A few things today, because I realize I haven’t posted anything.
The Hunt for the Red October
I watched The Hunt for the Red October for the first time, in full, last night. For the majority of those who are unaware, this movie is my mother’s favourite. She has a weird thing for sub movies and I don’t quite get it. My parents own this movie and have owned it for a long time. I suspect the reason that I have never sat down and watched it all the way through is that the only time I would see it being played is when mom watched it. And my mom loves to recite the script, she has it memorized, as the movie plays. Thus, I never fully watched it with her as she did her best at Sean Connery. Let them sing. I enjoyed the film.
[youtube]http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ppT6UyAe7eg[/youtube]
Bailing Bucket
The specific reason I haven’t posted anything is because there are two big posts I need to write. One is to mourn and celebrate the life of my wonderful Honda Civic. The second is putting all the video, pictures of the house online. Both require time and I haven’t done anything with them.
I am aware it’s been a month or so since we moved in and I should’ve done this sooner. But it’s been a crazy month and I have just started to sleep semi-normally again. There’s a lot of content on the way and I just need the time and desire to post it.
The F’ing BBC
A while ago, I wrote a post on Epiblogger about Nationality and Blogging—wondering about the affect my nationality has on me/us as a blogger. I received a bizarre comment from Axel from the BBC in London asking me to participate in yesterday’s program of World Have Your Say.
The program was discussing the affects, reasons and necessity of nationality. Apparently, I had something to add to this discussion. After a few calls from Axel, Chloe and one of their engineers in London (UK) I was on air… globally… for about five minutes. I was incredibly nervous and I hope whatever I said made some sense. I said something about the importance of nationality to Canadians and how, more often than not, we aren’t sure who we are as a nation, but we know who we aren’t (Americans, British, etc). I had that thought prepared and I was asked one other question and I fumbled a bit. But it was fun and very bizarre, though I don’t suppose I should expect much different from the net. The net is truly a great communal tool.
Ubiquitous
Finally, if you are even remotely interested in the internet and trends, a huge breakthrough happened and it’s named Ubiquity.
You have never watched the Hunt for Red October? How can I be friends with you?
Like most people Lee, you will have to suffer through it. I have seen the movie before, but never from start to finish.
I am so proud to call you my son! I knew my profound influence on your life would be for good and not for evil … however people might think I’m a little strange … now that they know I can recite the dialogue … I only do it to make your father insane … does that sound evil?
Ubiquity looks great. It seems like the developers have taken their lead from Quicksilver and applied i tto web-browsing. Some functions, such as easily copying and pasting data and then sending it to a contact (without opening my email) are functions in Quicksilver. Same deal with being able to look up words rapidly in the dictionary. I love the places that Ubiquity is going. I’ll defiantely work to get in on the lab on this one!
Essentailly Rhett, I think it is time you went Mac or at least Hackintosh (PC running Mac OS X)
@Mom – I think you and I have different definitions of the word profound.
@Leif – Yeh, it’s really impressive. I feel like I am the Captain of the Enterprise and I am inputting my commands. OBEY ME!
I looked up the definition of profound and it was completely appropriate for this submarine related post. Notice the nautical theme: “depth” “fathom” “extending far below the surface” – I believe this response to your response demonstrates my “intensity of feeling” in having “brought you up right”…and your father helped.
“PROFOUND”:
1 a : having intellectual depth and insight
b : difficult to fathom or understand
2 a : extending far below the surface
b : coming from, reaching to, or situated at a depth : deep-seated 〈a profound sigh〉
3 a : characterized by intensity of feeling or quality
Merriam-Webster, I. (2003). Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary. Includes index. (Eleventh ed.). Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, Inc.