Le Parkour

November 27th, 2006

I don’t know why i rented district B13 originally. Maybe it was because it was a foreign movie (French) or because netflix recommended it.

It is kind of a pleasurable low budget movie, which is light on plot but they make up for it with a couple of good parkour chases…

David Belle, seen here in a documentary, does all his own stunts in the movie. The other main character in the movie is a stuntman too who does all his own sequences.

Sony warranties and repair service experiences

November 19th, 2006

Shane Nickerson wrote over a year ago about his experience with Sony warranty service. Well, it hasn’t gotten any better as I have been struggling (patiently) with Sony’s outsourced repair service (Precision Camera Repair) for the last 8 weeks. They are doing the repair free of charge, but they just aren’t doing a good job of it. It is going back for repair for the third time in a row.

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todo list for getting things done (gtd)

November 10th, 2006

Well, it’s not as sophisticated as an emacs or vim based program, but it has simplicity going for it.

http://todotxt.com/ 1,000 people on del.icio.us think it’s worth bookmarking…