Wordle A wordle of my resume... Or a word cloud of my resume. It's interesting... it's Web. 2.0-ish... it's artsy... I'd almost like it to be some CSS/XMTML so I can link the words to different items, but it's pretty much a static Java application. I had to make a screen shot of it to upload to Flickr. It'd be neat if it was a Javascript application that after you manipulate the word cloud, the web-app would allow you to cut and paste the CSS + XHTML to your own web-site...
Kung-fu Panda Erika and I went to see Kung-fu Panda last night at the AMC theaters in Downtown Disney, Orlando. When we arrived to pick up our pre-paid tickets, there was a huge giant inflatable Wall-E outside the doors. Many years ago, when the wife and I went to Disneyland, there was a similar inflatable crystal ball from Eddie Murphy's The Haunted Mansion movie... didn't take a picture of it, but it did light up at night -- very cool. Don't know if the Wall-E light up... I would highly recommend Kung-fu Panda! Visually rich, good music, lovable characters, good plot. I didn't tear it apart too much; this one I just wanted to enjoy, without being super critical; and I did. I'd give it a 5 out of 5 stars... now I want to go out an rent more old school Kung-fu movies... takes me back to my childhood, with watching Kung-fu movies marathons on Sunday afternoons... the movie was good enough, I could see another sequel to it.
Campy Batman Vigs I'm a little surprised that there haven't been more campy Batman vigs. Adam West, the 60's Batman TV show and the wacky situations Batman and Robin were left in -- you'd think there'd be a die hard AFOL out there trying to reproduce some most famous episodes... though a lot of them elude me as I blog this... :) The new Batman & Harlequin set was at the LIC when I went on Saturday -- I'll have to pick it up later. Ended up picking up a new Agents set with two dark-green alligators. I'm building the Jungle Cruise for GFLTC's display at NMRA/ILTCO convention in Anaheim in July...
10 Year AnniversarySo last weekend, I was asked to join James Wadsworth and Tim Courtney on LAML radio episode #43 to talk about LUGNET... It was a good show... and it's got me thinking... and then I realized that I've been with the on-line LEGO fan community for 10 years now. My anniversary was Feb. 16th, 1998, the date of my first rec.toys.lego post. Pirate LEGO was being clearanced out at my local TRU & offered to buy sets for anyone looking. Steve Jackson ended up taking me up on my offer...
Back In Town Just got back in town; went up to Bar Harbor, Maine over Memorial Day weekend. Our vacation started out a little rainy and cold, but later turned sunny and nice before we left. This was our 3rd trip to Bar Harbor and the first time it was sunny... Managed to get a few good pictures... if you click on the image above, it should take you to Maine photoset. The above photo was taken shortly after our arrival at the Balance Rock Inn... notice the gloomy clouds.
LAMLradio #34 - LEGO News for April 13thI'm on Episode 34 of LAMLradio podcast...
Web-Site UpdatedJust added some dropdown menus to the web-site, to spruce it up a little -- they look good. Borrowed the CSS from Stu Nicholls to make it happen. I've added more information than what's on the sidebar -- I might eventually get rid of most of the items on the sidebar in favor of the dropdowns. Anyway, been cleaning up the web-site in my spare time and having fun with it. I might actually get my on-line 'brand' organized for a change.
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