Captain Marvel
"'Captain Marvel' will be Marvel's first female superhero movie", according to The Verge.
I can't wait to be able to take my daughter to this and Wonder Woman. I'm glad to see the girls getting some superhero movies! Luckily, my daughter is a big fan of the (sadly canceled) Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes animated series, which featured Captain Marvel prominently in its second season.
Neat! What I really want is those games on the Xbox, so I can play online with friends like back in the day. Back then, we had to run software to allow these local network-only games to connect us up over the internet, and then run separate VoIP software to let us all in a group chat. Needless to say, there was a pretty long setup before each game as we all tried troubleshooting our various connections. Still, good times.
Forget that upcoming Battlefront game for now -- the Star Wars titles that hardcore fans have really been looking for are finally here. Good Old Games has announced official re-releases of X-Wing and TIE Fighter that let you play these legendary space combat games (arguably, the best Star Wars games ever) on a modern PC without resorting to bootleg copies or hacks. They'll cost $10 each when they arrive on October 28th, and they're Special Editions that include both the CD-ROM content (SVGA…
"One piece of advice, though: if you don’t want to buy an iMac with Retina display, don’t use one. Don’t even look at one. Because as soon as you do you’ll wonder how you’re ever supposed to look at anything that came before."
I'm not in the market, but that sure does sound like a great machine.
Well would you look at that
Ooh, this could be good.
I've never been a fan of Doctor Strange stories, but Marvel's on a streak, and I can't imagine putting a better foot forward on a Strange movie than starting like this. Hopefully a good script follows.
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I have to hang my head as I post this, as I drove to work this morning.
Luckily, there aren't a lot of places on there I care to shop anyway.
Long before Apple Pay, big brick-and-mortar retail chains were conspiring to sidestep the typical 2% to 3% fees they’re charged by credit card companies when consumers pay with credit. A company called MCX (Merchant Customer Exchange), spearheaded by Walmart, was started to build a mobile payment solution that would become an app called CurrentC that’s preparing to launch, but is already in the app stores.
OK, now it's getting real.
If you don't know what Serrano is already, this post isn't for you. :)
Serrano's been around in one form or another for over 10 years. If you go back as far as the BBS-based versions before I named it "Serrano", it goes back to 1997. Its time may be at hand, though.
I've had some long overdue maintenance to do on the server I use to host Serrano, among other things. I decided to do that work yesterday (Sunday), and broke Serrano. The problem is that we haven't been using Serrano at all, and I haven't kept up the underlying libraries that keep it working. After taking a look at fixing it today, I found myself asking "Should I?"
Right now, I've redirected it here to my blog. I could get it limping along without too much effort, although search would be broken until I put in more time. Right now, I'm leaning towards letting it go. If you feel that Serrano still has some use, let me know and perhaps I'll reconsider.
I've had the iPhone 6 for a couple of hours now, so I thought I'd jot down my first impressions. I've also had a small amount of hands-on time with the 6 Plus, which we ordered for work.
The big questions (pardon the pun) are around the new sizes. At unboxing, I thought the 6 felt fine, but also thought the 6 Plus wasn't quite as ludicrously oversized as I thought when I originally saw the Samsung Galaxy Note and friends. Maybe I'm just getting used to seeing them. However, when I started using the 6, it was just too big for me to get my thumb up to the top corner to hit the standard back arrow for navigation. I've since started to hold the phone a little differently to compensate, but it's still not right. We'll see how it feels after a few days.
The Plus just feels like there's no way you use it one-handed. Its so large that you're almost rewarded by holding it in landscape. It's not for me.
The screen on both models is gorgeous. They're clearly sharper than my iPhone 5. The Plus is noticeably sharper than the regular 6, but not enough to make up for the size issue, in my opinion.
This is my first phone with Touch ID--I skipped the 5 S--and I love Touch ID. It's great that iOS 8 has opened Touch ID to apps; it's wonderful that 1Password has integrated it. (Also, much love to 1Password for its new ability to fill passwords in Safari!)
So far, I like the phone a lot, except the size. I wish I could have bought a 4-inch iPhone 6 (iPhone 6 Classic?) with all the benefits of the 6, but without the size increase. We'll see how I feel after a week or so.
Sad. Even though I switched to Lightroom years ago, there were things I liked better about Aperture. I'd prefer there to be more competition in the space, in any case.
Man, did I love this game back in the day. I burnt many a night on this one.
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"Shimano's new XTR Di2 M9050 family features the optional Shimano Synchronized Shift, allowing for customizable synchronized front and rear shifting via a single FIREBOLT shifter. By simplifying the rider interface, shifting a mountain bike will have never felt so natural."
While I'm a bit skeptical of taking a bike whose shifting is wireless and relies on a battery, the idea of programmable shifts of both derailleurs from one shifter is pretty damn cool. Then again, I wonder how it feels. It's common to take power off the pedals just as a shift happens, and if the system is determining when to shift either end, I wonder how you'll know when to do that.
Still, neat.
"Parole hearings are more entertaining, and prison bunks may be more comfortable."
The whole review has entertaining little bits like that one; it's worth a read. I get the impression he didn't like the car very much.
The reborn Mitsubishi Mirage is poor in so many ways. If the car wasn’t disappointing, it wouldn’t be anything at all.
"We wouldn’t be here without you, our customers. Thank you. The best is yet to come!"
We just got our first helping, thanks! :\
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