NSWF.
#24 June 2013, early morning
I watched Star Trek Into Darkness this past Friday. The crew of the Enterprise have to fight Sherlock Holmes. The movie opens with a crazy action sequence and moves quickly from there. It’s as fast paced and action packed as the first film. If you think too hard about it no doubt you’ll find some plot holes. There are definitely lots of lens flares as well. Still, the movie is lots of fun. I quite liked it.
I’ve had a coffee there, but still no food. If you’re one to go out and about in Toronto, you might recognize the staff from Union and the Midfield.
#With one button you get free access to an Ubuntu Linux VM for 35 minutes.
#It’s pretty fantastic. I’m conflicted, because I don’t see how these guys are going to stay in business.
#Oh man, that couple sounds so horrible. Giving people a gift basket does seem a bit clueless, but bringing it up at all is so omega rude.
#You gotta love the OMB.
(via Angry Robot) #How could I not link to this. I love this guy. He is so ridiculous.
#This is pretty great.
#This is probably NSFW. John McAffee explains how to install the software he helped create. You may recall he is kind of crazy.
#17 June 2013, mid-afternoon
I was in London a few weeks ago. I watched Argo on the flight there. The film tells the tale of the Canadian Government and the CIA helping six Americans holed up in the Canadian ambassador’s house escape Iran. They do so in part by saying they are the film crew of a fake movie: Argo. The film is well written, and features a pretty stellar cast sporting some great haircuts. Argo’s credits include photographs from the revolution paired with matching shots from the film. They start with the various actors and their real life counterparts, and move on to more iconic imagery. To his credit Afleck and his team did an amazing job bringing the period to life. Everything feels so pitch perfect. There are some scenes in the film of sweat shop children reassembling shredded documents. Now I was all, “bullshit,” but sure enough there is a photograph of an example of one of these reassembled documents at the end of the movie. Argo was really well done. You should watch it. Ben Afleck knows how to make good movies. Who knew?
17 June 2013, mid-afternoon
I watched Kick-Ass over the weekend. I had missed it in the cinemas. It’s one of those, “what if superheroes were real” movies, based on a comic book of the same name. What sets it apart from most comic book films is probably its excessive violence. Also, it stars Nicolas Cage, who is fantastic in his role as the Batman-like Big Daddy. There are some pretty great action sequences. The fact they are super bloody is a nice bonus. If you haven’t seen Kick-Ass you should check it out.
I had no idea Roman’s knew how to make concrete better than us.
# [1]In November, Applebaum was sworn in as Montreal’s 42nd mayor, vowing to combat corruption at City Hall, replacing Gérald Tremblay, who resigned amid allegations of corruption.
Come on Toronto, we need to step up our game!
#My coworker lives in the area and mentioned this story. It’s nice to see people being neighbourly. When I lived in the condo (our now friends) Mel and Anthony from France put posters up on our floor inviting people over to their place for a “we just moved in” party. I couldn’t go, but I told Shima she had to: that sort of thing seems so uncommon in Toronto to not participate.
#This story seems to have no end. That said, Rob Ford is doing a pretty fantastic job riding this out. That man is a champion.
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