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CALEA

July 11, 2003 – 22:08

I think Robert X Cringely may have found the origin of the A.I. in Martin Munthe’s upcoming sci-fi Typhoon.

By Anders Dahnielson | Published in Computer, Film, From the hip | No comments

Coupling

July 11, 2003 – 20:48

SVT is broadcasting a summer rerun of the most clever sitcom produced this century Couplings created by Steve Moffat. I hope there going to be a fourth season. But I’ve learned that NBC has produced a horrible remake for the american market … I rather watch a 24 hour marathon of Friends in simulcast than that.

We are men. We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines full of photographs of celebrities with their clothes on.

— Steve (S3EP6)

By Anders Dahnielson | Published in Television, General | No comments

My Kevin Bacon Number

July 10, 2003 – 23:00

When I started writing this blog I (half-)promised to reveal my Kevin Bacon number. I have now manualy, by a little help from IMDB, estimated it to be a “4”.

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By Anders Dahnielson | Published in From the hip | No comments

Six Stages of Production

July 10, 2003 – 13:00
  1. Wild Enthusiasm
  2. Total Confusion
  3. Utter Despair
  4. Search for the Guilty
  5. Persecution (Prosecution) of the innocent
  6. Promotion of the incompetent
By Anders Dahnielson | Published in Film, From the hip | No comments

Film Making is Like a Black Cat

July 10, 2003 – 12:54
  • Script writing is like looking for a black cat in a dark room.
  • Film making is like looking for a black cat in a dark room in which there is no cat.
  • Working with a first time director is like looking for a black cat in a dark room where there is no cat and someone yells, “I got it!”
By Anders Dahnielson | Published in Film, From the hip | No comments

Halting Panther, Leaping Dog

July 7, 2003 – 21:34

Looks like Mac OS X 10.3 will not be a 64-bit OS after all, and only run in 32-bit mode on the new G5 (IBM PPC970). Well, what can I say. One can always run Yellow Dog Linux in native 64-bit mode on it…

Update: A great clarification of the confusion the above stirred up have been written by Jeremy Fox over at OSNews.com.

By Anders Dahnielson | Published in Computer, From the hip | No comments

Prediction and Predication

July 6, 2003 – 22:29

The few who know me can tell you for sure I’m not a big sport fan. Except when it come to motor sport and formula racing in particular. My mother can witness about me as a kid turning the living room table up side down and converting it to a Formula One car with stearing wheel pretending to be Ronnie Pettersson.

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By Anders Dahnielson | Published in Racing, General | No comments
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