complich8′s journal

Netflix movie number 2: The Princess Bride. As awesome as I remember it. Maybe even a little more. This is like THE canonical comedic fantasy. There’s just SO many great one-liners in there. Like the whole “To the pain” spiel. And Andre the Giant’s monologue about how it would be unsportsmanlike to bash Wesley’s skull [...]

So, I recently signed up for a netflix account, and one of the first things I got was a movie called “The Second Coming”. It’s an interesting watch. Basics: it stars Chris Eccleston (the guy who played Doctor Who in the new Doctor Who). It’s the source of a speech section from the Orbital track [...]

… to remember Peter Jennings, a great journalist who is no longer with us. That’s all.

Recently a NY Times Editorial linked from slashdot talked about how blanket wifi coverage should be a public utility, similar to roads and water, and touting an Oregon county that already has complete blanket coverage. It chides major cities, New York in particular, for not already having the same sort of thing up and running. [...]

Seems, so far, like my limit on the bike is about 5.5 miles in 20 minutes. After about 20 minutes in a shot, my legs start to hurt, that lactic acid burn that I haven’t felt in a while except on the bike. My peak speed is right around 20mph on the bike speedometer. I’m [...]