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Rewatched Back to the Future, 1985 - ★★★★★
It's been a rough few days but tonight my wife and I got to watch this in an empty theater for its 40th anniversary.
Liked "1 Trillion Web Pages Archived - Internet Archive"
Watched Mandy, 2018 - ★★★½
I was planning to do Nicvember where I would try to watch a Nicolas Cage movie every day of the month. That's not going to happen. When I was thinking about Nicvember, I decided to start with something I hadn't seen before and because several people...
Listened to Everybody Scream by Florence + the Machine
Finished Reading I Must Say by Martin Short
Bookmarked "Dithering - Part 1"
What a beautiful little intro to dithering. Can't wait for the next parts.
I made a zine the other day so that I could have a physical copy of Nemik's Manifesto from the Star Wars TV show: Andor. You can read it, print a copy, and share with others if you'd like.
Did Not Finish Madly, Deeply by Alan Rickman, Alan F. Taylor
Watched The Phoenician Scheme, 2025 - ★★★★
Watched Hotel Transylvania, 2012 - ★★★½
Wasnt expecting much but was actually pleasantly surprised. There were a bunch of real funny and memorable moments. Not sure if we'll watch the sequels but we might rewatch this really soon.
Bookmarked "Zine Machine"
I used this to help style my copy of Nemik's Manifesto so it could be printed as a zine.
Finished Reading Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Watched John Candy: I Like Me, 2025 - ★★★
Finished Reading Creative Act by Rick Rubin
This post is my entry for October's IndieWeb Book Club hosted by Zachary Kai. This month's book is The Creative Act by Rick Rubin. I'm not sure I would've picked up this book had it not been prompted by this book club. Even though I like nonfiction,...
My neighbors have a cool gargoyle
Finished Reading We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer
Finished Reading Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Rewatched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, 2008 - ★★★★
After reading Kottke's post In Praise of Comfort Films I decided to revisit an old favorite. I was lucky to watch this before it's release with the actors present for a Q&A afterwards. By lucky, I mean MySpace had an event where you had to put...
Watched All of You, 2025 - ★★★
The Fingernails plot doesn't really work here. It also doesn't really work without it otherwise we're just watching two people cheat. The ending was good but I wish they would've added a little more to the Black Mirror subplot or find a way to make...
IndieWeb Movie Club: October 2025 - Hackers (1995)
I'm back again to host this month's IndieWeb Movie Club and since it's the 30th anniversary of it's release, I invite you to watch Hackers (1995). Their crime is curiosity. Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret...
Rewatched The Wild Robot, 2024 - ★★★★
This post is my entry for this month's IndieWeb Movie Club hosted by Zachary Kai. It has not been that long since I last watched this film but I still remember quite a bit of it. I'm biased because any parental themes in movies is sure to get me to...
Bookmarked "English Heritage | A map of myth, legend & folklore"
Such a nicely animated map showing several stories from Great Britain. There's some cool little details like the one for "The Sea Monster of Falmouth Bay". I hope they continue to fill this in with more legends from Wales and Scotland too...
Finished Reading Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Watched Asteroid City, 2023 - ★★★
It was fine? It had some great moments (the cactus dare, the song, the Margot Robbie scene), but I think I expected a little something more. I may change my mind when I do my big Wes Anderson marathon at some point in the future. It doesn't matter....
Watched Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 2024 - ★★★
I liked it but I'm not a fan of the human subplot. Are these people responsible for the events that lead to Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)?
Bookmarked "Constraint Systems"
This is a neat collection of tools for image manipulation with some cool effects.
Watched Broadcast News, 1987 - ★★★★½
I liked the ending but then I found that there was an alternate ending and was amazed that a film could have two great endings to choose from that completely change the story. The film did lose me a bit at the reveal of the manufactured moment in the...
I think I have all the pieces set up and Umbrella is ready to go. It is a simple 11ty starter site that has IndieAuth, Micropub, and Webmentions built in using Netlify functions. I've been using all of these pieces on my site for a bit but I wanted...
Finished Reading Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
