Mike Browne’s Blog

All of the 2005 IDEA Award winning designs can be found on the business week site. There are many extremely interesting and ultra-practical designs, not the least of which is a Roomba… Yes, Carol a Roomba. *sigh* I wish the stupid thing would just get here already so I can stop hearing about it.

The Big Picture: Why are Movie Theatre Revenues Declining?

Some interesting reading for sure. A little bit more food for thought around the business of film. I just wrote a whole shpiel about my ideal theatre with interactive movie choices, built in cellphone scramblers, big seats with two armrests and headphone jacks etc etc…

What would you ideal theatre look like?

Oh and why am I up at this hour? The new jerks next door sound like they are bowling on the hardwood and watching their TV really loudly. I think we have to move again. I can’t sleep at all. Shit.

Tiger shark 1100+ pounds = Eeeek!

‘Star Trek’ Star James Doohan Dies – Yahoo! News

Thanks to Bill for the link.

It was 36 years ago today that Neil Armstrong (who I share a birthday with) set foot on the moon as the first human lunar visitor. Check out Google Moon – Lunar Landing Sites and zoom all the way in on the Apollo 11 site for a neat view.

Thanks to ewarz for the link.

Satan You scored 85% Pride, 75% Envy, 85% Ambition, and 75% Deceitfulness!

You are Satan, the consummate villain, and the ascendant figure in the unholy trinity. Throughout history you have been called The Serpent, The Accuser, The Devil, Lucifer, The Prince of the Power of the Air, and The Dragon, among other things. Your “compatriots” in the unholy trinity, the Antichrist and the False Prophet, are merely pawns in your futile struggle with God. Though, they probably don’t know this. This is because you are a master of deception; indeed the Bible calls you “The Father of All Lies”. You are also very ambitious, and you strive to be in positions of the utmost authority. Unfortunately, it was impossible for you to obtain the highest title in heaven and this is part of the reason why you decided to leave. Of course, you couldn’t just leave by yourself, so you managed to use your deceptive abilities to get one third of the angels in heaven to join with you in revolt. God put down the rebellion and expelled you from heaven. To most people, it would seem foolish to start a war against God, but pride can sometimes cause people to do foolish things. In heaven, you were the most beautiful and powerful of all angels and you were well aware of this. Unfortunately, you let your pride consume you and your passions led you down the road to perdition. After you were expelled from heaven, you let another one of your attributes consume you—envy. You knew that you could never defeat God, but you could attempt to destroy humanity, his most beloved creation. Your goal is to bring as many people as possible to suffer in Hell with you. Fortunately for you, but unfortunately for the rest of us, you’ve been endowed with all of the attributes necessary (deceptiveness, confidence, ruthlessness, and ambition) to do a terribly good job at this.

This test of evil comes to you thanks to Brother Phil’s blog.

Thanks to Bill G we can watch this video and this video too of the amazing farting evangelist. I’ll call and pledge $50 bucks just to hear him fart a tune.

but a 300 lb Bull Mastiff. I wouldn’t want to have to clean up after him.

We just saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Short review: Weird, but in a good way. Love Johnny Depp. Can’t wait until Corpse Bride in September. That is all. Move along.