Straight from the Lam’s Mouth

RTFA Maybe people only want to see movies like Star Wars, King Kong, or other movies that are more enjoyable on the big-screen. God forbid that teenage boys are not responsible for the billion dollar decline in the movie industry because they are pirating DVDs. I guess it is a good thing that they are more than making up for it in DVD sales? Interesting.. "It could just be a continued shift away from multiplexes and toward Blockbuster, Netflix, and other home-viewing options, Dergarabedian and others say. In this scenario, consumers are changing their movie-viewing habits because of multiple complaints related to theatergoing: soaring ticket costs, high parking and candy-concession prices, and, perhaps, decreased enjoyment of the movie-house experience because of unruly audiences and a growing number of on-screen ads. "People have had it with all the annoyance and cost of going out when they can be in so much better control of what they see at home — and for cheaper," said Nancy Snow, professor of communications at California State University at Fullerton. "That means fewer and fewer want to put up with the hassle unless they know the movie will be outstanding. So they have higher standards and expectations."

"Women are more likely than men to use email to write to friends and family about a variety of topics: sharing news and worries, planning events, forwarding jokes and funny stories." - The Pew Internet & American Life Project

RTFA ESPN Stat Card Didn't you all see it coming? He would suck at Duke, 4.4ppg & 4.3rpg as a junior in 35mins, then flourish in the NBA with the 76ers, 3.7ppg & 3.7rpg in 10.8mins.

RTFA This is a drastic change from what other nations are doing. Even I think it might be a bad idea. And I am a male college student, implying I pirate a lot of stuff, but that is all hypothetical fiction...

While I was on my flights from RDU -> Midway -> SEA on Southwest Airlines, I thought a lot. It is a consequence from all that time alone. What I thought about:

1. Finals are over and college is winding down.
2. Southwest - friendly airline
3. Southwest & McDonald's gift certificates?
4. Dean Kaman drinks his own urine like in Waterworld
5. Little kids really do kick the back of seats on airplanes, it is not an unfair stereotype.
6. Divx DVP642 DVD player surprisingly good for playing xvid files
7. Most annoying things about Mac OS X (finder, mail quirks)
8. Baffles me how things always existed but people get a buzzword and it catches on afterwards.

Examples of new buzzwords:

1. shoutcast.com existed as Internet radio, now "podcast"
2. online diaries were personal websites that described peoples lives, now called "blogs"
3. IPTV is just video files that are released digitally over the Internet

I love Quicksilver. It is the killer app for Mac OS X. It lets me open any program I want by simply hitting CTRL + SPACE and typing whatever program I want to launch, like Firefox for example. Find it at http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/. Read their explanation of what Quicksilver does.

Ever want to save all the pictures on Flickr back onto your computer, but don't want to tediously save each one? Use FlickrBackup. It looks great. http://sunkencity.org/flickrbackup/

I love taking pictures with mascots. But who is cuter, the Blue Devil or the Tiger? < ?php jal_democracy(2); ?>

This webpage is officially "Too Cool for IE" (join the movement). Until Microsoft gets their act together, I have decided to forget about supporting Internet Explorer and continue using CSS tags that IE does not support. So if you are using Internet Explorer, please do yourself a favor and get Firefox!

It is no longer exclusive to just the new iMac G5. Any Apple running OS X 10.4.3 can successfully have Front Row. It isn't the greatest without the remote control, but hey if you want to try it out it is entertaining for a couple minutes. Read how to get it installed at AndrewEscobar.com