(This continues my rewatch of all of Christohper Nolan’s films)
Many know Christopher Nolan’s non-linear/non-chronological style, and Memento is probably the movie that does it for them. He’s used this style in other movies, even one before this, he’s probably most well known for that technique in Memento. After really enjoying the story of Following, I made it an effort to pay attention to this one. I’d already watched it years ago, but hey this is a rewatch.
Today Sony officially announced 2 new PS4 consoles: a new, slimmer standard PS4, and the more powerful PS4 Pro. At first it was to make out the console case designs on stage; the stage was dark and the camera was far.
But of course, journalists were on hand at the event, and with Sony now eager to release marketing photos, I finally had a better look at the consoles. After looking at the designs for a good 10 minutes, I had to decide that the OG PS4 design was best. The Slim looks like Lenovo knockoff. The Pro looks like an unnecessary floor was added to a house.
The PS4 looked sleek and fast when it was first announced. And it still does! It looks like something Nathan Drake would want to steal if he lived a few centuries from now.
See Polygon for some good images of the consoles.
I wasn’t excited for Rogue One, but now I am.
Over at West Monroe Partners’ blog, I wrote about how upgrading your dev toolbox can improve your applications.
PlayStation Vue, Sony’s competitor to traditional cable/ satellite TV services, has been in beta in limited markets (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, and Miami). Earlier this month it was expanded nationwide in the US. I won’t be writing a review, but like many of you, I wanted to see if this service was for me. (You can find plenty of reviews online, like this one.) Would it provide me all of the channels I want while being cheaper than my cable provider?
PS Vue’s page lists all of their channel packages and what they include, but there isn’t an easy way to compare. What additional channels do I get if I move up a tier? Well I’ve gone ahead, did the grunt work, and put together that list. Continue reading PlayStation Vue channel lineup
Ok, it’s not all of them. I only ranked Zach LaVine’s and Aaron Gordon’s dunks, because if we’re being honest, those are the only ones that matter. This is the best dunk contest I’ve ever seen. There were at least 3 life-changing dunks that I’ll never forget and have yet to get over.
Don’t give me Jordan v Dominique. First of all, I was barely a toddler when that happened. Secondly, their dunks were all power, and the flash they showed would be considered ho-hum nowadays. Don’t give me Vinsanity. While his dunks were ridiculous, the (non) contest was all Vince and no one else.
These dunks were so good, I had to watch it several times. As far I’m concerned, they both won, we all won.
WATCH: Aaron Gordon’s under the legs dunk in claymation https://t.co/vPvMXY8fjB pic.twitter.com/ecI2eGqmRe
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 16, 2016
I mean, look at it. You can’t even do that in a video game.
I’m going to lose my mind if someone does a 360 from the free throw line next year.
*Life-changing dunks
Bonus: this dunk
Last weekend I watched all 17 episodes of Lucas Bros Moving Co. It was instantly one of my favorite shows, and I felt like ranking them all while they were still somewhat fresh in my mind.
Yes, it’s Back to the Future Day, but I want to talk about Star Wars.
Like many of you , I’m a big Star Wars geek and I’m excited to see The Force Awakens. I was even more excited to learn that it was being filmed and screened in IMAX format.
And like many of you, I also went online during Monday Night Football right when the trailer hit to try to buy tickets. Regular screens be damned, I went right for IMAX screenings. And not just the “IMAX Experience” but full blown IMAX theaters.
However, my excitement was quickly subdued a bit to learn that in order to see it in IMAX, I’d also have to watch in 3D. Bummer.
You see, while The Force Awakens was filmed with IMAX cameras (yay), it wasn’t filmed with 3D cameras. That means that the 3D effects were done in post production. While I don’t care about 3D much to begin with, if I’m going to see a 3D showing I’d rather see one done with real 3D cameras. (Read why I prefer this)
Eventually I found and bought an IMAX screening that wasn’t yet sold out (and when their site wasn’t crashing). But I also bought tickets to a regular non-IMAX, non-3D screening just so that I can get the non-3D experience. While I guess I’m ok with that, I was really hoping to see Star Wars in IMAX and not have to deal with post production 3D and 3D glasses.
So here’s to hoping the 3D (and the film itself) doesn’t suck.
Around February of last year I built a gaming rig. If you don’t know, the first rule of building a PC should be to determine what you’re using it for and come up with a budget from that. If you don’t know that, you can go crazy and spend way more than what your needs dictate.
My budget was around $1,200-1,300. I spent decent money on the CPU, graphics card, motherboard, and memory. That forced me to cheap out a bit on the case, hard drives, and everything else. Continue reading Adventures in upgrading my SSD (it’s finally working!)
I wrote before that I wanted to rewatch all of Christopher Nolan’s feature films while I worked my way up to Interstellar. While I realize Interstellar has nothing to do with his other films, I nevertheless really enjoy his movies, so why not? I’ve also wanted to write movie reviews. Not just new films, but any one I might come across or watch again.
