Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thanks to the movies... Another song of old becomes a favorite.
In (500) Days of Summer Zooey Deschanel's character Summer Finn sings this at The Redwood for karaoke. The original for some reason is one of my favorites lately. Here is a recording from a television appearance by the original recording artist Nancy Sinatra.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The best portable charger is finally available. Best part? It's solar powered!
via solarjoos.com
This is one of the best products of 2010. 5400 mAh battery. Waterproof. Solar. Keep this in a laptop bag or backpack and never run out of power for the portables. This could keep your MiFi or portable broadband going all day!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Dark Tower. One of the greatest games of the '80s
I used to love this game. It was AWESOME! FYI, that is Orson Welles.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Disney Patents Interactive Cakes
via gizmodo.com
A cake that has a projection that interacts with the image. You cut a piece and the image changes to accommodate... Read the article... This is crazy!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Netflix has me watching the past.... and wondering...
Netflix has been a welcome experience for me. In catching up with TV shows and movies from over the years not many have brought up feelings of nostalgia like The Beach. Maybe it is the draw of travel, the music, or even the year it came out; definitely not the quality of story that causes this.
At the time back in 2000 I was dating someone who was one of my neighbors and working in sales at AT&T. After living in Austin for a few years in seemed that I had hit my stride. Great job, little to no worries, someone to come home to... Bill Clinton was ending his presidency. Moby. Remember that CD? We all had it. His songs were in all the commercials. WiFi wasn't really around yet. Most people had desktops not laptops. The original multi-colored iMac. Email was from companies like Excite, Hotmail, and Yahoo. AOL was still around as a network provider. Palm Pilots were the thing. Sierra Leone. Elian Gonzalez. Two way text messaging. That darn election. A lot happened that year.
Today, 10 years later, things seem similar... Job pays the bills.... Great dog to come home to.. Best friends with the girl who was that neighbor.... But the year that took us from 1999 into the "future" seemed to hold so much promise. We now have our smartphones, laptops, and iPads. Entitlement. Debt. Communication is in bursts of 140 characters or less. Photos are ALL digital. Email is for work. Some of us send one letter a year if that to the IRS if not filed electronically. We are distant even though we know where and what all of our friends are doing thanks to Facebook and Foursquare.
Watching the movie today made me think of all the people that has come and gone. So many friendships have started since then. Many friends have moved on. Right now, just like 10 years ago, sitting and typing thoughts in the same spot in the same apartment has me wondering where all that time went. However, it has been a lot of fun.
2011 is just a few days away. What will we be thinking in 10 more years? What dream will be pursued? What movie will I chose to remember this milestone of 2010 by? The journey to answer those questions gives the same excitement it did back then. Can't wait to see what happens!
Monday, December 13, 2010
My last Christmas wish and recommendation... WOWee ONE Gel Speaker
via woweeone.com
It is simply awesome. Plug it into a headset jack. Set it down. Press play. It turns the surface you set it on into a sub-woofer. The quality of sound is amazing! It has a 10 hour rechargeable battery and is small enough to travel in a pocket. Rock out the cubicle, bus, park bench.... Only online so far.. Hopefully sold in Austin soon!
Live in Austin? Don't know what to get as a gift? Alamo Drafthouse Gift Cards
via drafthouse.com
If you love movies and live in Austin this is your place to see them. Instead of all those silly gift cards that cost you $6 to load get one that can give you an extra $20 in value. Tim League and staff have made this an Austin institution with great food, drink, and film.
If you haven't played this yet you should. XBOX Kinect.
via XBOX Kinect
This is hands down my favorite thing this holiday. Of course I couldn't wait to get one until Christmas and have been playing Dance Central almost everyday since opening it. You know Microsoft hit a home run when you squeeze 15 people into a 600 sq ft apartment to play and EVERYONE is jumping in. Also gives you some voice commands for certain functions on your XBOX. "XBOX ESPN" is a daily ritual.
If you have an XBOX and you find one to put or get under the tree here are the games I recommend: (Already comes with Kinect Adventures)
Dance Central
Kinect Sports
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
Kinectimals (for kids or if you like giga-pets)
Your Christmas Cocktail. Retro Big Red and Tito's Vodka.
via shop.bigred.com
Everyone knows how much of a fan I am of Tito's Vodka. It is my spirit of choice. The revisit of retro-style real sugar sodas has had me try numerous combinations. My favorite so far is Retro Big Red. It tastes amazing!!! With Tito's and friends it makes the best Christmas cocktail.
This could get me to wear a watch again! Nano Watch!
via bestbuy.com
Apple really made a great little device with the new iPod Nano. There are a ton of cool versions of the wristband out there. Here is another to consider. The new iPod Nano and the Belkin Watch Band. Both available at Best Buy.
This could save me from that bag you all see me with all the time.
via scottevest.com
It even holds the iPad. I may get a couple different styles of these coats. You can even use your iPod/EVO/iPhone through those crazy looking inner chest pockets as it lets you interact with them. CHeck out their other products if you travel. You can save a bag or two!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Wendy's New Hand Cut Fries. Can you still dip them in your Frosty?
One of my favorite treats is going to Wendy's and getting an order of
their fries and a chocolate Frosty to dip them in. It's almost a
ritual. One of those time honored traditions that your friends will
agree or raise an eyebrow when you do it. But how will these new fries
work at dipping? First let me say they are delicious. The sea salt with the skin
still on is a welcome change. They flavor of the Wendy's French fry
was not that memorable before. These new ones are delicious.
However..... They are not good dippers. Since they are not that thick
and square fry of yesterday they tend to break. More often than not
the Frosty dipped fry broke and ended up on the table rather than my
mouth. When it did finally make the trip with help from both hands it
just wasn't the same. The answer is yes, you can dip, but truly
enjoying it like it was before is gone. So, please, to whom it may concern at Wendy's... Bring back the
classic square fry! Save the dipping ritual!
their fries and a chocolate Frosty to dip them in. It's almost a
ritual. One of those time honored traditions that your friends will
agree or raise an eyebrow when you do it. But how will these new fries
work at dipping? First let me say they are delicious. The sea salt with the skin
still on is a welcome change. They flavor of the Wendy's French fry
was not that memorable before. These new ones are delicious.
However..... They are not good dippers. Since they are not that thick
and square fry of yesterday they tend to break. More often than not
the Frosty dipped fry broke and ended up on the table rather than my
mouth. When it did finally make the trip with help from both hands it
just wasn't the same. The answer is yes, you can dip, but truly
enjoying it like it was before is gone. So, please, to whom it may concern at Wendy's... Bring back the
classic square fry! Save the dipping ritual!
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Need a laugh? Check out how bad I am at dancing on Dance Central on Kinect.
via youtube.com
I mean if you can;t laugh at yourself then what's the point right? I knew I was rhythm challenged but no idea this bad. Perhaps the right amount of Tito's has not been consumed yet. Must fix that.
This is what my scene in TRON: Legacy would be like. Yes, that is me.
Thanks to CG I'm getting slaughtered by Clu. But how cool is this?
Pretty F'n cool.
Besides World Peace this would make an AWESOME Christmas gift. Hint hint.
via youtube.com
Walking into a Brookstone at Christmastime is something special. New gadgets. Toys. MASSAGE CHAIRS. But as my back was getting a treatment from one of those high tech massage chairs one of the salespeople demonstrated the AR Drone. You can fly it with iOS devices. It has an on-board camera system so you can see what it "sees". At $299 it is a splurge but maybe Santa can drop one at my door. Please Santa!
Can I tell you how excited I am for this? TRON: LEGACY!!!
via youtube.com
TRON was one of my favorite movies. I still can recall the day I saw it back in 1982. Heading to the theater in my own, watching the movie, then waiting for my parents to come pick me up at the local arcade where I was playing the video game TRON. It blew me away.. Hope this next installment does the same!
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