I love catching the Age of Persuasion on CBC Radio One while driving around Saturday afternoons. We all complain about advertising, but rarely think about it. AoP is a thoughtful creative look at the world of marketing. I think they've hit a new high with "Selling God". A look at the intersection between marketing and faith and why it makes many of us a bit nervous.
- Peace
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Vancouver UBC SFU Pictures
I've started posting pictures from our whirl wind trip to UBC/SFU and seeing friends in Vancvouver. The picture above is my favorite from UBC.
- Peace
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Vancouver UBC, Dominion
Spent the day at UBC watching my daughter navigate a giant university, overcome minor setbacks and impress one of the recruiters. As a dad it was deeply satisfying. Pictures to follow in a few days. I'm curentley posting pics from our weekend at Mosquito Creek.
Lisa and Matt took us out on the town for authentic Japenese food and wild ice cream. I had a balsamic vinegar and figs & lemon.
Back at their place they introduced us to Dominion and Sarah won. Sarah was on a roll today.
- Peace
Lisa and Matt took us out on the town for authentic Japenese food and wild ice cream. I had a balsamic vinegar and figs & lemon.
Back at their place they introduced us to Dominion and Sarah won. Sarah was on a roll today.
- Peace
Friday, March 20, 2009
Yay for power charging standards
OK so having a different charger for each device is a total pain. I was happy to find that the car charger I have for my ipod will also charge my new cell phone. The phone came with a USB cable. The ipod charger has a USB port. USB Phone cable to USB port on ipod charger and I can now charge my phone in the car. Yay!
- Peace
Dave
- Peace
Dave
Monday, March 09, 2009
Saturday Morning Watchmen
From a VHS tape that popped out of a wormhole to an alternate 80's reality. Thanks to Scott Paeth.
- Peace
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Watchmen Review
Watchmen does it best to stay faithful to the original graphic novel. Ironically I enjoyed it most when it strayed. The look of the movie matches the graphic novel almost perfectly and is a wonder to see. The musical choices in the movie were spot on, especially Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changin to take us through a large chunk of back story in a short period of time. Of course there was no music in the book.
The big surprise for me was that they improved the resolution of the plot. The end game stays true in spirit to the book but tightens it but having tie back to one of the major characters. The movie could have used more of that type of editing. There were details in the movie that had no set up and thus only made sense if you read the book. Take the inclusion of the right wing rag The Riffle Men for example. They were not introduced earlier in the movie, it is tacked on just to stay true to the book. Would have been better to tie in one of the reporters shown on TV through out the movie.
Watchmen the movie is good, but not great because it tries to stay too close to the great graphic novel.
- Peace
The big surprise for me was that they improved the resolution of the plot. The end game stays true in spirit to the book but tightens it but having tie back to one of the major characters. The movie could have used more of that type of editing. There were details in the movie that had no set up and thus only made sense if you read the book. Take the inclusion of the right wing rag The Riffle Men for example. They were not introduced earlier in the movie, it is tacked on just to stay true to the book. Would have been better to tie in one of the reporters shown on TV through out the movie.
Watchmen the movie is good, but not great because it tries to stay too close to the great graphic novel.
- Peace
Slum Dog Millionaire Short Review
It was better than I though it would be, and I was expecting it to be good.
- Peace
- Peace
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