The feature-length animé Paprika has been my favorite movie this year. (Easily surpassing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, fun as it was, as well as the films seen at Cinequest. Yes, I rarely go out for movies.) Directed by Satoshi Kon, who worked on Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent, it contains his [...]
Category Archives: Reviews
Dragging my feet
Tuesday, 4 September 2007
This site is about my hobbies. I’ve posted a lot on food, a little about software, and even a teensy bit about gardening and plants. But I haven’t written up much about another big interest of mine: stories. Novels, comic books, animation, and occaisionally television and movies. I just love consuming tales and histories!
I’ve been [...]
Hello GreenCine, Goodbye Netflix
Monday, 11 June 2007
After a couple months of testing, I’ve decided to continue my DVD rentals through GreenCine, instead of Netflix. (As well as borrowing more from local libraries. :-D) The first four or so years with Netflix was both fun and useful. But the throttling killed it for me.
While it’s great that I could export my rental [...]
Tasting soy milks
Thursday, 24 May 2007
I admit it, I find soy milk suspicious. Sure, it works nicely as a creamy substitute in soups; and the occasional soy cheese I’ve had at izakaya restaurants has been tasty. I’ve even had a couple soy-based ice cream sandwiches which nearly fooled me, taste and texture-wise.
But soy milk. As a drink, especially a sweet [...]
La conmemoración de la celebración
Monday, 9 April 2007
Today marks the anniversary of one the best parties I’ve attended: our wedding reception.
I rarely post about personal things, but after the event happened I kept thinking of writing about our vendor experiences. So after a year of mulling it over, here it is.
Most notably, I recommend the photographer and florist we worked [...]
Experiments in online DVD rental services
Wednesday, 4 April 2007
I’ve been a Netflix customer for over six years. I had been pleased with their service, until a couple years ago when I noticed that they stopped Saturday shipments, as well as began throttling the delivery of the DVDs.
Needless to say, the newer, slower service disappointed me.
I heard about GreenCine last year. They’re located in [...]
Cinequest 2007
Saturday, 17 March 2007
Last week I attended Cinequest, the 17th annual San José Film Festival. None of the seven shows I watched were amazing, but I enjoy having so many international movies to chose from.
Overall, the best ones were Batad and The Owl and the Sparrow, which while not outstanding, were still very good.
Mac OS X 3rd party applications to investigate
Thursday, 8 February 2007
There are several helpful Mac OS X applications which I don’t use frequently. Sometimes I end up not needing to use them often, or I haven’t found the time to play with them much.
Why bother mentioning these applications at all? Because they have potential to become essential tools on the Mac. (Well, on my Mac, [...]
JavaScript books
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
I’ve had earlier editions Flanagan’s JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (O’Reilly) sitting on my bookshelf for years. But I rarely cracked it open. When I did, I often became frustrated with not being able to find succinct or coherent information. Not too surprisingly, I rarely used JavaScript.
Then came Jeremy Keith’s book on DOM scripting, and I [...]
Farewell: Restaurants closed in 2006
Monday, 22 January 2007
Last year witnessed the closure of some wonderful restaurants. From this group, Brigitte’s will be sorely missed.
Brigitte’s: French Mediterranean, Gourmet and Healthy Cuisine. Santa Clara, CA. This became our favorite French restaurant in the Bay Area. Fresh ingredients, often locally produced or organic. Innovative menu which changed daily to fit the seasons and [...]
