Posts tagged “books”
Harry Potter's emotional arc across six books, told entirely in emoticons. New book out tomorrow!
Narnia on screen is the book made gloriously real. Tilda Swinton steals everything as the Winter Queen, the visuals are spectacular, and the child actors hold their own. Disney sanitizes the battle, but fans and newcomers alike will love it. Go see it.
First day at Yahoo wasn't bad. The scale is staggering: patch PHP, build Apache modules, get machines just by asking. The resources make you feel like anything is possible. Also, find me on Yahoo Messenger.
The birthday party was a success, leaving the house a wreck. Cleaning consumed my day. The highlight of some disobediently-brought presents: a gorgeous circa-1930 illustrated guide to London, satisfying my history, London, and book geekery simultaneously, complete with wonderful period photos and charmingly earnest advice on crossing busy streets.
Loved the Burton visuals, hated the saccharine family subplot they grafted onto Dahl's perfectly subversive story. The oompa-loompas were brilliant, even the songs weren't cringe-inducing, and thank god they ditched the orange skin and green hair. And Gene Wilder. Did I mention Gene Wilder?
My housemates T&J are DJing at Miss-Shapes tonight, my boss just left, and I'm going clubbing on a Thursday. Currently reading Stephenson's System of the World and drinking Yazoo.
Picked up Douglas Adams' posthumous collection and rediscovered what a brilliant, well-read mind he had, especially on technology and UI design. His rule: if it needs a manual, it's too hard to use. I agree completely. Also, it's got me thinking harder about Seldo.Com 3.0.
Christian publishers are marketing Bibles to teens as lifestyle accessories, including the "Extreme Teen Bible" for boys and "Revolve" (styled like a teen magazine) for girls.
Edward Gorey's alphabetical catalog of children meeting grim fates is simultaneously adorable and deeply wrong. God bless the Victorians and their cheerful morbidity.
I got a submission accepted on SlashDot, which combined with my Dilbert newsletter appearance makes me basically a media mogul. Also saw Bridget Jones's Diary -- good movie, but read the book first. Plus some minor blog navigation tweaks.
