Archive for the “General” category
A bit more on The Shining
by Pete on January 31, 2012
Following up on the previous post, the Times article about the Room 237 documentary reminded me that it had been a number of years since I’d actually sat down and watched The Shining. With a 4+ hour flight ahead of (…)
Obviously, The Shining is *really* about the capitalist oppression of the working class
by Pete on January 29, 2012
From an NYT article about a new documentary focusing on the the many interpretations/analyses of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining: “Room 237,” the first full-length documentary by the director Rodney Ascher, examines several of the most intriguing of these theories. It’s (…)
Regrettably, a post on campaign finance reform
by Pete on October 1, 2011
Matt Yglesias, on the need for a different approach to campaign finance: What you need to cut down on the time politicians spend fundraising isn’t less money in politics. It’s easy money. Generous public financing of the campaign of any (…)
Why stop with in-app purchases?
by Pete on September 29, 2011
So a while back, Amazon shut off purchasing within their Kindle app for IOS, and then created their Cloud Reader. Now we hear that Facebook has been holding off releasing its iPad app and is working on an HTML5 version (…)
Opera would have saved the Lindbergh baby
by Pete on September 28, 2011
An exec from Opera tosses some sour grapes regarding Amazon’s announcement today about their Silk browser: A senior executive at Opera Software said he was “very flattered” that Amazon launched its Silk browser on Wednesday, but that Opera had already (…)
Actually, I would prefer not to deal with a human
by Pete on September 28, 2011
Well this is annoying: Big Y Foods, which has 61 locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts, recently became one of the latest to announce it was phasing out the self-serve lanes. Some other regional chains and major players, including some Albertsons (…)
Ip Man
by Pete on September 27, 2011
With a one-year-old in the house, I now watch movies in 15-20 minute segments over the course of several days. Consequently, the past few nights have gotten me about half-way through Ip Man: So far, it’s pretty great. The opening (…)
Yes, but I’m still one one who has to decline the meeting invite
by Pete on September 26, 2011
Note: Slightly modified version of this post on Google+ WebWorkerDaily has a post about a recently released survey showing a gap between what employers say about flexible work schedules, and how the implementation of those policies is perceived by employees: (…)
And now we know what the best movie of 2012 will be
by Pete on September 26, 2011
Behold the first trailer for Don Coscarelli’s John Dies At the End: And yes, that was Angus Scrimm. I suppose it is probably a bit too much to ask that he actually be playing The Tall Man, but still… ANGUS (…)
What happens when you force a stupid bigot to think on his feet
by Pete on September 26, 2011
This: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) QUESTION: In 2010, when I was deployed to Iraq, I had to lie about who I was, because I’m a gay soldier, and I didn’t want to lose my job. My question is, under one of (…)