One of my favorite movies growing up, "Real Genius" is apparently coming up for a sequel. Val Kilmer has said that he will be reprising the role of Chris Knight. A lot of time has passed since the original. I wonder how it might work out.
You combine this with the currently filming "War Games 2" and there could be a resurgence of 80’s pop.
I saw this video last week and thought it was interesting, but found that I kept thinking about it. What do you think?
We were out getting a Christmas tree this afternoon and had to wait in line to pay for it and have it wrapped. My son, Brian, was not too happy about waiting, so I said, jokingly, "If you don’t want to wait, you’re more than welcome to walk home." He promptly started walking off and Becky had to go intercept him and tell him that I wasn’t serious. He didn’t know how to get home, mind you, but that wasn’t going to stop him from trying.
He’s going to be the death of me. Ugh. It’s too bad I love him so much. ;-)
For the lack of something better to write about, here’s my normal workday:
Nothing exciting, but I figured I might as well make it part of the “official” record.
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We decided to do things a little different for Christmas this year. Instead of getting presents for each other, we’ve collectively opted to use the money to purchase Disneyland annual passes for the family. It was costly, but we’re saving gift purchases, and also used proceeds from the sale of my old car. We go about three times in the next year and it’s basically paid for.
We first went this past Monday and had an enjoyable time on what turns out to be one of the lightest visitor days of the year.
And for the first of a planned series from our visits:
Disney Rules #1:
If your party needs to discuss something (e.g., “what to do next?” or “do we have everybody?”), move to the side of a walkway and do not just stop in the middle causing an unnecessary traffic jam.
Back in September, I replaced my 1998 Toyota Corolla with a Honda Civic. I’m quite happy with it, but we never got around to doing anything about the Corolla. We were planning on donating it like we did our 1990 Nissan 240sx, but there have been other things keeping us from getting around to it. As a result, it’s just been sitting on the street.
Around Wednesday, we noticed a note on the windshield saying that if we were interested in selling the car, call. How did he know it was for sale? I mean it was only sitting in the street for the last 9 weeks and had a 1/4? of dirt all over it.
Well, I called “Mike” and spoke with him about it and he said it was for his wife after then had a baby and wanted to have a second car for her to get around town in. He came by about 30 minutes later, asked quite a few questions while he figuratively “kicked-the-tires”. I originally asked for about 60% Kelley Blue Book and he offered $500 less. I debated about countering, but he really was saving me a lot of trouble and it all ends up as “found money.”
He’ll be coming back tomorrow to complete the transaction (he needed to get the cash and I needed to get the papers).
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Easy, just work for the company. In all seriousness, unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve likely heard that the Playstation 3 was released to North America (Japan was last week and Europe is next year). While I’m not any kind of über-gamer, I am a geek and a company man so, of course, I wanted to make sure I got a system.
SCEA executives were quite generous and even though units are quite constrained and significantly lower than was originally hoped or planned, they are allowing any full-time employee that wants one to order one. Not only that, they assure us that we’ll receive them before Christmas. We are also getting them for a discount. No, it isn’t much (and it would be inappropriate for me to say what it is), but I don’t have to buy a HD tv (like some CompUSA’s and Circuit City’s are requiring) nor did I have to wait in line.
As a sign that I’m more parent than gamer, the feature that I’m most looking forward to is the wireless controllers. I’m tired of tripping over and wrapping up the cords and extenders. That’ll be nie. It’s also nice that every game supports widescreen (a feature that any PS2 title could support but few do).
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We went to Blue Man Group’s How to be a Megastar 2.0 concert Saturday night. It was largely the same as their Complex Rock Tour from a few years back which wasn’t surprising as they haven’t come out with a new album since then. Everyone enjoyed it and it was the kids’ first rock concert.
My shirt was a fun addition. I originally thought that it wasn’t sensitive enough when I first turned it on when I got it at the office, but it turned out to be perfect for the sound level of the concert. I was also afraid that I would be an annoyance to those around me but with so much going on on the stage, it didn’t seem to bother anybody.
I took some snaps with my phone. Click the picture to the right to go to the gallery. Sorry for the quality.
I also had to point out a pretty interesting drum kit that Tracy Bonham‘s drummer used during her opening act performance. It’s called the GigPig and looks to be an interesting and compact kit. Part of me really would like to pick one up.
I’d write more, but I’m writing this while in a hotel room for LOPSA’s SysAdmin Days in Phoenix, AZ. I’m tired and can’t really think of much more to say (intelligently, at least).
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I was a little young when Taxi was on the air, but I did watch my fair share of episodes. This clip, I think, is the best joke of the entire series and perhaps the best joke of all time on TV.
I’ve long appreciated both Tim Burton and Danny Elfman and their collaborations together are usually winners. One of my favorites is The Nightmare Before Chritmas (1993). It’s a fun stop-motion animated movie with a great soundtrack (the lead sung by Danny Elfman himself).
Recently, Disney has re-released the movie after “converting” it to 3D. I was a bit skeptical that it would be any good. I mean, how well can you make a 3D movie out of something that was 2D to begin with?
The accomplishment was achieved by In-Three, Inc. The process develops a right-eye shot for every sceen which is can then be combined in whatever 3D presentation you would like. You can find more information on 3D in film on wikipedia.
I saw it yesterday with my kids. The end result isn’t quite as striking as something that was produced from the beginning in 3D, but it was certainly better than I had thought. At least they didn’t mess up the movie. If you have a theater nearby that is showing it in 3D, it’s worth the effort to see it. Especially if you haven’t seen it before.
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