Just got back from seeing Up. Two things:

1. Best movie in the history of movies.

2. Ow, my heartstrings.

(Okay, also 3. Pixar, can we have a little talk about gender? Thanks.)

But. Totally awesome.

This is a really cool game.

Apparently a demo for an unfinished product. I liked it so much I signed up for their mailing list.

Requires sound. Well, you could play it without sound, but there would be very little point. Full-screen mode strongly recommended. And half an hour or so of uninterrupted time.

UT has just stopped supporting Usenet access. Now I must decide whether to, like, pay somebody for it or just let it go.

alt.poly's the only thing I read that still gets any posts, and it's been awfully thin on the ground lately. It may be time to say goodbye.

I've seen a number of people complaining about the events in the last episode.

( Spoilers yay. )

Having seen the third episode of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog just now, I have one thought.

( This thought here, cut for spoilers. )

Why is it that I only stay home from work when I'm too sick to do anything enjoyable? This hardly seems fair. (On the other hand, work is much easier than most enjoyable things, so I suppose it's only logical ( Read more... )

Paper Pong!

I have now rated all 3638 songs in iTunes ( Read more... )

In my recent post titled "Advice", I criticized "Mr. Blue", Garrison Keillor's pen name for an advice column he used to write at Salon.com, rather harshly. I have just realized (after seeing a link to a recent column) that I was confused; Mr. Keillor was a decent advice-giver -- it's his replacement as the Salon.com advice writer, Cary Tennis, who ( Read more... )

Friday: The Rutles (DVD)

This is, effectively, "This Is Spinal Tap" for the Beatles. It was entertaining, but would probably have been significantly more entertaining if I knew more about the Beatles. "Eric Idle's Memoirs" in the Special Features are worth reading.

Saturday: Avenue Q (Did we mention we won a Tony?)

So ianhickson and eeyore_grrl had tickets, and ( Read more... )