So I was reading Zadie Smith's review of The Social Network, because at this point
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oneI have developed a taste for Bollywood. There's just something wonderfully honest about it's desire to entertain. It's action! It's angst! It's romantic comedy! It's a musical! And even when it's being absurdly cheesy, it's just so unselfconscious and kind of earnest about itself that you kind of have to love it. I've also kind of developed a ( Read more... )

okay, so I've borrow the complete works of Arthur C. Clarke from the library, and I'm definitely not going to be able to read them all in time. So, If anyone's a fan, a list of stories I have to read would be nice. Like really nice. Please?

There's also this awesome Linux commercial that IBM did a few years back, and it's just plain cool, a little ( Read more... )

I'm trying to use Wine to run old school Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? and Oregon Trail II, but it's not working. This makes me sad. Very sad.

Have been messing around with Deskbar and Beagle. Pretty nifty. It's trying really hard to be Quicksilver, I think. Still, I like it perfectly fine on its own. I'm still not used to using it, but I'm sure I'll fall in love pretty quickly once I use it on a regular basis ( Read more... )

I am quite in love with this multiple workspaces thing Linux has going for it. It means that I can separate out all my weirdnesses. Also, Linux makes it really easy for me to work on the CS lab's resources over SSH (considering that the CS lab also runs on Linux). I am very much in favor of that ( Read more... )

Only use Limewire for one or two songs every gazillion days? There's the rather cute Cabos, which works for both Windows and Macs. No Linux, weirdly enough, considering that it's written in Java.

Boring screensavers getting you down? Really Slick Screensavers are, in fact, as slick as advertised. They're incredibly beautiful, though I would watch ( Read more... )

Dear Internets,

I think I love you lots. Let's go elope.

Love,
me

Firefox 1.5! I'm all asquee. (though you should probably watch out for broken extensions and the like if you're updating.)

Release notes with all the new stuff. I'm especially digging the drag-and-drop tabs and the quicker forward and back functionality. The new Mozilla.com site is looking kick-ass as well ( Read more... )

Mashups! Score. I love these things ( Read more... )