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Monday, June 22, 2009
I Feel So Smart Now Is it normal to feel incredibly smug when you start using Linux? Because I do. Smuggy McSmuggerson, that's me. Also, I've got this near-overwhelming urge to start decorating everything with a penguin motif. posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 8:09:00 AM   | Sunday, June 21, 2009
Victory! Of A Sort. So, one new hard drive later, I've installed Linux Kubuntu on the laptop. I've got the WiFi connection working, I've got Firefox installed (note to Google: MAKE CHROME FOR LINUX) and I'm working on a download of Wine so I can install iTunes. posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 10:22:00 AM | Saturday, June 13, 2009
Out Of Pocket Just an FYI - the hard drive on my laptop died last night, so until I get it fixed, replaced or just get a new laptop (HA!), I'll be online a lot less. I can get email on my cell, and you can call me - email me if you need my number. posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 12:31:00 PM | Thursday, June 04, 2009
I Only Have One Thing To Say About This OH HELL YES. Suck on THAT, teetotalers! posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 7:08:00 PM | Friday, May 08, 2009
You Think I'm Crazy? Well, you're wrong. Obviously, the spiders have a plan. They're attacking on two fronts. The legions of whistling, venomous, dinner-plate-sized spiders attack from the south, the bulletproof giant spiders attack from the north. posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 8:46:00 AM | Thursday, May 07, 2009
Well, We're Really Fucked Now Not the Swine Flu - I've given up on the possibility of using the hysteria of the uninformed to somehow leverage employment. No, I speak of something far worse. No, not a plague of clowns. Not quite that bad, but almost. I speak of the coming plague of car-sized, armored, meat-eating spiders from Greenland. Sure, the initial article in National Geographic is rather coy - no extrapolation, no dire warnings - but that's not really NatGeo's thing. The first link above does all that, and delivers the real warning. We're talking bulletproof spiders, spiders big enough to eat us whole in one bite (but they won't do that, because that would be too easy. No, they'll tear us apart with their freakish mandibles, tossing random bits to their dog-sized and ravenous young). Now, don't any of you try to muddle this with your "facts" and "reality" - I know the spiders are coming, just like I've been warning you all along. You go ahead and act like there's no problem, and I'll stock up on anti-tank weaponry. We'll see which one of us ends up spider bait. posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 9:51:00 AM | Friday, April 17, 2009
I'm in the market for work again. Programming, it turns out, wasn't really my bag, baby. I found myself less and less happy with what I was doing, and even less happy with the thought of doing that as a career. So that's where I am now. Just so you know. posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 12:55:00 PM | Monday, March 30, 2009
If My Marriage Was A Child... ... It'd be old enough to vote today. At this time 18 years ago, I was standing outside a church posing for pictures with my stomach tied up in knots, because in just a few hours I was going to marry the woman I loved more than life itself. The wedding itself went well, though I don't remember much of it. All of my memories of the ceremony are of Melissa. I couldn't take my eyes off her, not even when my younger brother Micah fainted from locking his knees. Since then, through ups and downs, tragedies and triumphant joys, Melissa's been there for me when I needed her, and I've done my best to be there for her. I wouldn't trade a second of that, not the times we were so angry at each other we couldn't talk rationally, not the times our hearts were broken, none of it. The bad parts are more than made up for by the good parts, and the whole package fills me with joy every time I think about it. Happy Anniversary, Melissa. You're one of the best things that's ever happened to me, and if the first 18 years make me this happy, I can't wait to see what the next 50 look like. posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 12:04:00 PM | Saturday, March 07, 2009
Who Watched The Watchmen? Saw 'Watchmen' last night. What really worked: Rorschach The Comedian The prison stuff The 'world history in 5 minutes' montage at the beginning Rorshach's death The art direction What didn't quite work: Veidt's reveal The coda w/ Sally Jupiter Silk Sprectre II Not enough Bernie/Bernard It wasn't the differences per se, or the more faithful bits that kept the movie this side of great. It came down to the cuts more than anything else - Moore and Gibbons wove everything into the story, and the cuts removed a lot of the nuances that fleshed out the story. Additionally, the cuts made Moore's already weak depictions of women a lot more problematic. All in all, it's a good movie, but not quite a great movie. The graphic novel was, for its time, absolutely ground-breaking and shattering of the superhero tropes as we knew them in the mid-eighties. Since then, other comics and superhero movies have been informed by Watchmen, so that we've seen all of this before - maybe not in the same movie all at once, but we've seen it. I give Snyder full points for having the balls to attempt to adapt Watchmen, and had his source material been less weighted with its own history and the emotional history of its fans, I think he could have had a great film. In the end, though, there's too much to put on the screen and Snyder fell just a wee bit short. And I'm OK with that - I don't think every hit has to be a home run, it's perfectly OK to get a solid base hit. So I'll go see it again, and I'll go see the Director's Cut when it comes out, and I'll buy the DVD. I will be interested in reading/hearing the reactions of people that came to the movie without reading the source material. posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 7:54:00 AM | Friday, March 06, 2009
At Midnight All The Agents... Tonight's the night - Melissa and I are heading to see 'Watchmen' at 7. It's been a while since I've looked forward to a movie as much as I am this one. Those of you that aren't hip to the comic probably don't get it, and them as got into comics after the late 1980s probably don't get it either. I remember picking up the first issue of this comic and being blown away - Moore and Gibbons did one of the best jobs of world-building ever, and the comic has stood up to multiple readings - there are always new nuggets to discover in the text and art. The reviews I've seen have, for the most part, been positive. People whose opinions and tastes match mine (Wil Wheaton, f'rex) have raved about it. Still, I could hate it. That's possible. If so, there are no doubt some of you that will be delighted to be able to say, 'I told you so!' That's cool. Anyhoo, I'm leaving work in a few minutes, and I'll probably post a mini review tomorrow morning. My favorite quote from the comic: Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says "But Doctor... I am Pagliacci." posted by Adam C. Lipscomb at 4:14:00 PM | |
