My new hero
Very nice. Via John Moltz
Very nice. Via John Moltz
A beautiful thought from Doc Searls, posted on Scripting.com.
Serfing the Web
I have to agree wholeheartedly with this piece by Chris Bowler. I'm using iCloud a lot more than I thought I would because it's just so damn easy, and the syncing just works. And, like Chris, I was astonished by how easy it was to set up my new laptop using iCloud, Dropbox, and Evernote… and I didn't even use Migration Assistant. The (Un)Obviousness of iCloud: "And so it has gone with iCloud overall.
Matt Honan's article for Wired on why passwords can no longer protect our information is thought-provoking and a more than a little worrying.
Not bad... especially the Malkovich. (via Laughing Squid)
[embed][www.youtube.com/watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP-RQkeXkf8[/embed]) How could I not link to this? ESPN meets The Princess Bride: Via Kottke
If you're a fan of old time radio, film noir, or pulp detective novels, and you don't already know about Decoder Ring Theatre and the Black Jack Justice podcast, well shame on you. Gregg Taylor's audio drama about the adventures of Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, Girl Detective, is as entertaining as they come, full of smart, funny dialog and all the usual murder, intrigue, and action you'd expect from a hard-boiled detective series.
This movie is a curious beast. There's much to like: It's beautiful, a gorgeous and gritty recreation of London of the late 1800s. The script is clever. It's got plenty of action. It's got Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes, and the script retains enough of the character and qualities of the Sherlock Holmes stories to satisfy the casual fan of the legendary detective. On the other hand... it's Sherlock Holmes as an action movie.
So, I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes the other night and I thought it was good. 3.5 out of 5 stars at least. Good story, decent acting, great effects. But as I watched it I was kind of thinking to myself that I'm tired of the modern action flick schtick. You know, where there's just this predictable cadence of violence and motion and effects stitched together with just enough story elements to make it appealing to a broad audience.