Interesting Sites... and Other

I guess it's been a while, maybe three whiles since I've posted sites I've visited that I like. Well, here are a couple, and a few images I like.

First, is the site arthur hungry. Obviously, this guy gets out more often than me. Huh. I've been told I need to get out more often. And I'm not sure everybody always means that in a good way. Aaaanyways... He reviews restaurants and eats in San Francisco, and has great pictures of meals on his site. All the places we all wish we were going to, he goes to for us. Um. Other cities as well. Job well done, um, Mister Hungry.

Another popular foodie site is chowhound.com. Very impressive amount of participation from regular folks chiming in with where their fave meal is and where to avoid. Or where your money is/is not well spent. If you're traveling somewhere and want to find good eats, I'd look into this before Zagat.

Next up is this photoset on Flickr from Plemeljr. But first, you'll need to read these "words" out loud for me.
twa
twe
twi
two
Did you just say "tw-oh?" Is that a number? Gee, I dint know.
It has some really beautiful shots of Eero Saarinen TWA terminal at JFK airport in New York City. Now, that's a beauty. For more "reference" pics including interior shots, here.

Next, this is from Jencu's (a fellow shiba inu owner in SF, I've never met though) photoset on Flickr. This is just funny. And 'cuz I don't watch tv (no cable, no reception, just plays dvd's, so don't even ask) I never had heard about this MTV/Yahoo project called IMU. I guess "Breaking Up Is Easy" after all. Here's my new IM shortcut: DCAYCTB (Don't Catch Anything You Can't Throw Back). Um, not that I IM. Can't stand IM really. Oh well. Or texting on my phone for that matter.

Another site I like is this blog: Current Flavor, by a storyboard artist talking about the craft mostly. Since I'm so fascinated by film (and watch just about every dvd commentary/extras I can) this is kewl info. Some great artwork on this blog and the related blog too. Nice work TSM.
I just watched Ultraviolet, a film staring Milla Jovovich. Crazy visual style, but the acting was pretty flat in a lot of places (I thought). I went to the-numbers.com and checked the production budget. I am totally impressed they did all that on $30 mil. I guess that shooting practical locations in Shanghai and Hong Kong helped. And not having major principal actors (for the most part). Still, the style of the film was stunning. It seems the new sci-fi genre is modernist, and more thoughtful. Has anybody else noticed that details are becoming more important?

Ultraviolet and Firefly both use a combination of Chinese and English as the common language. It seems Hollywood is starting to look at what culture might actually become in the future, not just "making stuff up." Oh wait, they still do that; just differently.

Speaking of film, my uncle Thomas Zung, former partner of reknowned architect Buckminster Fuller, (speaking of architects) had an extras role in the film Oh in Ohio. Gee, this doesn't seem like a very recommendable film... But it's playing at the Lumiere right now. I don't really know his (extra) part, just that while it was shooting (about a year ago?) I was told he was in a Danny DeVito film. My immediate question was whether he was in Be Cool? "No, it wasn't that (sequel to Get Shorty), some weird name I don't remember," is what I heard.

A deal I found was on American Eagle Outfitters. Try on a pair of jeans and get a free movie pass for an AMC theatre. Now that the AMC Kabuki in Japantown was sold to Robert Redford's Sundance group (right?), is it still AMC? Sounds like it will be first of many new "Sundance" Theatres. oh-kay.

Another Why that retail is dead (see last blog post), BestBuy has as one of its Wednesday specials, Webroot's SpySweeper spyware app for $39.99. You know you'll prolly pay sales tax in most states too. Well to comparison shop, Wal-Mart's regular price is $29.73 and CompUSA is $49.99. Heck, Webroot's own site sells it for $29.95. 'Nuff said here.

Amazon has the PNY 1 GB Attache flash drive for $16 after a $15 MIR (mail-in rebate). If you don't yet have a flash drive, maybe it's a good time to get one. Of course, I'd suggest getting one that uses a flash mem card (whatever type your camera/phone/PDA uses) so you get more convenience and value. I use mine (Patriot sD card flash drive) for toting doc's and artwork around with me for easy printing at Kinko's or wherever.

Staples 7-day Online Savings Event has some pretty darn good prices. Check it out. Ends 22 July 2006.

photo credits: Ultraviolet image from imdb.com gallery, Zung photo from Buckminster Fuller Institute site.