Not Daily, that's for sure

My plan for this blog was to post something everyday, however that clearly  hasn't happened.
Time to change the name of the blog.

And I'll try to post more often as well.

DVD's of the week from Netflix

DVD's of the week. The Take an armored car heist flick from 2007 staring John Leguizamo and 30 days Season2 disk 1, the cable TV show with Morgan Spurlock. The disc has 3 episodes.

Chaos Theory- Great GTD Comedy Movie

I saw Chaos Theory at the movie theater this weekend.
It is a hilarious, but at times bleak comedy about a David Allen-like lecturer on time management named Frank Allen (Ryan Reynolds) who has some life changing experiences after his wife (Emily Mortimer) sets back the time on the clock that runs his perfectly micromanaged life.

Once Frank embraces randomness and chaos, he learns about the positive aspects of constant change.
Worth seeing 4/4stars

Stars Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend
Written by Daniel Taplitz, Directed by Marcos Siega
http://www.chaostheorymovie.com

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My Kid Could Paint That -DVD Review

'The Art lies in the declaration itself'
Michael Kimmelman, an art critic explaining what modern art is - from a dvd extra included with 'My Kid Could Paint That' the 2007 documentary by Amir Bar-Lev about a 4year old artist from upstate New York named Marla Olmstead, her family and her rise to fame, fortune and controversy.
The first half of the film explores her discovery and rise as an art phenomenon.
The second half explores controversy about the authenticity of her work. Was it all her own, or was she helped by her parents?
A fascinating documentary about art, truth, celebrity and our times.
The DVD extras are highly informative about the workings of the modern art world and are well worth watching.

I rented it from Netflix
http://www.netflix.com

My Netflix rating 5/5
Standard rating:4/4

Related Links:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/mykidcouldpaintthat/
http://www.marlaolmstead.com/

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iPod Minimalism- From 20GB to 1GB

A couple of years ago, my company gave everyone iPods for Christmas.
I've been using mine reliably for listening to Podcasts during my commute to work.

My 20GB hard drive based ipod must have taken a tumble that I didn't notice while it was in my Timbuk2 messenger bag.

On Sunday night when I went to sync- I heard the Click of Death.

I've followed the Apple Support page instructions for resetting the iPod, but they haven't worked so far.

A year ago we received Best Buy Gift cards during the holiday season.

I bought a 1GB iPod Shuffle and a DLO Power Bug  spare charger
with the intent of using the Shuffle when working out at the gym I planned to join.

I haven't joined that gym yet, but I'm glad I bought the Shuffle.

I've been dragging and dropping podcasts one at a time into the shuffle to not run out of space.
I'd already loaded my best of list of my favorite music from my collection which turned out to be less than 500MB.

So now I'm taking a minimalist approach to podcasts. I'm not carrying my whole library anymore.

The shuffle is working out great so far. It is much lighter weight and it takes up much less space in my bag or pocket.

Now I need to decide if the 20GB iPod is  worth fixing or replacing.

But that's a task for another day.

Today I Bought a Thermos

I've been buying bottles of socially responsible Ethos Water http://www.ethoswater.com from Starbucks
http://www.starbucks.com for at least a year.

After reading this article
http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/red-031108-chemical-main,0,2244086.story in the RedEye yesterday,
my bottled water began tasting of plastic.
Or maybe I just began noticing what was there all along.

Today I decided to replace my disposable plastic bottle with a stainless steel solution:
The classic Thermos Bottle http://www.thermos.com.
I bought the 17.5oz bullet shaped model
http://www.thermos.com/product_catalog.aspx?CatCode=NISS&SubcategoryID=1
at Walgreens http://www.walgreens.com and plan to use it to take my own hot coffee or tea to work.

In addition to being a healthier container, I should also save money by buying less soda.

I'm also thinking about buying a stainless steel water bottle made by Klean Kanteen
http://www.kleankanteen.com.

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WiFi as N810 GPS POI- Simply Fantastic

I went for a walk today and decided to test out the Global Positioning System (aka GPS) capabilities of my Nokia N810 for the first time. I've never used GPS before.

In addition to displaying my latitude, longitude, speed when in motion and current location on a map, it is also possible to view Points of Interest- POI.

I picked a few POI categories back when I got the N810 but when it was still too cold to go out and test the GPS.

Today as I walked I saw where a number of wifi hotspots are, in places I had never known had WiFi before. That could be very useful when traveling or mobileblogging on the go.

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