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This is so wrong - how bizarre
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macosxhints.com - Input non-Roman characters on iPhone OS 3.0's keyboard
Input non-Roman characters on iPhone OS 3.0's keyboard
Mon, Jun 22 2009 at 7:30AM PDT • Submitted by Anonymous
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...to open a submenu allowing you to choose a modified (with accent, umlaut, etc.) version of that character.
[robg adds: This is mentioned in the iPhone User Guide (11MB PDF), but not in detail. There are extra characters on the two symbol keyboards as well -- nearly every symbol is available in at least two forms, but the following keys have additional extra characters in their pop-up definitions: . ? ! ' - $ " % _. If I've missed any, please post!]
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Confirmed! WATCHMEN Director’s Cut to Show In Select Theaters For One Weekend in July
Confirmed! WATCHMEN Director’s Cut to Show In Select Theaters For One Weekend in July
by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted:June 24th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Just an hour ago I attended an amazing Blu-ray presentation at Warner Bros. in Burbank to help promote “Watchmen: The Director’s Cut” and “300″ on Blu-ray. Based on the footage I saw and how interactive the discs are, these are seriously must own Blu-ray’s. The “Watchmen” Blu-ray has over three hours of extras and the “300″ Blu-ray over two hours. I was really blown away.
But the highlight of the day was director Zack Snyder confirming the news that the “Watchmen Director’s Cut” would be playing in select movie theaters next month! If you remember, he talked about a possibly release when the film first came out.
this looks to be intriguing
Everyone but you is being rude with their mobile gadgets | Wireless News - Betanews
Everyone but you is being rude with their mobile gadgets
90% of American adults say other people don't know how to act, but 62% claim they do.
By Angela Gunn | Published June 19, 2009, 7:24 AM
Self-awareness, etiquette and Internet polling probably shouldn't even appear in the same sentence, but now and then they combine for a good laugh. For instance, Intel this week revealed the results of an online poll they commissioned from the pollsters at Harris Interactive, which asked 2,160 US adults about behavior -- theirs and other people's -- on their mobile phones and other devices one uses in public.
but not me
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Pixar Grants Dying Kid's Last Wish to See "Up" - Boing Boing
Pixar Grants Dying Kid's Last Wish to See "Up"
Pixar flew an employee with a DVD of the animated feature film "Up" (which is only in theaters right now) to the home of a terminally ill child for a private viewing. The girl passed away soon after fulfilling this last wish.Pixar grants girl's dying wish to see 'Up' (thanks Virgilio Corrado)Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing - a movie. From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said her mother, Lisa Curtin, and at the beginning of this month it became apparent that she would die soon and was too ill to be moved to a theater to see the film. After a family friend made frantic calls to Pixar to help grant Colby her dying wish, Pixar came to the rescue.
Favorite This! (4)http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=521994&rnd=981326'); return false;">Take a look at this"At the time of her death, her stomach was about 94 inches around, swollen with fluids the cancer wouldn’t let her body properly digest. The rest of her body probably weighed about 45 pounds... Colby couldn't see the screen because the pain kept her eyes closed..."
Not. Fucking. Fair.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522007&rnd=614964'); return false;">Take a look at thisThis is one of those awful/heart-warming stories where you don't know whether to smile or cry.
@samu - agreed, that is just such a horrible thing for a kid (or anyone for that matter) to go through.
And well-done Pixar for sorting it out so damn fast.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522008&rnd=957167'); return false;">Take a look at thisExcuse my ignorance, but is there a reason why she wasn't given something for the pain? I can't even begin to imagine what kind of pain she was in. (I cried like the dickens when I had a kidney stone.) Was she just in so much pain that even pain killers wouldn't work? Or would pain killers knock her out so she couldn't remain conscious during the movie? To me it seems wrong to let anyone be in that much pain if there is something that can be done about it. Kudos to Pixar for doing something like this.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522015&rnd=385987'); return false;">Take a look at thisWho are the jerk-a-zoids that didn't get her a wheelchair when she asked for it? How crappy is that?
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522024&rnd=32999'); return false;">Take a look at this@boinkology
It's not uncommon for people to be in so much pain that any sufficient dose of painkillers would be fatal, or would essentially knock them out.
In fact this is the area where the law gets a little vague. It is a kind of open secret that doctors will give terminally ill patients in massive pain, doses of morphine sufficiently large that will shorten the patient's life, but also manage the pain.
I think it's called the double effect defence. So long as the primary purpose was to relieve suffering, no-one prosecutes. I'm sure there are doctors on BB who can give a better explanation.
Pain management is a lot harder than many people realise. There are levels of pain that even the strongest medication has trouble mitigating. I don't ever want to be in that situation. I can't imagine how hard it must have been for a 10 year-old.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522025&rnd=370463'); return false;">Take a look at this#6 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 8:50 AMI think it's classy that Pixar declined to comment or name anyone involved. This would have been a great opportunity to shout "We done good!"
Of course, this is generating publicity that is even more positive than had they commented...
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522031&rnd=251877'); return false;">Take a look at this@brett
Agreed, it's a shame the hospice company couldn't have shown the same kind of effort that the guys from Pixar did.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522033&rnd=16223'); return false;">Take a look at thisYay Pixar!
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522036&rnd=357917'); return false;">Take a look at thisA very sad story. At least she's out of pain now and went with some kind of happiness in her last hours.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522039&rnd=504368'); return false;">Take a look at this#10 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 8:58 AM@boinkology
Her mother wrote on June 10th on her Caring Bridge journal that she's sick from her new medicine, Methadone. That would probably indicate that she had been given morphine or a similar opiate.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522041&rnd=941315'); return false;">Take a look at this@2 - I cried. But well done, Pixar.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522046&rnd=945069'); return false;">Take a look at thisI'm trying to imagine what it was like to be the Pixar guy who flew out there. I don't know if I could have done it.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522049&rnd=802194'); return false;">Take a look at thisThis is the 3rd gut wrenching news I've read/heard in the past 12 hours and I'm not even looking at news... friend of a friend's suicide, friend of a friend loses an infant to some genetic disease and now this..... count your blessings is the message here.
I've got 3 healthy kids. That's blessing #1, #2, and #3 right there.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522050&rnd=262373'); return false;">Take a look at thisNow I'm tearing up at my desk on a Friday afternoon, thanks a freaking lot Boing Boing.
My girlfriend and I were on the fence on whether to go see Up tonight or not. We're definitely going now . . . though God, I'll be thinking about this the entire time.
PIXAR, you seriously rock. Whoever you flew out there needs the week off for making it through that. Probably got drunk as h*ll at the hotel bar.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522051&rnd=47098'); return false;">Take a look at this"Who are the jerk-a-zoids that didn't get her a wheelchair when she asked for it?"
The problem with the hospices is that a lot of them are volunteer, most are overworked. The last thing the US thinks about are those dying.
It would be nice to help everyone, and I know some people that work in these settings that TRY to do just this -- until they burn out themselves and can't do it anymore.
If you find this a horrible thing, please sign up to volunteer at one of these facilities. Give a realistic amount of hours you can do it and don't do any more...and make certain that you show up when you say you will regardless of the pain you might be going through doing so. Might be one of the most rewarding things you've ever done.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522058&rnd=547396'); return false;">Take a look at thisThat's the saddest thing I've heard in a while, but good on Pixar for doing what they did!
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522062&rnd=264007'); return false;">Take a look at this#17 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 9:21 AMThis is the sort of thing that makes me a believer in pixar. A lot of slimey disenheartening shit happens day to day in the business world- i'm glad at least one corporate entity did something cool.
even if it was probably primarily about the value of the PR.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522075&rnd=574275'); return false;">Take a look at thisMy favorite little detail...Pixar has no comment on the whole thing.
Seems like a perfect place for a press release touting something like this...and probably deservedly so. But with true Pixar class, they just let the act speak for itself. Bravo.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522079&rnd=75609'); return false;">Take a look at this@boinkology
What Paul said, also her cancer apparently shut down systems that metabolize medications, so any more meds may have had additional potency that might have been immediately fatal. She may well have been on as much pain meds as her body could stand. Cancer pain sucks.Saw "Up" yesterday, it was excellent, appreciated by kids and adults. It also deals with flavors of loss in positive ways, but it wasn't at all a sad film. Good on Mom for outflanking the automated telephone system and good on Pixar.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522080&rnd=190080'); return false;">Take a look at this#20 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 9:33 AM@11 Best friends wife gave birth to a beautiful son today. The circle continues. Hope that helps a little :-))
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522085&rnd=841933'); return false;">Take a look at this
I can see the tabloid headline now:Pixar kills girl with cancer by screening "Up"
Of course, it was great that Pixar did it. It's nice that they could spend the time and effort to do it. More corporations should think that way.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522086&rnd=775963'); return false;">Take a look at thisWow, I completely wasn't expecting to tear up over an article featured on BoingBoing. This tale doesn't just tug at the heartstrings, it rips them out.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522090&rnd=526784'); return false;">Take a look at thisFlew someone out there to screen the movie for her, gave her free toys & poster and didn't comment on it or issue a press release tooting their own horn.
Pixar, you are a class act.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522099&rnd=417959'); return false;">Take a look at this#24 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 9:55 AMThe people at Pixar ar high-class all the way. I had the pleasure of meeting with them and collaborating on some business, and this can-do, no-nonsense approach permeates their entire organization. I love the company even more for what they did for this girl, and will remember it forever.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522106&rnd=46972'); return false;">Take a look at thisDammit, I didn't cry until I got to the part about how Pixar gave her an adventure book of her own. (If you've seen the movie, you'll understand why that just shattered my heart into little pieces.)
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522114&rnd=187810'); return false;">Take a look at this#26 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 10:09 AMI welled up reading that. What a sweet, heart-wrenching story.
Gotta keep my composure. At work. Keep manly, emotionless shell....*sniff sniff*
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522115&rnd=732940'); return false;">Take a look at this#27 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 10:09 AMJesus that is sad.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522117&rnd=151748'); return false;">Take a look at thisI wasn't sure I was going to see this movie, but now I have to. And I agree that not commenting on it is part of the class act that is Pixar.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522125&rnd=915865'); return false;">Take a look at thisOK, here's a happy chaser...
tears of joy this time...
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522133&rnd=29128'); return false;">Take a look at thisOK now I'm crying at work.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522142&rnd=713822'); return false;">Take a look at this@ Caroline
I know! I just saw "Up" Wednesday night, and when I got to that line in the article...
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522144&rnd=740835'); return false;">Take a look at thisUgh. I just read that while holding my 16 month old little girl. She wants back down. I'm not letting go.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522147&rnd=221738'); return false;">Take a look at thisI'm a pediatrician at UCSF in San Francisco and have become a big fan of the Pixar crew. Every time they have a new movie come out, they play it on the children's ward TV channel right around the day it is released (and sometimes before.) The animators also come to the ward and draw characters for the hospitalized kids as well. Pretty cool dudes... plus they make pretty good movies to boot.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522160&rnd=539245'); return false;">Take a look at thisYou know?
Usually I shun Pixar movies. They are not bad, neither the kind of thing I am into, or at least not good enough to go to the Theater and stand a bunch of kids throwing popcorn. But this makes me want to go to the movies tonight and buy a ticket for Up.I just wish this kind of things would be more common.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522176&rnd=38745'); return false;">Take a look at thisi cry :(
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522185&rnd=349615'); return false;">Take a look at thisI love Pixar. They rock hard and produce some of the best movies coming out of the entertainment industry.
I think Pixar didnt release a press report simply because they would be flooded by calls from parents of sick kids.
Then again I'm a cynic with ice in my veins.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522194&rnd=899183'); return false;">Take a look at thisOMG, you guys are killing me here. I would love/hate to be that employee, knowing what a difference he made in her life, yet knowing how soon after he left, that she did too. :(
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522216&rnd=479478'); return false;">Take a look at thisdammit... crying....
what a beautiful little girl. and what a beautiful thing pixar did. thank you, pixar, for restoring my faith in humanity for a while longer.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522232&rnd=216478'); return false;">Take a look at thisPatients sometimes reduce their pain meds for a brief time so that they can focus on something. We had a patient who would go off her morphine for a couple of hours every week so that she could watch Seinfeld with a clear head.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522235&rnd=677869'); return false;">Take a look at thisThe adventure book. Oh God, I'm crying now. (If you saw the movie, you'd know why) They did it without even making a press release showing their compassion. That's amazing. It's good to see such a big company do the right thing just because it's the right thing to do.
At least her last few hours were happy. The sad part is she dies less than a day after getting this last wish fulfilled.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522247&rnd=769768'); return false;">Take a look at this#41 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 12:43 PMMakes me proud to be an American. I will go and see up now.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522250&rnd=810300'); return false;">Take a look at this#42 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 12:45 PMI think that what Pixar did was wonderfull. Regardless of the other stuff going on, Pixar mad her happy and now she is in a better place.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522282&rnd=350443'); return false;">Take a look at thisThis is really touching. It brought tears to my eyes.
I lost my wife (age 31) to cancer last year and near the end, the pain medications made her really incoherent and sleepy. It was a huge effort to remain conscious. She chose to go off of them so she could remain as coherent as possible. I have a feeling that this little girl might have made the same choice so she would be awake for her last few hours on earth.
When I saw UP in the theater, the themes of love and loss and hopes for the future really hit home. The movie deals with these issues deftly with real depth and feeling.
I give huge credit to Pixar for acting quickly and granting her wish. They weren't just helping one dying girl. Her family can feel comforted that she got her final wish fulfilled. When you lose someone so young, the weight of unrealized dreams weighs heavily on the people who loved her. This experience may have lightened that burden.
Thank you Pixar!
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522290&rnd=272152'); return false;">Take a look at thisIt's official: Pixar leads the film industry not just in the quality of their work but in genuine class.
My wife and I are still psyching ourselves up to see this movie. I'm sure it's a wonderful film, but I also know that it has a lot of sad stuff that is bound to hit home with us right now.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522298&rnd=671831'); return false;">Take a look at thisOne of the comments at the OC register page for this story indicated that the people who did this did not necessarily have official authorization.
If true, I wouldn't say this reflects poorly on Pixar. Just the opposite -- the corporate culture at Pixar must be such that people somewhere in the middle or lower have values and initiative to make something like this happen fast.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522306&rnd=880618'); return false;">Take a look at thisFirst of all, cudos to Pixar! .. wow .. not afraid of pirating or a lost ticket and no rape of a PR option ..
and then .. icy veins and sarcasm and constant internet doubt ... how do we know the story is true? what a cute picture of a slender caucasian girl with possible latino or asian mix .. what if the pic was of a fat boy of ethnicity not that high in profile??? coincident?
But then again .. I trust in Pixar and I'd love to work for a place that is so no BS, where you can make your dreams come true (by telling compelling stories) and you can make many others dreams come true ...
I just watched UP last night and this story made me tear up .. again ...
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522336&rnd=303298'); return false;">Take a look at thisFirst time boing boing made me cry.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522341&rnd=853095'); return false;">Take a look at this#48 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 2:21 PMOh, man. I never expected to cry reading a Boing Boing article. Very touching.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522360&rnd=931728'); return false;">Take a look at thisAdd my kudos to Pixar for doing this, but their silence may be attributable to something other than humility...
If this became common knowledge (that is, Pixar will send a representative to screen movies to sick/dying children), they'd be overwhelmed with requests. Clearly they wouldn't be able to accommodate all of them, but they'd look like a jerk if they ignored even one.
So, how do they help without putting themselves in an impossible position later? Do what they did, but keep quiet about it.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522366&rnd=991006'); return false;">Take a look at thisMade me cry, too. First time in ages... Is it, because she looks so happy in the picture? I don't know if I can watch Up now, without thinking about this, though...
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522376&rnd=404241'); return false;">Take a look at thisI've right now got a bad case of poison ivy. One of my eyes is swollen up so I can't see through it. This puts that in complete perspective. I feel so sorry for this little girl and her family. And seriously, good for Pixar for doing this.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522401&rnd=917758'); return false;">Take a look at thisFor the "I hate kids" crowd -- I haven't seen this movie yet, but I know that lots of screens will be showing it late at night, and in 3D.
I'm totally looking forward to seeing what Pixar does with 3D -- probably won't be QUITE as impressive as Coraline, but we shall see!
Modern 3D, using the "RealD" system (or Disney's brand of it), is superb. Very few people "get headaches," and it's actually perceived as better quality than normal projection.
(You can read all the details in the various reference webpages, but the simple explanation is that they use the same resolution as the flat movie, but flash the projector bulb four times as often -- twice for the left eye, then twice for the right. This all but eliminates any perception of flicker.)
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522404&rnd=544708'); return false;">Take a look at this#53 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 3:53 PMI still don't have any interest in seeing the movie, but I might just buy an extra ticket to Up the next time I'm at the theater to watch somthing else. Kudos to whoever at Pixar made the decision.
http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=522424&rnd=462511'); return false;">Take a look at thisSo, exactly what kind of message is that?
I'm sorry to spoil the party and yes, you may call me heartless on that one.
But this kind of story keeps triggering the same part of my brain that usually warns me of the kind of contradictions, that were most likely produced by either PR or propaganda in order to pry my eyes away from something extremely ugly and making everyone cry foul when you point it out.
So, there is a movie out there. It is finished, tens of millions of dollars were spend on making a movie, instead of handing out - say - antimalarial drugs or mosquito nets that could have prevented at least 1000 no less painful no less tragic but much less reported deaths of people.
Yet, to legally see it outside of the theater, you quite literally have to be dieing to see it.
And this is what I hate the movie industry for, and that includes Pixar.
DVMUG ApplePRESS News
From: DVMUG News <tom_bacon@dvmug.org>Date: June 23, 2009 10:35:27 PM PDTSubject: DVMUG ApplePRESS NewsReply-To: tom_bacon@dvmug.orgThe July issue of the award winning ApplePRESS is now available for download from the DVMUG BBS, or from the DVMUG website. Just click on the following URL, and then select JUL.
http://fc.dvmug.org/~Apple_PRESS/
Enjoy,
Tom Bacon, Secretary
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Photos of Father's day on the coast
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Interesting Link daddy issues
Remember Everything. | Evernote Corporation
Cool utility of the week. Its what one does with all of the misc info you tend to accumulate online like links, info, images, ideas etc. Syncs with Iphone as well and across multiple computer. Too Kewl.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Interesting Link
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Show random desktop picture immediately on login
,y os x hint of day
resets desktop pix to random on restart
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Midweek bike ride
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
StumbleUpon WebToolbar - 10 Creative Mac ’n’ Cheese Creations from WomansDay.com - Macaroni and Cheese
mmmmmm cheese - one of the funniest words in the English language.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Polka Grammy axed
This passes not so greatness
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Zombie jello mold
Who Wouldn't want one?
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The Bing Thing
What is Microsoft tinking...
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Friday nite
rolling rock beer
74 degrees
lite watering chores
backyard swing
iPhone/iTunes/Internet
schnacky snak
empty head syndrome
dog fetching toy diversion
turkey burger BBQ
and you?
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
A Philosophy of Netbooks
Guess I'm waiting on Apple pie
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
TwitVid - 10.5.7 what a nightmare I'm... by Michael Clasen (@mclasen)
my twit vid sorry about the complaining
