One of my recent acquisitions from Netflix was a documentary called Helvetica. It is about the typeface that single handedly changed design. To some it is the perfect typeface. To others, it’s everything a typeface shouldn’t be. Helvetica is a fascinating documentary that explores everything from the history, to how it dramatically changed design, to […]

Some believe The Exorcist to be one of, if not the scariest movie ever in the history of cinema and I was certainly hoping it would live up to the buzz. Unfortunately I was more than a little disappointed. Sure the movie was good, but scary? Could this be a sign that what was once […]

Yesterday my Mom and I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. We deiced to see it first thing in the morning so it wouldn’t be as crowded, a good idea for sure because even though it was 9:30 in the morning, the theater was still, maybe not packed, but […]

I am always about finding strategies to get the most out of time sensitive services. Netflix is no exception for me. Right now I’m trying to determine exactly what I want from the service. Do I always want to have at least one DVD in my possession? Do I always want a DVD on it’s […]

I just received my first order of DVD’s from Netflix. Why does this make them the greatest service on Earth? Well, I ordered them on Tuesday, they mailed them Wednesday and I received them on Thursday. So? That was fast, freakishly fast. When I read in their FAQ that most of their subscribers received their […]

Not really. We don’t normally rent a lot of movies, but ever since my Mom started collecting Coke Rewards she’s been getting free rentals from Blockbuster. Today, we rented Ocean’s Thirteen the third in the trilogy. It’s hard to think of a series like this being considered a trilogy. I think a term like “trilogy” […]