Archive for February, 2004

Louisville mega-theater

Ooh, Louisville is getting another new mega-theater. Sixteen screens, a full bar, and concessions including a SBarro’s and a Nathan’s. In keeping with Louisville’s general fascination for fast food.
You know, I haven’t even gone to the other mega-theater, the Tinseltown. I know, it’s shameful considering what a movie fan I am. I mostly go […]

Creating CD-R labels in the CD-R

Now this has to be one of the coolest technologies coming out this year–HP’s LightScribe. It basically lets you burn a label into your CD-R using the CD-R itself. So you burn your recording on one side of the CD-R, flip it over, and then burn a label design into the other side of […]

St. Peter and the Vatican

Drove to Cincinnati on Saturday, maybe not the brightest decision considering it snowed throughout the day. But I went with a holy purpose–to go see the St. Peter and the Vatican exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center.
Though really the show should be called St. Peter and the Popes since it was mostly focused on […]

Call center closings

One thing I hadn’t known about my new hometown of Louisville is that it’s a bit of a hot-bed for call centers. Apparently what attracts call-centers here is a low cost of living, cheap labor, plus a relatively neutral accent (people do say “hon” and “sugar”, but it doesn’t sound like the deep South). […]

Edwards for President

Okay, after last night I take back everything I said about John Edwards. I watched his speech after winning South Carolina and it was one of the most remarkable performances I’ve ever seen. A fantastic speech, very uplifting and seemingly heartfelt. If this guy can get that message across, I think he just […]

Winnowing the herd

God I hope tonight’s primaries will thin the herd of Democratic presidential candidates. Unfortunately I think at least two of the candidates–Sharpton and Kucinich–are in it to the end no matter how badly they do.
Of the rest, it looks like Edwards has the most to lose–if he can’t win South Carolina tonight then he’s […]

Half-time half-controversy?

So what is the big deal about exposing Janet Jackson’s breast during the half-time show? I mean c’mon, one look at the artist lineup should have clued people in. And when Nelly is up there singing about women undressing, it was a big huge telegraph of what was going to happen.