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Remix of the Day: Action scenes from Battlestar Galactica strung…

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:37 GMT

I loved that series, Caprica is getting good but it's lacking the action.

side-note: comparing the CG in BSG and Lost is ridiculous, you would think ABC and Lost would pay for higher quality than that lame looking submarine from last week.

Zombieland Review

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57 GMT

I never liked any zombie movies until now, especially serious zombie movies. The only non-comedic zombie I would rate higher than a three is 28 days later but that's only because its more of a horror movie than a zombie flick.

The other two zombie movies I enjoyed Shaun of the Dead and the Evil Dead, both totally different, were good/great. ( Of course, I haven't seen Evil Dead since I was a kid and even then I think I saw the sequels first, either way I thought they were cool. I digress. )

Zombieland had the feel of a video game: it setup the characters well, it had a focused plot and it was short. The most important piece that made me relate it to a video game, all the zombie killing humor.

Spring Soccer

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:37 GMT

Avery is playing Spring Soccer. Spring Soccer is a lot more mellow than Fall Soccer. The team is called “The Roses,” that was Avery's suggestion- weird kid! The coach had no practices scheduled, but another dad on the team felt that practice is important, so he scheduled a practice. I feel that practice is a part of being on a team and playing a sport, so I am happy that he decided to take it upon himself to hold a practice when the coach didn't. The games are all on Sunday afternoons. She is lucky enough to be on the same team as three of her friends.

Dan and I were a little apprehensive when the season started. Last season she just followed the heard and really had not much of a clue what was going on on the field. But she did great in the first two games that she's had so far. She actually went after the ball and kicked it in the right direction! I swear that last season she didn't even touch the ball on the field- not even exaggerating.

Here's to a fabulous season with The Roses!!

sick boy

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:09 GMT

Sunday Night

Sawyer is sick. He has a cold- runny nose, fever & nasty cough. He's been sleeping ok, not wonderful, but still sleeping all night and a few shorter naps during the day (usually he has just one long one).

He's ever been really been “sick.” He's had a few colds, but very minor- no ear infections, no flu, not even any antibiotics as of yet.

This weekend he didn't leave home- Dan and I tag teamed going out with Avery- 2 birthday parties, choir practice, a soccer game & church. He didn't even get out of his pajamas.

Monday Morning

Decided to call the doctor and make an appointment this morning. Sawyer woke up about 30 minutes till 2 when we gave him Tylenol- he kept pulling on his ear, so I thought he had an ear infection. Still that yucky sounding cough. Poor baby, every time he coughs you can tell it hurts him. Thankfully he slept the rest of the night with no more wake-ups.

We did get to see the doctor in a timely manner- in the past we've been waiting up to 2 hours to see the doctor! He has a double ear infection, but his lungs are clear- no bronchitis.

He'll start his very first round of antibiotics ever after his nap today. Hope he loves the taste…

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:50 GMT

Short and sweet: the story is amazing and I bet the book is way better than the movie. The only thing that kept me intrigued was thinking about time traveling and how awesome the plot/story was.

Is the Internet still young?

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:30 GMT

I'm constantly reminded that the internet is young, mostly because of new technologies or services, but I hear it being applied to other areas were there's a lack of agreement. The Ars argument about “…ad blocking is devastating sites you love” reminds me of the later.

One side argues for user rights. I like JaredB's comment in a recent Google Reader/Buzz thread about the topic:

… I (and every other web user) has absolutely no obligation to justify our actions in this regard. When I request some data via an HTTP request and it comes back to my browser for viewing, I have every right to filter and choose to not see / read any portion of that data that I wish…

I and Ken argue that the effects of doing whatever you'd like hurts,

It can result in people losing their jobs, it can result in less content on any given site, and it definitely can affect the quality of content.

So is the internet too young to decide this ethical dilemma? As everyone knows by now the internet is us, People Magazine called us the people of the year ( ha ha ); maybe ”we are to young” to decide what we want.

I thought we all want a free internet, I don't think you can argue against that ( unless you're a repressive government ); internet content creators like Ars are feeling the same pinch digital media struggles with now — but it's a not exactly piracy.

… [content providers are] well aware of the existence of ad blocking technology when they chose that revenue model, so they were (or should have been) well aware of the risks involved. As a matter of observable fact, they were aware, and that's why they chose to do it anyway, because it's worth it for them (according to them, since they're doing it) even taking the blockers into account.

What the solution then? Pay walls.

Even if I didn't think ad-blockers are ethically wrong, I'd be worried about the revenue model websites would need to adopt if ads cannot. If sites follow in the foot steps of digital media they'd find DRM isn't an option but a subscription or mixed model would work.

Ars talked about a mixed model, where content is ad free for subscribers but is that really the future?. I can't image it lasting, in a mixed model the subscribers are donors and the people with the “right” to filter will not all donate subscribe. My worry, as soon as the provider gets this point the walls will be built.

Instigating pay-walls is counter intuitive to a free internet.

escuela

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:54 GMT

Sara and I are really excited about Avery being accepted into this program and it looks like we'll be learning spanish.

This Is Completely Innocent, You Should Watch It of the Day:…

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:50 GMT

Ha Ha, Yes it did look funny.

Ar-teest?

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:47 GMT

That's my boy.

CSS Border Radius

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:11 GMT

So simple and it's being picked up by a bunch of sites. Sometimes I wonder "why didn't I do that".