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How Lightsabers Work
The factual website How Stuff Works has a great article on How Lightsabers Work. Very informative, and very useful for those technology users who always wanted to know.
Wanna Go To Madagascar?
You won't get that until you go see The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy. But I'm not saying you have to.
The movie was fairly good. It's definitely full of the weird British humor that makes you chuckle more than laugh out loud, just like the books (or at least that's what it does to me). Martin Freeman is amazing, Mos Def is cool enough, both of Sam Rockwell's heads steal the show, and Zooey Deschanel just looks just as hot as she did in that little elf suit at a department store in that one Christmas movie with Will Farrel. ;-)
Like I said, it's not so amazing it's required viewing, but it's at least worth a watch, no matter if it's in theaters or on DVD. I guess I wouldn't mind them making more if they wanted, but I kinda doubt it'll happen. Just remember to bring your towel along!
Music Update
OK, here's what I've been checkin' out lately:
The latest from Mae, The Everglow, is really good. Great songwriting and a cohesive album with great packaging. Too bad most don't have that these days.
I found out that Eisley, one of my new favorite bands, is also bringing along one of my other new favorites for their summer tour. Don't miss Eisley with Lovedrug at The Quest on June 17th or a show near you. Eisley also speaks very highly of the other band, Pilotdrift, so I hope it will be an all-around solid show.
The live DVD from The Elms is definitely worth the dough. The boys have put together a great project and worked so very hard on it - it was really good to hear it after them getting me more and more excited for a whole year. I doubt they could've done a better job, unless you wanted a 5.1 mix.
Ode To Netflix
Alright, folks, it's time time. For a couple weeks now I've been trying out Neflix, the original online movie rental company. And, well, so far, it's great.
For $14.96 I get to rent two movies at a time. I can basically rent as many as I can squeeze into a month, for whenver you send them a movie back, they send the next available one in my Queue of movies I want to see. They pay for the postage, and within two days of sending one in, I get a new one. Nice, fast turnaround.
The only problem is that, right now, I checked out a couple movies that I've seen and wanted to show to my roomate. But I found out that he's not gonna hve time to watch movies until Friday, so I guess I'll have to wait until then to watch Unbreakable and Kung-Pow: Enter The Fist. I should've gotten something that he didn't really care to see and watched it tonight, but oh well. I guess that means I'll have to work on these websites....
It's Nice To Work
No, I didn't get a job.
But for the past 48 hours, I have been working with a group of friends on a friend's roof. It's been a gratifying experience. I'd say we spent 24 of the last 48 hours at the house, for sure. Good thing there was good food.
I was on the cleanup and go-to detail. When people weren't saying, "Dan, can you get me a pair of tinsnips?" or "I need some more nails!" I was cleaning up all the old shingles on the ground. I didn't really feel confident on the roof, so it was cool with me.
It was really nice, for sure, to just have some good stuff to do. I've been missing getting up early and going off to a job. Plus, it was fun to hang out with friends.
I just got cleaned up, and now they're cookin' dinner over there, so I'm goin' back. Gotta love these early days of burgers and brats on the grill. (In Minnesota, it's too cold for about 4-6 months to do outdoor food.) Actually, another nice thing was that it was cold this weekend while we did the roof... but a tiny bit too cold, in my opinion. 55° or 60° would have been nicer, but it's better to be cold than too warm.
John Cleese Knows Funny
Now for some geeky humor...
Problems with tape backup have been in the news a bunch recently, so John Cleese (of Monty Python fame) comes to the rescue. He heads up the Institute for Backup Trauma, and here they present this ad. It's not funny the whole time, but it's pretty good.
And the brothers Chaps better get a H*R update sometime soon....
The Crackers
This was so funny I had to create a new category called "Humor".
For those of you who don't know, a couple months ago they did an art thing in NYC with the orange cloth throughout Central Park.
But Kim found this: The Crackers. Brilliant.
Oprah, You Were Wrong
Andy Osenga, one of my favorite independent musicians, recently posted this article in his blog. All I have to say is, I knew Oprah was evil!
New Feature: Movies!
Alright. Now here's something new.
I put a list of movies on the site here. Look on the right to the "Pages" section to see My Movies. If you live near me, feel free to talk to me about borrowing some and we'll do it. I hope to keep it updated.
Plus, if you click on the movie, you can buy it at Amazon.com (and support cMusicWeb.com). And don't bother with asking me, "How do you like this or that movie, Dan?" Just don't. I own it, so I must like it, right?
One of these years I'll get a complete, working list of all the CDs I own too, but it's gonna be a long time before it's complete because it's a heck of a long list.
They've Got Our Back
Best Buy's resident tech support team, The Geek Squad, has our back. They've put together a bunch of different forms that are sure to get us out of work or school for May 19th. Get yer forms and don't miss the Revenge of the Sith!