The delightful Kyla and I checked out “Episode 3” this afternoon. Yes, that one. Our collective verdict? “Better than the previous two. Heavyhanded and obvious. Won’t be buying it when it comes out on DVD.”
Curiosity satisfied. Now on to better things, like the impending Issue 5 of City of Heroes…
I had an entry almost ready to go, and then I had to try to Google for something to clarify a point… and my browser crashed.
So, you get this instead. Here, I’ll even throw in a random funny link.
Remember, kids: save those draft entries when your entry is getting a bit lengthy! Don’t be like that “grey duck” guy! Man, what a loser…
Found here, the following (which I’ve formatted for maximum humor output):
Q: Why is soloing archvillians really a problem?
A: Because it’s too expensive to buy a tour bus for each one. Anyway, “Tyrant and the Praetorians” just looks good on the album cover.
Later on in that thread there’s a comment about the optimal slotting of one’s sense of humor that almost made me spit-take. But maybe that’s just me…
Happiness is…
… finally hooking up the surround sound speakers. So far, our informal test-disc review shows that Ronin has far more precise but subtle use of the rear stage, while Italian Job sounds more dramatic, especially during the helicopter chase scenes. Akira’s menus sound incredible, but the movie itself doesn’t really lend much to a 5.1 system. The Ah My Goddess movie places a lot of its orchestral ambience in the surround environment.
I’m sure we’ll “test” some more movies over the course of the weekend. I mean, why not?
I’ve added to, subtracted from, sorted, tweaked and futzed with my massive taglines file, that which feeds the random tagline display you see just below the site logo, up there at the top of the page. Like a good ‘netizen, I’m sharing the fruits of my labors with the lot of ya. So, linked below is the straight text file containing every single tagline I have.
Enjoy, won’t you?
From this Slashdot entry’s commentary we get this amusing little gem:
These are some of the things that happened between Debian releases:
a) The Olympic games returned to Greece.
b) The Pope died.
c) A German Pope got elected in a conclave.
d) Apple switched to Intel.
e) Watergate’s Deep Throat identity was revealed.
f) The French rejected the European Constitution
g) Boston won the World Series.
Never let it be said that the Debian maintainers are in anything resembling a hurry… and if you’re in a hurry for the latest-greatest but want that wonderful Debian flavor, may I recommend Ubuntu?
