One interesting effect of having rated more than 500 movies on Netflix is that every resulting suggestion comes with both a “customer average” rating and a prediction of how well I’ll like it. As you can see in the screen grab above, the red stars under my “Add” buttons reflect what Netflix thinks my rating [...]
…instead of an iPhone (and 200 songs to go with it). Resonator pipe/muffler. With a CD player and a digital AM/FM radio built right in, my car has everything I need to play the music I want to hear. The $600 iPhone can store up to 8 gigabytes of music — enough for about five [...]
I’ve been to two family weddings in the last two months: one was an evangelical service, and the other seemed to be generic, all-purpose Christianity. This biblical instruction was delivered by the religious authority at the first one (from Ephesians 5): [22] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. [23] For [...]
The final episode of “The Sopranos” aired 15 hours ago. If you haven’t seen it, don’t read this. I agree with Scott Lemieux: The concluding sequence was brilliant, and I’m baffled by people who would prefer a neat, tidy, Friends-like ending. One can read the ending as assuming that the guy won’t come out of [...]
Act I [Tuesday, Ian and Will sit in a first-base-side mezzanine box at RFK Memorial Stadium. On the field, Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson approaches the plate.] Will: HOME RUN JACK! Ian: What’s that? Will: It’s from Hook. Ian: Oh, excellent. Will: HOME RUN JACK! [Looks at the scoreboard.] Ah, two home runs this year. [...]