Carpentology

Saved by the Bell

I almost forgot to renew my domain registration and my re-hosting service which expires today. I remembered with literally minutes to spare. I am glad that the billing department works on Saturdays.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005)

My rating: 4 out of 5

I have read all five books of this increasingly inaccurately named trilogy many times over, and have been following the movie production for the last year. If it were not for the fact that I had to run my wife to Urgent Care last night, I would have seen this movie on opening day.

As a fan of the series, I liked the movie. However, I can easily see where you would not comprehend much of the humor from the movie of you had not read the books. That is the only complaint I have about this picture. It stays relatively true to the storyline of the book.

I was a bit surprised about the casting, but, of course, I had my own picture of each character already predetermined from when I first read the book. Tricia McMillan (Trillian) has a very subtle beauty about her character. Ford Prefect was much less arrogant than the book presented him, and Arthur Dent was exactly what I had pictured.

I would recommend seeing this in the theaters if you have read the book. And try and go with others who have read the book. (It was obvious that many in attendance when I watched the movie were already fans.) If you have not read the book, I recommend that you go do so now, and rent it when it comes out on DVD.

Colorful License Plates

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some Ohioans convicted of drunken driving can be seen driving vehicles with yellow license plates. If one Ohio lawmaker has his way, sexual predators could soon have to drive vehicles with pink license plates…

I think that this is a good idea, but I think that they should add one more color: red plates for those who have been citied for road rage or driving too aggressively.

This is prompted by me almost getting rear ended twice on my way home from picking up the boys yesterday by people driving way too fast and changing lanes erratically.

Auto-Save

There is now an auto-save plug-in for WordPress 1.5!

I have rarely needed such a feature, but I know many other people who have wanted this.

People Cleaning

I have just finished updating my contact lists for both e-mail and all of my instant message clients. A lot of people are gone. If you did not want me to remove you, I apologize, but here are my guidelines.

Instant Message:

• If you have not been on-line, in visible mode, in the last three months, you are gone.
• If you have not talked to me in the last six months, you are gone.

E-Mail:

• If you did not receive a Christmas Card or you are not a business contact, you are gone.
• If neither Beth nor I remembered who you are, you are gone.

If you think I may have removed your information in error, please contact me.