The ‘Geeked out’ Category
Netflix on iPhone is GO!
Saw the official Netflix app is live in the appstore, and had to download it right away. Super excited about the fact that I can now watch a gajillion movies and shows from my iPhone.
Get it here!
Media craziness.
It’s Tuesday, and it’s a new media day. New releases from Ra Ra Riot and Sufjan Stevens (and the requisite price drops for early adopters), and also the release of the FINAL TWELVE MINUTES OF LOST! Check it out!
- Ra Ra Riot‘s 2008 release The Rhumb Line is one of my favorite albums of all time. This sophomore release is almost as good, especially tracks like Boy, Too Dramatic and Shadowcasting. Currently you can get the album for $3.99 from Amazon MP3. Here’s a preview of the song “Too Dramatic”:
- Sufjan Steven’s just released the All Delighted People EP. It’s a little light on the bombastic orchestral and jazz fluorishes that I loved on Greetings From Michigan, The Great Lakes State and Come On! Feel the Illinoise! but it’s still pretty good. You can listen to the whole thing and buy the album for $5 at BandCamp.
- And holy polar bear fish biscuits, Batman! With the release of the final LOST season sets, there’s a new 12 minutes of epilogue, wrapping up a lot of the unanswered questions. Check it out here!
And thus marks my return to the world of blogging. Perhaps one day I will be like Jhonen Vasquez, or maybe not.
Shatner reads Palin poetry
Love it!
Clint Howard gets all the good roles
Okay, so this last season, there’s been some great television that ought not to be canceled (and thankfully wasn’t), some amazing television that seemed doomed to be canceled (and was), and some really crappy television that’s fun to watch but should have been canceled (and wasn’t), but then there’s Fringe, which I didn’t expect to love as much as I do. I finally watched the last two episodes from the season tonight, and it was one of the most rewarding season finales of the year. And it’s not just for the following scene, from episode 19, “The Road Not Taken.”
Yes, that’s Clint Howard. Brother of actor/director Ron Howard and child actor from the original Star Trek. Not to mention one of the most prolific tertiary actors of our time. I love the references to the new Star Trek movie. Especially given that the three creators of the show wrote and directed the new Star Trek movie.
Geek on!
A post of updates
A week ago I was married. It was possibly the greatest day of my life, and I had a blast seeing all the smiling faces of these people who love us (or just like us, that’s cool too). Here’s a small taste of the proceedings, from the first dance:
Believe it or not, search for Lawless Duel on the Googlemeister and that video is the no. 1 hit! Thanks to everybody who made it, and special thanks to everybody who posted their pictures on Facebook. It’s been a blast re-living those memories with you.
I never thought I could love Nicole more than I already did, but one week into the marriage and I’m glad to say I was wrong.
Also, today I submitted my business license for Penciled In Designs! I’m now legitimate business!
I’m now running the Windows 7 Release Candidate on my main machine and I’m seriously impressed.
de Blob
One of the most surprising video games I’ve played in the last year is THQ’s de Blob for the Wii. Click the link for it’s description on Wikipedia.
One of the most innovative portions of the game is it’s soundtrack, which is a funky, upbeat jazz odyssey, and is completely governed by the way you play. As you paint buildings, you build the soundtrack. If you use red, a sassy saxophone will flare up and green is a blues guitar. Eventually, as you paint more and more, the tracks crescendo and you’re grooving, literally.
Well, after a couple of weeks of looking for the soundtrack, I found it at Amazon MP3. You can get it here. Below is one of it’s tracks, a little selection called “Euphoric” in the game. Get the entire soundtrack if you like it. I guarantee you won’t regret it.
Robocop vs. Fried Chicken
In other news, totally looking forward to rocking the poetry on Sunday. If anybody’s interested in joining: 5pm dinner at McClintock’s on Higuera. 7pm reading with Sherman Pearl at Linnaea’s on Garden street.
The New Linkin Park Video
Love the video (could stand to do without the music), but seriously? The lead singer of your band decides that he’s tired of being lonely, and he’s going to just drive the spacecraft (possibly humanity’s last hope) into a star. The rest of the crew, after freaking out about solar flares and OMG we’re going to die, gives up and watches the star crash into them.
Let’s forget about the fact that they’ve been zooming around in space for uncountable years, and that they’ve spent 300 bajillion taxpayer dollars on their mission. No, let’s just kill everything and everyone because our lead singer is emo. What a waste.
My book is now available on Amazon!
That’s right, order your own copy of There Is Nothing Poetic About Fish at Amazon, through the following link:
http://tinyurl.com/Bens-Fishy-Poetry-Book
Good times!