It’s a friggen netbook that uses e-ink! I discovered that my own netbook can be used quite effectively as an e-reader like that of Amazon’s Kindle. However, unlike the Kindle, my netbook has an LCD screen that tends to strain the eye after a long read and eats away at the battery much faster than [...]

Apple. They’re rich for good reason. They know people want something that looks stylish and is easy to use. That’s why, with the iPhone, they were able to get away with leaving out so much. None of these were necessities, but they were features that phones older than the iPhone had. MMS, voice control and [...]

After a recommendation (and miscommunication) from a co-worker, I decided to check out the film Ed Wood (1994) . At first, I thought I was being told that Ed Wood was the worst film ever made by the worst director ever, but instead it’s a great film about the worst director ever (though one holds [...]

I forgot why I watched Blazing Saddles a year or so back. I’m thinking it was for my Race & Ethnicity film class. In any case, I watched it and it was okay. The ending where they break all realms of film reality was hysterical, but a lot of the humor just wasn’t there for [...]

I don’t think it counts as a marathon if I only watched two, but last night I watched Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters. After such a crappy day yesterday, I had to just sit back and relax before work tomorrow, and that’s exactly what I did. I started browsing my Netflix Instant Watch queue and normally [...]