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Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Saw this movie last night, followed by a Q&A with Kevin. This was a cute movie, that combined some of Kevin's typical stuff with some more "popular" Apatow-style romantic comedy elements.
The Apatow Connection is blatantly obvious with Seth Rogen as the star, although Smith says he started writing the movie for him before he was a "movie star." The other Apatow-ish element is the underlying sweet love story, which is very much like Knocked Up and those other slacker romantic comedies. I can see where Kevin learned something from Jersey Girl and put it to good use.
First off I have to mention I was super stoked to hear a song by MC Chris (aka MC Pee Pants) off of his album "Life is a bitch and I am her pimp." The song was "Fett's Vette". The YouTube video for this song is below Great tune, great album.
The humor, the characters, the casting and, of course, the potty humor were pure Kevin. This was an odd hybrid of a popular Apatow-style romantic comedy and a typical filthy Smith movie. But it worked. And I think it could have been a big hit like Knocked Up if it wasn't for the whole porn thing in the title which I expect will turn off a lot of people who would otherwise have loved the movie.
I was impressed by the movie, Kevin is always an awesome speaker, and I will probably see it again in its regular run in theaters, if only to contribute my money to the goal of coming close to The Dark Knight's gross.
Oh, and Darryl from the Office, Craig Robinson, gave an awesome performance. Very dry and subtle and completely hilarious. I can't wait to see him in more stuff.
Smith and Mas:
Fett's Vette:
The Apatow Connection is blatantly obvious with Seth Rogen as the star, although Smith says he started writing the movie for him before he was a "movie star." The other Apatow-ish element is the underlying sweet love story, which is very much like Knocked Up and those other slacker romantic comedies. I can see where Kevin learned something from Jersey Girl and put it to good use.
First off I have to mention I was super stoked to hear a song by MC Chris (aka MC Pee Pants) off of his album "Life is a bitch and I am her pimp." The song was "Fett's Vette". The YouTube video for this song is below Great tune, great album.
The humor, the characters, the casting and, of course, the potty humor were pure Kevin. This was an odd hybrid of a popular Apatow-style romantic comedy and a typical filthy Smith movie. But it worked. And I think it could have been a big hit like Knocked Up if it wasn't for the whole porn thing in the title which I expect will turn off a lot of people who would otherwise have loved the movie.
I was impressed by the movie, Kevin is always an awesome speaker, and I will probably see it again in its regular run in theaters, if only to contribute my money to the goal of coming close to The Dark Knight's gross.
Oh, and Darryl from the Office, Craig Robinson, gave an awesome performance. Very dry and subtle and completely hilarious. I can't wait to see him in more stuff.
Smith and Mas:
Fett's Vette:
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Create Digging
This is incredibly funny to a vinyl junky such as myself. Crate digging will lead to your demise. Don't do it.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
mRing for Treo
Looking for a way to do MP3 ringtones on my Treo I found this app, mRing. I downloaded and installed it and it works great for assigning MP3 ringtones, but I'm about to delete it for other reasons. I hate the way it changes the incoming call screen.
Gone is the little picture with two big, clearly marked buttons for answer and ignore. This is replaced with a giant picture with two little tiny buttons, and it's not really clear which one is selected at any given time. Tapping the screen ignores with text.
My other complaint about this is that every time I try to adjust the volume on my phone it ends up turning the stupid thing back on. The volume button was reassigned to be the profile adjustment for mRing. Today I will delete it completely.
If you want a completely new contact manager and to have to go into a different application to get more flexibility for assigned your contacts ringtones and pictures it is great. If you just want MP3 ringtones I would suggest playing them out of speakers and recording them using the Treo's sound application.
Gone is the little picture with two big, clearly marked buttons for answer and ignore. This is replaced with a giant picture with two little tiny buttons, and it's not really clear which one is selected at any given time. Tapping the screen ignores with text.
My other complaint about this is that every time I try to adjust the volume on my phone it ends up turning the stupid thing back on. The volume button was reassigned to be the profile adjustment for mRing. Today I will delete it completely.
If you want a completely new contact manager and to have to go into a different application to get more flexibility for assigned your contacts ringtones and pictures it is great. If you just want MP3 ringtones I would suggest playing them out of speakers and recording them using the Treo's sound application.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Blackberry vs Treo
Lately I've been thinking about trading in my Treo for a Blackberry. I've been trying to do some research on the two of them and stumbled across this article today, which isn't about Treos but about iPhone vs Blackberry.
The feedback I've gotten from people who have used both phones is that the Blackberry user interface is nicer, but it has some drawbacks - namely the lack of a touch screen and the lack of threaded SMS.
I haven't been able to find much about the threaded SMS online. I get the impression that Blackberry user's don't know how the Treo handles SMS because the reply is usually, "it does do it." But while they have come up with a way to sort of do it, it defeats the whole purpose of keeping things clean and simple. I am shocked that someone has not written a Blackberry app to do that.
Anyway I will be sticking with my Treo for now. Hopefully soon Blackberry will add this feature. I could live without the touch screen, although I love my Palm touch screen, but the threaded SMS I can not do.
The feedback I've gotten from people who have used both phones is that the Blackberry user interface is nicer, but it has some drawbacks - namely the lack of a touch screen and the lack of threaded SMS.
I haven't been able to find much about the threaded SMS online. I get the impression that Blackberry user's don't know how the Treo handles SMS because the reply is usually, "it does do it." But while they have come up with a way to sort of do it, it defeats the whole purpose of keeping things clean and simple. I am shocked that someone has not written a Blackberry app to do that.
Anyway I will be sticking with my Treo for now. Hopefully soon Blackberry will add this feature. I could live without the touch screen, although I love my Palm touch screen, but the threaded SMS I can not do.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Vinyl Making a Comeback?
Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years.
NY Times Article on the topic. I never abandoned vinyl other than for a few dark years in the early 90s.
NY Times Article on the topic. I never abandoned vinyl other than for a few dark years in the early 90s.
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