Monthly Archives: August 2005

Summer Movie Round-up

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It’s almost Labor Day, and I’ve been thinking of doing a wrap-up of Summer movies I’ve seen, so here goes:

  • Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
    Yeah, it’s dark. But didn’t it need to be to set the table for A New Hope?
  • Mr. and Mrs. Smith
    I often don’t even like Brad Pitt or his movies, but he was good here and it is a good movie.
  • Batman Begins
    We arrived late and ended up sitting in the front row, which definitely detracted from the experience. I never knew Batman was a Jedi Knight. The story was most certainly crafted by someone very familiar with Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand too. Michael Caine was brilliant as Alfred.
  • Wedding Crashers
    Another good turn by a guy whose films I don’t usually care for, this time Owen Wilson. I laughed “MAO.” Dana was practically rolling on the floor laughing too. I have never seen her laugh so much or hard. Vince Vaughn was excellent. We probably should have gone to see it again to catch the jokes we missed the first time around because of all the laughter.
  • Must Love Dogs
    Diane Lane and John Cusack (two of my favorites) among others do romantic comedy very well. Perhaps not the laugh fest of Wedding Crashers, but it hit the mark.

Tubing photos

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Tubing in the Ichetucknee River.I’m a little behind on posting here, but I thought it worth mentioning that I’ve posted a couple of photo galleries from July tubing adventures at Ichetucknee Springs State Park.

On July 23, Andy and Joy brought Mom and the boys and we floated from Dampier’s Landing down to the South end take-out point. The photos were taken with a Fujifilm waterproof disposable film camera and processed and scanned to cd at Harmon’s in Gainesville.

On July 30, Dana and I got an early start and floated from the North end to Dampier’s Landing. These photos were taken with my Canon Powershot G1 digital camera using my new Aquapac waterproof case. Be sure not to miss the manatees.

Me, the podcaster

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I wrote today at work about a recent quick project wherein I added a podcast to the Rock104 web site.

My friend Matt, the designer of the Rock104 site, asked me if he could use the code for AnRWatch.com, another site he’s involved with. I was happy to share the code, but it had to be rewritten in PHP first, which I did as a learning exercise. That ended up being easier than I thought it would be. AnR Watch is a monthly webzine that promotes new, unsigned rock bands.

I mentioned these projects to my friend Susanna, who I know is interested in podcasting since she’s both a musician and a web designer. She asked if she could use the code for podcasting sermon recordings on her church site. I sent her the code.