Archive for November, 2008
We’re Not Dead Yet
I know, you’re shocked. We fell off the planet for a bit and we missed our 4 year anniversary (yikes). What can I say, we’re both to blame. Anyway, we’ll be back with a new episode soon, we promise. Now I’m going to watch the Macy’s Parade with my my daughters, everyone have a happy Thanksgiving.
Oh Captain My Captain
Marvel Studios announced who the director of The First Avenger: Captain America will be, Joe Johnston. When I read the name the first thing that came to mind was Jurassic Park III, the second thing that came to mind was fuck that. Then I started thinking and at the back of my head I knew he’d done something else, something better. So I went to IMDB and looked up Joe Johnston and all was right with the world.
Two movies leapt out at me when I read over his resume. The first was The Rocketeer, which I love. The Rocketeer was a terribly underrated movie. The acting was solid and the story was fun. Most importantly though the action sequences were well shot and easy to follow. The emotional scenes were well framed and the director didn’t get in the way of the story with his filming. In fact the performance from Timothy Dalton made me wonder if the one who did the Bond movies was a doppleganger. That movie was enough to balance out Jurassic Park III and make me believe it was the studio that screwed the pooch there. The next movie was a much bigger deal to me. › Continue reading
Believe
Belief is powerful. Belief can heal and it can destroy. I believe in a lot of things but until now I didn’t know what it was to believe in a person. I’ve never been about the individual when it comes to belief. Belief in one person is dangerous, I’m someone who believes in ideas. I’m still someone who believes in ideas. I believe in the ideas of Barrack Obama and believe in his ability to bring change to this country.
President Elect Obama
I’m ready for the change.
Election Coverage and Technology
I’m flipping back and forth through election coverage and I’m noticing something. It seems that all the news channels have gone technology happy. We have holograms on CNN, virtual rooms on NBC. It’s like they’re trying to be hip with cheap technology tricks. What I want is good coverage not smoke and mirrors to make boring coverage seem interesting. Sadly most of the coverage is bland at best even with the glitz.
Election
I’m watching my first election coverage of the evening right now. So far I like what I’m seeing but we all know it’s far from over. Still Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York have all been called for Obama, that’s important. I’m not going to live blog this election like I did the last one. Just a status update or two at most. Any little things I have to say I’ll post on twitter. I’m very hopeful right now.
I’ve Seen the Future
Live Mesh proves that Microsoft gets it. It’s taken a long time for Microsoft to realize the importance of the cloud and cloud computing, but with Live Mesh we’ve seen a killer app that really gets it.
The concept of Live Mesh is pretty simple and not really new. Basically it’s a way to store your documents online. The real difference in Mesh is not just about online storage, it’s about syncing files. When you create a Live Mesh folder on the Live Mesh Desktop you can access it from anywhere. By that I mean any web browser, or any Windows, OSX or Windows Mobile device with the software installed. When you’re using the actual application it seamlessly keeps your local version of that folder in sync with the online version. Sounds simple and really it is.
VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!
That is all.
Maximum Geek Vol. 2 Ep. 29
We’re quicky approaching our 100th episode (if you combine vol. 1 and vol. 2) and our 4 year anniversary. Look for something special the week of November 17th. Anyway, here’s what Jeff and I covered.
- NaNoWriMo
- Microsoft News
- Live Mesh
- Office Online
- Azure
- Windows 7
- Win Mob 6.5
- The next step in Netbooks
Word War
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