Here’s an amazing commercial by Dreamlogic fave, Michel Gondry, for Japan’s Sunshine Sakae department stores. Just watch. It’s hilarious.
Ex-Terminators
I haven’t watched this yet, but it’s a free Amber Heard movie. No matter how bad her films turn out to be, I can’t seem to pass them up.
The Problem With Patents Infographic
I work by day as a software engineer, and though Software Patents are intended to help people like me, I, like many others in my field, am staunchly anti-Software Patent. When I try to explain my position to non-software folks, they rarely understand. Thankfully Frugal Dad has come up with an infographic that can help me out.
Created in response to the This American Life episode, “When Patents Attack” (embedded afterward), the infographic clearly lays out some of the biggest problems with Software Patents.
Be sure to check out the This American Life episode inspiring the graphic:
And be sure to check out more of Frugal Dad’s infographics on his site: http://frugaldad.com
Madness – Driving In My Car
I’m feeling this song today.
No Retreat, No Surrender
Oh man, this brings back memories. Back when I was little, I used to think Karate Kid 1 – 3 were the ultimate martial arts movies. That is,until I saw No Retreat, No Surrender. This film, I thought, was the real deal. It’s totally cheesy now, but to my pre-adolecent self, No Retreat was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen. I mean, it had everything, from hard-hitting martial arts, to break dancing, to totally radical skateboard moves!
Directed by Corey Yuen, and featuring an early appearance of Jean Claude Van Damme (as Ivan the Russian), it’s worth watching today, even if just for laughs and nostalgia.
moumoon — Chu Chu
I caught this song over Christmas and fell in love. Such a cute tune.
Pingu’s ‘The Thing’
Kris introduced me to the awesome that is Pingu a long while back. I have yet to introduce her to the awesome that is John Carpenter’s The Thing, but for those of you familiar with both, this video is priceless:
Best Javascript Books
I was working on a wiki at work, suggesting Javascript books for our developers to read, and I realized that some of you might actually be interested in the subject as well. Plus, I haven’t really written a geek links post in quite a while.
Anyways, my work is extremely Javascript heavy, and we tend to recommend Douglas Crockford’s Javascript: The Good Parts to new hires. And that’s good for the basic basics, but doesn’t really do much to ready a programmer for work on an application written entirely in JS.
For those seeking a bit more in-depth knowledge, there are some amazing (and arguably better) books to read. What follows is a list of my favorites.
- Eloquent Javascript — a better introduction than The Good Parts, and completely free online
- Javascript Patterns — If you’re familiar with The Good Parts, this is a must read followup.
- The Art and Science of Javascript — fun advanced stuff. Even covers metaprogramming
- High-Performance Javascript — Mostly covers cross browser js coding, but does provide some things to think about, even if you’re letting jQuery handle all the dirty work for you.
- The Fatty — the ultimate JS resource. Thicker than most telephone books. Now covers ECMAscript 5.
Our Favorite Flicks of 2011
22 Dec 2011 at 20:28
Chris and Kris
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It’s that time of year again. Kris and I have selected our favorite films of the past year, as well as our biggest disappointments. Note that these are not your usual critic picks, but the films that left an impression, and which we would gladly spend time with again. Additionally, we’ve noted our favorites of films released previously, but which we finally caught this year.
Enjoy! (and be sure to check out our previous year’s list)