Category: movies
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First NetFlix streamed movie
Well, I’m sure doing what we did tonight will seem like old hat in 10 years, but it was really amazing at this point: We watched our first Internet-streamed movie from NetFlix! Glen Bull blogged about this a couple of weeks ago, and thanks to him bringing this capability to my attention we enjoyed “the…
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Who is this person?
A photo challenge from Alexander. Post guesses either here or on the Flickr page of the photo! 🙂
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Gifts from Christopher Paolini
WARNING: SOME MILD PLOT SPOILERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS POST. Last night I finished reading “Eldest” by Christopher Paolini, the second book in his “Inheritance” trilogy that follows the book “Eragon “ which was released as a major motion picture last month. These are a few reflections on the book and the book series to…
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More lessons learned on iPod video conversion
After successfully (and unsuccessfully) converting a few more videos to an iPod-complaint/friendly format that transfer and play without a problem on a video iPod (5G), I’ve learned several new things to add to my initial list from a few days ago. 1. The MPEG-4 codec appears to be more flexible than the H.264 codec when…
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Eragon and WikiPedia extended learning
SPOILER WARNING: If you haven’t read Eragon or seen the movie, beware that in this blog post I’m including details that reveal plot elements of both. It’s almost Christmas, but I’ve already received what may be the most precious gift I’ll receive from any of my family members this year. This morning when I woke…
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Happy Feet lacks a good storyline
This past Friday night I went and saw the new movie Happy Feet with my family. I am not a regular movie-goer these days, DVD movies have become my usual way of enjoying films now– I think the only movies I saw this past summer at the theater were “Cars” and “Pirates of the Caribbean…
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Pirates Movie 2
I saw the new (second) Pirates of the Caribbean movie tonight, and it was a lot of fun. There are more gross scenes in this one– the sort of the “gross” that was in “Return of the Jedi” in Jabba’s palace– not really bad, but not stuff I want my kids to see just yet.…
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Cool wallpaper downloads for the movie “Cars”
I saw the movie “Cars” last week and loved it! Pixar has a simple but brilliant strategy when it comes to moviemaking, in my opinion: Tell compelling stories with interesting characters, and lace it with humor that appeals to all ages. Three cheers for rated G movies! Go Pixar! I ran across this website that…
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Dan Brown: Historical obfuscator
I know, the title of this post may sound like I am prepping you for a challenging game of Scrabble, but bear with me… According to Dictionary.com, “obfuscate” means: To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: “A great effort was made… to obscure or obfuscate the truth” (Robert…
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Star Wars Clone Wars
I have not seen these yet, but now that they are on sale in the iTunes Music store for $1.99 each or $10.99 for the entire first season I may: Star Wars Clone Wars!