Category — Movies-TV
I’m Alive!
Check out this awesome song from Craving Lucy, a new band that is simply awesome. My friend’s son is on accustic guitar… Get them on iTunes, Rhapsody or Amazon!
Craving Lucy, I'm Alive! February 12, 2008 No Comments
Sad News - Heath Ledger
I was shocked and saddened at the news about Heath Ledger. I knew very little about the real man, but I was a big fan of his work. He always seemed like a very nice person on screen. After talking with a gentleman that knew him first hand, I now know that it was an accurate representation. He was described by this person as “Very kind… A brilliant artist.”
I pray that God grant Heath’s family and friends His Peace, which transcends all understanding, at this extremely tough time…
Heath Ledger January 22, 2008 No Comments
Introducing Movie Widget
Well, I’ve finally written my first widget for Wordpress. Introducing Movie Widget!
I wanted a quick way to randomly display titles from my DVD collection on my blog. I use Movie Collector to manage the collection, so I exported some XML from the program and started parsing it up. Eventually, this little widget was born.
I mostly wrote this for myself (in fact, it started out as just custom code in my theme) but I’ve been wanting to try my hand at writing a widget for a while, so I figured I would widgetize the code. Once it was a widget, I decided that widgets are made to be shared and that I should make it available to anyone else who happens to use both Movie Collector and Wordpress.
You can get the plugin here.
Wordpress Widget, Movie Collector, Collectorz November 25, 2007 2 Comments
Rock on Chewie!
November 19, 2007 2 Comments
We Now Return You to My Regular Geekness
My friend Linoge turned me on to a quiz that tells you which Sci-Fi crew you would best fit in with.
I was a bit surprised at my outcome, but given that I just finished watching the entire Firefly series on DVD (while taking a break from watching all seasons of Deep Space 9 on DVD), I guess it makes sense. Did I also mention that I’ve seen every episode of Farscape (in order) at least twice?
The only rating I take exception with is that Battlestar Galactica is listed so low - the quiz-meisters must mean the old show and not the new one. Adama is much more of a rogue now than in the original series.
Anyway, I’ve let my geek hang out in public quite enough for one post. 
My Results:
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You scored as Serenity (Firefly), You like to live your own way and don’t enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.
Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics) |
Sci-Fi, Firefly, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica July 8, 2007 3 Comments
Flags of Our Fathers
I purchased the movie Flags of Our Fathers a while ago and I’ve been waiting for a good time to watch it. I knew it would be tough to watch, but movies like this are always worth it.
I say “tough” without really meaning that. “Tough” was what those soldiers went through.
We need movies like this to remind us of the frailty of our situation and of the sacrifices that were made by people that we will never know. The movie’s last point was something along the lines of, “These men might have gone to war for their country, but they were fighting for their friends. They did it for their buddies. The guy behind them, and the one up ahead.”
I’d imagine that is very true. I could easily see myself simply wanting to crawl into the safest place I could find, curl up and pretend I was dead. Then when it was all over, get up and go home. The only thing that could push me forward was knowing that my brother was out there and needed my help. I couldn’t hide knowing that he needed me. I just couldn’t. Or, so I think now, warm and safe in my house.
I can’t imagine anything else that could push someone forward against horrible odds and almost certain death. Only the love of another person and the strength that camaraderie can provide.
Our soldiers do that for each other and they do that for us.
My daughter is only three years old. At this age, she really believes that her Papa can save her from anything. In fact, with her hand in mine, she will face the world without a single shred of fear crossing her mind. This is the same luxury that our soldiers have given to us - a true sense of security and peace that allows each and every one of us to wake in the morning and to go to sleep at night without ever having given a single thought to the possibility of being slaughtered by our enemies, simply because we are Americans.
After a movie like this one, or even after hearing a soldier’s story, I’m vividly reminded of those last lines in Saving Private Ryan where, with his last breath, Tom Hanks looks up at Matt Damon and says “Earn this James… Earn this.” He truly gave his life for another and he wanted it to count for something - something good.
I know it is not as direct as that, but I often wonder if I am earning the sacrifice of our soldiers, past and present. Is my life worthy of their suffering? Without those men and women I wouldn’t be - no, couldn’t be - a free man.
We owe them our lives - the lives of our sons and the lives of our daughters. Will I be able to raise my daughter to be worthy of that sacrifice? To the depths of my heart, I hope so.
The one thing I do know is this: our soldiers will protect us anyway.
And for that, I ask that God bless and protect them until they are safe at home with their sons and daughters as well.
Soldiers, US Military, Flags of our Fathers June 9, 2007 5 Comments
All That, and a New Job Too
While many of you know this, I thought I would write a note to officially ”announce” that I’ve started a new job as a Solutions Architect for Artesia, the Digital Media Group of Open Text, Inc.
This change concludes a total of almost 8 years at Mainsoft, my previous employer. Leaving Mainsoft was a tough decision, as the people there are some of the brightest and hardest working folks I’ve ever known. Their products are rock solid and fit a real need in the market. I’m truly thankful for my time there. Eight years is a long time though. I was looking for something with less cross country travel and something that was more indigenous to my home city of Los Angeles. Enter Artesia!
Artesia focuses on solutions for the digital media ecosystem, meaning primarily providing Digital Asset Management software for companies who work with digital files. A mouth full, I know… In a nutshell, Artesia helps companies with huge amounts of digital content (images, video, Photoshop files, InDesign files, etc…) store, index and categorize that content and then provide for easy searching and distribution of it throughout the enterprise and to their partners.
The usage spans across most industries and verticals. Companies like Major League Baseball use Artesia as the repository and workflow manager for creating their “Condensed Games” on MLB.TV. A company like Molson Coors uses Artesia to help them manage brand consistency. Getty Images uses Artesia to underpin their entire editorial division. Many uses, but a single architecture. Very flexible, and very neat!
Headquartered out of Rockville, MD (just outside of D.C.), Artesia is the leading company in the Digital Asset Management space. Their customer list is hugely impressive, and the people have a lot of vision. Its exciting to move to a new space and start fresh. Mainsoft will be a tough act to follow, but Artesia seems to be up to the task.
Artesia, Digital Asset Management, DAM February 9, 2007 No Comments
