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Yesterday I went to see this movie and could not believe what happened… I was aiming at the late late show (15 past midnight) hoping to avoid all the kids that can’t keep their mouth shut through a movie and that keep playing with their cellphones or eating some extremely noisy food… But here’s what happened… I walked into the hall and there was *NOONE* there. I could not believe my eyes… It was friday night, I was sure someone would be there.. but no, it was dead empty… I totally enjoyed it… It was like a VIP projection, just for me

Anyway, on to the movie… Since I was running a tad late, I missed the first few minutes… So it took me about 15 minutes to catch up with the story, and I have to admit it was pretty good.

The movie shows Robin Williams absolutely owning the part of Alan Hakman, a man who lives other people’s lives through their memories instead of his own. He did an excellent job of showing a man torn between his feelings and his job, which I’m sure many of you will relate to.

I’d rather not go into deep synopsis to avoid spoiling any part of the movie for you. I give this movie a 5/5 because of the great story and because it’s so damn interesting… Some minor plot holes, nothing worth mentioning. Definitely go see this movie.

IMDB link

While browsing the web, I ran across MOOX’s web site and he has a pretty cool collection of funny forwards… Go check them out!

This is the coolest piece of software EVER!!! It allows you to control multiple screens on multiple computers with just one keyboard and mouse, without any special hardware. If you have 2 or more computers at one desk, you should DEFINITELY check it out.

Synergy2 (via Geekchix)

BoingBoing writes:

This is stupendous video of some guys sinking a series of jaw-dropping baskets in what looks like a skate-park. The shots are so fantastic that I have to assume there’s some trick photography here — these shots are the kind of amazing that makes you rock with surprised laughter — but if this is CG or more traditional trick photography, then it’s so well executed that we can move our praise on to the effects-wizards.

I couldn’t have said it better so I won’t even try. Download the 8.8 MB QuickTime movie and see for yourself. (via Boing Boing: Video of jaw-dropping basketball shots)

Mike Bolesta of Baltimore, MD, knew that paying his $114 installation charge to Best Buy in only $2 bills would cause a small stir, but he didn’t think it would cause him to be arrested

found via slashdot

links:
morons.org - Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills at Best Buy
A tale of customer service, justice and currency as funny as a $2 bill - article requires registration, find a password at BugMeNot.com
Wikipedia article
Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Page - $2 bills are considered unlucky

John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) plays a detective that’s literally been to hell and back. Ignore the obvious association to Event Horizon, this picture is more like Dogma meets The Exorcist meets Blade. What makes this movie great is it’s phenomenal combination of action, story and humour…

It relies heavily on the Catholic religion and it’s dogmas, but shows them in a different light.. As a declared atheist, I found the movie very amusing and pleasant.

Angela Dodson: I guess God has a plan for all of us.
John Constantine: God’s a kid with an ant farm, lady. He’s not planning anything.

Gabriel: You’re going to die young because you smoked 30 cigarettes a day since you were 15… and you’re going to go to hell because of the life you took.
[pause, Gabriel leans in]
Gabriel: You’re fucked.

5/5 - Very enjoyable, very little or no plot holes
IMDB link

I cannot believe what people will come up with. Check these out:

Hugms - Gizmodo writes: “Hugms is definitely in the running for the most bizarre Bluetooth-enabled device I’ve seen. The squeezable, torpedo-shaped hugging unit communicates with your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone to convert the power of your hug into a respective text message.“. I must concur, this really is the most bizarre Bluetooth-enabled device I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure it will be a big hit somewhere on this screwed up planet

Hokey Spokes - the official web says: “transparent “blades” that attach to your bicycle spokes. As these blades spin during riding, a computer inside the blades modulates the internal LED lights so that design images and custom text appear.“. Holy crap. This is actually cool… if it actually works the way it’s advertised on the web…

Tix LED Clock - this is the coolest desktop clock I’ve ever seen … and it’s actually readable (unlike numerous binary clocks and whatnot)

Google’s Gmail system is now offering 2 GB of space instead of 1… and just to make it look ‘fancy’, they didn’t simply double the space… they’re gradually increasing it.. right now it’s at 1409 MB

Aaron Boodman has an interesting article on creating popups that don’t suck. Anyone into web development or design should most definitely go check it out.

Never, ever, ever use the javascript: pseudo-protocol for anything, ever ever ever ever again. Please. Pretty please. The next time I click on a hyperlink, only to have it cause an error in my browser, I am going to hunt down the author and pound them into holy oblivion. I’m not joking — I will kill someone. Maybe two… Perhaps an entire company-full.