Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Glenlivet 12 Year

Ive liked this whiskey ever since I visited the distillery. Great stuff. Clean, mellow, and soft with a touch of spice.
http://www.theglenlivet.com/index_ie.html

Macallan 12 Year

My beautiful and loving wife bought me a bottle of the Macallan 12 year and a Balvenie 12. I havent cracked the Balvenie yet but Ive tied into the Macallan quite a bit and I love this whiskey! Vanilla, sherry, and a touch smokey.
http://www.themacallan.com/range/12yo.html

Monday, June 20, 2005

Doctor Who: Coldheart

Ok, ok, the recent Doctor Who tv series got me to take this book out of the library. Its a newer Doctor Who novel with an unrecognizable Doctor and different companions. Kinda boring, really, even though I just expected a simple escapist read. Dissipointing.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0563555955/qid=1119387246/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i4_xgl14/104-8907650-9051144?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Very dark, funny, smart, and witty. Pitt and Jolie have great chemistry that ties it all togeather. In one dimension its an action movie, in another its a romantic comedy but I think in reality its a dark comedic take on married life. A lot of fun -- I want to see this one again. 7/10.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356910/

Monday, June 13, 2005

Dot-com mania, part II?

Now, 10 years after two key events in the history of the Internet -- the successful IPO of Netscape, which many cite as the beginning of Wall Streets love affair with Net stocks, and the founding of Yahoo! -- were in the midst of a new, lets say mini dot-com boom. (Netscape is now owned by Time Warner.)
http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/13/technology/internet/index.htm?section=money_latest

Thursday, June 9, 2005

The Streets: Fit But You Know It

The Streets have been my secret UK-rap/pop love since the origional pirate material. At times silly and fun, at times mind-blowing.
"Mike Skinner has a problem, and from the sound of it, its life-threatening. He opens his second Streets full-length by moaning "It was supposed to be so easy..." as though hes about to deliver his deathbed confession, the classic tale of a crime gone wrong. Instead, three minutes later, its clear what the "it" was: walking down to bring back a DVD rental, taking some money out of the machine, and calling his mother, who hed just left at home, to tell her he wouldnt be back for tea."
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pq8m961okep5

Beck: Guero

Straightforward fun. Less unapproachable than other attempts, this one you can actually listen to in public without wearing a black beret and turtleneck. Good summer tunes.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ydud6j3471u0

Bloc Party: Silent Alarm

Bloc Partys gotten a bit serious and its done them a world of good. Great, playful, pop-punk goodness.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6aq4g44xtvnz

Coldplay: X&Y

At times clean, rational, and linear, at times pounding rock. Reaches for the sublime and just nears it. Coldplay has become perhaps my most listened to band, Ill have to see if X&Y continues this trend.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bfuw6ja471y0

Monday, June 6, 2005

Cold Fusion For Real This Time

Unlike some previous claims of room-temperature fusion, this one makes intuitive sense: its just another way to get atoms close enough together for the strong force to take over and do the rest. Once the reaction got going, the scientists observed not only the production of helium nuclei, but other tell-tale signs of fusion such as free neutrons and high energy radiation.
http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2005/0606/p25s01-stss.html

Saturday, June 4, 2005

Constantine

Good movie. A smart mix of The Exorcist and Blade, with twists I honestly didnt see coming. A well-written and well-paced thriller with just the right kind of f/x. 6/10.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360486/

Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Shooting Star On Mars Seen

NASAs Spirit rover photographed a streak of light that was likely part of a martian meteor shower, scientists announced today.
The picture is the first of a shooting star above Mars. Further, the flash has been traced back to its parent comet. And now astronomers figure they should be able to forecast martian meteor showers.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050601_mars_meteor.html

Nazi Nuke

In Hitlers Bombe, Dr Karlsch suggests a team of scientists directed by the physicist Kurt Diebner, which was in competition with Heisenbergs group, tested a primitive nuclear device in Thuringia, eastern Germany, in March 1945.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4598955.stm

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