He also will be remembered for his other passions: Kentucky Fried Chicken, the Chicago Bulls during the Michael Jordan era, the Nebraska Cornhuskers always, approximating the temperature of the sun with his Hedge wood burning heater, any dog carrying the namesake Blacky, cinnamon flavored Dentyne gum, and the Doxology.

I’ll always remember riding in our plastic sleds while he pulled us around on his tractor, the extended family trip to Colorado with horseback riding, and how he always had the biggest grin on his face when his picture was being taken.

You were the figurehead of the Leatherman clan to so many of us in your family, and your proud legacy will live on for many, many years.  We are proud to be part of your family tree.

Rest in peace Grandpa.

From watching his troubled youth transform into a manhood of words and ideas, Malcolm was a passionate man with a precise vision of how he wanted the world to change. This movie shows that opinions, even strongly postured and publicized opinions, can grow and change into something bigger than just one man. Seeing Malcolm go from broad generalizations about race to a more human, democratic opinion of individual judgement was particularly moving to watch. The power of an idea is the greatest power a man can have. And if that man can communicate his idea effectively, and precisely enough so that it can be understood as it was meant to be understood, and with the passion and fire from which it came, that idea can engulf many a mind in its flame.

Without a doubt, he was a man that would have continued to change the world in great ways if he hadn’t been taken from it. And if the world needs anything, it’s both men of ideas and the change they inspire.

Highly recommended.

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Update: Team name correction.

A few unorganized notes:  This was my first introduction to The Kinks, whom had a great song entitled “Strangers” in the movie.   One of the brothers wore his father’s prescription sunglasses in spite of the headache they caused, just because they made him feel closer.  Jason Schwartzman is getting predictable with his trademark awkward pause between question and answer.  In every movie review I create (including this and the last), I will not fail to use the go-to adjective of the movie industry: epic.

Recommended, especially if you liked The Life Aquatic with Steve Zizzou.

The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04jammer.html

If you don’t know what a white noise generator is, it’s an electronic device that generates noise that pollutes the frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum.  Normally, the noise generated would coincide with the frequencies of other commonly used electronic devices, and this particular article focuses on cellular telephone frequencies.  But it could be used to block any wireless transmission: wireless internet, television, radio, etc.

If this has piqued your interest, you can get more information on how to build a nice jammer called the Wave Bubble here.

But I digress.  In the article, an investigator was sent by Verizon to an area that reportedly had a jammer in operation.  This behavior is, of course, illegal.  Here’s the money:

“He went to everyone in town and gave them his number and said if they were having trouble, they should call him right away,” the owner said.”

Let me lay that out for you, you dirty layperson.  To report the inability of your phone, please immediately call the investigator… using your phone.  Delicious.

But in their video entitled “2007 Golden Boot Award”, I noticed an interesting phenomenon. Letters in the title on the intro to the video appear one at at a time, flicking through a sequence of unrelated characters to settle on the final letter. But when spelling out the final letter in “Golden Boot”, there is a very noticeable delay in which the letter that will end up appearing as a T instead flashes as a B for more time than any other letter in the sequence. This, of course, spells out “Golden Boob”.

Notice below the final image:

And now see what flashes immediately before the above:

Of course, I believe this was purposeful. It’s too obvious to be an oversight. This post was not endorsed or sponsored by Budweiser or Major League Soccer.

See for yourself here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfSY0gPLsgA

After seeing the movie and visiting the website that the movie was about (Twin Galaxies), I can honestly say that I doubt the accuracy of the story that was told.  A couple of points:
1. The movie detailed a fight for the high score between two people.  When in fact, the high score war involved a third person that was never even mentioned.

2. The movie has become outdated since it’s release, since the current record holder no longer matches what was shown in the final scene.

3. There were scenes in which a tape for a score was admitted, despite glaring inconsistencies in the video quality and possible problems with the tape being seamless.  Was the original tape ever witnessed?  Why was the score given validity without inspection of Billy’s machine?  The movie made it seem as though Steve’s tape wasn’t admitted to be a high score because there wasn’t a judge present to witness his score, which I don’t think was consistent, because none of Billy’s scores were witnessed by a judge (if you don’t count himself).

Anyway, just a few of the things that I saw.  I tried to register for an account to post some questions on their forums, but they don’t seem to want to verify my registration.  Oh well, it’s just a video game.