Wednesday, October 29, 2008

WSJ

Well, every good financier know it is a rag. The "smart set" reads the Financial Times.

This is a more specific technology complaint. If the WSJ can't set cookies, it goes into a browser-spawning infinite loop.

Well, I don't allow arbitrary entities to set cookies on my computer.

Whoever thought this was a good idea deserves a special flogging in technology hell.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The Guru

This movie is "low-budget" and super retarded but it's a lot of fun. Reminds me of the days when it was best to watch such movies totally loaded.

Let me set the expectations here. We are not watching Bergman or Kubrick here nor do we expect coherence or rationality. We are watching an implausible comedy to get entertained.

Bonus to anyone who spots all the New York locations. Too much fun trying to nail the exact corner where it was filmed.

And why does Heather Graham play a porn star in so many movies?

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Melville 2006 Syrah

We had this and a bottle of Lafond 2006 Syrah last night with dinner. Loved the Melville -- very sea-like -- and I liked the Lafond, but didn't think it was nearly as memorable.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

New York Crapping

Recently it was explained to me that the "probable" reason that the NYPL did not have a "drop box" for returning books was that "people would just put crap inside it".

Sad, isn't it?