At a recent conference, there’s mention that the new version of MT coming out will have dynamic templates – this is a good thing. However, will have to figure out if I’ll still be able to use MT-Amazon in entries – this may not be possible or prudent with the new version. Need to find out more, as I’m in the habit of doing Amazon tags on the fly, rather than in static content. About breaking plugins, they’ve chosen this route because for some plugins it is ridiculous to expect them to work in dynamic templates. He gave me the…
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You’re driving along, you’ve got cameras in the car, when suddenly you spot something that begs a second look. You go back, take photos, avoid another car that also went back to look again, and pantomime shrugging and “I don’t know either” as you drive past them. You’ve had a “what the hell is that?” moment. We had one today. David and I drove aimlessly, more or less with the object of getting to a beach or park along the shore of Lake Michigan, so we meandered along northwards along Sheridan Road, which is one of those historic byways that…
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Ther’s a Thai kickboxing movie out called Ong Bak! – the trailer is in Japanese with fantabulous stunts, including Flaming Feets of Whoopass and an exploding tuk-tuk. At one point in the breathless Japanese commentary, you can hear the words “Akushon speedo! (Action Speed!)” I think this is my new favorite phrase. And though I likely won’t see this film, it also plays like a particularly violent episode of Amazing Race – on steroids, crack, and Sterno. There are more links and background information here. Via BoingBoing.
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The third Star Wars title was announced at Comic-Con (AAAAHHH!): Revenge of the Sith. Yep, and the movie comes out May 2005, the month after Firefly. Next year is going to be big for SF movie fans. A fan quoted in the article expressed satisfaction with the title, noting the similarity of the title and logo to “Return of the Jedi,” the concluding film in the original trilogy. From what I recall, that film was originally titled “Revenge of the Jedi,” but Lucas toned it down, since he was then in the throes of being a namby-pamby parental wimp, who…
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Yep, we went to see it: The Bourne Supremacy We saw the first film, and I watched it recently on cable, so my memories of the earlier film (and liking for it) were fresh in my mind. As a sequel, the Bourne Supremacy works really well, and it built plot points on foundations only hinted at in the earlier film. However, there was one part of the story that irked me; David said it was essential to set up Bourne’s motivation, but I thought it was the same old Hollywood hackery that happens to action heroes in the first reel.…