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Knock It Off!

On: May 30th, 2005 at 6:41 pm | Number of Comments » 0

We knew it wouldnt’t take long for yet another attempt to copy Apple Computer’s innovations. First the Mac OS, then the colored gumdrop iMac, then the iPod, and now word out of Taipei reports that Intel is teaming with Taiwan PC maker AOpen to create a shameless knock off of the Mac Mini. Even if [...]

The Last Samurai (USA, 2003, DVD)

On: May 30th, 2005 at 2:41 am | Number of Comments » 2

I avoided seeing The Last Samurai until now. I figured, however, that I owed it to the anonymous nit-picky medievalist who didn’t exactly share my opinion of Kingdom of Heaven to subject myself to a bad historical drama set in my field. God, what a bad movie. But, I have vowed not to trash it [...]