I loved the first Transformers movie, so we went to watch the sequel in theater today. I wasn’t expecting much going in as I had read tons of negative reviews, but I was still hoping for a pleasant surprise. Unfortunately the critics were correct, Transformers 2 was just a summer action movie and [...]
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28 Jun
宅男
我不得不承认,我是宅男,是大门不出、二门不迈的那种。回想起来,其实我光荣加入宅男大军已有几年,把大好青春年华都浪费了。
但又想想,做宅男也是要有条件的嘛,几月后我再想当宅男也不一定成了。
14 Jun
John Woo pidgins
If only I could photoshop out the tractor and replace it with a tank or muscle car…
14 Jun
This one photo made my day.
I had originally planned to do a short photo walk in the afternoon but had to abandon the excursion last minute. With that I thought my chance of getting decent photos today was gone. But what do you know, right in my own backyard!
7 Jun
Palm Pre impressions
I played with a Palm Pre today in a Sprint store. It was actually my second trip to the store this weekend – the first time I simply drove past after seeing the 10+ people lining near the door. Anyhoo, here are my initial thoughts:
The Pre is small compared to iPhone.
The screen was [...]
2 Jun
Terminator Salvation thoughts
I watched Terminator Salvation today. Some thoughts:
Noticed Skynet’s computer lab for humans. Same question as others had asked: why?!
In the original Terminator movie, every one was shooting lasers. In Terminator Salvation, people and machines were all using bullets. It’s not like the time lines are that far apart either, I mean, [...]
31 May
2.4k versus marathon
A college friend of mine just emailed a GPS tracking of his recent marathon. It was a great feat, and I am very impressed by it. I don’t think our 2.4km times were that much different 10 years ago, but now look at us. He is running marathons and I am [...]
30 May
USPS ad slogan
Saw a USPS TV commercial that ended with a slogan “a simpler way to ship”. Given my displeasure with USPS, I’d like to complete the slogan as:
A simpler way to ship, not a simpler way to deliver!
29 May
All together now
Funny how things of same nature come together. Examples:
Open Search – I was reading up on Open Search because it was mentioned in an internal work email I received. Then taking one of my many mini breaks through out the minute, I switched to my Google Reader only to discover that the first [...]