Archive for June, 2005

Bring on Summer 2

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

My Meme always said that the summer flies by once you hit July 4. I cannot believe that summer is nearly half over!
Emerson offers a full semester of classes broken into two sessions during the summer. Classes meet twice a week for four hours. After completing Inside the Entertainment Industry and American […]

Undead Directors Michael & Peter Spierig

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Hott twin Directors Michael and Peter Spierig visited my Inside the Entertainment Industry class today. They discussed their issues and success in finding Lions Gate Films as a distributor for their independent movie Undead.
As a new media major, I was particularly interested in that the brothers share credit for 3D animation and 2D compositing. […]

I am a Statistic

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

A Flag Not to Fly

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

If you are a resident of Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wisconsin, America needs YOU!
From the EFF:

The Broadcast Flag was Hollywood’s plan to point its remote control […]

Daydream

Monday, June 13th, 2005

I woke up this afternoon to realize
that I should have gone to M.I.T.
that ignorance is far worse than economic poverty
and
that all I want right now is to be with Rianna changing the world from a coffee shop booth.

The Dots Looking Forward

Monday, June 13th, 2005

What an awesome commencement speaker (full speech text)

Advice on Buying a Mac Now

Monday, June 13th, 2005

For the hundredth time…
Question: Should I buy a Mac now or wait until Apple ships the Intellitosh (a.k.a. Mac with Intel)?
Answer: My advice for buying a computer has not changed with the Apple / Intel announcement.
If you need the computer now, buy it and buy the best machine you can afford.
Apple will continue to […]

Unreliable T

Friday, June 10th, 2005

The T will get you anywhere in Boston. How and when are not important details to this subsidized, underperforming, and hazardously maintained transit system.
I was late to class yesterday because of switching problems on the inbound red line. I allotted twice the usual transit time so that I could finish studying for my […]

My Music My Way

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Wired: Radio Industry Hits Shuffle
I used to listen to the radio non-stop. I even worked in radio for five years. However, since my iPod revolution in 2002, I almost never listen to the radio. I abhor Top 40 stations that repeat the same five songs every two hours. Commercials are endless. […]

Intel and My Beloved Mac

Monday, June 6th, 2005

My initial reaction to Jobs confirming Intel in Apple was, “What the F***?!” I only have questions at this point and no one seems to have answers.
Today, if my Powerbook had an Intel Pentium 4 inside, it would be nearly 2 inches thick, have less than 2-hours of battery life, and run hot as […]