TextMate BBEdit
I’ve wanted an Air since the day they were announced. So yesterday I bought one. But why? Well, other than the fact that I really wanted one, I do actually have a plan.
Sell the MacBook Pro. Let’s face it, 2 expensive laptops is one too many.
Move the 20” iMac from kitchen to home office. The iMac with attached 24” Cinema Display and Drobo will more than handle photo processing, video editing, etc.
Bring the MacBook Air everywhere.
I honestly don’t need the MBP’s power to do my job. The performance tradeoff of the Air is not insignificant, but I’m betting that it’ll be fine. And it’s just so damn thin! I’m writing this now from my recliner and it’s ridiculous how nice it feels. When it’s time to move upstairs or elsewhere I can just pick it up easily with one hand and off I go.
The Air doesn’t feel like a small laptop, it feels like a whole different class of device.
Update Not so fast! The original Air turned out to be too slow for me, so I Bought a new one
And speaking of VIM, I just discovered Vimperator. Might be enough to tip the scales from Safari to Firefox.
I use VIM for editing most everything - have for years. For the helluvit I thought it would be fun to learn a little more about Emacs, so I gave up VIM and went all-in with Emacs for 2 weeks. By all-in I mean everything. Everyone says you can pretty much live in Emacs so that’s what I tried to do. I switched from using Things to org-mode for my To Do lists and dumped Tinderbox for, well, more org-mode for time tracking and quick notes.
I wrote code with it and read every Emacs tip, trick and article I could find. What is supposed to happen is that the process of hard-wiring the brain to type everything with either the Control or Alt keys becomes easier. It didn’t. Not easier enough anyway.
It was fun while it lasted. Here’s what I liked.
Emacs can do anything. Really, anything.
Org-Mode is awesome. It has everything a text-driven geek needs to run his or her life.
AquaEmacs is very good at making Emacs feel like a real OS X app.
But, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the key commands. Yes, I’ve remapped the Caps Lock key to Control, but it still forces my hands into awkward contortions. After an hour of coding my fingers would start to cramp up and complain. I gotta say, I didn’t miss VIM’s “beep mode” but I’ve switched back to VIM just the same.
Fifty years ago, men ordered Manhattans, women drank Mai Tais, and no one brought guns to school. The logic is irrefutable;
See, I told you Zed wasn’t such a bad guy. Okay, no I didn’t, but he’s always an interesting read.