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Hoping to see this at the Naro this weekend. Looks like it will have better style/clothes than Pirate Radio (which was fun anyway)!

Everyone is probably sick of this movie already, but I’ve largely ignored it for some reason. I watched this trailer tonight and was surprised to hear James Gandolfini. Is it weird that I am comforted by his voice, maybe it’s the Jersey accent? Why is his name Carol? Anyway, I am excited, hopefully it won’t disappoint.

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Also see: I Love Hot Dogs for some great movie stills (I didn’t see any hot dogs).

Boosh and Chelsea – two favorites together! I must have missed this during my relocation.

Warhound – Winston’s owner reviews Inglorious Basterds. I saw this last weekend and enjoyed it very much, it was tense and funny. Bonjourno!

Lake Disappointment – Seriously?? I want a vacation home here.

Has Drupal peaked? – I hope not, but Claudio makes some very valid points. I’m not all up in Drupal daily anymore, but I still think Drupal is a good choice if you:

• have a large site
• are in need of complex menu hierarchy
• have a consistent design
• are in need of expandability
• have many users or editors
• and many other uses I am sure!

As a designer, I find it to be overkill for a blog or a small site.

Losing my Religion – “More meta than meat.” Chris Messina writes about design issues in open source.

When it comes to open source and design, design — and human factors, more generally — cannot play second fiddle to engineering. But far too often it seems that that’s the case.

And it shouldn’t be.

More often there should be a design dictator that enters into a situation, takes stock of the set of problems that people (read: end users) are facing, and then addresses them through observation, skill, intuition, and drive. You can evaluate their output with surveys, heuristics, and user studies, but without their vision, execution, and insane devotion to see through making it happen, you’ll never see shit get done right.

Fever – An alternate google reader for nerds. Looks very smart. I hope to try this out.

I forgot about this commercial… until last week when my family asked if I could be bad, what I would do. I would unscrew things, mess with people’s hair, break lightbulbs, etc. Not totally wind like, but we remembered this funny video. I would wear a screwdriver strapped to my leg.

I’m almost finished with the first season of Breaking Bad (all 7 episodes… why is it short?) and I must recommend it. The level of crap this man has to deal with is almost too hard to watch, but that makes the breaking bad so satisfying. The main character, Walter White is a middle aged high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Given only a year or two to live, with a baby on the way, he decides to cook crystal meth to make money for his family.

…he’s got Swine Flu!

The Grey Gardens movie is airing on HBO this weekend and I can’t wait! I’m interested in seeing the Edies (and the house) back when things were good for them. Drew Barrymore is annoying, but I will try to look past her.

This is a pretty good essay about Grey Gardens, Hole in the Wonderbread.

My Grey Gardens day plan is to get Mike to eat hot plate corn and dress Seven and Rocky up as raccoons and put them in the air conditioning vents. I may even make a best costume for the day.

Ginny and Anna-Claire set up a Grey Gardens/Easter display this past weekend.