http://kropp.poeteshome.com/blog/ Personal blog of Stephen Kropp en skropp@mac.com Copyright 2008 2008-02-07T04:21:00-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/obama_is_a_mac_clinton_is_a_pc/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/obama_is_a_mac_clinton_is_a_pc/#When:03:21:00Z  So saith the NYT.   politik 2008-02-07T03:21:00-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/billy_budd/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/billy_budd/#When:13:36:00Z A wonderful sort of review (if you can call simply regurgitating your mood at the time of reading the book a review) of Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, complete with references to The Smiths. One can almost imagine what this kids dorm room looked like, the standard issue Wittenberg chairs, with requisite posters of both the Simple Minds and Morrissey adorning the wall space not occupied by the hand made bunk beds. The guy sure has a point though. people 2007-11-02T13:36:00-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/the_nfl_in_london/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/the_nfl_in_london/#When:13:24:01Z Al Michaels once commented during a Green Bay Packers away game (there were quite a few Packer fans in SF, Seattle, or wherever they were playing that week) that if there were to be a Redskins/Dallas game played on Mars, there would be Packer and Cub fans outside the venue in the hotel lobby. This photo, from the Giants/Fish game at Wembley Stadium in the London Borough of Brent this past weekend, confirms this. This fan is also violating one of GQ magazines top 10 sports fashion fopaws, by wearing a jersey to a game in which his/her team is not playing. I personally think this fopaw is flawed, as the Packer fan is obviously there to cheer against the G men to give the Pack a better position in the overall NFC standings, in the hope of furthering our chances for home field advantage. Any little bit of energy helps. and now.........sport. 2007-10-29T13:24:01-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/numbers_in_film/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/numbers_in_film/#When:17:41:00Z A very cool collection of clips from 100 different movies, using numbers starting from 100 in descending order. Very pleased to see the swallow scene from The Holy Grail made the cut ("Listen, in order to maintain airspeed velocity....), very dissapointed to see “nine times Mrs. Bueller, nine times” didn’t.  film 2007-10-10T17:41:00-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/nasty_keyboards/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/nasty_keyboards/#When:21:18:00Z If you’re a germaphobe and can’t stand the thought of all those nasty little microbes squatting in your keyboard not paying any rent, and you happen to have a dishwasher, you could try this. More than brilliant. Kudos, Coudal. mac, tech 2007-10-09T21:18:00-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/guy_launches_full_size_x_wing_fighter/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/guy_launches_full_size_x_wing_fighter/#When:15:16:01Z And it’s hardly surprising what happens next. Brilliant as all hell. Uncategorized 2007-10-09T15:16:01-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/be_kind_rewind/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/be_kind_rewind/#When:16:17:00Z Jack Black’s new film about two guys who run a video store. The videos get erased, so just like Hollywood, they remake them. Hilarious. film 2007-10-04T16:17:00-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/inrainbows/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/inrainbows/#When:01:33:00Z Radiohead has finally completed their new album, and has made it exclusively available via their website. It can be downloaded starting 10.10. For downloaded copies of the album (most likely 128kbps crap), they’re using the pay what you can format. The discbox (double heavy gram vinyl+CD+download) is rather pricey at around $80, but at least they’re including a heavy vinyl copy and they throw in the download. Radiohead’s choice of making the album available only from them is a rather obvious and refreshing giant middle finger to the record industry that seems intent on implosion. listening room 2007-10-01T01:33:00-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/picasso/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/picasso/#When:22:12:00Z The girls and I took the El to Daley Plaza Saturday, and we stopped for a bit to slide down the Picasso. It was a cool day with very low humidity levels, so they picked up quite a bit of speed sliding down the steel sculpture. photo 2007-09-17T22:12:00-06:00 http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/grace_is_gone/ http://kropp.poetshome.com/blog/index.php/kropp/grace_is_gone/#When:03:42:00Z Cusack has come an awfully long way from the kid in the WLS t-shirt holding up the wall and wearing underwear on his head in Sixteen Candles. film 2007-08-30T03:42:00-06:00