So - ventured out of the wharf and met Deeps for dinner this evening - she's off to India tomorrow (I'll be joining her next week!). Ping Pong - terrific restaurant, great dim sum...cocktails are pretty good too & it's all relatively inexpensive.
Couple of days ago went to watch the Illusionist - this movie just helps to confirm my opinion of Edward Norton as one of the finest actors of our time. He rarely puts a foot wrong - and even if he does sometimes choose the wrong project (Italian Job?!), he does a fine job regardless. The story in the illusionist wasn't as clever as other reviews make it out to be. It's smart, but not overly intelligent - and doesn't try to be too smart. A couple of things I really enjoyed about the movie - Jessica Biel (hot!), Vienna (atmospheric and believable), the cinematography (video would often appear to be reeled from an old movie).
The best thing about the movie was something that frustrated me while watching it - you know how you're watching a magic trick, and you say - that's fake. I know that's fake, but I don't know how the hell this guy is doing it. The movie maintained that feeling at times. You know this man is mortal and can only perform illusions, so you can't help but wrack your brains trying to figure out how on earth he can be doing those tricks! At the end you can't find out - but that just adds to the mystique of the film. A genuinely clever movie, superbly well acted and shot. It's set the bar pretty high for when I do get round to watching The Prestige!
Ok - getting out of review mode and returning to matters Apple. Lloydie is a convert (hurrah!), as is Dips - my Apple army is growing....before long we shall take the country, and then...the world!
Have a read of how Apple is selling its products - the way Apple on 5th Ave is outselling pretty much everyone is terrific reading! here
btw: rule-connect-java vs java steps in an activity - for purposes of performance measurements! great stuff, thanks PDN.
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