what's been keeping me busy lately.

i know i haven't written anything here for a while, but i think i had realized that most people didn't really read this anyway, and the content was not really fulfilling for me. so i came up with this other idea and branched off there.

http://innergeekmoments.blogspot.com

i recommend reading the blurbs, and then any posts tagged "definition" if you dive in and wonder "what the hell is this crap?"

i think i'll continue to do the unit, 24, sytycd, and tdf commentary, but i have something else that can be a ~creative outlet that's also technical and not my work.

cheers

[the unit] i think i am starting to like whiplash

he had this smirk in one of the scenes of the latest episode (the omg chlorine gas one) when it was decided that they were going to rock the house. he might not be a hector, and "whiplash" is a little more typical of a callsign vs. hammerhead or cool breeze.

rachel also was wondering about him jumping on that grenade. i think he'll be good for the show.

can you reuse the same theme too much?

so this season of 24 has all been about one theme: "do the ends justify the means, and being held accountable for the choice you make."

how many times do i need to be hit over the head with it before it gets old? not sure. although i really enjoy turmoil that agent walker is going through. as well as making snide remarks about how she and jack are going to get together by the end of the season.

technology win of the week: not sure if there was a clear cut winner, however i really need to find a way to connect a generic usb cable from my phone to a random workstation to immediately gain access to exactly the information i want.

how do you get that job?

so i just saw the watchmen.

reactions:
can you seriously put something like "expert in modeling animated superhuman genitalia?"
rorshach's constantly morphing mask was super cool.
i can see how a lot of people are not going to like this movie.
but it was a little off enough to be really enjoyable. more later.

ps. 2hr43min?!

[24] who knew?

i really really enjoyed the latest episdoe of 24. it seemed to include everything: torture, explosions, agent pierce being awesome, bill getting pistol whipped _and_ choked out, and amazing technology.

speaking of, who knew that the internal security network and gps locator system in the white house is on an open wifi network? lol.

24 technology for the win

"we're gonna have to tie the main servers together. i'm going to need an abi motherboard but you're going to have to reconfigure it for macro uplink"

wtb president palmer cameo

does anyone else feel a little tingle when allstate commercials are slated for the breaks during 24?

i'm really looking forward to seeing how jack and renee get out of a squad full of police officers. i wonder if the next two episodes are tony highlights, with kiefer just repeating to himself, "i ain't nobody's b--" in the corner of his jail cell. all in all i am enjoying the seventh season. something about how they are still breaking all sorts of laws to get the job done, but at least all of the characters are trying to address this issue. agent walker w/the blood on her face and fingers in the mirror was great. makes me wonder what is going to be _too far_?

highlights from this episode: agent pierce showing up. he's one of my favorite characters. i think that he brings a lot of history and awesomeness. i think he ranks like #5 in most episodes and still alive.

technology win of the episode: the psychadelic hacker usb stick. not only do you attach to some random xsession but also seemingly gives them escalated privs over their processes to inject stuff/DoS them. i just bought some 4gb sticks at best buy today, i'll let you know when i get it all worked out.

OMG SEE TAKEN. (ps. yes i'm back)

sorry for the time off everyone that reads. (i know no one reads this, it's okay.)

i just had to say, i made one of the best calls today. when i first saw the trailers for this movie, i thought to myself, "it's quigon jin! killing french people! sweet!" but then after further investigation (thanks imdb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0936501/) this movie had even more going for it: written by luc besson, who also wrote all of the transporter movies, directed by pierre morel, who did the jason statham + jet li flick, WAR and the transporter as well.

suffice it to say, this is _the_ action movie of right now. if you want to have a good time, go see this movie. "and apologize to your wife for me for shooting her."