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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nathan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:21:23 +0000

I’ll be honest, I wanted to see this movie because Heath Ledger died in the middle of making it. I wanted to see how they pulled off finishing it, and to the writers credit, they did a good job. I can’t really explain the movie. I walked out feeling the same way. It was weird, very colorful, and kind of hard to follow. I entertained by it, but I don’t think I would watch it again. I know this review isn’t much help. If you like Johnny Depp, Heath Ledger, Jude Law, Jude Law then see the film. They all play the same person very well.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Tags: Movie, Rating

Sherlock Holmes

Nathan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:15:55 +0000

This was movie two of the new years movie night. I thought it was a great movie. It was action packed enough for me, as well as clever. Sherlocks Holmes was a smart ass, and I loved it. I also really liked how “magic” was explained. I’m guessing most people didn’t notice this. I did and it’s what made me love the movie.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Tags: Movie, Rating

I’ve Missed Album Artwork

Nathan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:12:04 +0000

In 2005 when I fist got an iPod it was a 20gb 4th gen. Which was right before the color iPod came out, and a few years before the iPod Video came out. This meant that the screen consisted of black text on a white background. This also meant all my music didn’t have Album Art. See I had to rip all the CD’s I purchased, but what was I suppose to do with album artwork. So for the past 5 years, I haven’t cared at all what the Album Artwork was. Sure I have noticed high profile album’s artwork, but nothing about it much mattered to me. I didn’t see it everyday.

Cut to 5 years later, and I have an Android device which I use as my phone and iPod. I listen to podcasts and stream music from Pandora or Slacker Radio. I also have a windshield mount for it. This all means that when listening to audio while driving, I can see album artwork. Its a little thing, but after 5 years its nice to see the work artists put into their album covers.

Tags: Art, iPod, Music, The Past

Why There Will Not Be A Tablet Announced By Apple On The 27th

Nathan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:29:26 +0000

The web is all a twitter about a tablet they think Apple is going to announce this month. They have also been saying a tablets been coming for years. This is the same thing that happen with the iPhone, the difference here, is Apple has nothing to revolutionize by making a tablet. Look at the iPod. Companies were making mp3 players, but Apple came in and did it better. Same thing with the cell phones. They revolutionized both industries. How will this work with the tablet? Are they going to revolutionize the Kindle market, or the Windows tablet market? Either one you choose, they have already done it with the iPhone. The iPhone is a tablet, its just small. So maybe as @FrankSnyder pointed out its going to be a dock for the iPhone. This is all great and wonderful, but the iPhone doesn’t multi-task. Why do you need a 10inch single processing low power machine.?

Nothing about this whole tablet thing makes sense. Apple doesn’t officially have any events coming up. Everything online right now about the tablet is speculation. I say its not going to happen. I don’t see a market to for Apple to revolutionize.

Update: Looks like there is going to be an Apple Event on Jan. 27th. I’m still saying the tablet isn’t coming.

Tags: Apple

Up in the Air

Nathan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:00:47 +0000

For Christmas Tandy got me a new wallet. Inside that wallet was a gift card to the Monaco theater. The other night we went to see two movies, this being the first one.

Its a movie about a guy who travels a lot and doesn’t seem to ever want to settle down with a family. Of course, he meets a girl and finds out some things about himself. All while trying to save his job from bring taken over by technology.

I thought the movie was good. Had some funny moments, and some serious ones.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Tags: Movie, Rating

2009 — It’s Over

Nathan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:59:11 +0000

I ended last year, hoping this one would be better with work, relationships, and in general. I’m pretty sure looking back on it, other than work this last year was worse. Relationships were crazy and overall not good for anyone. In general it had some good things and a lot bad things. I can say for sure it won’t be a year I’m likely to forget.

List of things that happen this year:

Saw at least 16 movies in the theater.
A very close family member passed away.
Went to see Dave Anderson a bunch.
Mog and I had 6 Holiday Parties in one day.
Found out RedBox is great.
Got two cakes made for my birthday!
Had a couple crazy “things” with chicks.
Found pictures of me from high school.
One of the first to discover the re-birth of Soul Burger.
Went to Israel for a week and NYC for a couple hours.
Saw Marcy Playground twice in one year.
Went to Hawaii for a week.
Went to Wisconsin for a week over Christmas.
Helped Makers Local 256 grow and seceded as a hackerspace.

In the end, I hope this year is better. Lets hope relationships arn’t as crazy as last year, and that all around it gets better.

Cheers!

Tags: 2009, New Year

Wisconsin Trip 2009

Nathan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:31:32 +0000

I took a little vacation over the holidays. I headed up to the coldest place on earth….alright maybe it wasn’t the coldest place, but it sure felt like it. I went up to Wisconsin to see my Dad and Step-mom as well as other people and family.

I headed out early on the 22nd and thankfully I made it there without any problems. I didn’t have any canceled flights our anything like that. After arriving in the frozen tundra the first thing Dad and I did was head to the cheese store. Not to far from the airport is a place where they make fresh cheese. We got a few bags of cheese curds and a couple blocks of cheese. I looked at getting a cheese head hat, but decided against it, because of baggage space limitations.

Most of the time was spent just hanging out with family. We went to see a movie, went out to eat a bunch. You know the normal family stuff.

I did get to see the grave stone of Jessica. I posted about her in a post called 10 years ago… It was nice to see the stone, she was a very good friend of mine, and I don’t think I have ever actually seen her stone. The fist time I was there to see her grave site there was just a plaque.

Also got to hang out with a couple friends including @grinningsoul who I have never met in person but have talked to online for almost two years. It was awesome to meet someone for the first time you have known and followed for a while. <–That sounds very stoker like, thanks social networks.

All in all I had a great time….well except for the cold!

Tags: Travel, Trip, Wisconsin

Hawaii Trip 2009

Nathan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:30:07 +0000

I went on a work trip to Hawaii in the middle of November. We were on Kauai, which is very small and very old. Not much to do there, but I guess I wasn’t there for vacation so what can I expect. Here are some pictures from the island.

Tags: Hawaii, Travel, Trip, Work

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Nathan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:03:07 +0000

WARNING: Spoilers!

So I went to see this while I was up in WI. It was kind of a family thing. The grandparents, parents, and an aunt all went to see it. The movie is your basic chick flick. Guy and girl are on the outs, story progresses and guy and girl get back together. The story around the chick flick part is about guy and girl getting sent to the middle of Montana to live. Guess what? They are city slickers! Yep city slickers that don’t love each other, but find out they do in the end.

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

Tags: Movie, Rating

Marcy Playground May 24 2009 and July 31 2009

Nathan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:25:52 +0000

I went to see Marcy Playground two times in 2009. One of my all time favorite bands. Here are some pictures from the July show.

Tags: Concert