We went to NYC a couple of months ago and I took a ton of photos (see my Flickr for more shots) and I ended up with a pretty nice HDR of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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We hit up the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar to see the Pineapple Express on Sunday afternoon at 4:35pm. Naturally, we arrived at the show about an hour beforehand so that we could have our cold beers and chips and queso on hand before the movie started, however, this was not to be our day. The movie was sold out for the next three showings–and the line for the 4:35pm show looked like they’d been there for at least an hour and patiently waiting for Apatow’s latest gut-buster.
I guess the movie had only been out for less than a week and a Sunday matinee showing is rather desirable to a Friday night viewing for most and that’s why it was sold out. What strikes me as off is that the Drafthouse web site didn’t note that the show was already sold out before our five minute drive (I’m the type who always triple checks the time of the show right before I leave the house just to make sure).
It would be neat if there were some kind of “heat” rating on movie house web sites where it would show you the collective desire by past ticket sales to determine the public’s desire to see the movie (and so you can plan accordingly). Or, better yet, let us know how many seats are still available for a show (or at the very least, whether it’s nearly sold out or sold out).
To make a long story short, I probably should have just used Fandango.
I’ve been cautiously following the Brett Favre saga on espn.com (and just about every other sports web site out there that’s covering it) and I have three simple words for the Jets: don’t do it.
Chad Pennington is your starter. He deserves a chance behind the revamped offensive line. The new WR weapons will be a nice addition to his available receivers. You’ve built a stable of quarterbacks already for the now, near future, and distant future with Pennington, Clemens, and the rookie Erik Ainge. Even Brett Ratliff might get his shot soon.
Don’t add the wishy washy Favre. What everyone fails to mention is that he took about a year to become comfortable in the Green Bay offense when Mike McCarthy came aboard for the 2006-2007 season. Favre had 18 interceptions that year to go along with 18 touchdowns. Last year things obviously took an uptick, but going to a new team with new players and a new staff and Brian Schottenheimer’s inventive offense will take a while to get used to. He might not even be in the greatest of game shape–add that to the rumors that some of his teammates felt like he was out of gas in the playoffs. There are so many reasons against this, but most of all, do you want to sacrifice your future and your current beloved quarterbacks (and draft picks!) for a soon-to-be 39 year old with a wavering desire to play the game?
Go with your QB who was a Doug Brien field goal away from the AFC championship three years ago. Go with the QB who came back from two shoulder surgeries and is one of the most accurate passers in NFL history. Go with the QB who has the most impressive play-action motions outside of Indianapolis when the running game is working. Go with the QB who knows he wants to be there and wants to end his career as a Jet.
Don’t do it Jets. Don’t trade for Favre.
According to the twitter status blog (which uses Tumblr!), by 9PM PDT, almost all of the relationships will be restored.
It’s strange. I’ve been following all these local Austinites for a while and haven’t been able to see what they’ve been up to today, especially with Conjunctured getting coveraged with KXAN news.
Update 7:37PM PDT: All of my twitter relationships appear to be restored. Rejoice!
Over the past 24 hours, the service we’ve all come to love (and hate) named Twitter has entered bizarro world. People are thoroughly upset about the fact that folks they’ve been following–and more importantly, the count of folks that follow them–have been trimmed down considerably.
It looks like the feeble attempts to reduce spam has also wreaked havoc upon legitimate usage.
Read some of the commentary on their support page at Get Satisfaction for some hilarity on how much this is affecting the lives of its users:
Followers and Following are all gone - when will this be fixed?
It’s strange that after all this time and all the negative press, Twitter manages to alienate even more users. They had finally made their platform a bit more stable by reducing the amount of information that could be grabbed from their API and then they go and screw up everyone’s relationships. I doubt this will be the last straw as there aren’t really any viable alternatives (I mean seriously, can you tell someone at a bar to follow you on Jaiku… would they even know how to spell that easily?) and there are so many other services tied into this service.
To make a long story short: Get your act together Twitter. Please.
