Everyone’s favorite person - only backwards
I saw this trailer in the previews for Harry Potter 5 yesterday. (Review coming soon)
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNg7k4wqpeM]
I’m so glad that Steve Carell is doing this. He’s the absolute best person to do this movie. It’s genius how he just pouts when the door doesn’t open.
With the 7th and final Harry Potter book coming out July 21st, I’ve decided to re-read Half-Blood Prince (#6) and I’ve just realized something: Harry is a horcrux! I know, I know. Just let me explain:
It’s sort of a weird idea, but once you think about it you realize it just has to be true! Duboink! Also, some more theories:
Guess what’s Making Austen Crazy Because it’s Overly Owsome and Kool AND Possibly Really Owsome. Well… I just spelled it out for you: MACBOOK PRO.
Yuhuh. That’s right. MACBOOK PRO. No, not just Macbook. But MACBOOK PRO. In case you’ve forgotten, the previous plan was to get a Macbook late July. Well, my parents have now decided that I can get a Macbook Pro!!! It’s MUCH shinier, has a backlit keyboard, larger screen, it’s thinner, has more RAM and hard drive space, faster processors, and it has dedicated video memory!
And because I have all the good luck in the world, the Macbook Pro was updated shortly after the Macbook, and now it’s the only Apple product on the Macrumor’s Buyer’s Guide that says in big green bold letters “Buy Now! Product just updated.” Talk about good luck.
Unfortunately, my parents aren’t disclosing any dates to me yet. Just “the end of July.” I need an exact date to count down to, day by day!!! The suspense is killing me!
We get Paste magazine, which is mostly about independent music and movies. Every issue they have an awesome “Sampler” CD of full-length tracks from new albums. Most of the music isn’t great, but there are a couple of good ones on each CD. “Master of Disaster” by John Hiatt is one of them…
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It’s a very, very sad song. I love the saxophone solo and the sound of his voice throughout the song. Oh, and thanks to 1 Pixel Out for the audio player plugin.
It’s not often that a movie really makes you think. Not something like Crash - that made you think about the issue being presented, but it didn’t make you actually think. The Prestige did that for me.
The Prestige stars Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman as two rival magicians who keep trying to out-do each other. Every time that one does a new magic trick, the other attempts to find out how it was done and duplicate it. They each become so obsessed with out-doing the other that they start going to crazy lengths, eventually dealing with more than just typical magician trickery.
Just in case you were wondering…. (even though I know you weren’t)
Tumblelogs are basically mini-blogs. They’re the direct content of a blog, minus the commentary. Most blogs out there are really just portals to other content, usually adding their on commentary. Tumblelogs simplify that, providing only the link. It can be a link, a photo, a video, a quote, etc.
While in theory, I think that Tumblelogs are a good idea I think that it doesn’t leave any room for someone to be themselves. In the end, all it is is a collection of links. When you commentate on these links in a blog you really make it unique.
Above is the Tumblr (a popular tumblelog creator) admin interface
A popular feature of Tumblr is the ability to aggregate feeds into your Tumblelog. This basically means that you’re combining lots of different content from other places on the internet into one place. Examples of feeds to aggregate include Flickr photos, Twitter statuses, Last.fm music, etc. And ironically, even blog posts. So a alot of Tumblelogs kind of turn into dumping grounds for all of your information online. Sort of a one-stop place. Unfortunately, I already have a one-stop place: Netsua.
But I went on and created one anyway. Tumblr is cool. It’s like Wordpress, yet much simpler. It’s fun and easy to use, but not very powerful. And here’s my tumblelog, entitled Mr. Squarepants’s Tumblelog. It’s not much. As I said, it’s just a dumping ground for all of my other things. I was inspired by Aaron’s, of course which he put a bit more work into.
So what do you think of Tumblelogs? I think that they’re a fad, but that’s what people were saying about blogging a few years ago, and now it’s seems to be here to stay. So are Tumblelogs a fad, or a newer generation of (mini) blogging?
On an unrelated note, happy birthday to my Mom!
Hilarious video from the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. Note that at times the language has some double meanings… You may have to watch it twice to get all of them.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjhOBiSk8Gg]
Austen Squarepants is a 15-year-old high school student and geek. He lives in New York City with his parents and is interested in technology, filmmaking, and anything funny.
Netsua is his personal blog and website, where he writes about a variety of topics that interest him. The word "Netsua" is in fact Austen's name spelled backwards. It literally translates from gibberish to "Greatness on the level of Austen."
In addition to Netsua, Austen also writes for the mac application blog MacApper.
