A hole-in-one!
My buddy Ernie got a hole-in-one while golfing about a week ago. The local newspaper put his picture in print, with the story of it… so I thought I’d link to it here. Congrats, Ernie!
Kevin Smith discussing his attempt at writing a Superman script
This video clip is pretty long at 20 minutes, but it’s totally worth it. Kevin Smith is giving a talk and is asked about his aborted attempt to write a script for Superman back in the ’90s. He was actually hired by Warner Bros, and completed two full drafts before Tim Burton was hired as the director and decided to go in a different direction, which ultimately was never done. But Kevin Smith can sure tell a story, and this one is worth the time invested to watch.
I figured this is somewhat relevant given the upcoming release of Clerks 2 and the recent Superman movie.
Tags: Kevin Smith, Clerks, Superman, film school, Tim Burton, Nicholas Cage, Warner Bros
Bloglines smooth scrolling revisited
I just wanted to make a note that after using the new smooth scrolling feature in Bloglines for the weekend, I’ve decided that I actually enjoy it for the most part, with occasional exceptions. My only beef is that I’d like it to scroll slightly more quickly (which Ben assures me is on the table for discussion as a feature addition), and I’d like the bug to be fixed where feeds with no title take 3 hotkey presses to move past. I understand that fix has already been coded and is currently in QA’s hands.
Of course, I have to admit I was more willing to give it a second chance after being personally contacted by the person who wrote it - it’s amazing what personal contact can do - but I believe I would have eventually come to this same conclusion regardless; it really is an upgrade.
Just wanted to set the record straight.
Tags: Bloglines, Bloglines scrolling, scrolling, Bloglines hotkeys, hotkeys, RSS, feed reader
Pocket PC Thoughts goes full-feed
A site that I used to frequent regularly, but was slowly fading and had actually been moved to my “on the bubble” folder in Bloglines (in other words, the folder that I relegate feeds to that are in danger of being unsubscribed) has made a surprising move: they’ve decided to go from partial feeds to full feeds. Although Jason Dunn is calling this an experiment, I can’t imagine them going back to partial feeds after teasing their users with full ones.
Jason is based in Calgary (or at least was a few years ago when I emailed with him), so it’s extra nice to be able to recommend a site by a fellow Canadian. He runs the site as his full-time job, which is pretty cool to have been able to turn a hobby / obsession into a full-time job. Good on him.
And thanks for finally going full-text - I can now safely take Pocket PC Thoughts out of my “on the bubble” folder.
Tags: Pocket PC, Pocket PC Thoughts, RSS, full feeds, partial feeds
The Brother line
Watching these clips, it’s more clear to me that the magic of the brother line (Sedin, Sedin and Carter) is as much about the Sedins growing into true stars as it is about Carter being the right guy for the 3rd spot on the line. I’d love to keep him, but if he goes, I’m not as worried that the Canucks will have trouble filling his spot.
Tags: Vancouver Canucks, Canucks, Sedins, Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Anson Carter, Brother Line
