Got this tablet but no stylus comes with it and haven't found anything that acts as one. Any suggestions what could work?
Asus VivoTab Smart stylus?
RIP: Meadowlark Lemon of the Globetrotters
mardi 29 décembre 2015
Minions
dimanche 27 décembre 2015
Saw the movie Minions way back in the Summer of 2015 (according to post I made on Google+ it was on 07/29/15) at the Ward Theater.
First of I never saw any of the Despicable Me movies, which is okay since this movie is prequel to those movies.
It does the tell the story that the Minions evolved naturally on this world rather than they were created in a laboratory.
All I can say about the Minions is that they are not evil, they do however thrive on chaos, which evil masters tend to do from time to time. However with the Minions involved your evil chaotic plan will not work to the letter. You still have chaos in the end, but not the chaos you had in mind.
Of course the Minions' chaos would also have a humorous effect to it. So if you like comedy then this movie should fit the bill.
Minions
First of I never saw any of the Despicable Me movies, which is okay since this movie is prequel to those movies.
It does the tell the story that the Minions evolved naturally on this world rather than they were created in a laboratory.
All I can say about the Minions is that they are not evil, they do however thrive on chaos, which evil masters tend to do from time to time. However with the Minions involved your evil chaotic plan will not work to the letter. You still have chaos in the end, but not the chaos you had in mind.
Of course the Minions' chaos would also have a humorous effect to it. So if you like comedy then this movie should fit the bill.
"Supergirl" on CBS
samedi 26 décembre 2015
Been watching a few episodes of Supergirl on CBS, which airs on Monday nights.
In this TV series they sort of change the nature of the character from the comics. In both versions she is the first cousin of Superman (their fathers are brothers). In the comics version a part of Krypton survives the explosion and years later Supergirl is born on that part.
In this TV series version, Supergirl is born 13 years before Superman, when Krypton explodes they send two small rockets to Earth, the first one is Superman's rocket, the second is Supergirl's rocket. Somehow the second rocket is caught in Krypton's explosion and gets trapped in another dimension where time stands still, a couple of decade or so pasts and Supergirl's rocket gets free and finally gets to Earth, where her cousin is now an adult Superman.
Superman then leaves her with a family he knows pretty well and they raise her as one of their daughters. The series takes place about 12 to 13 years after Supergirl comes to Earth and has a day job working for Catco in a place called National City.
"Supergirl" on CBS
In this TV series they sort of change the nature of the character from the comics. In both versions she is the first cousin of Superman (their fathers are brothers). In the comics version a part of Krypton survives the explosion and years later Supergirl is born on that part.
In this TV series version, Supergirl is born 13 years before Superman, when Krypton explodes they send two small rockets to Earth, the first one is Superman's rocket, the second is Supergirl's rocket. Somehow the second rocket is caught in Krypton's explosion and gets trapped in another dimension where time stands still, a couple of decade or so pasts and Supergirl's rocket gets free and finally gets to Earth, where her cousin is now an adult Superman.
Superman then leaves her with a family he knows pretty well and they raise her as one of their daughters. The series takes place about 12 to 13 years after Supergirl comes to Earth and has a day job working for Catco in a place called National City.
Dope (2015)
Dope (2015)
Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Zoe Kravitz, Chanel Iman, Kimberly Elise. Written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa.
Malcolm should not be in the club. He’s under-aged, he’s not invited, he’s turned away at the door by the bouncer, and he’s only there to spend time with a young woman who’s involved with the neighborhood’s charismatic but dangerous Molly dealer. Every choice Malcolm makes after he gets into the club is potentially deadly, morally questionable, certainly illegal, and somehow the least of all evils, and it is difficult to condemn him for his actions in most of the story. You have to go way back in the film to this early decision if you’re looking for a way to blame him convincingly, but this is definitely where you can say it’s all his fault.
That young woman, though. She (played by Zoe Kravitz) is beautiful and flirty, and Malcolm is a nerdy high-school senior with a Harvard interview in a few days, a black teenager at a public school in Inglewood, so geeky about 1990s hip-hop that he sports a Kid ‘N Play fade in the 2010s, and every seventeen-year-old, nerdy or not, has made a bad choice or two in the name of getting close to a beautiful, flirty woman.
His guidance counselor believes Harvard is a pipe dream, saying that everything about his circumstance lines up against him, despite his academic record. Whether the counselor is right or wrong is the heart of this film’s message. If Harvard wants the best, brightest young minds, is it willing to take them from Malcolm’s neighborhood? Except for his one excursion to the club, Malcolm has spent his life staying away from trouble in order to get into the Ivy League, yet he is told that it’s not enough.
There are several ways you could comfortably pigeonhole Dope, but if you change its setting and characters, and delete the what’s-the-moral final two minutes, you still have a good story that makes the film more than just one title in a category. The acting is solid, even if the plot relies on a few coincidences too many, and the pacing is excellent. It’s a funny, tense movie worth bumping up the queue.
75/100 (Criticker rating)
7/10 (IMDb rating)
Dope (2015)
Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Zoe Kravitz, Chanel Iman, Kimberly Elise. Written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa.
Malcolm should not be in the club. He’s under-aged, he’s not invited, he’s turned away at the door by the bouncer, and he’s only there to spend time with a young woman who’s involved with the neighborhood’s charismatic but dangerous Molly dealer. Every choice Malcolm makes after he gets into the club is potentially deadly, morally questionable, certainly illegal, and somehow the least of all evils, and it is difficult to condemn him for his actions in most of the story. You have to go way back in the film to this early decision if you’re looking for a way to blame him convincingly, but this is definitely where you can say it’s all his fault.
That young woman, though. She (played by Zoe Kravitz) is beautiful and flirty, and Malcolm is a nerdy high-school senior with a Harvard interview in a few days, a black teenager at a public school in Inglewood, so geeky about 1990s hip-hop that he sports a Kid ‘N Play fade in the 2010s, and every seventeen-year-old, nerdy or not, has made a bad choice or two in the name of getting close to a beautiful, flirty woman.
His guidance counselor believes Harvard is a pipe dream, saying that everything about his circumstance lines up against him, despite his academic record. Whether the counselor is right or wrong is the heart of this film’s message. If Harvard wants the best, brightest young minds, is it willing to take them from Malcolm’s neighborhood? Except for his one excursion to the club, Malcolm has spent his life staying away from trouble in order to get into the Ivy League, yet he is told that it’s not enough.
There are several ways you could comfortably pigeonhole Dope, but if you change its setting and characters, and delete the what’s-the-moral final two minutes, you still have a good story that makes the film more than just one title in a category. The acting is solid, even if the plot relies on a few coincidences too many, and the pacing is excellent. It’s a funny, tense movie worth bumping up the queue.
75/100 (Criticker rating)
7/10 (IMDb rating)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
jeudi 17 décembre 2015
So today (12/17/15) is the opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Peanuts Movie
Saw the 10:45 am showing of The Peanuts Movie at the Ward Theater today (12/17/15).
The movie follows two storylines, one of which is Charlie Brown is trying to get the little red hair girl to notice him and the other is Snoopy trying to write a novel (which starts off with It was a dark and stormy night...) about the exploits of the World War I ace (Snoopy) getting the attention of flyer named Fifi (who is also a dog) while the Red Baron intervenes in their budding romance.
The Peanuts Movie
The movie follows two storylines, one of which is Charlie Brown is trying to get the little red hair girl to notice him and the other is Snoopy trying to write a novel (which starts off with It was a dark and stormy night...) about the exploits of the World War I ace (Snoopy) getting the attention of flyer named Fifi (who is also a dog) while the Red Baron intervenes in their budding romance.
What is one thing you wish hawaii had but probably never will?
mercredi 16 décembre 2015
One thing i wish Hawaii had was a furry con. Seems we have anime and comic cons here. But i would be really happy if there was a furry con so i could see some furry art in person instead of having to order it over the internet, and meet many GOH,including someone known as Uncle Kage.
What is one thing you wish hawaii had but probably never will?
99% isopropyl alcohol
Anyone know where I can get 99% isopropyl alcohol? I've called both IC Supply and Precision Radio, but neither have it. The vendors on Amazon can't/won't ship to Hawaii. :-(
Any ideas?
99% isopropyl alcohol
Any ideas?
Remember me?
The click-box in the login page where we log in that says "Remember me?"
I have no idea of the function of this click-box.
It seems to work same whether I check it or not.
Anyone know?
Remember me?
I have no idea of the function of this click-box.
It seems to work same whether I check it or not.
Anyone know?
Rank the Pixar Films
lundi 14 décembre 2015
A conversation with a friend had me thinking about the entire body of Pixar's work, and what my ranking would be for them, since I had just seen The Good Dinosaur. I'm going to post mine here; I'd love to see yours as well!
First, here's the corpus:
Toy Story, 1995
A Bug's Life, 1998
Toy Story 2, 1999
Monsters, Inc., 2001
Finding Nemo, 2003
The Incredibles, 2004
Cars, 2006
Ratatouille, 2007
WALL-E, 2008
Up, 2009
Toy Story 3, 2010
Cars 2, 2011
Brave, 2012
Monsters University, 2013
Inside Out, 2015
The Good Dinosaur, 2015
Here is my ranking in order from best to worst.
What are yours?
Rank the Pixar Films
First, here's the corpus:
Toy Story, 1995
A Bug's Life, 1998
Toy Story 2, 1999
Monsters, Inc., 2001
Finding Nemo, 2003
The Incredibles, 2004
Cars, 2006
Ratatouille, 2007
WALL-E, 2008
Up, 2009
Toy Story 3, 2010
Cars 2, 2011
Brave, 2012
Monsters University, 2013
Inside Out, 2015
The Good Dinosaur, 2015
Here is my ranking in order from best to worst.
- Finding Nemo
- Toy Story
- Up
- Ratatouille
- WALL-E
- Brave
- Monsters, Inc.
- Inside Out
- The Incredibles
- A Bug's Life
- Toy Story 2
- Toy Story 3
- Cars 2
What are yours?
Charlotte Sometimes (2003)
Charlotte Sometimes (2003)
Michael Idemoto, Eugenia Yuan, Jacqueline Kim. Written and directed by Eric Byler.
Michael is a mechanic who spends his mornings having breakfast with his aunt, his days fixing cars in a family-owned garage none of his relatives wanted, and his evenings reading. His late nights are often spent trying not to hear the lovemaking sounds of his tenant Lori, his best friend who, after her noisy lovemaking, prefers to watch television with Michael, often spending the night with her head on his shoulder, while her lover sleeps in her bed next door.
Michael has clearly been friend-zoned.
In a neighborhood bar one night, Michael meets Darcy, an intellectual free spirit whose only promise to Michael is that she won’t stick around. There is a mutual interest that begins physically but seems to extend to thoughtful conversation over late-night bottles of wine. Michael considers what a relationship with Darcy would be like, but is he holding back because Darcy is a wanderer, or is he holding back because he longs for Lori?
There is a loner aspect of Michael’s character that really appeals to me, not to mention the unrequited love for a best friend who may not be good for him. There’s a little bit of meanness or bitterness in Michael’s interactions with women, something I think I understand but definitely don’t like. It can be tough being everybody’s favorite nice guy, but those gentle waves of anger that seem to ripple once or twice beneath Michael’s surface make me wonder if he’s truly nice.
This is actually one of the film’s themes, and it’s difficult to tell how genuine anyone is being. While I really do like and sympathize with the characters, this little bit of uncertainty makes it feel as if the film is keeping us at a distance, despite some of the intimate things we know about them.
Still, it’s an intriguing movie, with direction I mostly admire. Characters are physically framed in ways that make us reconsider our thoughts about the characters, and there are some lovely colors and lighting that add to this aesthetic. Definitely worth checking out.
8/10 (IMDb rating)
81/100 (Criticker rating)
Charlotte Sometimes (2003)
Michael Idemoto, Eugenia Yuan, Jacqueline Kim. Written and directed by Eric Byler.
Michael is a mechanic who spends his mornings having breakfast with his aunt, his days fixing cars in a family-owned garage none of his relatives wanted, and his evenings reading. His late nights are often spent trying not to hear the lovemaking sounds of his tenant Lori, his best friend who, after her noisy lovemaking, prefers to watch television with Michael, often spending the night with her head on his shoulder, while her lover sleeps in her bed next door.
Michael has clearly been friend-zoned.
In a neighborhood bar one night, Michael meets Darcy, an intellectual free spirit whose only promise to Michael is that she won’t stick around. There is a mutual interest that begins physically but seems to extend to thoughtful conversation over late-night bottles of wine. Michael considers what a relationship with Darcy would be like, but is he holding back because Darcy is a wanderer, or is he holding back because he longs for Lori?
There is a loner aspect of Michael’s character that really appeals to me, not to mention the unrequited love for a best friend who may not be good for him. There’s a little bit of meanness or bitterness in Michael’s interactions with women, something I think I understand but definitely don’t like. It can be tough being everybody’s favorite nice guy, but those gentle waves of anger that seem to ripple once or twice beneath Michael’s surface make me wonder if he’s truly nice.
This is actually one of the film’s themes, and it’s difficult to tell how genuine anyone is being. While I really do like and sympathize with the characters, this little bit of uncertainty makes it feel as if the film is keeping us at a distance, despite some of the intimate things we know about them.
Still, it’s an intriguing movie, with direction I mostly admire. Characters are physically framed in ways that make us reconsider our thoughts about the characters, and there are some lovely colors and lighting that add to this aesthetic. Definitely worth checking out.
8/10 (IMDb rating)
81/100 (Criticker rating)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2 (2015)
dimanche 13 décembre 2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci.
"Look, all I know is what they taught me at command school. There are certain rules about a war, and rule number one is young men die." Lt. Col. Henry Blake, M*A*S*H
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is the final of four films in the Hunger Games series, and it's a fitting and appropriate conclusion to the story. Picking up right where Mockingjay – Part 1 left off, it takes our heroine Katniss Everdeen right to the capital, where she is determined to be the one to kill President Snow.
She has a film team with her, and together they follow the action a day or two behind. Katniss's role is to inspire the rebellion, not to see actual battle, but she has suffered too much at the hands of Snow to let someone else capture him. She disobeys orders without telling her crew, making up a lie to get them to accompany her to Snow's mansion.
There are traps and landmines along the way, created by the Game Makers, who also devised the deadly pitfalls in the actual Hunger Games. Katniss may not be in the arena anymore, but she's still fighting the forces that once held her life in their hands.
It is a bleak movie, and it does not prettify the fact that in order to overthrow the tyranny, a lot of people are going to die. Katniss has seen her share of death, has doled enough of it out, in fact, to understand that dying for a cause is much better than dying for the amusement of an oppressive government.
Jennifer Lawrence is terrific, as always, as are Woody Harrelson and Julianne Moore. Production overall is good, and I appreciate the thoughtful use of the soundtrack, which is toned down at appropriate moments so that the weight of the story can be felt by the audience, as it must be felt by the characters. And although this is not a movie to make you feel good, it's a movie that feels right, and props to the film makers for staying true to the spirit of the novel in that respect.
8/10 (IMDb rating)
79/100 (Criticker rating)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2 (2015)
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci.
"Look, all I know is what they taught me at command school. There are certain rules about a war, and rule number one is young men die." Lt. Col. Henry Blake, M*A*S*H
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is the final of four films in the Hunger Games series, and it's a fitting and appropriate conclusion to the story. Picking up right where Mockingjay – Part 1 left off, it takes our heroine Katniss Everdeen right to the capital, where she is determined to be the one to kill President Snow.
She has a film team with her, and together they follow the action a day or two behind. Katniss's role is to inspire the rebellion, not to see actual battle, but she has suffered too much at the hands of Snow to let someone else capture him. She disobeys orders without telling her crew, making up a lie to get them to accompany her to Snow's mansion.
There are traps and landmines along the way, created by the Game Makers, who also devised the deadly pitfalls in the actual Hunger Games. Katniss may not be in the arena anymore, but she's still fighting the forces that once held her life in their hands.
It is a bleak movie, and it does not prettify the fact that in order to overthrow the tyranny, a lot of people are going to die. Katniss has seen her share of death, has doled enough of it out, in fact, to understand that dying for a cause is much better than dying for the amusement of an oppressive government.
Jennifer Lawrence is terrific, as always, as are Woody Harrelson and Julianne Moore. Production overall is good, and I appreciate the thoughtful use of the soundtrack, which is toned down at appropriate moments so that the weight of the story can be felt by the audience, as it must be felt by the characters. And although this is not a movie to make you feel good, it's a movie that feels right, and props to the film makers for staying true to the spirit of the novel in that respect.
8/10 (IMDb rating)
79/100 (Criticker rating)
Paepae o He`eia
This may be 'old news' for some of you, but it's a worthy announcement for those of you not in touch with Hawaiian culture:
Yesterday, Saturday 12, 2015 over 2,000 volunteers showed up at the He`eia fishpond to repair an 80 foot rift in the wall which was caused by flooding and runoff.
The 2,000 volunteers passed rocks and buckets of sand hand-to-hand until the breach was repaired. This was the same manner in which the fishpond was built by native Hawaiians hundreds of years ago.
For those of you who don't know, fishponds were plentiful throughout Hawai`i until the overthrow. Curving walls were made of rock and sand where a stream fed into the ocean with one small opening which contained a grate which allowed young fish to swim in seeking food in the stream runoff, and when they fattened themselves up, they were too big to swim out again, and they were harvested for food.
This amazing and inventive engineering provided a major food source for Hawaiians.
Paepae o He`eia
Yesterday, Saturday 12, 2015 over 2,000 volunteers showed up at the He`eia fishpond to repair an 80 foot rift in the wall which was caused by flooding and runoff.
The 2,000 volunteers passed rocks and buckets of sand hand-to-hand until the breach was repaired. This was the same manner in which the fishpond was built by native Hawaiians hundreds of years ago.
For those of you who don't know, fishponds were plentiful throughout Hawai`i until the overthrow. Curving walls were made of rock and sand where a stream fed into the ocean with one small opening which contained a grate which allowed young fish to swim in seeking food in the stream runoff, and when they fattened themselves up, they were too big to swim out again, and they were harvested for food.
This amazing and inventive engineering provided a major food source for Hawaiians.
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
samedi 12 décembre 2015
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Anna Paquin, Frances McDormand, and Sam Elliott. Directed by Peter Sohn.
The Good Dinosaur opens with that historic asteroid hurling toward Earth, only instead of hitting the planet and destroying the dinosaurs, it shoots by in a ball of fire, and dinosaur life continues even as the forces which brought humans to the planet continue uninterrupted.
In this imagined world where dinosaurs and humans coexist, some dinosaurs have learned to clear fields and cultivate crops. By the sweat of their own labor, they feed themselves and their families even through the unforgiving winters. The humans, having gotten off to a later start, aren’t quite so advanced.
Our main character is Arlo, by far the smallest of his siblings from the same clutch of eggs. Arlo suffers from panicky fear of just about everything, and although he is treasured by his parents, his brother and sister have begun to shoulder their part of the labor, while Arlo can’t feed the chickens without flying into a crazy panic.
When a weird series of events leads to his being lost far from home, Arlo is forced to brave elements, malevolent creatures, and an orphaned human boy who sort of lands Arlo in his unenviable position in the first place. The pair strikes up a relationships, and together they seek a way back to Arlo’s family.
Nothing about the trailer for this film made me want to see it. The graphics looked like shinier, smoother versions of stuff we saw on TV on Saturday mornings. Arlo and his family look like overly friendly dinosaurs you might see on a box of breakfast cereal. And what’s intriguing about a title like The Good Dinosaur?
It’s true that the story here borders on infantile, but the animation is not at all what it appears at first glance. Yes, the foreground characters are all slick, but the backgrounds they run around in front of are amazing. I kept opening my eyes as wide as I could, in order to find some clue that what I was looking at was actually real-life video. The animation team at Pixar seems determined to present art that looks real but stops just short of total realism, and the effect is mind-blowing. There are underwater shots when a river is rushing madly toward a falls that have to be seen to be believed.
As a fan of animation, I’ve always been intrigued by the rendering of objects responding to gravity, and it seems to be one of the trickiest things. Although the creatures don’t execute perfectly as they traipse over the landscape (they have a kind of floaty look that’s still better than almost any animation yet, but it still looks like a different planet’s gravity), the other elements–water, rocks, dirt, and leaves–sell the illusion about as close to perfectly as I’ve seen.
It’s not a bad movie for children, but you may want to review it first before you take little ones. And if you’re not the sort to be smitten with the animation of twigs and muddy water in a flood, you might want to skip this. Otherwise, it’s worth a look.
7/10 (IMDb rating)
73/100 (Criticker rating)
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Anna Paquin, Frances McDormand, and Sam Elliott. Directed by Peter Sohn.
The Good Dinosaur opens with that historic asteroid hurling toward Earth, only instead of hitting the planet and destroying the dinosaurs, it shoots by in a ball of fire, and dinosaur life continues even as the forces which brought humans to the planet continue uninterrupted.
In this imagined world where dinosaurs and humans coexist, some dinosaurs have learned to clear fields and cultivate crops. By the sweat of their own labor, they feed themselves and their families even through the unforgiving winters. The humans, having gotten off to a later start, aren’t quite so advanced.
Our main character is Arlo, by far the smallest of his siblings from the same clutch of eggs. Arlo suffers from panicky fear of just about everything, and although he is treasured by his parents, his brother and sister have begun to shoulder their part of the labor, while Arlo can’t feed the chickens without flying into a crazy panic.
When a weird series of events leads to his being lost far from home, Arlo is forced to brave elements, malevolent creatures, and an orphaned human boy who sort of lands Arlo in his unenviable position in the first place. The pair strikes up a relationships, and together they seek a way back to Arlo’s family.
Nothing about the trailer for this film made me want to see it. The graphics looked like shinier, smoother versions of stuff we saw on TV on Saturday mornings. Arlo and his family look like overly friendly dinosaurs you might see on a box of breakfast cereal. And what’s intriguing about a title like The Good Dinosaur?
It’s true that the story here borders on infantile, but the animation is not at all what it appears at first glance. Yes, the foreground characters are all slick, but the backgrounds they run around in front of are amazing. I kept opening my eyes as wide as I could, in order to find some clue that what I was looking at was actually real-life video. The animation team at Pixar seems determined to present art that looks real but stops just short of total realism, and the effect is mind-blowing. There are underwater shots when a river is rushing madly toward a falls that have to be seen to be believed.
As a fan of animation, I’ve always been intrigued by the rendering of objects responding to gravity, and it seems to be one of the trickiest things. Although the creatures don’t execute perfectly as they traipse over the landscape (they have a kind of floaty look that’s still better than almost any animation yet, but it still looks like a different planet’s gravity), the other elements–water, rocks, dirt, and leaves–sell the illusion about as close to perfectly as I’ve seen.
It’s not a bad movie for children, but you may want to review it first before you take little ones. And if you’re not the sort to be smitten with the animation of twigs and muddy water in a flood, you might want to skip this. Otherwise, it’s worth a look.
7/10 (IMDb rating)
73/100 (Criticker rating)
Anyone want a new dog?
mardi 1 décembre 2015
My cousin's neighbor is looking to rehome this guy, because he needs to be the alpha dog and her other two dogs are very unhappy. He's apparently well-behaved other than his attitude toward his fellow canines. He's certainly a handsome terrier.
http://ift.tt/1PqsAq6
Anyone want a new dog?
http://ift.tt/1PqsAq6
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