Month: January 2005

Finding Neverland

J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. Barrie based Peter Pan on his friends, the Llewellyn-Davies boys who he met in Kennsington Gardens in London one day. He eventually became the surrogate father and then guardian of the children. The movie is quite well done. Johnny Depp will get a nod from the Academy, and the color and period costumes are entertaining. The story dragged abit though, as I wasn’t quite sure where it was going toward the end. What I thought was a climax wasn’t and then I was a bit lost. Unlike Topsy Turvy, which was another period piece about making a stage play, this moved much faster but with a bit less detail behind the scenes, but then again, it wasn’t just a movie about a play. Worth seeing, eventhough it is in limited release. UPDATE WHOA! Just read this piece on Was John Barrie a pedophile. The answer is probably not, but that last paragraph contains the fate of the five boys in the film. Tragic ends to most of their lives. A little strange…]]>

More interviews

CES coming up in Vegas (this is my fourth or fifth) I’m getting some more attention for the convergence of Internet Radio via PenguinRadio and podcasting and the whatnot. Today I was interviewed by some business reporter, though I’m not exactly sure what magazine will be running the story. In case you were wondering, when I was at CES two years ago, I got a hotel the same week of the convention, on the strip, for like $75 or so. This time, with no more COMDEX, the hotels have been sold out for weeks and I’m staying at a crappy dump for $40 a night somewhere far away from the action. Just can’t see myself paying $250 for a strip hotel room that is $50 the rest of the year. Anyway, I’m in Vegas Thursday and Friday. Drop me an e-mail or comment if you want to meet up.]]>

Bill Gates votes, King County Ballots messed up

William Gates (Bill, as in Microsoft) voted absentee according to this website by the Seattle Times. Perhaps his vote was one of those that bloggers are talking about when they say there are 3,500 more ballots then there were VOTERS in King County during the recent election. Sounds a bit fishy. 7 match(es) found WILLIAM A GATES KENT 98042 Voted Absentee WILLIAM H GATES, JR SEATTLE 98105 Voted Absentee WILLIAM T GATES, IV SEATTLE 98115 Voted Absentee WILLIAM T GATES, III FEDERAL WAY 98023 Voted Absentee WILLIAM H GATES MEDINA 98039 Voted Absentee WILLIAM DALE GATES, JR AUBURN 98092 Didn’t Vote WILLIAM C B GATES AUBURN 98092 Voted Absentee]]>