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July 29, 2003

Chicago Flash Mobs

It's not exactly my scene, but here's a chance to be a part of a flash mob in the Chicago area.

Yahoo! Groups : chicagomobs

July 24, 2003

What Woz is up to

So here's what Stephen Wozniak is up to ... pretty much what we expected, except the fact that they're using the 900 MHz spectrum and producing their own base stations is a little bit of a surprise. $25 for a tag seems like a great price to maybe see some serious adoption.

We'll keep an eye on this!

Apple Co-Founder Creates Electronic ID Tags

Geeplogs

Not crazy about the name: "geeplogs" is supposed to be "global positioning" logs ... the merging of GPS and blogs. This article is not too terribly interesting, but the final paragraph thinks about layering information on a physical space using RSS as a means to represent that information. I'm not sure that's an appropriate use of the RSS, but it's a different way of thinking about things.

The merging of GPS and the Web

July 19, 2003

Old School

Pretty stupid movie, but some laughs. It was pretty disjointed and didn't really make a whole lot of sense ... kind of like a bunch of really good SNL skits sewn together into a not-so-good movie.

Old School (**1/2)

July 11, 2003

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Quite an interesting movie. It was kind of like watching a long Queen video, with a little bit of Rocky Horror Picture Show thrown in there. Very entertaining, although I'm not quite sure I've got the ending yet. A very unique movie with some decent Meat Loaf-esque tunes.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (***)

July 09, 2003

South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut

Saw this totally uncensored on Comedy Central, which was super sweet. Watching this movie the first time it came out in theaters was a landmark moment in my life ... I don't think I've ever been so shocked at what I was watching. And it is so funny it's hard to believe. The creators know how to pay homage to classic musicals just perfectly.

South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (****)

July 05, 2003

Insomnia

An excellent plotline and atmosphere. I really liked the overlapping stories and the interaction between pacino, swank, and williams. The director did a good job of conveying the insomnia feeling that the main character was going through. All in all, very good suspensful movie.

Insomnia (***1/2)

July 04, 2003

About a Boy

It's not often, after watching a comedy, that you want to read the book it was based on. This comedy has such wit, that I bet the book was even "more so". Overall good performances, and the cynacism made me laugh, but I felt like it could have been just a little more. Almost deserves another half star.

About a Boy (***)

July 02, 2003

The Bourne Identity

A decent thriller. I know I've read a Bourne book or two, but I must have read one of the sequels because this was new to me. Nothing really amazing, I actually didn't think Matt Damon did all that much with the character, but it was nice seeing "Lola" again as a lead actress. Three stars because it was entertaining and I like spy movies.

The Bourne Identity (***)