There’s Water on the Moon
In case you missed it: There’s Water on the Moon.
Spend. Less. Expect. Life
Is it just me, or did some of the biggest retailers in the world hire the same advertising firm this time around? In recent television ads, I’m seeing slogans that are surprisingly similar, almost as if they were thought of by the same person. And each of them makes little sense, when scrutinized closely. Let’s[...]
It Should Just Work
In the mid-1980s, when I was just a young teen, I overheard my Dad talking with a computer man named Bill Wolfe (nice guy, good father, very smart). Mr. Wolfe said, “Students should be required to take computer language courses in school.” I can’t remember whether he was talking about Fortran, BASIC, or what. He[...]
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
If you have the chance, see this movie in 3D. No, it’s not mind-blowing, or spectacular. But it’s a lot more fun when the food falling from the sky seems to be coming right into your lap. I’ll give Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs my personal award for “Most Innovative Title” of 2009. I[...]
The Wrestler (2008)
The Wrestler features a couple of actors in the evenings of their careers — Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei — but both prove why they’ve been in the business so long. They carry this movie. Rourke has 10 other movies either in production or post-production, scheduled for release in the next year or two, and[...]
District 9 (2009)
The trailers didn’t do this movie justice. Neill Blomkamp’s debut as a writer and his first major film as director should be a smash hit. If it doesn’t do well at the box office, it’s sure to be a favorite on DVD. The basic back-story is this: an alien race (called “prawns” by humans) arrived[...]
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Covering one of the most devastating political events in this nation’s modern history, Frost/Nixon as a movie is superb. Ron Howard proved again as a director that he can be trusted to handle pinnacle moments of our history with honesty and accuracy, keeping true to the spirit of the events. Unlike many “period pieces,” this[...]
How Sad Were the VMAs?
Having been without regular TV (by choice) for more than eight years, last night’s VMAs on MTV opened my eyes. I mean, I knew television’s quality, content, ethics, and watchability have been declining steadily since … I’m not sure when. (When did TV reach its peak? Let’s just say it was the late 1980s or[...]
Closer to Solar
Wired.com published this story yesterday, about a thin-cell solar power company about to go public. To me, the biggest news in the story is their ability to build inexpensive peak-load solar farms near cities. Of course, they still haven’t solved the problem of how to store energy through the night, or how to keep up[...]
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- I Must Disagree by Wil C. Fry
Commentary: A record Powerball jackpot isn’t a record to celebrate (Christian Science Monitor) The editorial board of CSM concluded their piece with this: Before the news media play up the next record-setting mega-lottery like Powerball, they may want to add these kinds of caveats in their reporting. It could deter people from rushing to the[...]
- Some Things I Underlined (‘… by Wil C. Fry
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of To Sail Beyond The Sunset (1987) by Robert A. Heinlein, the last novel he published before dying in 1988: “I remember Earth. I knew her when she was clean and green, mankind’s beautiful bride, sweet and lush and lovable… It is futile to mourn over[...]
- Beware: Editing Signs’ Gram… by Wil C. Fry
There is a school of thought, albeit a relatively unpopular one, that poor grammar or punctuation on printed signs should be corrected with a Sharpie or other tool, vigilante style. In the News: Vigilante Copy Editor (New York Times) And there are older instances, such as this one (The Virginian-Pilot).
- Some Things I Underlined (&… by Wil C. Fry
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls: A Comedy of Manners (1985) by Robert A. Heinlein: “It does not do to encourage bad banners; one should retaliate, urbanely but firmly.”
- Renters Forever: Photoshop … by Wil C. Fry
In The News: Adobe starts subscription for Photoshop and Dreamweaver (BBC News) This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone; many software companies are moving in this direction. Instead of having to ship millions of boxes and discs every year when they upgrade the software, they’re just going to add the updates to the online[...]
- Some Things I Underlined (&… by Wil C. Fry
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of I Will Fear No Evil (1970) by Robert Heinlein: “…most people think of money as something to pay the rent. But a money man thinks of money in terms of what he can do with it.” “…it’s impossible for a woman to lay it on[...]
- DIY: Measuring Cup Holder by Wil C. Fry
For about $5, I made this measuring cup holder that’s hidden inside a kitchen cabinet: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
- Movie Review: Tinker Tailor… by Wil C. Fry
My wife and I invoked our “30 minute rule” when watching this movie. The rule is: if the movie can’t interest either of us in 30 minutes, then we turn it off and quit wasting our time. According to Wikipedia, this film is based on a 1974 novel and “the story follows the hunt for[...]
- Quotes From A Stranger by Wil C. Fry
Following are some passages I underlined during my 2002 reading of Stranger In A Strange Land (1961) by Robert Heinlein, of which I wrote on Nov. 14, 2002, “Perhaps the best book ever written.” (I no longer feel that way, but it’s still a pretty good book.)
- White House Diction Lessons by Wil C. Fry
There’s a new White House Tumblr page, and the first entry includes an image with this lettering: “ANIMATED GIFs (HARD ‘G’)”. First, let me say I’m proud that they didn’t put an apostrophe in “GIFs”, as so many on the internet seem to do these days.
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