Went out for Dinner and a Movie with Karl, 007Ben and NiteGirl. (We brought 007Ben’s SO and NiteCat along too)
WE had two boats at Sushi Domo and then went to the Regal for Shrek 3 (For NiteGirl and NiteCat) and 28 Weeks Later (Again)
Seeing 28 weeks later for the second time only compounded my belief that it was totally awesome!
Due to the fact that I am leaving soon and that I have a finite bank of off time, I have taken a long weekend, which means “I have all the time in the world for doing stuff”
Some of the stuff we did this weekend
Here is a Quick Rundown of my opinion of each:
Spencer’s Butte: A Fun drive out there. very long hike.
PF Changs: Sucked, too expensive no ambiance. The outdoor eating area is next to the fricking road.
Peace March: I was surprised by it but took tons of photos:
28 Weeks Later: GREAT! Thrilling! A worthy sequel. I was worried that the lack of the formers cinematographer and director would hurt it, I was very very wrong. I’m going to see it again tomorrow!
The Pow Wow: Despite living near to a reservation for most of my life, I never actually got to see one of these up close. You cannot begin to imagine how amazing it is to hear the signing and drumming live like that. Don’t hesitate to attend at least one.
Oh, one more thing. NiteGirl had her first Mojito, she loved it!
So, Spider-Man 3; what to say about it?
First the negatives: It’s very very cheesy. Nacho Cheese Cheesy. From the stupid “wolf walk” scene with Tobey, to the Flag scene later in the film, it’s chock full of cheese. Small children will enjoy the easy-to-read jokes that are splayed about in this film. In a movie that is supposed to be about the Dark Side of Spider-Man, we are laughing alot.
The fight scenes were great, and the big redemption scene was sufficiently emotional. Tobey turns in a good EMO-Peter performance (if any reader was at the showing I was at, I was the guy who called out “Now I’m EMO!!!” when the big hairstyle change came down, you’re welcome).
It was predictable, and cheesy; but I won’t hesitate to buy it when it comes to DVD and I will recommend it as family viewing, as it is clearly a family film.
If I was a reviewer, I’d give it a thumbs up, if only for the popcorn movie factor.
If money were no object, which five luxury items would you rush right out and buy?
Submitted by lorilyn.
If money were no object, which five luxury items would you rush right out and buy?
Submitted by lorilyn.
I had a good workout yesterday, 2 miles on the elliptical machine (28 minutes) a quarter mile uphill at a run on the treadmill (nearly killed me) lifted weights (20 reps 80-100 pounds) and crunches and leg lists (as many as I could do in 15 minutes).
After supper, I wanted to do some nice partial crunches, to work the upper abdominal a bit as they didn’t feel as worked out as the rest of my gut. NiteGirl would not let me, she went so far as sitting on my chest to stop me. I ended up doing them with her on my waist, but it was annoying that she was stopping me from getting exercise I need.
Her point was that I was working too hard (I didn’t feel too tired or sore to do it, why not) but she relented to let me get some exercise. She got some too, and apparently fell asleep later on. I fell dead asleep soon after she was done.
Over the past few days, with the release of the Decryption key for Hi-Def DVD video, Digg users have been posting the hexadecimal sequence that comprise the Keys over and over. This whole “revolt” is equal parts pusillanimous and genius; the key is out there “information is free”; but it only serves to portray the same people as lawless to the IP holders in question.
The holders of these keys are sure to be wringing their hands over this in glee; proof that the tech community is nothing but filthy crooks. The movie advocacy industry (MPAA) can look at this in too ways; the community won’t rest until they give up the keys to the kingdom or the community is crooked (inherently so) and the DRM push is not going far enough.
Somewhere lost in this is that the community simply loves movies. When they don’t have entertainment, they create it.
Isn’t that what the movies are all about?
Just came out of Next. The nick cage movie. In a word, terrible. It was just a long drawn-out version of the scene from minority report where tom cruise is deftly navigated via precognition away from his former teammates.
The fact that I spent more time on the tom cruise movie should not have escaped you. Avoid ‘Next’ it’s ‘next’ to pointless.
EDIT: I thought that I’d expand my original review.
The cast is okay in the flick, but Nick Cage is way too old to be macking on Jessica Biel. The movie moves on, with each example of Nick’s powers becoming more an more expansive. I have to admit that the writer took a fairly smart turn with future viewing and so on, but the ending was SO Cheesy.
I yelled “cheese” when the big ending came, and the audience laughed in agreement. All 5 of them.
Avoid Next. It’s a waste of money and time.
I would like very much to tell you a short story about Josie. Josie is not really my cousin. She shares a last name with my Family, but that’s about it We met and became friends in the Summer of 1995, the year I turned 20 for those of you who keep count of such minutiae.
Josie was one of those people who was always he center of the action, people circled around her like a little planet that had an irresistible gravity. People would float in and out of her life and through it all she was an affable person, even in the face of adversity.
I knew we would be great friends almost right away.
We became friends because I can’t tell pretty girls NO.
Ask any pretty girl who has asked me for something when I was under 20 and they can confirm (if they remember me) that I couldn’t answer in the negative when asked, I was totally without spine.
Josie needed help moving out of her crummy basement apartment, but the landlords were very “involved” and needed to be kept out of the matter. I enlisted some help and got to the job. A friend of the family came with a truck and we moved her out and into her new place as fast as possible. There was some open tension from the landlords, but the family friend was a Rugby player and the Landlord was trash. I myself was lifting packages great and small for 5 hours a night, and was no wimp. We moved furniture and belongings as fast as we could.
In hindsight, I’m pretty sure most of the people around Josie just looked at me like the loser who hung out. I’m not even sure if they were wrong. However, I met so many amazing people through Josie and loved those long summer days of just hanging around the local lighthouse or walking around in the dark night.
I wouldn’t have met anyone I know and love now had it not been for Josie. So Josie, I thank you.
How to test an IP address against an RBL/DNSBL list
Published by NiteMayr on May 2, 2007Hey There; this post is a technical post about how to test to see if your IP address is on an RBL list.
212.122.234.565
(For those of you not in the know, this IP address can’t exist in the IP v4 numbering system)
565.234.122.212
You should see something like this:
Server: dnsserver.yourdomain.com
Address: xx.xx.xx.xx
*** dnsserver.yourdomain.com can’t find 565.234.122.212.sbl.spamhaus.org: Non-
existent domain
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: 565.234.122.212.sbl.spamhaus.org
Address: 127.0.0.1
It’s a good bet you are on the RBL (in this case SBL) list.