DVD "Finding Forrest"

I watched the movie "Finding Forrester" this week, and I think it's a remarkable low budget movie. This movie teaches me to remember to live life in the moment, try not to be "lost" for decades and have to be re-discovered again.

Some of the dialogues in this movie is amazing and astute. I only wish that I could write nearly as well as the script writers. =)


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A few of the memorable quotes from the movie below: (taken from this site)


Forrester: No thinking - that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!


Forrester: The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.


Jamal: Did you ever enter a writin’ contest?
Forrester: Yeah, once.
Jamal: Did you win?
Forrester: Well of course I won!
Jamal: You win like money or somethin’?
Forrester: No.
Jamal: Well, whadchu win?
Forrester: The Pulitzer.

DIY little robots!

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making of LEGO

"The bricks are so versatile that the LEGO Group has calculated that just six eight-stud bricks can be arranged in 915,103,765 different ways."


read this article by BusinessWeek on the making of LEGO.

LEGO bible

this is totally crazy, someone had the time to make and shoot a complete LEGO interpretation of the bible!!

see it at http://www.thebricktestament.com/


[caption: sample image of John the Baptist beheaded from the LEGO story bible... you can even see the blood from the severed head represented by a transparent red flat LEGO piece. ]

Escher LEGO

OMG, the other day I was just talking with a friend about LEGO pieces supporting each other, but he questioned if they can be "wrapped around"... and we mentioned Escher's drawings...

now here it is!! read the full article here.

going broke on $500K salary!

commentary on the article about "going broke on a $500K salary"..

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/fashion/08halfmill.html?ex=1391922000&en=968d31bce373490a&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook

does it have to be that way?
do we really get all that much enjoyment out of a life style described by the author of that article?

is everything there necessary?

ultimately, do those (things) makes us *happy*?!

what's a book's worth?

Certainly don't judge it by its cover! and 45 reader reviews!

~~ $8539.00 ~~ at least you get Amazon free shipping.. =D

Rubik's 360 round!

Unlike Microsoft's own Xbox 360, the Rubik's 360 is actually round. Imagine that, right? Said device is about to be officially unveiled in Germany this week at a national toy show, and while many question its ability to recreate the wonder and amazement associated with the original Cube, puzzle aficionados the world over are still enthusiastic about giving it a go. The unit features six balls trapped inside of three transparent plastic spheres; in order to solve it, players must figure out how to get the internal balls "from an inner sphere into matching slots on the outer sphere by shaking them through a middle sphere that has only two holes." Sadly, we'll have to wait until August before being perpetually frustrated by yet another Rubik's invention, but needless to say, we're pretty stoked to get irate later this year.