Posts tagged “movies”

The Atomic Cafe

A long time ago in a life far, far away, I watched a documentary with my dad called The Atomic Cafe. I haven’t seen it in over a decade, but I remember that it was simultaneously funny, fascinating, informative, and disturbing. It’s probably what got me so interested in logic, game theory, and the physics

Practical Hints for World Domination

There are several places on the ‘net where you can find lists of Practical Hints for World Domination. These are always handy and I don’t understand why people – especially evil villains – don’t study them frequently. Here are a few of the rather important ones: 7. When I’ve captured my adversary and he says,

Pen Spinning

Remember when Val Kilmer was sitting in the lecture when the guys first got to Miramar in Top Gun? He kept walking his pen through his fingers and right away you just knew he was a jerk. If you ever wanted to learn how to look so brooding / arrogant / dextrous, there’s a web

Box Office Record Breakers

Box Office Record Breakers

How do you decide which film made more money?

William Shatner weblog

William Shatner … has … a blog. I wonder if … that’s really … him writing! link via andrewsullivan.com

Happy New Year!

I still have no idea what this is. I don’t know what it means. I don’t know if it’s an advertisement, or a video, or a cartoon, or a warning. I just know that it is the one item I’ve found on the ‘net this year that I absolutely cannot comprehend in any way, shape,

Flicks

In the last week I’ve seen K-PAX, One Night at McCool’s, Home for the Holidays, and Almost Famous. Almost Famous is just an excellent movie. I loved it when I saw it in the theater and when I saw it again just now I was amazed at how good it really is. It’s one of

More Movies

In which I write about some movies

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.