In the spirit of Dive Into Mark’s list…
Find anything awesome lately?
Intense. A modern take on historical drama, The Tudors season one brings us the court of King Henry VIII (Queen Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn, “burn them at the stake,” all that jazz). Performances are outstanding all around, sets and costumes are lavish and convincing. The Tudors is intelligent, exciting, visceral, sexy—if not totally historically accurate. More intrigue, corruption, sex and scandal than you can shake a stick at. Highly recommended.
The Tudors Season 1 (Netflix)
When I have random thoughts I write them down, or Jott them, or record voice memos. Sometimes they accumulate into something cohesive and meaningful and less random. This… this is some of the more, uh, entropic stuff.
- So, Cuil. I don’t think it’ll catch on because people would rather google themselves than cuil themselves.
- The lovely and talented wife was miming typing on a computer and every so often she’d ding and hit the carriage return lever. I think that explains a lot.
- There is water on Mars. We might be able to grow plants there, transform it to support human life, and have martian babies. Yay!
- I heart librarians.
- I had to listen to a children’s version of Vertigo on Friday (you know, “uno, dos, tres, catorce”). Surprisingly, worse than the original.
- Sitting down? Move your right foot in clockwise circles. Then, while you’re doing that, draw the number 6 in the air slowly with your right hand. (via Caterina.net)
- I recently read Old Man’s War which was awesome. I just realized that it’s part of a trilogy but I think I may leave it because I don’t want to spoil it.
- The “food” industry spent $1.6 billion in 2006 telling kids what to eat. Soda advertisers spent seven times as much as milk advertisers.
- Danny Elfman is composing for the American Ballet Theater. Yes, that Danny Elfman. We’ve got tickets.
I’ve just published a new article over at The Blogfathers regarding online privacy, photo sharing, and blogging about your kids. Please visit and share your comments. Here’s an excerpt:
I’ve often considered the important issue of online privacy for myself and my family. I’m not concerned with any of the crazy kidnap/murder/stalking scenarios that the media likes to play up. Just, in general, I think people should be able to control what personal information about them gets onto the internet. I have never posted the real name of anyone in my family. But I wonder if it makes any difference in the long run? A recent development has got me rethinking my strategy. Namely, face recognition in public search engines.
Read the rest at The Blogfathers…
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