Saturday, September 25, 2004

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Mel and I went to see Sky Captain last night. Our movie choices also included Resident Evil: Apocalyps, as we had seen Resident Evil on the SciFi channel within the past week, and Hero which we had only seen previews for, but is on my list of movies to see.

I was impressed with the graphics, though slightly annoyed with the blurry effect they used through much of the movie. I don't feel this is a must see movie, but it was entertaining.

I'm hoping to get a group of interested friends to go see the other two as Mel doesn't seem too interested in those.

Posted by Joseph at 8:55 AM
Categories: Movies and Entertainment

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

UAS Support Tool and a new project

Well, I haven't worked on the application in a couple days as I'm waiting for the server to be set up for it. I met with Mona, and she's agreed to get it set up, however since it's not critical right now it's not going to be done as quickly as I would like (ie. yesterday).

I showed the application to Jeff and Arlo today, and got some feedback about it. I'm eager to get more feedback once it's working and start working on providing new/better functionality.

I'm looking to fill my time with a new project, a DVD sharing database.

I figure it should be fairly easy to get a simple database working with what I've learned developing the support tool. The trick is making it attractive to all my friends to start using.

Initial deliverables I'm planning are:

  • Database with DVD title and basic information
  • Indicator of who, if anyone, currently has the DVD
Future idea's:
  • Ability to allow friends of the owner to view the DVD collection
  • Feature to link to IMDB for the video
  • Request que to allow friends to request movies
Posted by Joseph at 9:11 PM
Edited on: Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:08 AM
Categories: Computers and Technology, Movies and Entertainment, Work

Friday, September 03, 2004

Babylon 5

Years ago a cousin told me about the new series, Babylon 5. He even sent a VHS copy of the pilot episode. I never got into it.

After jumping into the DVD sets this summer, Melissa and I just finished season 4 last night. We're eagerly waiting for the arrival of season 5 to show up so we can start in on that.

I would recommend anyone interested in Sci-Fi shows take a look at B5. While the cost for each season is pretty high, I think it's well worth it.

Joseph

Posted by Joseph at 6:49 AM
Categories: Movies and Entertainment