Thursday, May 26, 2005
Ahhh!
Garrett! What were you thinking?
Today, the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt came to campus. Unfortunately, my lunch with Zach and Nick ran a little long, so I didn't manage to get there in time to get a seat. I didn't expect it to fill up, but I got there right as it did. This means I had to sit in the other room and watch him from there. Oh well. The camera work was good enough. I even saw him in person, though I didn't get to talk to him. No idea what I'd talk to him about. Anyway, Garrett's interning with Google this summer, so he was talking with him (or maybe just some other google guys, I dunno). Anyway, apparently he was invited to fly down to Mountain View with them this weekend. He'd have to be ready to go right then, because they couldn't wait for him, and he had this OS project to do, so he declined. Come on! The OS project isn't due until Friday. Besides, he's got Steve and I on it too - we would have done it for him to get him to go. I mean, how many of us get to fly with the CEO of Google? What an opportunity. Oh well. Man, I so want to work at Google. They sound more and more awesome everytime I meet someone from there. Amazon seemed cool, but they didn't seem to have cool problems. Google seems to have it all. Cool projects, cool people, little management, awesome corporate culture. <explodes>
Someday.... Someday....
"They are alive, [Dagney] thought, but their soul operates them by remote control. Their soul is in every man who has the capacity to equal this achievement. Should the soul vanish from the earth, the motors would stop, because that is the power which keeps them going -- not the oil under the floor under her feet, the oil that would then become the primeval ooze again -- not the steel cylinders that would become the stains of rust on the walls of the caves of shivering savages --- the power of a living mind -- the power of thought and choice and purpose." - Atlas Shrugged (230-231)
Today, the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt came to campus. Unfortunately, my lunch with Zach and Nick ran a little long, so I didn't manage to get there in time to get a seat. I didn't expect it to fill up, but I got there right as it did. This means I had to sit in the other room and watch him from there. Oh well. The camera work was good enough. I even saw him in person, though I didn't get to talk to him. No idea what I'd talk to him about. Anyway, Garrett's interning with Google this summer, so he was talking with him (or maybe just some other google guys, I dunno). Anyway, apparently he was invited to fly down to Mountain View with them this weekend. He'd have to be ready to go right then, because they couldn't wait for him, and he had this OS project to do, so he declined. Come on! The OS project isn't due until Friday. Besides, he's got Steve and I on it too - we would have done it for him to get him to go. I mean, how many of us get to fly with the CEO of Google? What an opportunity. Oh well. Man, I so want to work at Google. They sound more and more awesome everytime I meet someone from there. Amazon seemed cool, but they didn't seem to have cool problems. Google seems to have it all. Cool projects, cool people, little management, awesome corporate culture. <explodes>
Someday.... Someday....
"They are alive, [Dagney] thought, but their soul operates them by remote control. Their soul is in every man who has the capacity to equal this achievement. Should the soul vanish from the earth, the motors would stop, because that is the power which keeps them going -- not the oil under the floor under her feet, the oil that would then become the primeval ooze again -- not the steel cylinders that would become the stains of rust on the walls of the caves of shivering savages --- the power of a living mind -- the power of thought and choice and purpose." - Atlas Shrugged (230-231)
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Episode III
Warning: Spoilers below
Star Wars. We all (except for a select few) grew up watching the originals. Maybe not every day, but we were certainly familiar with them. We were disappointed by these prequels which took our favorite space opera and made it childish and pathetic. Well, Episode III, while still good, did not live up to the originals. Granted, it looked great and the special efects were well done, but it didn't quite feel right. The dialog was even cheesier than the originals. The conversations between Padme and Anakin sounded terrible, maybe a result of Lucas' lack of experience? Either way, I cringed at that dialog. I'm sorry Natalie Portman had to go through that. Ewan McGregor managed to do a good job with Obi-Wan, he gets major points for that, even if he did have more giant forehead pimples than the last film (I didn't notice them everytime I saw him this time). As far as the plot, I thought Anakin fell a bit too hard too fast. I know he's been chaotically good this whole time, and he did express a lust for power in the previous film, it was still too fast. I do understand his affection for Palpatine. Yoda gives such terrible advice when told of Anakin's dream of Padme's death, "you must learn to not care. Just let it go." What a little green prick. I just couldn't get over the scene with Mace Windu. Anakins tries to stop him and get Palpatine on trial, but when Mace is killed by Palpatine, he drops to the floor, cries out, "what have I done!?" then goes "aww fuck it. I went this far, I may as well just go all the way. Lets kill babies." Then he does so. And yeah, he showed great resolve, but still. I don't see how that follows. Of course, I still really did enjoy the movie, I'm just being critical. The fight-scene between Palpatine and Yoda was amazing. Vader vs. Obi-Wan was also well done. I did appreciate how Anakin still felt terrible about what he'd done, but couldn't stop. Ah well. It was enjoyable nonetheless. Oh, and R2-D2 kicked ass - being all defiant and shocking the droids, even burning a few. Go little astromech droid! Watch it.
"I hate sand, its rough and gets everywhere. Not like you, you're soft and smooth." - Anakin, to Padme, before they kiss, Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars. We all (except for a select few) grew up watching the originals. Maybe not every day, but we were certainly familiar with them. We were disappointed by these prequels which took our favorite space opera and made it childish and pathetic. Well, Episode III, while still good, did not live up to the originals. Granted, it looked great and the special efects were well done, but it didn't quite feel right. The dialog was even cheesier than the originals. The conversations between Padme and Anakin sounded terrible, maybe a result of Lucas' lack of experience? Either way, I cringed at that dialog. I'm sorry Natalie Portman had to go through that. Ewan McGregor managed to do a good job with Obi-Wan, he gets major points for that, even if he did have more giant forehead pimples than the last film (I didn't notice them everytime I saw him this time). As far as the plot, I thought Anakin fell a bit too hard too fast. I know he's been chaotically good this whole time, and he did express a lust for power in the previous film, it was still too fast. I do understand his affection for Palpatine. Yoda gives such terrible advice when told of Anakin's dream of Padme's death, "you must learn to not care. Just let it go." What a little green prick. I just couldn't get over the scene with Mace Windu. Anakins tries to stop him and get Palpatine on trial, but when Mace is killed by Palpatine, he drops to the floor, cries out, "what have I done!?" then goes "aww fuck it. I went this far, I may as well just go all the way. Lets kill babies." Then he does so. And yeah, he showed great resolve, but still. I don't see how that follows. Of course, I still really did enjoy the movie, I'm just being critical. The fight-scene between Palpatine and Yoda was amazing. Vader vs. Obi-Wan was also well done. I did appreciate how Anakin still felt terrible about what he'd done, but couldn't stop. Ah well. It was enjoyable nonetheless. Oh, and R2-D2 kicked ass - being all defiant and shocking the droids, even burning a few. Go little astromech droid! Watch it.
"I hate sand, its rough and gets everywhere. Not like you, you're soft and smooth." - Anakin, to Padme, before they kiss, Episode II: Attack of the Clones
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