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2010 Goals

SS — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:48:23 +0000

New job (with very long-term potential)
Get back into Muay Thai training at Mike Miles Muay Thai & Kickboxing LTD
Tighten up code at Cinephile Magazine (perhaps a redesign?)
Consistently record & release Cinephile Spoilers podcast episodes
Review two films per week for Cinephile Magazine
Read one New Yorker magazine per week (they’re coming in faster than I can finish them)
Read one novel per month (or quicker)
Manage the thousands of digital photos I’ve accumulated over the years (edit, print, organize)
Develop a seamless backup solution for my digital content (while the thought of off-site backup is appealing, its practice is simply too slow and cumbersome)
Take over Safi Inc. duties I currently outsource (accounting, annual minutes, etc.) to save money, and to learn about the processes
Decide whether I’m a Mac or Windows person :) I can be both, right?

Updated June 8th, 2010.

Things are slowing down…

SS — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:20:34 +0000

Hey all, as you’ve probably noticed my blog posts are becoming less and less frequent. I’m very busy with school and volunteering, but a lot of my time has also been devoted to guerrilla marketing a pet project of mine called Cinephile Magazine. I’ve just completed designing a new revision of the site, and we’ve also started a podcast called Cinephile Spoilers. We have three episodes under our belt and will continue to release a new episode every week on the latest movie release(s). You can follow Cinephile Magazine on Twitter at twitter.com/cinephilemag, and subscribe to Cinephile Spoilers via iTunes here.

So while I’ll continue to keep this blog live, don’t expect updates to come every day as they once were. In the meantime, you can follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/literallyfresh, or at Cinephile Magazine occasionally contributing reviews, but mainly behind the scenes tweaking the site, editing and publishing reviews, and producing, editing, and opining on our podcast.

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Who is Vince Offer?

SS — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:06:37 +0000

From the ShamWow to the Slap Chop, Vince Offer is a one-of-a-kind spokesperson. Heck, this guy could convince me of buying crack cocaine. But who this marfan-looking enigma? From Wikipedia:

In 1999 Offer released the Underground Comedy Movie to scathing and extremely negative reviews. Lawrence Van Gelder of the New York Times described the movie as “a series of sketches built around subjects like masturbation, defecation, alienation, urination, necrophilia, voyeurism, casual brutality and mockery of the unfortunate.” He added that Offer “makes the common mistake of equating the recognition of comic potential for comedy itself. For the successful, talent bridges the gap, but here it is absent.” DVDs of the film were marketed via television infomercial.

Read his (very brief) biography here. And if you haven’t seen either infomercial before, check them out below.

Slap Chop:

ShamWow:

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Slow time of year

SS — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:38:54 +0000

Blog posts have been slowing down as of late. Between exams coming up and Christmas holidays, free time has been hard to come by. I’ll be in Mexico next week for holidays and promise to come back refreshed and ready for some more blogging. In the mean time, you can all think of me baking in the hot sun, where “pretty much everywhere, it’s gonna be hot.”

Happy Holidays everyone!

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The Death of Batman

SS — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:03:49 +0000

Courtesy of Telegraph.co.uk:

There are rumours that Batman will suffer a gruesome end when his sidekick Robin goes over to “the dark side” and destroys him in a terrible betrayal.

Batman, alter ego of Bruce Wayne a wealthy industrialist, operates in the American Gotham City.

Others speculate that Wayne may either retire from his duties or be killed by a mystery villain known as the Black Glove.

His fate will be revealed in the latest issue of DC Comic’s Batman, published on 26 November.

Read the rest here. I’ve never been a comic book reader, but this one I may have to pick up.

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New Zealand’s Treehouse Restaurant

SS — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:18:03 +0000

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen.

Courtesy of Inhabitat:

The new Yellow Treehouse Restaurant by New Zealand based Pacific Environments Architects Ltd. (PEL) is a stunning architectural feat perched high above a redwood first. Appearing for all the world like an enormous chrysalis grafted onto a 40-meter-high redwood tree, the project is constructed of plantation poplar slats, redwood balustrading milled at the site, and makes extensive use of natural lighting throughout.

Check out more images and read the rest here.

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Happy Halloween!

SS — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:59:40 +0000

Good times with Rock Band. Seems appropriate that Milli Vanilli be singing. Check out the rest of the pictures here.

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Back on the internets.

SS — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:40:49 +0000

Well, after a couple of years I’ve decided to bring the old blog back. I plan on using it to post what I find interesting in this crazy world of ours, be it politics, technology, photography, film, humor, etc. Long-term plans include a podcast (hopefully!) and some brief music reviews. Check out Cinephile Magazine for your film review fix.

You can follow me via the three methods on the right. They include an RSS feed (I recommend Google Reader), Twitter (Twhirl is an excellent desktop application), and of course Facebook. I welcome all feedback and any comments and/or suggestions.

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