General Blather

Netflix recommended I might want to watch a little humorous bit about a fella (Josh Hamilton) who has to go to India to train his replacement when his job is outsourced. While it's probably not entirely representative of the issues at hand, and does get… more »

Just a couple weeks ago I got a new Motorola Droid to replace my aging HTC Windows Mobile Verizon 6800. I've not worked out all of the kinks yet, and haven't stretched my experience to any limits, but I thought I'd tap out a few of my early impressions. more »

Making the news rounds is a story of how Twitter was hacked by the "Iranian Cyber Army" for a while. Of course, this really only affected Twitter addicts and the news, who need to find something to talk about. more »

Next on my Netflix queue, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas gave a good drama start to post-Thanksgiving movie day. more »

Pulled a film from my Netflix recommendations, due in part to films like Get Shorty and Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and probably in part to liking other films with Jeff Bridges and  some of the other actors, The Amateurs on Wednesday night while the… more »

Yesterday, our (soon to be overlord) friends at Google introduced us to their new OS, Chromium. Much has been buzzing around the nerd-sphere, including much speculation about what this means for competing OS companies, what it might look like, and what… more »

We went to see the movie "The Box." It's a remake of an original Twilight Zone episode, which was based on a short story "Button, Button" (apparently first published in Playboy) by Richard Matheson, the guy who brought us "I Am Legend." No spoilers in… more »