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Although I have not yet entered the world of high definition television, I am an avid spectator of it.  I have been following the course of LCD’s, plasmas, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, 1080p, 1080i, and 720p for several years now waiting for a magical moment to start dropping my dollars.  Right when I was starting to get […]

In anticipation of Will Smith’s upcoming I Am Legend (December 2007), I decided to NetFlix the earliest adaptation of the same Richard Matheson novel. The Last Man on Earth (1964) stars Vincent Price in the titular role as a man left alone in a world where everyone else seems to have died from a mysterious disease. I won’t regurgitate the plot here when you could easily read about it on Wikipedia or elsewhere on the internet, but I do have a few comments.

Since I decided to do something more than wish I was about 25 pounds lighter, I have started exercising almost daily and have been doing a lot of research on nutrition and supplementation.  The basic principles I have picked up are as follows:

Eat more, smaller meals rather than less frequent and larger meals.  This approach works much […]

Everybody’s got an opinion on Apple’s new iPhone, so I thought I should give my ten cents. First, let me say that I am an Apple fan and our house has a couple iPods and a MacBook (but I also have a couple Windows PCs running as well). So I like the iPhone, I […]

Although I agree that Hollywood produces some horrible movies, they and the American independents have also created some very fine films over the decades.  Well here's a well-written commentary on a (presumably) British movie critic's trashing of American cinema in it's entirety:http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/05/guardian-declares-american-cinema-is-subpar-and-always-has-bee/
A quote: "The only American-born film directors that truly belong in the Film Pantheon are John Ford, Howard […]

Rescue Dawn review: http://www.cinematical.com/2007/07/05/review-rescue-dawn/
Personally I didn’t read more than the first two paragraphs since I don’t like spoilers or even too much commentary before I see a film. But considering that everything Christian Bale touches seems to be gold, I expect this to be a very interesting film.

I come to the collective wisdom and experience of ApeForce to get advice on which series of books I should read/listen to next.  I would like a series of at least 3 books, preferably more. I'm considering Tad Williams or Terry Goodkind, but would appreciate any feedback and opinions you guys have.  Every list of top […]

Because of our recent discussion about A Brave New World, I decided to start listening to Jared Diamond’s Collapse yesterday.  As expected, he has already blown my mind several times.  For those who don’t know, the book is an examination of the causes of societal collapse.  Interestingly, he starts with a look at Montana. He […]

I just got through reading it, thanks to http://huxley.net/bnw/index.html
Now I'm working on Brave New World Revisited http://huxley.net/bnw-revisited/index.html.  Should make for an interesting take on what he wrote 26 years before. 
I thought the book quite strange - but I guess that stuff would pass for the future in 1932.  Stuff like money, it would seem, […]

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