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Cherrybomb

Here’s a trailer for a new film called Cherrybomb starring Rupert Grint (Ron Weasely from the Harry Potter series).  It looks like it could be cool, almost like an updated Trainspotting with younger characters.  I’m definitely interested in seeing this when it comes out.

Joomla + MojoBlog + Google Search

I have a Joomla 1.0 site and use mojoBlog.  It’s been working out pretty well with the exception of SEF URLs and searching.  I know this is because mojoBlog is a component and isn’t well developed yet.  The SEF issue isn’t that big of a deal because Google still crawls the pages and people can find what I post.  The searching has been a little weird.

I really like the included Joomla search module.  It’s works great but I just realized it doesn’t return results for any of my blog posts.  I had tried setting up Google search before, but it didn’t work too well.  I then tried to set it up again today and was still having problems with it finding my blog posts.  The weird thing is that if I do a normal Google search, go to the advanced options and search just my site, I can find blog posts.

I took the searchbox code Google provided and popped it into a module and created a static page for the search results.  I also popped the provided search results code onto the static page.  When I do a search with the module it goes to the static page, but doesn’t show any results, it just shows an empty search bar.  Then when I type my search into the search bar on the static page, no results for blog posts.

Am I doing something wrong here?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: Turns out sh404SEF was trying to re-write the URL for the landing page.  After I told it not to, everything worked fine.

Debilitating mold

Wow. This sounds familiar, minus the court case. Luckily I’m not permanently disabled.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/18961264/detail.html

New Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection has always been known for it’s collection of classic, timeless films.  The films that persist and stick around for generations.  In fact, there are only a dozen or so film from the last decade and two of them happen to be by Wes Anderson.

In an unprecedented move, the Criterion people have decided to add a film to it’s collection from 2008.  Usually it takes a while to get in.  Can you guess what made it?  No, not Dark Knight, Milk, The Wrestler or Slumdog Millionaire.  Give up?  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Now I know that Armageddon is on the Criterion list.  So maybe this just follows suit.  The aging and the time stuff was kind of cool, but other then that it was just ok.  Thoughts on this?  Am I coming off all High Fidelity elite?

Ghost Dog fans

If you enjoy what Jim Jarmusch has made, particularly Ghost Dog, you might want to check out his upcoming film The Limits of Control.  Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Tilda Swinton (who really looks like Angelica Huston in the trailer), John Hurt and Bill Murray - this film looks promising.

enchiladas

Getting ready to make some enchiladas.  They’re pretty labor-intensive, but not nearly as bad as making tamales by yourself.  I don’t think I’ve made any enchiladas since before I got sick all the time.    That was about 2005 or 2006.  Luckily I’m my lungs are so much better now than they have been.  It’s been way too long.  Liz has asked me to please not make them hot so she can actually eat some.  I might make two batches of sauce.  We’ll see how things work out.

Recent conversation

Liz: I think I’m going to go see the Vagina Monologues on campus on Saturday night with Annie.
Do you want to come, or should I assume that you don’t want to?
Me: vagina monologue?
no thank you
Liz: Okay. I didn’t figure you’d want to. :)
It’s on campus.
It’s $10.
Me: i’m blogging this

My Week

Monday

  • My Grandma’s health isn’t too great
  • Working on taxes

Tuesday

  • Still working on taxes

Wednesday

  • Hard day at work
  • Co-worker makes up shit about me, other co-workers and our boss.  Then jumps rank to complain about it to the director.

Thursday

  • I got a free bacon upgrade with my cheese fries at Ramon’s food truck
  • Started tweeting (using Twitter) to promote my podcast
  • Find out my Grandma’s health isn’t as bad as we thought it was
  • Made awesome pizza for supper

Friday

  • Lots of people following me on Twitter
  • Delicious left over pizza for lunch
  • Director informs my boss that she has found funding for my job next year

“Back in the game!” - Cameron 10 Things I Hate About You

New Franz Ferdinand

For those of you hipsters out there into the Franz, I’m sure you’ve heard of their new album coming out.  I was able to catch track 06 at Intellectual Props today and it’s definitely amazing.  I’ve heard people liken FF to Killers in that “their first album rocked and they haven’t come out with anything good since.”  Well that’s just a bunch of crap.  Bands change, people change…if you want them to sound the same all the time maybe you should just put that “holy album” of yours on repeat.

Check out Franz Ferdinand’s site for news and updates.

American Idol

So Liz has been getting me to watch American Idol with her recently.  I think the show is pretty stupid.  She’s been begging me to blog about it.  I think some of the audition stuff isn’t too bad, but I really can’t stand the actual show when they get up and sing all the time.  I think the main reason is because it’s just not my scene.  I’m not really into pop music.  I’ve always been a big fan of the metal and rock.  As a child I used to love tuning my little radio, around the age of 4, to some CRAZY station where I think they were playing speed metal.  My mom would inevitably hear the racket and make me turn it off.  About a decade later I was reunited with what I believe was Iron Maiden back in the day.

So yeah, I think the American Idol stuff is crap.  There are a few people with some interesting stories, but that’s about where I draw the line.  There’s a lot of drama, unnecessary drama, that just gets annoying.  That crazy girl that cries all the time?  I’m glad Simon asked her to please try to not be annoying.  I usually just play my DS or stare off into space while the show is on.