Day: June 11, 2006

Despite the name of this blog, I don’t really have a clock fetish. But I couldn’t pass up the Top 10 Strangest Clocks from TechEBlog. My favorite is #2, the T-shirt.

Saw the Capitol Steps on Friday night… don’t miss them. A public radio regular, the Capitol Steps are equal opportunity musical satirists on political topics, skewering red and blue states almost equally. Of course, in San Francisco, George W. gets most of the “love” when it comes time to poke fun at the politically powerful. The Lirty Dies! section of the show left our cheeks sore with laughter.

Despite knowing that The Da Vinci Code movie had not earned great reviews (Metacritic score of 48), we took it in late last week. I only read the book one year ago, so it’s relatively fresh in my mind. The movie was tolerable, but just a bit slow. That (lack of) pace is certainly a major reason for the poor reviews. Nothing characterized the book more than headlong pace and action… fast enough that you didn’t care about the nature of the writing. When the movie slows down, you start to notice its other weaknesses (the historical imaginings are a bit wild). But, are for so many worldwide, the book earned the movie a viewing.

Just posted my old 802.11b router to Craigslist, as I want to get it out of the garage. Not asking for any money, but I don’t want to ship, either, so this is San Francisco only (or Bay Area). Figured I’d let a few folks know this way, too, just in case, despite the geographical disconnect for many. Still, blog readers come higher in the priority list than random strangers!