Alt + Ctrl + 0 Review: Good Hair
Good Hair was a great movie but the critic inside of me just has to point out what kept it from being an instant classic. The movie had a lot of rough edges.
Too much of it seem to be shot by some one who had seen documentaries like Spellbound or Wordplay and though they could do the same thing. The story editing was a little rough and too many of the on location shots seemed poorly planed out. I really think Chris Rock should have hired someone who had more experience in this genera of film.
But it was easy to see past those rough edges and see a wonderfully enjoyable film. Chis Rock was more then charming and funny as ever. Being opening night I really wished there was more then 30 people in the theater. With my group being the only white people. While clearly black people have an interest in the movie I feel like non-backs would have even more interest since it’s a world that’s all around us and yet we know so little about it.
It was more the laughable after the film when it was raining and all the black women with relaxed hair handed the car keys off to the men while the natural hair black ladies were free to run to the car.
Obama’s Nobel Prize
I don’t really have much to say about Obama. Some are angry and some are happy. The things I find interesting is the disconnect that seems to exist between what people seem to think the Nobel Peace Prize is and what they say they are.
It seem most people think of the sciences when it comes to the prize. Einstein figured out how the universe worked and then got a prize. He did something big and got an award. But that’s not how the the Nobel Prizes say they work. they say that they have always given prizes to people who have done good work or to people who are in a position to do good work and show promise. Until now I don’t think anyone has cared enough about the piece prize. But currently people are acutely aware of what Obama has done in his under a year in office.
Either way I think Obama handled it well. He’s humbled and hopes to do great work. I couldn’t agree more.
One of the Best Music Videos Ever Made
I’m totally in love with not only the idea but the execution. Amazing.
So Keri and I were poking around Blip.fm (I love any site that lets me audioscroble) and we came across E-603 (myspace) and we’re totally in love. Defiantly the best mashups I’ve heard since night ripper. E-603 works on donations and I totally threw them $5 and you should too.
If you have Vista and want to upgrade to Windows 7 then NOW is the time to do it. $50 for Home Premium which is the default version sent out with all Dell PCs.
thefacebook
Keri was looking through her email and found this the other day.
From: Stefan Hayden < hayden2@tcnj.edu > Date: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 7:05 PM Subject: join thefacebook To: k~~~@gmail.com Stefan Hayden has invited you to join thefacebook.com, where you and Stefan can see each other's friends and many other members of your college community. Thefacebook is an online resource that connects you to other people within your college through courses, organizations, and friends. Thefacebook is for people who want to see a universal facebook at their college, and who want to share information with the rest of the community. Once you register for Thefacebook, you can browse through everyone's profiles and even create your own if you'd like. To register, follow the link below: http://www.thefacebook.com/register.php
Contact Manager
in 2007 I complained that the Gmail Contact manager was sadly under powered. Happily it steadily improved and by the time the G1 phone came out it was really robust.
Today they finally spun it out of gmail and it’s now a standalone app. And at this point it’s pretty full featured. You can merge contacts, add tons of meta info, create groups. They’ve added everything I have wanted and now any new feature will just be icing.
The only complaint I do have is more about the G1 which currently has no built in use for the groups feature and I wish it did as it would be a little easier to find things without having to bust out the keyboard to search.
Chipotle updates logo. A minor improvement.
It seems the Urban Dictionary has names in it for seemingly no good reason: Stefan
Elsewhere I’m having a good debate on why Graceling is called feminist when so many other seemly feminist YA books are not called feminist. I’m still confused by the incosistancy.
Umbrella
I have this thing I do where I look down at people who can’t handle their umbrella. It’s not that hard to not have it turn inside out. You just point it in to the wind. Come on people!
Today the wind got a little… well lets not make excuses but my umbrella tuned inside out and I broke a streak of that not happening that is I don’t know how old. OLD.
Speaking of streaks people keep track of I have not thrown up in forever either. And haven’t really cried since I saw the last episode of Six Feet Under back in… 2007? I know most people don’t see that as an accomplishment but it’s still something to be noted.
The internet is alive with blogging and I currently feel a little left out.