Archive for April, 2008

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.very minor splash page update

April 29, 2008


just added a little note (might be too little for people to actually read or even notice) at the top left corner of my splash page. probably a long ways before i actually make a version 2. hope to have some ideas by this summer.

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.isolation, cow horror

April 22, 2008

this is the kind of movie you can get with a $10 blockbuster giftcard:
Isolation dvd directed by Billy O'Brien

low budgety brit horror flick that’s actually well made. story-wise not all that original (think Alien or John Carpenter’s The Thing…except with mutant baby cows)

Isolation dvd Opening Credits
Isolation dvd Opening Credits
Isolation dvd Opening Credits

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not that great of a screenshot, i’d describe the creature(s) as caramelized soft-shelled crabs like you’d find at chinese buffets…except served with some heaping of blood and bovine innards
Isolation dvd
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dvd also has a pretty good short film extra, written and directed by Billy O’Brien (who’s also the director of Isolation):
Tale of The Rat Who Wrote, written and directed by Billy O'Brien
Tale of The Rat Who Wrote, written and directed by Billy O'Brien
Tale of The Rat Who Wrote, written and directed by Billy O'Brien
Tale of The Rat Who Wrote, written and directed by Billy O'Brien
Tale of The Rat Who Wrote, written and directed by Billy O'Brien
Tale of The Rat Who Wrote, written and directed by Billy O'Brien

kinda reminds me of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller.

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.some habits don’t seem to go away

April 16, 2008

started taking a speed CSS class (only 3 days total so they’re cramming a lot of info real fast). i had trouble following it the first class…and doodled this in place of notetaking

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.some more random images

April 16, 2008

more photobooth
more photobooth
more photobooth
more photobooth
more photobooth
more photobooth

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.this is england

April 16, 2008

This Is England by Shane Meadows

written and directed by Shane Meadows. great movie. about skinheads (if you briefly skimmed the trailer or read the story synopsis). it’s really more about friendship, bonds and loyalty. no preaching about the direction of the main character’s life.

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.random image

April 15, 2008

Apple Photobooth

someone just discovered Photobooth

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.Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy

April 14, 2008

Leone’s Dollars trilogy was re-released as a boxset in 2007 with similar design packaging to the 2004 Special Edition of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. i had already bought the anniversary edition of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly a year after it came out (which would be around 2005) so i ended up just buying the 2007 re-releases of Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More separately. (also waited for them to go on sale. Fistful was on sale for 9.99 while Few Dollars More went on sale recently for 14.99)
Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy DVD
Sergio Leone's Fistful of Dollars DVD
Sergio Leone's Fistfull of Dollars DVD
Sergio Leone's For a Few Dollars More DVD
Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly DVD
Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly DVD

the actual disc design looks a lot like the Taxi Driver dvd i posted before, but that one was designed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. i can’t find a listing for the packaging design of Leone’s trilogy.

trailers:


btw, some of the interviews that were in the 2004 release of The Good The Bad & The Ugly (titled Leone’s West and Leone’s Style) end up on the extras disc of Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. so you’re not really getting that much original extra interviews if you had all 3 movies.

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.current video playlist

April 14, 2008

nothing to do while my other computer is tied up encoding a dvd…so watch some vids:

Trentemøller feat Ane Trolle - Moan (Live)

Cinematic Orchestra feat. Fontella Bass: All That You Give

Flock of Seagulls - Transfer Affection (Live)

Tricky - Christiansands (live)
 

Godflesh - Crush My Soul

Martha Wainwright - Bloody Motherfucking Asshole (live)

Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
 

Longwave - Tidal Wave
*video linking was disabled, darn. view it directly then:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7X3D6VJJ43w

Beth Gibbons and Rustin Mann - Tom The Model (Live)

Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryu
 

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.smoother scroll wheel

April 11, 2008

decided to make the scrollwheel on my Logitech trackman (thumb trackball mouse) run smoother. i remember breaking something on my older trackman (accidentally) that made it scroll a lot faster, but now i can’t recall which part. for this newer one i ended up just removing the spring that lets you know the actual scrollwheel is “tracking”:

Logitech Trackman
Logitech Trackman

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.once upon a time in the west

April 9, 2008

Once Upon A Time In The West by Sergio Leone, Special Collectors Edition
Once Upon A Time In The West by Sergio Leone, Special Collectors Edition

this came only with 2 discs and no booklet. okay. but why couldn’t they have used a single sized case which can also hold 2 discs instead?
Once Upon A Time In The West by Sergio Leone, Special Collectors Edition