EsotericAppeal
May 16, 2013
A Very Short Star Trek Into Darkness Review (Notional Spoilers)

The movie was good. It was very entertaining, continued the little winks and nods to the TV series that it had in the first movie. It was incredibly well acted all around. What prevented it from being a great movie was any subtlety.

It’s possible that I’ve spent too much time thinking about scripts and script writing recently, but it felt like every twist and reveal was telegraphed from pretty early-on, which dimmed the stakes of several scenes.

May 9, 2013
This Is a Pretty incredible Opening to an Opinion

If this battle between brothers over their failed business does not quite reach Biblical proportions, cf. Genesis 4:1-16 (Cain and Abel), mythical proportions, cf. Plutarch, Plutarch Lives, I, Theseus and Romulus, Lycurgus and Nurma, Solon and Pulicola (1914) (Romulus and Remus), or even modern pulp literary proportions, cf. Mario Puzo, The Godfather (1969) (Michael and Fredo Corleone, also popularized on film), it easily equals the great “brother versus brother” storylines of professional wrestling, [These would include, at a minimum, Rick Steiner vs. Scott Steiner, Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, The Undertaker vs. Kane, and Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy.] at least in its bombast.

May 6, 2013
Apple has sold some 140 million iPads to date — most of them to consumers frustrated by their lack of physical keyboards and full-featured productivity suites.
May 1, 2013
Investors are willing to lend Apple money for three decades for only about a percentage point more in interest than if they lent the same money to the U.S. government.
April 29, 2013

This video gives the Phantom Menace Light Saber fight a lot of flack. In reality, it’s just good fight choreography (and execution) to be moving a sword in such a way that you can’t hurt your fellow actor, even if he/she forgets to duck.

April 25, 2013

It’s worth noting that shortly before he was given his Miranda rights he met with his court appointed attorney, who undoubtedly told him to remain silent.

Last night, the Mets had their first walk off grand slam in 22 years, but their last game winning ball hit over the fence with bases loaded was in 1999.

April 24, 2013

Wow.

Dwight Howard missed more free throws this season (366) than Lakers teammate Steve Nash has missed in his 17-year NBA career (322). Howard: 355 for 721 this season, 49.2 percent; Nash: 3,038 for 3,360 from 1996-97 through 2012-13, 90.4 percent.
April 12, 2013
When creating a web app you should avoid replicating the default iOS styling and interactions. This includes button and list styles, transitions, animations, and standard information views. Mobile apps are tactile experiences, and even the least savvy of users form an intuitive understanding of how the default OS should feel, and will notice even tiny deviations from the real thing. By simply avoiding having your app feel “wrong,” you’re most of the way there already. And by giving users something new, they won’t know when it’s not quite right.
April 10, 2013
At a price of $1,450, it’s not aimed at the general public, but hardcore strummers with fat wallets can head on past the break to see how the hardware can turn your finger plucking into a demented Boards of Canada b-side.