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Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Friday, April 28, 2006 10:47 AM I might finally get net access at Mom's Suffolk County Plans to Offer Free Wireless Internet Access Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:50 AM Book, Movie or both Cribbed via Kottke, who followed the idea from eclecticism who got the list originally via kottke's comment discussion about the list. Ok that was rather dizzy. This is the list of the top 50 greatest film adaptions as determined by the Guardian. Following eclecticism's list [B] means I read the book, [M] means I saw the movie and [BM] means I read the book and saw the movie. 1. [B] 1984 2. [M] Alice in Wonderland 3. [M] American Psycho 4. [M] Breakfast at Tiffany's 5. Brighton Rock 6. [BM] Catch 22 7. [M] Charlie & the Chocolate Factory 8. [M] A Clockwork Orange 9. Close Range (inc Brokeback Mountain) 10. The Day of the Triffids 11. [B] Devil in a Blue Dress 12. [BM] Different Seasons (inc The Shawshank Redemption) * 13. [BM] Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (aka Bladerunner) 14. [BM] Doctor Zhivago 15. [M] Empire of the Sun 16. [M] The English Patient 17. [M] Fight Club 18. The French Lieutenant's Woman 19. [M] Get Shorty 20. [M] The Godfather 21. [M] Goldfinger 22. [M] Goodfellas 23. [BM] Heart of Darkness (aka Apocalypse Now) 24. [BM] The Hound of the Baskervilles 25. [BM] Jaws 26. [BM] The Jungle Book 27. A Kestrel for a Knave (aka Kes) 28. [M] LA Confidential 29. [M] Les Liaisons Dangereuses 30. Lolita 31. [BM] Lord of the Flies 32. [BM] The Maltese Falcon 33. [BM] Oliver Twist 34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 35. Orlando 36. [M] The Outsiders 37. [M] Pride and Prejudice 38. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 39. The Railway Children 40. [BM] Rebecca 41. [M] The Remains of the Day 42. [M] Schindler's Ark (aka Schindler's List) 43. Sin City 44. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold 45. [BM] The Talented Mr Ripley 46. Tess of the D'Urbervilles 47. [B] Through a Glass Darkly 48. [BM] To Kill a Mockingbird 49. [M] Trainspotting 50. The Vanishing 51. Watership Down * Note on number 12, Shawshank Redemption is not the only movie made from the 4 short stories in Different Seasons: 1) Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption = Shawshank Redemption 2) Apt Pupil = Apt Pupil 3) The Body = Stand By Me 4) The Breathing Method = Not made into a movie Friday, April 14, 2006 1:58 PM Space links, sparkle Vision For Space Exploration Facing Critical Juncture (Space Daily) Inflatable space hotel to blast off (New Scientist Space) Bigelow Aerospace 'Standard' star not so standard after all (New Scientist Space) The Wright Path to a Mars Flyer (Aerospace America, PDF) While in school I tinkered around with the Mars Plane idea, almost based my senior design project on one, but I did it on a boring Earth plane instead. Space Shuttle Program 25 years old (Space.com) Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:36 PM Mr. Met Monday, April 10, 2006 6:18 PM Go Mets! Red Sox fans may not want to watch this but DAMN is it funny. Myself being a Mets fan since birth (born in Queens) and a Red Sox fan by location (you cannot live in Boston for 15 years and not become a fan). I can still feel the thrill of this game even when it is played on a Nintendo. The 1986 World Series, Game 6, Bottom of the 10th inning, Re-Enacted in RBI Baseball.(via Kottke) My first Baseball game of the season will be on Thursday at Fenway, Toronto vs the Red Sox, with my little sister, Jenny, who is unfortunately a Yankee fan. I'll be rooting for the Sox but wearing my Mets cap. 1:30 PM Gifts For my birthday I got money, salt, a brother-in-law and a polo shirt. Also, as Mom is selling the family homestead I brought home the following: A clock. An airconditioner. A Telescope. An aluminum bat. My dish set from when I was a baby. A black and white portrait of me as a baby. My dad's Diploma from Southern Mississippi. A computer that I gave my mom 2 years ago. A broken 35mm Pentax camera body. As for the gifts, my mom gave me cold hard cash and a kiss. My brother Chris gave me the Polo shirt for golf. My sister Mary gave me a card that contained a packet of salt and was rather funny. Kelly let it be known to us all that she got married to Scott way back on July 8th of last year. That's a good gift. Sunday, April 02, 2006 4:21 PM Unread Books I am surrounded by them. There are way too many and I have less time than ever to read them. There are 2 piles 3 feet tall by the door. Double shelved by the bed. In boxes all over the house. I used to be able to read a book rather quickly. I would always read on lunch breaks, but now I don't have time to do anything but eat during them. I would read when I got home, but now I find myself reaching for the cable remote. I would read before bed, but now I fall asleep before I even open it up. I have done more reading on my current book in the last 2 days then in the last 4 weeks. The fact that I am only reading 1 book is bad enough. I used to read 2 to 3 at a time. I would mix a History tome with some mystery or sci-fi and add a sprinkle of engineering to even out the brew. I need to stop. Sit down and start reading every day again. I need to take a book to work, disappear during lunch, away from the co-workers and read. Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:31 PM Today's EFFector "By looking, glancing or thinking about EFFector, you hereby agree to the following: "You may not, without EFF's prior written approval, provide any public commentary on this work or series of works within the Document, including derivative works based on the concepts expressed therein, throughout the universe in perpetuity in any and all media, now known or hereafter developed, alone, or together or as part of other material of any kind or nature." -more- - Effector Vol. 19, No. 11a April 1, 2006 I guess the EFF is going to sue me now.

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