Keep the Arts in school

3/16/10 03:49 pm  |  POSTED BY Mike Oley
    

Came across this today. Simply perfect cover of a great song by the French band Phoenix.

 

Google Maps for Bicyclists?

3/10/10 12:17 pm  |  POSTED BY Jen Kaye
    

Google just came out with a version of the maps for bicycling. It knows where bike paths are, bike lanes and safer streets to ride on. Google just keeps advancing their technology more and more each day. Someday, they will have 3D maps for flying car routes, or travel tubes Futurama style. Until then, we can now ride more safely on our lovely two-wheeled vehicles. I must say, I do enjoy a nice ride on the beach in the summer.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/03/google-maps-biking.html

Come sing-along with Doogie Howser

3/4/10 12:26 pm  |  POSTED BY Mike Oley
    

Webisodes are nothing new as far as media distribution is concerned. They have however gained enormous amounts of popularity over the past few years. The main reason being it's a quick and easy way to get your content in the homes of millions of viewers across the globe.

I'm not a big fan of musicals as a matter of fact i have a strong dislike for most of them. But add NPH (Neil Patrick Harris) into just about anything and I'll take a gander. Who would have thought Doogie Howser had so much talent. On second thought, he was a genius child M.D.

Penned during the writers' strike of 2007, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a series of webisodes that have now been collected and produced into DVD format. Everyone shines especially Nathan Fillion as the douchey hero Captain Hammer. I remember thinking to myself "Where in the hell is going?" Once it ended, I wanted to watch it again. The tunes are intentionally cheesy, but the singing is well done and the story moves along nicely.

Take a break from the blockbuster Michael Bay flicks and check it out.

Let The Right One In

3/1/10 10:11 am  |  POSTED BY Mike Oley
    

With the overwhelming success of the Twilight Saga and HBO's True Blood, vampires have taken over the pop culture world in the past few years. Usually not my cup of tea (although I openly admit I do enjoy True Blood) I came across LET THE RIGHT ONE IN the other evening and was completely captivated.

Set in 1982 in a small town in Sweden, Oskar is a 12 year old growing up through a frustrating youth where he is picked on by the older more mature boys in his school. Eli moves in next door to Oskar to which they only meet out in the court yards playground in the middle of the night. He's frustrated and has a lot of built up rage and anger, she helps him release that anger.

It's not the best movie i've seen (I refuse to be a prisoner of the moment) but I wouldn't laugh at anyone if they said it was the best in the vampire genre. These two young actors simply carry this film with their innocence and horror. Beautifully shot and constantly filled with eery suspense and haunting sequences, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is worth checking out. I've read there's already a remake set to come out this year, endure the captions (yes it's a foreign film) and see the original before Hollywood butchers this truly chilling little tale.

Lovin' the ETrade ads!

2/25/10 12:13 pm  |  POSTED BY Aimee Ishikawa
    

The tivo/dvr technology has elimated the need to sit through stupid commercials. Whoever created the ads for E*Trade, though, is genius! Love the talking baby.

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