I can’t get enough of the stream of photographs of Saturn taken from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. Naturally the black-and-white shots are the best

I’ve been a member of Netflix since sometime in 2002 and they’ve been good to me. The thought of switching to Blockbuster’s (or anyone else’s) version of movie-rental-via-internet never crossed my mind, and still hasn’t. The problem with Netflix (and similar services) is lack of spontaneity. Quite often I know which movie I want to see tonight, and of course I don’t have it and it’s not even in my queue.

Seems everyone is vulnerable at times. Firefox (Windows) contains a nasty bug, and you should apply the fix found here (Restart Firefox after installing the extension/fix)

A few weeks ago during a basketball tournament, Jessica asked me to quickly braid her hair before the game. It happened so fast I almost forgot to notice. She just asked me again. This time I didn’t forget to notice. This time I savored every single moment of it. Ten years ago I would braid her hair each morning before school. “There’s BUMPS in it!” she’d scream, yanking out the hair tie in a huff.

I typically have no idea what Kevin is talking about, but dang if he don’t draw real good. (Probably that Sceptre Gold II thingy)

Looks like there’s some movement over at Slewpop. Woo hoo, as they say. Although that fabulous balloon looks a little familiar. We’ll let him get away with it. It’s kinda like bringing a few pens home from the office. Looks like he changed the balloon a bit. It’s even better now! He doesn’t really need content anymore. Im happy to just sit and play with the balloon all day.

On rare occasions, T.M. is wrong about a movie. His contempt for Bubba Ho-Tep is one of those occassions. Elvis and JFK didn’t die, they live in a Nursing home somewhere in Texas. This particular nursing home also happens to be haunted by an ancient Egyption mummy who’s sucking the souls from the residents. Who but The King and The Pres could possibly be capable of stopping it? It’s bizarre, funny, corny and even touching.

The final Lord of the Rings sucked. I may be the only person alive who thought so, but I want my 3 hours, 21 minutes back right now! Synopsis: Scene One: Two kids and an annoying CG critter who squeaks nothing but the word “precious” walk around on rocks and argue over which one of them is the bad guy. Scene Two: A huge battle sequence between two armies of unknown origin.

After seeing Spartan, it occurred to me that the problem I have with many of Mamet’s films is that although there’s plenty of interesting dialog, there are no real characters. I couldn’t have cared less about anyone in the movie. Even the cleverest dialog will have trouble compensating for that. Roger Ebert (yes that Roger Ebert) and I typically like the same movies, believe it or not. Not in this case, however.

Yet another photo sharing site, Flickr. (Link fixed) It’s done pretty well and has a nifty Flash app for chatting and sharing media. There’s also a little Javascript widget for displaying recent photos on your own site. I’ve (for now) put it over there on the right.

$290 million is a lot of money, but the odds of winning are somewhere in the neighborhood of 135 million-to-1. Repeat after me… You Will Not Win!. Nor will I or quite probably anyone we know. I have just as much fun thinking about winning without playing as I would if I bought a ticket. The odds are essentially the same anyway. Oh, and if anyone I know does win, forget I said anything.

Just bought another camera. An Olympus Stylus Epic. I’ve been wanting a pocketable point-n-shoot that I can always have with me. After hearing all of the rave reviews (by other Leica owners, no less), I decided on the Olympus for $75.00. I didn’t want a digital because it would’ve cost me $400-$600 to get similar image quality, and probably even more shutter lag. Here’s what I like… Small. Really does fit in my pocket.