Month: April 2008

25-Apr

the dark knight

Opening nationwide on July 18, 2008, "The Dark Knight" reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne. In the new film, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the […]

21-Apr

keg stand

I was pulling my hair out this afternoon trying to figure out why a group of servers we manage were dying 30 seconds after being restarted. We turned them off. We did some probing. We turned them on. Dead. Repeat. Eventually we decided to evaluate everything that connects to everything else. Nothin’. When we figured […]

13-Apr

and the next technology myspace will steal is…

It’s called STICKAM and it seems to be full of Life-Casters who are constantly on camera 24/7. The theory is — if they’re going to be sitting on the computer working most of the day then why not share? This is not a new idea as ANACAM.com has been hosting an uncensored view into the […]

12-Apr

4 minutes

Click to listen "4 Minutes" is the first single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her eleventh studio album Hard Candy and was released on March 17, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. It features American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake and Timbaland who also co-wrote and co-produced the song. The song was originally titled "4 Minutes to Save […]

09-Apr

girl scouts + superman

Got an email today from a guy interested in attaining a copy of my 1983 broadcast of SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE. I’m still working on my response to him in GMail. As I’ve mentioned in previous super movie geeky blog entries, my dad and I recorded this when it first premiered on broadcast television. It was […]

09-Apr

good morning uptown

Check out this Uptown Minneapolis Blog which features photographs taken by a local photographer. I also live in Uptown, mind you. While I sometimes like to call myself a part-time photographer, this guy is a bit more… full-time. Here’s how he describes his blog: This is a photoblog of Uptown Minneapolis. Centered at Lake Street […]

07-Apr

back from perl harbor

I use a control panel called PLESK to manage the dedicated server that MARKSHIELDS.COM is hosted on along with a slew of other sites that I host for my friends. The software is auto-upgrading and, until recently, never gave me any trouble. The 8.3.0 upgrade, however, was really a huge pain in the arse as […]