Variegating

Scentology: Self-branding by fragrances

I’ve become more interested in fragrances recently – at least, more interested than when I used to inherit old cologne from my dad via my mom in junior high and high school. (Drakkar Noir, Old Spice, etc)

Star Trek

Star Trek remains my favorite franchise in all of entertainment – fmor the wild-eyed idealism of Star Trek, the future-pointed brilliance of The Next Generation to the dark, war-tones of Deep Space Nine – the series in unmatched in depth and breadth of ideas and tones.
The franchise has definitely had its pitfalls with the odd-numbered films, horribly directed combat in most series, some poor special effects, awkward writing and masturbatory self-reference . . .

WWDC + iPhone 3GS

Gruber pretty much nailed every point of the Keynote on Sunday night. Spoilerz!

Keynote . . . notes

- Macbook Pro price reductions were a big hit with the crowd
- Safari tabs noticeably absent from the presentation . . .
- Apple OS X VP, Craig Federighi, looks like a super-nerd Steve Martin.
- Bing ads popped up all over nytimes.com as Federighi was demoing the Dock Exposé. Well played, MS, well played.
- 30 Rock clip was a perfect lead-in to ‘Find my iPhone’. Great security support couple with the remote wipe command.
- Wayne Grant from Pasco played off his bugged presentation off very well. Funny guy – and I’d believe he’s a great science teacher.

Surrogates

SURROGATES trailer in HD

This movie looks like a mashup of every single sci-fi action film of the past 20 years. Every single good and bad idea all rolled into one film.
Every once and a while, the Hollywood Movie Machine accidently makes a ridiculously-contrived film for the ages. This just might be that film.

Wolverine

Wolverine: The Good, the bad, and The Studio.

(warning, contains spoilers!)

The Good

Hugh jackman still stands as solid casting. No, he’s not short, wildebeast hairy, crotchety or ugly enough – but get real, it’s a movie.
But he is believable, genuine, and has the veins and the coif for it.

The Shark’s Own Private Reunion

Rumors abound that seminal Indie band, Sunny Day Real Estate, has reformed with original members and is currently practicing somewhere in Seattle, preparing for a potential tour.

To me, it sounded too good to be true. Afterall, when my other beloved band, The Smashing Pumpkins reformed 2 years ago, I figured it was a lucky fluke. (Maybe not so lucky given Billy’s bitter tirades against fans and now Jimmy Chamberlein’s recent departure)

The SDRE reunion rumors are growing . . .