I'm a couple years too late for this to be brilliant, but: I borrowed what I thought was the 2005 movie of Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy from Phalen. (Turned out to be the tv series, which filled my at-home-with-a-cold-Tuesday much better.)
Watching Arthur look something up in the Guide was almost exactly like watching someone poke around on Wikipedia from their Treo. (Except for the bathrobe, of course.)
Friday, October 12, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
La Veuve Charmante
There's something endearing about this, in an Eleanor Lavish[1] kind of way: The homepage for Veuve Clicquot champagne is in French. It presents the viewer with a dropdown menu to enter your country and birthdate, to screen out under-legal-drinking-age kids. Once I picked "USA" it translated the page into English; I just think it's funny that you have to speak enough French and/or be online-savvy enough to know to fill out the dropdown to get your own language.
Sadly, the endearingness wears off almost immediately: A pretentious Flash site that took forever to load, even over a T1. (I guess people think champagne sites should be pretentious. I was looking for something that reflected the champagne we drank yesterday, which tasted of flowers and joy.)
[1] "It's very naughty of me, but I would like to set an examination paper at Dover, and turn back every tourist who couldn't pass it."
Sadly, the endearingness wears off almost immediately: A pretentious Flash site that took forever to load, even over a T1. (I guess people think champagne sites should be pretentious. I was looking for something that reflected the champagne we drank yesterday, which tasted of flowers and joy.)
[1] "It's very naughty of me, but I would like to set an examination paper at Dover, and turn back every tourist who couldn't pass it."
Thursday, September 27, 2007
My Noodly Appendage is all tense.
You know how I've been having wrist and arm problems lately (partly due to repetitive motion/poor ergonomics, partly due to excessive cat's cradle)? Well, now I'm mad. The marathon stats reporting session yesterday tired out/tightened up my mousing hand. I know this because I only converted 14 Pastafarians. Oh, the shame. I should have to wear two eyepatches, or something.
(I was playing the Flying Spaghetti Monster game because right after I finished my piece of business plan draft , I got a piece of spam that said "Take a break! Play a game!" and I thought "Good idea!", but of course was not inclined to play the game proffered in the email. Yes, it's almost 8pm. Yes, I'm going home now.)
(I was playing the Flying Spaghetti Monster game because right after I finished my piece of business plan draft , I got a piece of spam that said "Take a break! Play a game!" and I thought "Good idea!", but of course was not inclined to play the game proffered in the email. Yes, it's almost 8pm. Yes, I'm going home now.)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Mutant Super Power
As you may know, I have a mutant super power: being able to identify actors from one role to another, even through full-head Star Trek alien makeup or a 40-year age difference.
A slightly alarming variation just occurred: I'm watching the 1963 film Tom Jones. Susanna York[1] stars as Sophia Western. "She looks an awful lot like Samantha Morton," I thought. I paused the movie to check imdb to see if they are blood relations. They aren't.
But in the 1997 miniseries The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (which I have not seen), Sophia Western is played by...Samantha Morton.
[1] There do not appear to be any pictures of Susanna York circa 1963 available on the Internet, alas, so I can't demonstrate just how eerie this is.
A slightly alarming variation just occurred: I'm watching the 1963 film Tom Jones. Susanna York[1] stars as Sophia Western. "She looks an awful lot like Samantha Morton," I thought. I paused the movie to check imdb to see if they are blood relations. They aren't.
But in the 1997 miniseries The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (which I have not seen), Sophia Western is played by...Samantha Morton.
[1] There do not appear to be any pictures of Susanna York circa 1963 available on the Internet, alas, so I can't demonstrate just how eerie this is.
Sic transit gloria(2)
Candey Hardware is going out of business.
They've been open since 1891.
This is disorienting. Candey Hardware has been part of my professional universe for 14 years. In fact, now that I look at the map, they are literally the center of my professional landscape.
What's a girl to do when she needs potting soil, or some keys, or some WD-40, or a knife for birthday cake, or a decent staple gun (not like the one Staples sold me once, for which they did not carry refill staples, but I digress)?
I guess I'll be going to the True Value at 20th & P from now on, which is inconvenient. Just barely too far for a there-and-back-at-lunchtime trip.
(You kids today and your non-walking-distance hardware superstores. Get off my lawn.)
They've been open since 1891.
This is disorienting. Candey Hardware has been part of my professional universe for 14 years. In fact, now that I look at the map, they are literally the center of my professional landscape.
What's a girl to do when she needs potting soil, or some keys, or some WD-40, or a knife for birthday cake, or a decent staple gun (not like the one Staples sold me once, for which they did not carry refill staples, but I digress)?
I guess I'll be going to the True Value at 20th & P from now on, which is inconvenient. Just barely too far for a there-and-back-at-lunchtime trip.
(You kids today and your non-walking-distance hardware superstores. Get off my lawn.)
Monday, September 24, 2007
I'm gonna need some Epsom salts.
There are approximately 35 YouTube videos of cat's cradle tricks.
My hands are cramping up just thinking about it.
Some of them are in French, which is exciting--extra bonus skill points!
My hands are cramping up just thinking about it.
Some of them are in French, which is exciting--extra bonus skill points!
Ball Home Canning Jars...
...are no longer made by Ball Corporation.
The jars still carry the "Ball" logo (exactly the same as that used by the Ball Corporation), but they are now apparently made by "Jarden Home Brands". More info at the URL "freshpreserving.com"[1]
This might be the most confusing branding issue I've ever seen.
[1] This site looks pretty thorough and useful, despite the Flash-into-with-music.
The jars still carry the "Ball" logo (exactly the same as that used by the Ball Corporation), but they are now apparently made by "Jarden Home Brands". More info at the URL "freshpreserving.com"[1]
This might be the most confusing branding issue I've ever seen.
[1] This site looks pretty thorough and useful, despite the Flash-into-with-music.
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