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Both the movie and the novel Let the Right One In kick Nic in the teeth.
Included in this movie round-up are: Tell No One, Harakiri, Babylon A.D., Death Race, Wall-E, Let the Right One In, Hellboy II, Good Night, and Good Luck and Kingdom of Heaven.
Nic tries his hand at a parable to explain the problem with Microsoft.
Nic likes a pair of headphones.
Kenneth Branagh takes on Swedish detective icon Kurt Wallander. Unfortunately it doesn’t turn out well.
Very interesting insights into the shadow economy.
Ever wonder why parents always look tired? Here’s a video to explain it.
Nic lists the ways the Blu-ray experience is miserable.
Very good dark space opera.
If you know you’re right, you’re probably not.
Nic discovers the Blu-ray spec allows studios to not allow resume of a movie. And the studios don’t. Guess how he feels about that?
People are waking up to the excesses of the banking system.
Nic doesn’t need proof he is the father of his child, but he gets it anyway.
It’s time to stop giving George Lucas money.
Nic finds enlightenment in a friend’s nervous breakdown.
Very interesting and funny book about an American who travels to China to become a Shaolin monk.
In this installment of the movie round-up: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Iron Man, Payback: The Director’s Cut, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Doomsday, Maxed Out and The Dark Knight.
If you teach, you should read this post.
Our brains aren’t built to handle the modern world, but there are ways to deal.