Blog of Much Holding

• (checks trending topics) Good, no celebrity died overnight… #
• So… Is Tuesday suppossed to suck or is it just me? Sigh. #
• Well the review of the functional prototype went well, though we didn't get to the screens I knew still needed work… #UX #ixd #
• Don't forget kids, it's always darkest before it goes completely black! #soyouhadabadday #
• This week's Trek tweet: Trek Eggo plate arrived, it's lame; just ordered original series tricorder; and Kirk vs. Picard: http://is.gd/1jz0P #
• Gotta say, I'm beginning to appreciate George Lazenby more and more… #

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IFC has posted an article (with video, of course) listing what they consider the 50 greatest movie trailers of all time. I disagree with the placement of some of them, but the list is pretty darn good… and the top 10 are pretty hard to argue with. Here are my favorites:

Dr. Strangelove:

Psycho:

The Shining (can you tell I’m a Kubrick fan?):

Spider-Man (the World Trade Center teaser, which came out only three months before 9/11):

And finally, the (indisputable) #1, Alien:

• nother day, another celebrity death. RIP impressionist/comic Fred Travalena… http://www.fredtravalena.com/index01.html #
• Doing UI designs on a deadline…LOTS of them. But I have the primary interaction model nailed (methinks) so it's cut, paste, and tweak. #UX #
• @DVDGeeks Well Wayne Newton is really just an extended cameo in "License" but Carey Lowell? WOW I've seen mannequins who were better actors. in reply to DVDGeeks #
• @DVDGeeks Carey Lowell was nice to look at, though. Just not much more than that. Worse Bond girl ever? #
• @tamaraadlin Hello! I appreciate your appreciation, and definitely let me know if you're ever in #ATL and I'll buy ya a nice dinner out… in reply to tamaraadlin #
• Working from home, trying to get stuff knocked out…and we've had two brownouts. At least it gives the chance to try iPhone tethering hack. #
• Hmm… last minute meeting invite from someone very high on the corporate ladder… for tomorrow 8AM. No details. Now suddenly paranoid. #
• Happy 83rd Birthday Mel Brooks! Harumph! (And don't try and be "hip" & die, like every other celebrity else is doing)… http://is.gd/1ivDp #
• TUSK! #musicmonday ♫ http://blip.fm/~943oh #
• So say we all… #musicmonday ♫ http://blip.fm/~943xu #
• I never meet my old lovers in the grocery store… Oh yeah, there were all those restraining orders – had to move. ♫ http://blip.fm/~944d8 #

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• Ok, I'm up, I'm up! #
• Wow, TV pitchman Billy Mays has died. http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1014018.ece #
• RT Vintage 2.0 – Glossy Retro Takes Over Web Design http://bit.ly/3pX6kp (via @JesseNewhart) #
• Forget Michael Bay, I'm watching the original Transformers cartoon with my son Neal. #morethanmeetstheeye #
• Yes, indeed, I CAN make pretzels and white wine into a meal. They said it couldn't be done, but I showed them! #
• @dvdgeeks working on a (potential) presentation for #SXSW and have managed to work Mega Shark v. Giant Octopus into it. Life, 'tis good. #
• @everyone I'm SO CLOSE to 200 followers, can someone help a brother out? Yes, I'm far from @aplusk but it's the little things in life… #
• Watching original Transformers 'toon: is the only reason that Megatron kept Starscream around was to pull the trigger when he became a gun? #
• We're all, in the end, just making plans for Nigel. Some of us are cognizant of it, that's all. ♫ http://blip.fm/~91vc9 #
• @DVDGeeks Heh, yes, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus acts as the perfect metaphor for whatever point you need to make in a presentation. in reply to DVDGeeks #
• listening to "I Can't Get Behind That – William Shatner" ♫ http://blip.fm/~91wab #
• Re-watching "License to Kill" – it's better than I remembered, much better than "Quantum" IMO… #007 #

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I’M A BIG FAN OF PITCHMEN, THE REALITY SHOW, AND I NOTE WITH GREAT SADNESS THE PASSING OF BILLY MAYS THIS MORNING. HERE’S A FUNNY CLIP IN HIS MEMORY.

• @NathanFillion Yup, went there last year, no Firefly OR Doctor Who at the SF Museum in Seattle. They're dead to me now. in reply to NathanFillion #
• The one true Elvis. And there's nothin' funny 'bout it at all. ♫ http://blip.fm/~8zzci #
• I miss Vincent more than I do Michael. A lot more. ♫ http://blip.fm/~8zzup #

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