Posts from 2008
American Idiot
The truth hurts
Jason just linked to an article at The New Yorker with a list of the five scariest movies of all time. I’ve only seen one of the films on the list — The Silence of the Lambs — which I thought was a great thriller, but it didn’t particularly scare me. Cannibals and serial killers are simply not high on my list of Things Which Frighten.
I just don’t see how anyone could make a list like this and not include Jaws. I’m 35 years old and I still think of that damn shark any time I’m in the ocean. Is there anyone in the world that doesn’t? Hell, I think it wasn’t until I was out of my twenties that I could swim in a $#&* pool without being scared.
Apocalypse Now
It was the worst of times
Another Upset
The Gators lose a stunner
This Makes No Sense
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
TinyURL! Bookmarklet
In which I explain how to create a handy bookmarklet
Every day a new city, a new IHOP. And yet every night the dreams get worse. I ply the highways, a nervous eye on the rear-view mirror, the back seat piled with stolen menus.
In his first season the UCLA Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel has lost one game by a total of 59 points.
In his first seven seasons the USC Trojans head coach Pete Carroll lost 14 games by a (combined) total of 59 points.
Not Quite Genius
So Apple released a new version of iTunes today. Version 8 includes a new feature called “Genius”. Play a song, click the Genius button, and iTunes creates a playlist of other songs from your library that go great together. This sounds like a cool idea, although I consider myself already pretty handy at creating smart
Tom Brady and the NFL
Will the NFL collapse without Brady?