Saturday, May 01, 2010
Gaga soldiers
TCGirl found this funny video of soldiers doing the Gaga Telephone video (original here). Those are some guys who are sure in their masculinity!
Alice Greczyn (updated about five times)
Just watched Sex Drive, recommended by Philocalist. It was a good, funny movie in the traditions of American Pie and Road Trip. You know, coming-of-age stories really, but with trillion sex jokes and a guy who wants to loose his virginity, and with lots of showing of legs and a little of boobs and balls.
A bonus came in the they-don't-get-any-prettier-than-that category with Alice Greczyn in a minor role. I hope to the lord she never submits to boobie implants.
Talking about boobies (still!), I guess in the R-rated version there was maybe four seconds of boobies, all of them on extras, not the main actresses. It's typical, and I wonder if the ratings authorities measure this out exactly. If they had had ten seconds of boobies, maybe they'd have gotten an X-rating, do you think?
(And if they get that, most theatres won't show the film, so they're at the mercy of the ratings authorities, is my understanding. It's weird.) Even so, why don't they cut loose in the DVD version?* It's a big draw, I mean, men will sit in smoky bars and drink ten-dollar drinks just to look at boobs. I mean, not me, I tried it once, an afternoon show in Copenhagen, but it was just... boring and embarrassing. But I will gladly watch them movies, if the movie is not too bad.
Actually that's interesting: it does take more than that. This is the reason I don't have video on Domai: I never found any nude-girl videos which I didn't think were boring. Girls lounging about, or walking leisurely in the surf, rubbing their flanks sensuously, it's... just boring after a minute or two. And fake. It's fake because nobody ever moves like that when there's not a video camera pointing at them. It's a bit odd.
* Update: maybe they do. I thought the R-rated version was the more adult version, but it seems that "creamy", describing the other version, does not stand for softer, but for, whatever, and that one is unrated, a bit more boobs.
(I was a bit cynical after paying many years ago for an all-git-out uncensored version of American Pie, supposedly, and I couldn't tell the difference.)
They actually over-done it a little (to stay in the Southern vernacular), for the "irony" I suppose. They have inserted a long close-up shot of what we're supposed to think are Katrina Bowden's tits but which are never seen in the same room as Clark Kent, I mean, her face, and are too large anyway. And perhaps most silly, in several shots, a naked young woman just walks in front of the camera, over the dialogue and everything, pauses, and walks on! The actors never notice her. It seems to have been done later by green-screen. I hope the irony thing works out for them, because otherwise it's looking like lack of respect for the audience.
... Aha, turns out they did put in a big, silly disclaimer in the beginning of the Unrated Version, stating that it has a lot more gratuitous stuff, and sucks. And a more serious disclaimer that the real film is better than this silly for-fans-only version. Which is true, when it's done like this.
Oh, by the way, another gripe: when films *do* put in a nude girl or two, it's usually those horrible porn industry girls with their pneumatic breasts. I don't get how anybody looks at that and think "breast". An exception in this film is two amish girls who flash their tits at a rock concert, those are very cute and natural girls, and way more interesting than the inserted porn stars wandering about. (A friend of mine tells me that the girls start to look like that, all of them, after a year or two in the strip/porn business. All the falsity gets stacked on top of them, one layer at a time. What a frigging shame.)
But anyway, it at least proves that you can have nudity with an unrated DVD, which means you could make good ones too. Not as easy as one might think, though, I suspect.
A bonus came in the they-don't-get-any-prettier-than-that category with Alice Greczyn in a minor role. I hope to the lord she never submits to boobie implants.
Talking about boobies (still!), I guess in the R-rated version there was maybe four seconds of boobies, all of them on extras, not the main actresses. It's typical, and I wonder if the ratings authorities measure this out exactly. If they had had ten seconds of boobies, maybe they'd have gotten an X-rating, do you think?
(And if they get that, most theatres won't show the film, so they're at the mercy of the ratings authorities, is my understanding. It's weird.) Even so, why don't they cut loose in the DVD version?* It's a big draw, I mean, men will sit in smoky bars and drink ten-dollar drinks just to look at boobs. I mean, not me, I tried it once, an afternoon show in Copenhagen, but it was just... boring and embarrassing. But I will gladly watch them movies, if the movie is not too bad.
Actually that's interesting: it does take more than that. This is the reason I don't have video on Domai: I never found any nude-girl videos which I didn't think were boring. Girls lounging about, or walking leisurely in the surf, rubbing their flanks sensuously, it's... just boring after a minute or two. And fake. It's fake because nobody ever moves like that when there's not a video camera pointing at them. It's a bit odd.
* Update: maybe they do. I thought the R-rated version was the more adult version, but it seems that "creamy", describing the other version, does not stand for softer, but for, whatever, and that one is unrated, a bit more boobs.
(I was a bit cynical after paying many years ago for an all-git-out uncensored version of American Pie, supposedly, and I couldn't tell the difference.)
They actually over-done it a little (to stay in the Southern vernacular), for the "irony" I suppose. They have inserted a long close-up shot of what we're supposed to think are Katrina Bowden's tits but which are never seen in the same room as Clark Kent, I mean, her face, and are too large anyway. And perhaps most silly, in several shots, a naked young woman just walks in front of the camera, over the dialogue and everything, pauses, and walks on! The actors never notice her. It seems to have been done later by green-screen. I hope the irony thing works out for them, because otherwise it's looking like lack of respect for the audience.
... Aha, turns out they did put in a big, silly disclaimer in the beginning of the Unrated Version, stating that it has a lot more gratuitous stuff, and sucks. And a more serious disclaimer that the real film is better than this silly for-fans-only version. Which is true, when it's done like this.
Oh, by the way, another gripe: when films *do* put in a nude girl or two, it's usually those horrible porn industry girls with their pneumatic breasts. I don't get how anybody looks at that and think "breast". An exception in this film is two amish girls who flash their tits at a rock concert, those are very cute and natural girls, and way more interesting than the inserted porn stars wandering about. (A friend of mine tells me that the girls start to look like that, all of them, after a year or two in the strip/porn business. All the falsity gets stacked on top of them, one layer at a time. What a frigging shame.)
But anyway, it at least proves that you can have nudity with an unrated DVD, which means you could make good ones too. Not as easy as one might think, though, I suspect.
Machine guns
In Apple's app store you can buy an app which fires realistic machine guns, with the actual sound of each model. You can fire it off at max volume at your friends, and imagine it were real and your friends were short brown people in some hot country which doesn't have democracy to protect them against people like yourself.
But lord forbid you see a single nipple in the Apple store, that might give people ideas! (Heck, I think even bikini girls are barred.)
But lord forbid you see a single nipple in the Apple store, that might give people ideas! (Heck, I think even bikini girls are barred.)
Friday, April 30, 2010
A coupplea good vids
TCGirl found this good fun video/ad about a rabid Adobe fan.
Tommy found this Honda personal walker. Despite a March 31 publishing date, I think it's real, or at least could be built.
He also found this SF movie short. It's an excellent science fiction idea, and well executed. I haven't found it in HD, and it does not seem to be a promotion for any film or game.
And then there's the Jacko Final Fan(tasy):
Tommy found this Honda personal walker. Despite a March 31 publishing date, I think it's real, or at least could be built.
He also found this SF movie short. It's an excellent science fiction idea, and well executed. I haven't found it in HD, and it does not seem to be a promotion for any film or game.
And then there's the Jacko Final Fan(tasy):
Hackers, magicians
iPad 3G on the loose
So the iPad 3G is now released in the US. That's the one which can use the cell phone net.
Still, I'd consider getting the regular one, and a Mifi device. One more thing struck me about the Mifi device: It can work as a back-up Net connection also. This can be a life-saver in mission-critical situations. A solution which would work even if the power goes, if you have your laptop charged.
(Remember my note: if you've had your laptop continually plugged in for months, the battery may be empty. It may even be dead.)
Still, I'd consider getting the regular one, and a Mifi device. One more thing struck me about the Mifi device: It can work as a back-up Net connection also. This can be a life-saver in mission-critical situations. A solution which would work even if the power goes, if you have your laptop charged.
(Remember my note: if you've had your laptop continually plugged in for months, the battery may be empty. It may even be dead.)
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Art contest done
The Domai "simple nudes" Art Contest 2 is done, see results here, very nice art in many many styles.
Update: thanks for the many highly positive comments about the exhibition I've received, both here and over email. It's difficult to judge a competition with many good entries, but in the end I was very happy with what we have.
Update: thanks for the many highly positive comments about the exhibition I've received, both here and over email. It's difficult to judge a competition with many good entries, but in the end I was very happy with what we have.
iPad stands
Thanks to Mary for finding this super-economical pad stand.
There is also a sturdier one, made as a book stand by Fellowes. Good quality and folds up.
Here is a very sturdy wooden one, for a very reasonable price. Korean hand-made. Almost too nice not to buy.
Finally, this one seems interesting.
Notes on notebooks
BTW, have you noticed that manufacturers are not calling them "laptops" anymore? Since people burned their thighs, they are legally covering their butts by calling them "notebooks" now. That's what I hear.
Note one on the books: they really need to find some space-age materials to make 'em from. I just digged out my 15-inch MacBook Pro, and gawd, is it a monster! We need something as strong/stiff as aluminium, but 25% the weight at most.
(Heck, even my old 12-inch Powerbook seems big and heavy after dealing for a while with the Airbook and the Pad.) (Note: "Powerbook" has a PowerPC processor, and "MacBook" (whether pro or not) has an Intel processor. The latter are newer and much better.)
Second note: if you have a notebook that you're not using regularly, or which is always plugged in, I recommend that you once a month or so let the battery run down and charge it up again. It keeps it alive. I'd neglected this too long with my 15-incher, and now the bat is dead! dead! dead! It's so dead the machine reports "no battery found"!
Note one on the books: they really need to find some space-age materials to make 'em from. I just digged out my 15-inch MacBook Pro, and gawd, is it a monster! We need something as strong/stiff as aluminium, but 25% the weight at most.
(Heck, even my old 12-inch Powerbook seems big and heavy after dealing for a while with the Airbook and the Pad.) (Note: "Powerbook" has a PowerPC processor, and "MacBook" (whether pro or not) has an Intel processor. The latter are newer and much better.)
Second note: if you have a notebook that you're not using regularly, or which is always plugged in, I recommend that you once a month or so let the battery run down and charge it up again. It keeps it alive. I'd neglected this too long with my 15-incher, and now the bat is dead! dead! dead! It's so dead the machine reports "no battery found"!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Following instructions
I'm getting a bit of sympathy for tech companies and other groups and individuals who have to make people follow instructions. For example, for the Domai Art contest (ending in a couple of hours), I wrote one rule in italics, in bold, and with red letters: "put your name in the file name". And what do you know, still maybe 20% simply don't do it.
Levy and cannibals
Steven Levy gives an interesting comment: "Apple is a company which is not afraid to cannibalize."
No other company with a highly successful laptop line would ever introduce a device which could replace many of those laptops. Especially when that device is half the price!! Think about that. They must be fantastically ballsy and stone-certain of the game-busting success of the pad for allowing this to happen. Their profit on a pad is much smaller than on their notebooks. If the pad turns out to mainly replace notebooks, Apple has not so much shot themselves in the foot, as in the balls.
Also, unlike Microsoft, they have been able to get past the OS and user-interface that they have invested millions of man-hours in, ditch it, and start from scratch. Microsoft tried to make tablets which run Windows, and it just doesn't work.
No other company with a highly successful laptop line would ever introduce a device which could replace many of those laptops. Especially when that device is half the price!! Think about that. They must be fantastically ballsy and stone-certain of the game-busting success of the pad for allowing this to happen. Their profit on a pad is much smaller than on their notebooks. If the pad turns out to mainly replace notebooks, Apple has not so much shot themselves in the foot, as in the balls.
Also, unlike Microsoft, they have been able to get past the OS and user-interface that they have invested millions of man-hours in, ditch it, and start from scratch. Microsoft tried to make tablets which run Windows, and it just doesn't work.
A mobile library
[Thanks to TTL]
Your ALDITCS (A Leading Device I the Tablet Computing Space) may hold more books and play video too, but can it protect your from the traffic when you're immersed in reading?
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