Sometimes I just have more than one thing to report on, and knowing that me and the two or three other folks won't read back through past blog posts, I decided to condense them and put them into one, odiferous post.
-Spanglish: 3.33 stars.
-I shall call him: Mini-mac
-The P4 drama continues.
-Class begins! BIO-111: your class is mine!
Spanglish
Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Thomas Hayden Church
Directed by: James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets)
Score: 3.33
Spanglish is a rather cute film that explores the challenges facing a single mexican mother(Paz Vega) raising her child as well as the issues of a "Post-90's" man dealing with his restaurant business and a rather unstable wife(the scrumptious Téa Leoni), and the child, who serves as an early conduit of communication between her mom and the rest of the family.
Spanglish was different in that while the husband may have been easy going and somewhat whipped. He wasn't whipped enough not to stand up for himself when push came to shove with his family. I appreciate movies that don't make the father out to be a grown up child, but also has serious flaws as well.
Definate Chick Flick movie, but not chick-centric. Not as funny as what everyone makes it out to be(definately not an Adam Sandler movie), but it's worth seeing on video or a V-day movie. Adam is making a name of himself playing the type of self-doubting, troubled male role, and while this role doesn't really let him expand much, maybe he'll land something more experiemental for him, or Happy Gilmore 2.
Mini-Mac: the bite-sized Mac
Measuring 6.5"^2 and 2" tall, this has to be the tiniest mac desktop ever with the possible exception of the i-cube. While the specs are not as impressive as its larger brethren, the Mac Mini makes a case for PC users to ask for Apple. The video card is the second biggest limiter in pack: the ATI 9200 32MB. My desktop from 2000 had 32MB of ram, which is fine for 99% of your desktop activities, but don't expect it to be a game demon. My primary concern is with cooling. The only venting I see on the machine is the rear vents behind what looks to be the optical drive. Perhaps where apple can make the biggest dent with this is the market for micro-PCs. Many of the micro-PC systems out today are not of the highest quality workmanship(with the exception of some from dell which I found to be pretty slick). The Mac Mini's, if designed and built well, could put a dent in the segment for those who want a tiny computer in the house and are adept to handle something non-MS. I would certainly be interested in buying one if the cooling and workmanship questions are resolved favorablly. More on this later, perhaps?
P4 Drama
I don't know what it is about this machine I put together this past August, other than to say that either I or it is cursed. I've ran memtest so many times on it using so many memory timings with errors coming up, I've decided to RMA both the board and the RAM and just try again. The RAM is rare and will have to be replaced with something slightly less l33t, but I prefer stability over clock cycles. Maybe I'm just not as l33t as Jay when it comes to memory/board tuning, and maybe my admission will drop this curse! In the meantime, this Mac Mini...
BIO-111: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the microbes
I've got nothing. But my first class was today, and I am pretty excited about BIO-111. I'm hoping once I'll get the science out of the way, I'll just have my language and math requirements left to deal with before I can just sit down and just code each semester. UNCG has already started taunting me with "According to our records, you're a rising Senior, which should mean you graduate next spring. Better start planning to apply to graduate now. Won't it be great to have that off your mind? P.S., if you're not planning to graduate this year, please disregard."
Bastards...
Posted by Jeffrey at January 11, 2005 10:56 PM