September 2007 Reading/Watching Recap

And I have a new record for most movies seen in a month. Since I’ve been keeping track, that is. But no more, for school, television, and Xbox360 have stolen my movie-watching time, and October’s recap is going to be fairly thin. Which is good, because then I can get caught up [...]

Twitter Updates for 2007-10-27

My WordPress dashboard is still messed up, more than 24 hours after it started messing up. Getting very annoyed! #

Networking confuses me :(

I’m having it up to here with networking right now. Not the interpersonal kind of networking that gets you jobs and things, though I have issues with that as well; the computer kind.
My laptop has a wireless connection to the internet via the cable modems scattered throughout the apartment complex. I can connect [...]

David Bordwell on Poetics of Cinema

David Bordwell talks about his new book, Poetics of Cinema. How much do I want to study with this man? (hint: lots)

Silent Movie Theatre in LA = CINEMA LUST!

The Silent Movie Theatre in LA has become a full-fledged revival house, a cinematheque almost, if you will. It’s not just showing silent films, either.
Here’s the full program for November and December (pdf). Starting with François Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel series, on to a couple of film noir specials, some world cinema and some [...]

SingStar Bollywood!

Karaoke game SingStar is releasing a Bollywood version! How awesome is that? Less awesome that it’s only in Europe, but hey.

Hype Machine Beta Launching…When 10,000 Visit It

The Hype Machine, one of the best music discovery/search engines/players on the web, is launching a new version. But not until they get 10,000 people to open the preview page. So go, open it up! Yeah, it’s a promo tool, but Hype Machine is worth it.

Pushing Daisies 1×02 (spoilers)

Okay, guys, now that I’ve seen the second episode of Pushing Daisies, it’s moved up to the “LOVE/ADDICTED/OBSESSED” category on my TV breakdown. Easily the best of the new shows. In fact, it’s been ages since I’ve been this delighted by a show.
Let me just tell you a few of the things that [...]