Blog of Much Holding

As I’m reading all the news about the swine flu outbreak, I just realized – I picked the wrong week to start rereading The Stand… #yikes # @Lileks Your opinion of the various Bonds mirrors mine precisely – You weren’t…

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Hat tip to Mark Evanier for posting this and bring it to my attention: here’s a fantastic video, using the same type of frozen “bullet time” effect we saw in The Matrix… only with a moving camera that “walks through”…

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The second (and last) public auction of props, sets, and costumes from the Best Frakkin’ Show Ever, Battlestar Galactica, takes place May 8-10th in Pasadena, California. Unfortunately, I can not attend, because money is tight right now, and it would…

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This site reports that Gillian Anderson, formerly Scully from X-Files, is set to play The Rani, an old Doctor Who villain, against Matt Smith in the next series of Doctor Who episodes. Hmm. Color me skeptical, but the tabloid that…

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Working from home to knock out some deadlines, so unable to attend my company’s charity event (insert frowny face here) #UX # Writing design strategy docs, coding css and HTML, editing findings, working on user flows and designs – variety…

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Ah, so THIS is hardcore. It was nice of them to let me know. ♫ http://blip.fm/~4tdfd # @leenjones No, I did not know that. Hmmm… Bacon flavored chicken… or tuna… Maybe even bacon-flavored pork! # Good article on Gen Y…

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Great video: Modern Life is broken, from Seth Godin http://tinyurl.com/dh6d93 #UX # RT Skeptic History: On April 22, 1986, James Randi exposed Peter Popoff’s radio cheating on Tonight Show. http://bit.ly/1pnTY (via @krelnik) # @peggyolson Gonna pitch some design Ideas today…

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I’ve always been a movie fan, since I was just a wee lad. My cubicle at work, and office at home, is lined with movie posters of some of my favorites: Citizen Kane, Rear Window, Goldfinger, Singin’ in the Rain……

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@amyhillman Cause Windows search is slow, it’s hierarchical start menu is inefficient, Os X’ performance gets better every update, etc. in reply to amyhillman # @amyhillman As I mentioned, I want to try and make that my new catchphrase. “Why…

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Yay! Got new Hot Wheels Batboat, from the 60s movie. If only they had a 1:50 scale exploding shark or magnetic buoy… http://bit.ly/12Xgxw # @DVDGeeks Yeah…”pizza.” So, do you take your “pizza” with or without vermouth? in reply to DVDGeeks…

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Getting up and ready to see the terracotta army from China at the High Museum, and then, Ikea. It’s all about culture, today. #atl #ikea # @amyhillman I sonetimes go to FB and delete tweets, as I update here more…

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He gave his life, for tourism. ♫ http://blip.fm/~4j4p0 # A not-very-encouraging, but useful, graph on unemployment rates across the nation: http://bit.ly/Uc8wG # Hmm… Hulu coming to the iPhone? http://tinyurl.com/cap9ab # Olsest son and I just finished seeing the Kung Tut…

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I love me some G.I.Joe and this trailer will give you a gilmpse at the new G.I.Joe: Resolute cartoon that Adult Swim is posting on their site as of today: This ain’t the 80s cartoon I remembered – it’s awesomer.

Op-ed: Star Trek boldly goes into the Obama era http://bit.ly/fQ6iy #startrek #Spockyou’rehalfhumanremember? # Don’t forget, G.I.Joe fans: Joelanta is on May 17th! Hope for a big turnout! http://bit.ly/x31gI http://www.joelanta.org/ #gijoe #toys #atl # @amyhillman rough day yesterday? in reply to…

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Sadly accurate…