Month: September 2012 - Page 8

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-02

Mailing out DVDs and Hausu decals. (@ Portland Post Office) http://t.co/9Dffjnhj #
Groceries and treats (@ Trader Joe's) http://t.co/jbkcMX1a #
Watching Ladyhawke for the first time ever. We #
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"Tartakovsky Vs. Computer Animation" http://t.co/6vfCPNJ4 #
"The Incomparable 104: Kids Have Bad Taste" http://t.co/VUoEErtq #
Amazon has both versions of the Walking Dead Season 1 Blu-ray set for under $20 this week http://t.co/36MJm1GG #
"TextDown: Markdown editor for Chrome" http://t.co/GuaJ5hz9 #
"Dropbox Rolls Out Two-Step Verification" http://t.co/eSfKcZdI #
Lonesome and People On Sunday would make a great @Criterion Double Feature. #
Some screenshots from the Lonesome color scenes, from the @Criterion Blu-ray http://t.co/8eFpT9Rr #
Watching the Chimpanzee Blu-ray with Miranda. http://t.co/kQyGWw0h #
This Chimpanzee Blu-ray is gorgeous. #
"The Making of Walt Disney's The Aristocats" http://t.co/9VI8Y9ja #
"How to watch an art movie, reel 1" by David Bordwell http://t.co/QaAnooPq #
"It #
"Journey inside Laika Studios with Quint" http://t.co/kJMlUhgG #
Priceless. #
Another moment of color from Lonesome http://t.co/TLboKt76 #
Some screenshots of the title cards in Lonesome, from the Blu-ray http://t.co/MHP0JZkn #
Some screenshots from the Chimpanzee Blu-ray. This disc is gorgeous! http://t.co/BaqsS47E #
Tonight involved True Blood, Breaking Bad, laundry, and buying serious mouse traps. Goddamn mice. #
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So tonight Charmaine went and bought those serious traps. The ones that kill mice. It #
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I have four podcast episodes that I needed to edit this weekend, but life got in the way. #
"5 Tech Projects For The Mini Farmer" http://t.co/V8DvPCaj #
"More Items Are Now Shipped with Prime Free Two-Day Shipping Than with Free Super Saver Shipping" http://t.co/NJHapFIB #
Soderbergh's Traffic is now available on Netflix Watch Instantly. http://t.co/bCOg3gXn #
This Japanese poster for Empire Strikes Back is so rad. http://t.co/yC8pxQGk #
"Looking Back at TWA Flight 800" http://t.co/ACDqPaVI #
"Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen Join Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac'" http://t.co/kSueLBNV #
"David Fincher: A Film Title Retrospective" http://t.co/0AvGi8x6 #
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Board Game" http://t.co/vN6MeOLt #
The Starbucks by my work is now brewing coffee by the cup, and it is damn good. #
"DC Cupcakes" http://t.co/UhWzZzmV #
Amazon has the Boardwalk Empire Season 2 Blu-ray (available tomorrow) for $34.99 (56% off) right now http://t.co/JLSUnAaC #
"Netflix Offers 1-Month Free Disc Rentals to Streaming Subs" http://t.co/h8vHAnu4 #
"Jonathan Banks of #
"Online Video Distribution Revenue Projected to Double by 2017" http://t.co/8tqEN8R1 #
Episode 2 of @moiseschiu's Screen Time has two great interviews, and a nice intro on new releases. Check it out: http://t.co/IHegKFVv #
"Director Jose Padilha Says 'RoboCop' Reboot Is 'Hell'" http://t.co/yUXrxbyP #
In case you missed them yesterday, I posted lots of screenshots from some Blu-rays yesterday on http://t.co/Fb00p6hf #
The Chimpanzee Blu-ray looks gorgeous, and here are some shots from it: http://t.co/BaqsS47E #
"Press Release: Sundance Institute Receives $1,000,000 Grant from the Annenberg Foundation" http://t.co/pUkIRZf3 #
"25 Vintage Magazine Covers From Japan" http://t.co/aJzFPwyo #
Hmm. Episode III is being released in 3D on October 11th, 2013, which will be my 33rd birthday. 3 in 3D on my 33rd. Eerie. #
Apophenia: "the experience of seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data" http://t.co/eX7xDd7j #
Check out F Ron Miller's menus for the Lonesome DVD http://t.co/ps13a9XY #
Is there a way to grab the thumbnail that a Blu-ray uses on something like the PS3, when you go to start a disc? #
Tweetbot for the Mac is being pulled, because of the Twitter API restrictions http://t.co/zhJM9mbv #
"Where did the Tweetbot for Mac Alpha go?" http://t.co/uZ8erFl5 (from the Tapbots blog) #
"Why it's so hard to find photos of Neil Armstrong on the Moon" http://t.co/OqE6mk8U #
"New York Film Festival Adds 'Heaven's Gate' to Masterworks Lineup" http://t.co/zJafOGbM #
"56 Pages Of Brutal Beauty From Moebius And Jodorowsky" http://t.co/X0NN024r #
Anyone else experiencing Google Analytics problems? Apparently there is a new API that's messing with stuff. #
"Jim Lee reflects on a life in art and the art of life" http://t.co/ahAOBS1V #
"What Will Marvel Studio's Third Phase Look Like?" http://t.co/qlkvWqWo #
"4 Common Website Design Mistakes to Avoid" http://t.co/hbRgYiE8 #
Dinner! (@ Laughing Planet w/ 2 others) [pic]: http://t.co/fVgxQaPh #
Check out this fancy new index for the @WarnerArchive, which allows you to browse and sort their titles http://t.co/cvkZ1rqn #
This Singin #
This is quite possibly the best song in any episode of Yo Gabba Gabba. I wish there was a Youtube clip for it http://t.co/cpCJqP5o #
Oh shit! Myspace to the rescue! You can listen to all of Save The Princess here. http://t.co/8DQMnilF #
It is a fucking rock opera, hidden within a child's show. I can't get it out of my head. #
Charmaine took this video of Miranda playing with the dinosaurs at Laughing Planet tonight http://t.co/eOtkOow1 #
"Free Font: Source Sans Pro" http://t.co/aPJXxpyD #
"U.S Premiere of RAY HARRYHAUSEN: SPECIAL EFFECTS TITAN" http://t.co/Uj4aROO7 #
Hah! "iTunes Review of the Week:" http://t.co/HVqH3r0G #
Is Homeland Season 1 worth blind buying? The Blu-ray set is only $24.99 right now. (64% off) http://t.co/ZLP3EHlL #
The Avatar The Last Airbender DVD sets are dirt cheap right now. Any chance some Blu-ray upgrades are on the way? #
Nevermind. But it was there. http://t.co/98PqI8J9 #
Amazon Warehouse Deals has four copies of Jacques Tati's Playtime on DVD for only $9.98 right now. http://t.co/Yfanc7tY #
The Moth Diaries, Penumbra, and the Yellow Sea all hit Netflix Watch Instantly today. #
The Yellow Sea: http://t.co/2nXiJiud #
Penumbra: http://t.co/IBCCLmB0 #
The Moth Diaries: http://t.co/JHzQehvB #
"Passive Income Strategies For Web Designers" http://t.co/urEXReQY #
Jack Kirby was born 95 years ago, today. http://t.co/FOqIKYTZ #
Studio Neat #
"The Rise And Fall Of Grunge Typography" http://t.co/pKU91ckX #
I needed this."It's not Its | Its not It's" (in case you get them mixed up) http://t.co/txG8b005 #
"Non-Errors" (for writers) http://t.co/2DWQqdGR #
"Commonly Made Suggestions" http://t.co/zWRN0gf0 #
"WorkFlowy – Organize your brain." https://t.co/rpAGwtkW #
"The Horror Returns #
"Work Less to Get More Done" http://t.co/QxOo8CPp #
"Grains of Sand: The Meditative Beauty of SAMSARA" http://t.co/uTc5Bs2P #
"Wong Kar Wai Named Jury President For The 63rd Annual Berlin Film Festival" http://t.co/sYOm6u3g #
"My Evernote Handwritten Note Workflow | Tips To Learn How To Go Paperless" http://t.co/8VJ4OAJo #
Seeing this in high school was what helped lead me to film school. "The Original Fan Film: Troops" http://t.co/hTpZFczc #
I dot remember which year it played at Comic Con, but that #
"Pixar Shorts Volume 2 Is Official" http://t.co/lg98W2ze #
"Balancing Disc and Digital" http://t.co/XZAkxkb3 #
"Plain Text, Macros, Markdown, and Nebulous Notes" http://t.co/NbFysGP4 #
"Apple: How To Be a Genius: This Is Apple's Secret Employee Training Manual" – @Gizmodo http://t.co/BCCQUBRU #
"Not Every Great Movie Has to Be Awesome" http://t.co/6fB3IoUW #
I like Tweet Keeper a whole lot, but it seems like it #
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A new clip from the animated Dark Knight Returns animated feature http://t.co/3Zy9Pyyf #
Some Wes Anderson Film Color Palette prints http://t.co/aFsllSGv #
A closer look at the Quadrophenia and Lonesome cover art. http://t.co/XZ5jfmIP #
The latest wacky newsletter drawing http://t.co/J8PAO6OV #
I guess @ms_charmaine and I will have to consult this book for our next kid: http://t.co/XTCgNRBF #
Tons of free Image Comics from Comixology http://t.co/Cs1svvVC #
Check out this Hungarian poster for Alien (1979) http://t.co/QQph4aWx #
The Game Of Thrones Art Book Bundle Edition for the PS3 & Xbox is only $29.99 (50% off) right now as a lightning deal. http://t.co/oi8OInxo #
"Walter Salles Has Trimmed, Reworked #
"Lars Von Trier to Use #
"Twitter #
Oh man, I don't know about this: http://t.co/lBd5V363 #
"The Current State Of Fire-Ripped Cerebus Digital" http://t.co/3HslTJGp #
Lord of the Rings Extended Edition individual Blu-ray releases http://t.co/eT8AIAjc #
The Terminator Anthology Blu-ray set (Best Buy Exclusive for now) http://t.co/DDjjMaa2 #
Boccaccio '70 is now available on Netflix Watch Instantly http://t.co/I6fNfuy5 #
Person 1: Look at this nice gift I've made for you.
Person 2: Go fuck yourself. #
"What is a blanket octopus?" http://t.co/KHaCGEHv #
I wonder what the licensing costs were to get all of these Terminator films into one box? #
Terminator box set packaging http://t.co/jpCnVVG5 #
I just figured out where those little Blu-ray thumbnails reside on the discs. Prepare for a Tumblr collage! #
"Apple Store is down" http://t.co/YDTqYhYL #
I don #
I love these goddamn thumbnails so much, when I throw Blu-ray discs in my PS3 http://t.co/XEkekmGM #
Check out this awesome Raging Bull print from @midmarauder. Thanks man! http://t.co/f1Jhz9Sg #
Hilariously, I managed to use Miranda #
Alright. I'm not going to be able to get any of these podcasts finished tonight. Maybe tomorrow? #
I just used this site to see how many fake followers I have, and it's like 6%, which I'm fine with. #
I then looked up a third rate movie blog with 400k+ followers, and they have 60% fake followers! Did they buy them on eBay? #
Oh wait, my fake followers are 4%, not 6. #
This is the site: http://t.co/PwzXHqPA #
This is the site for figuring out fake follower numbers, for everyone asking. They explain how they figure it out http://t.co/qXK9Jetz #
The site didn't auto tweet for me, and I didn't enter my password (it uses twitter authentication) #
Phew, CriterionCast is only 3% #
These charcoal drawings by Mel Shaw for pre-production work on Beauty And The Beast are gorgeous! http://t.co/WP0k0DD7 #
Steven Soderbergh's Haywire is now available on Netflix Watch Instantly. http://t.co/iHixBp9O #
"Doctor Who goes back in time to beat TV pirates" http://t.co/7V3iCZFl #
"Home Movies At DisneyLand – 1956 on Vimeo" http://t.co/kV947zS6 #
"David Lynch to Get Lifetime Achievement Honor at Poland's Plus Camerimage" http://t.co/JNJBw3IM #
"A Hyper Cool (And Controversial) Rebranding For American Airlines" http://t.co/74rNaaYR #
"Letters of Note: Ingrid Bergman & Roberto Rossellini" http://t.co/dU2ZP58Q #
"Ken Taylor #
Nice. "Dropbox Teams With Vimeo For Direct Video Uploads" #
If this Dropbox integration works smoothly, I might pay for a pro Vimeo account to upload our videos of Miranda. #
I could then set up some Hazel rules to help automate this even better. #
Check out this UK poster for The Terminator http://t.co/PHPBlkZT #
"WordPress Embraces Responsive Design with New #
"Two Never-Produced Stanley Kubrick Screenplays to Be Filmed for TV" http://t.co/1sFhJHx9 #
Hey look, @Criterion is now verified! (as if there was ever any doubt) #
"The Most Complete Watchmen [Blu-ray] Ever Released" http://t.co/4duNkTT3 #
One-point perspective in Kubrick's films http://t.co/kRlUVEg3 #
"Mira Nair #
"Kobo signs deal with independent bookstores to expand presence in US" http://t.co/j8T6ZyFY #
I'm late to this, but Obama went on Reddit: http://t.co/AuTa4BeL #
"Exploring the Virtues of The Criterion Collection Through Their Recent Blu-ray Releases" http://t.co/EASZFFVV #
So we're going to cover Rob0Cop on the podcast this week, and I'm working out a discussion outline. There is way too much to talk about. #
Attenberg is now available for free on Hulu http://t.co/GWYTo5gt #
Paul Ryan is on every channel on my tv. #
"Three reasons your portfolio website sucks" http://t.co/y2a9vn5b #
"Thranduil, Saruman the White, Revealed In #
Amazon has new copies of the Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller set for $12.58 right now! http://t.co/qGuDle5u #
"Kino Lorber tunes into 'Radio Unnameable'" http://t.co/DScfyHJB #
"Amazon Preps For New Kindle Fire, Says Older Fire Has 'Sold Out'" http://t.co/hv5GRYBe #
"Panasonic Reveals a 145 Inch 8K Plasma" http://t.co/eV6AoS2u #
"Drafthouse Films Acquires Filipino Crime Thriller 'Graceland'" http://t.co/EXHiVPCA #
"5 Reasons To Check Out The Criterion Collection's 'Maidstone And Other Films By Norman Mailer'" | The Playlist http://t.co/ep42iqL4 #
"Screenwriters react to new Final Draft Writer iPad app" http://t.co/ptRrlitc #
"Liv & Ingmar: Film Review" http://t.co/eRBskXWp via @THR #
"Rialto runs with Studiocanal titles in U.S." http://t.co/5dDr1dJr #
"Shia LaBeouf Landed a Part in Nymphomaniac After Sending Lars von Trier a Sex Tape" http://t.co/bRCegeDa #
"HBO cuts the cord for international launch" http://t.co/lidCotwZ #
"How To Pre-Order DC Absolutes And Omnibuses For 60% Off" http://t.co/6jXvxtf5 #
"Telluride Film Festival lineup: 'Hyde Park,' 'Iceman,' 'Argo'" http://t.co/UkX51gy1 #
"Giant Bane character protests at Bain headquarters" http://t.co/zsT0dxr0 #
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"Everybody Hates Joffrey" http://t.co/KBJYU1FR via @chicorei #
Someone's reaction to that One-point Perspective video: "There are way more one-point perspective shots than in this supercut, just sayin #
Listening to the Comic Shack with @moiseschiu & @jmetzendorf. The Moon Boy / Marvel vs. Moon Boy / ASOIAF connection just clicked in my head #
Happy Birthday, R Crumb http://t.co/r06kH6BG #
Some packaging shots of the Umberto D Blu-ray http://t.co/i0aQ7ZW5 #
Check out @KinoLorber's restoration demonstration for Kubrick's Fear And Desire http://t.co/wbm6BEbo #
I think I've finally figured out how to fix that goddamn redirect loop error when using a custom domain with Tumblr. #
People sure like this Kubrick video essay http://t.co/ba1vQDCs #
"Sigils of the Houses of Westeros poster" http://t.co/4NveX1Wi #
Tweaking the sidebar content on the Tumblr a bit: http://t.co/FyA72PZq #
In case you missed it earlier: Amazon has new copies of Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller for $12.58. http://t.co/qGuDle5u #
"Best. Futurama Anthology. Ever." http://t.co/v3oDQbpx #
"'Samsara' is a frustrating beauty" by Kenneth Turan http://t.co/bw9Q0T4Q #
"delicious founder #
Episode 10 of the Backlot, my show with @Poritsky is up. We talk all about web site analytics. http://t.co/q32qGkVT #
In this episode of the Backlot, I try to convince @poritsky to not let the analytics run (or ruin) your life http://t.co/q32qGkVT #
I always manage to break the site at the right time. #
Episode 130 of the CriterionCast is up, in which we cover Chris Marker's La Jetee and Sans Soleil http://t.co/JyQ4bMSI #
Well, two podcasts done, two to go. Time to watch RoboCop. #
Just updated the header image for http://t.co/218uCvSR to be a little more Rashomon-y #
What is the best edition of RoboCop on home video currently? #
"Interview: Sony keeps iOS close as it waits for Apple TV" http://t.co/tWT29VNp #
"What if the Avengers and the Justice League starred in samurai movies?" http://t.co/VUXODk1t #
"Scott Murphy Interview: The Fate of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars is Decided" http://t.co/ur1Hq4ih #
"Send Favorite Tweets To OmniFocus #
"Sam Smith – "Vertigo" | Spoke Art" http://t.co/3oylrZ1m #
So awesome. "Joe Wilson's 'Princess Mononoke' Print" http://t.co/z6m3U3B1 #
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"Michael Cimino Revisits 'Heaven's Gate'" http://t.co/f6uzXgmm #
"The Old 'Drop An iMac Box In Front Of People' Prank" http://t.co/ImiQV6jf #
I just liked "TIME OUT! with Super TIME Force Trailer!" on Vimeo: http://t.co/UoBr2WKy #
You can now connect Appnet to IFTTT https://t.co/pljn1Kvz #
"Troma Releases 150 films to YouTube" http://t.co/TmCm354k #
Creating a rudimentary menu in the blog sidebar on our Tumblr, for easier access to finding things: http://t.co/FyA72PZq #
Last Train Home is now available for free on Hulu http://t.co/RtqtBEkP #
Eight "summer" @Criterion films to watch on Hulu Plus this weekend http://t.co/E3t7lk1v #
"The Game [http://t.co/FfonhHfR Review]" http://t.co/gL9briRk #
Are there any Mac apps that help with mass editing Tumblr posts? Specifically in adding / managing tags? #
Even though I have a million other things I should be working on, I'm playing around with http://t.co/9sbSvwyn right now. #
“@raimovie: Paul Thomas Anderson con Philip Seymour Hoffman e @jrphoenix Joaquin Phoenix per The Master #venezia69 http://t.co/jRc4znLh” #
Last night I did some redesigning and re-thinking about what I want to do with http://t.co/SnjSEP2Q #
I think I accidentally deleted a whole website last night while playing with Diet Coda. Whoops. #
Lone Wolf And Cub http://t.co/ENYrcSZs #
Taking Miranda on our Saturday walk to the library http://t.co/Sh8am3sT #
So many films hit Netflix Watch Instantly today, including Sunset Boulevard http://t.co/yPARItZW #
Hey @thepretension, Shooter hit Netflix Watch Instantly today. http://t.co/LgR0pKQY #
"Atari’s Greatest Hits for iOS is free for today" http://t.co/9aZ3SZXz #
So it was really easy, restoring a WordPress installation from a backup database, but I’ve screwed up the htaccess. #
Hooray! “@parsecawards: Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)
Winner: The Incomparable” #
So it looks like the Lone Wolf and Cub films are around 13-14 gigs per film on this Blu-ray. #
The first title card on Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra: http://t.co/XvwOKcQ9 #
"Harper Collins releases movie tie-in book covers! (Hobbit)" http://t.co/03H9C5R5 #

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Miranda loves her Finn

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The current pile of “must read” books on my desk.

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Miranda is 70 weeks old tonight.

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My Lone Wolf And Cub collection.

The Two Towers Extended Edition 5 Disc Blu-ray Set

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