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Re: 27b/6

James — 2011-08-10T21:52:46

A new one. Ouch: http://27bslash6.com/chris.html

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:11 AM, James <torpesco-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Early Hitchcock film found in NZ

Andrew Irwin — 2011-08-03T05:39:44

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/5383230/Early-Hitchcock-film-found
-in-NZ

A rare early film from Alfred Hitchcock that was unearthed in New Zealand
has been labelled "priceless" by historians of the suspense master.

The National Film Preservation Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive
found part of Alfred Hitchcock's 1923 film
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Shadow_%28film%29> The White Shadow
following an international search.

It is considered to be the earliest feature film for which the celebrated
director is credited.

Hitchcock, who was just 24 at the time, was the writer, assistant director,
editor and production designer on the melodrama.

The lost film starred Betty Compson as twin sisters - one good, and the
other "without a soul".

The New Zealand Film Archive announced today that the film turned up among a
cache of unidentified American nitrate prints held in the archive for the
last 23 years.

However, only the first three reels of the six-reel feature have been found
an

[John Scalzi] The Belief Schism

Johne Cook — 2011-08-01T16:06:10

SF author John Scalzi tackles belief and believers (two related but distinct
things). I always find it fascinating to read the specific nuance that
thinkers have for their thoughts.

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/08/01/the-belief-schism/
The Belief Schism
Johne Cook
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RIP John Stott

Andrew Irwin — 2011-07-27T22:06:53

http://www.allsouls.org/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=273279


John Stott died in his retirement home at St. Barnabas College at
3.15pm on Wednesday 27th July. He was surrounded by Frances Whitehead,
and a number of good friends. They were reading the Scriptures and
listening to Handel's Messiah when he peacefully went to be with his
Lord and Saviour.


Various tributes on the page follow...

----------------------

I've been reading a lot of his books recently, and I'm going through
The Cross of Christ chapter by chapter with a friend. A very wise and
well thought out man, finally seeing his Lord, Saviour Father and
friend face to face.

-----------------------
Andrew Irwin

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Johne Cook — 2011-07-26T20:33:09

I'd love to have one from The IT Crowd: "Have you turned it off and on
again?"

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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Andrew Irwin <a.s.irwin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Andrew Irwin — 2011-07-26T20:28:02

I've seen that shirt and would love to get it for work (a corporate Help
desk) and also the shirt "Just STFU and reboot already" or "I'm here because
you broke something"

Andrew


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Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

I have a t shirt that says:

"no I will not fix your computer...."

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Behalf Of Bruce Geerdes
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Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Andrew Irwin <a.s.irwin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Which is why I don't do computer repair. ;)

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Karl Swenson — 2011-07-26T16:19:15

I have a t shirt that says:

"no I will not fix your computer...."

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Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Andrew Irwin <a.s.irwin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Which is why I don't do computer repair. ;)

As if I could do anything useful on a Windows box.

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Bruce Geerdes — 2011-07-26T15:34:38

Yes, I administer the family computers as well. Mac only. :)

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Johne Cook — 2011-07-26T15:30:56

I keep it to a minimum, but, hey, it's family. Watching family thrash around
is excruciating, especially since the fix is merely time consuming and not
actually hard. And as I've noted, it's not like I wasn't doing something on
the side that was both relaxing and engaging.

Johne Cook
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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Bruce Geerdes <bruce-zvAJD2gAwjOcqzYg7KEe8g< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Bruce Geerdes — 2011-07-26T15:27:24

Which is why I don't do computer repair. ;)

As if I could do anything useful on a Windows box.

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Johne Cook — 2011-07-25T21:42:48

lol...

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On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Mike Findlay <mdfindlay-rphTv4pjVZMJGwgDXS7ZQA< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Mike Findlay — 2011-07-25T21:42:19

Justice wouldn't have made the joke in the first place.  

Mike F.  

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To: DADL (off topic) <dadl-ot-MhnCnTyFDG6cqzYg7KEe8g< at >public.gmane.org>
Sent: Mon, July 25, 2011 4:38:02 PM
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Oh, groan. I get it. Bono, not bono. (Text doesn't do that joke justice.)

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On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Mike Findlay <mdfindlay-rphTv4pjVZMJGwgDXS7ZQA< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Johne Cook — 2011-07-25T21:38:02

Oh, groan. I get it. Bono, not bono. (Text doesn't do that joke justice.)

Johne Cook
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On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Mike Findlay <mdfindlay-rphTv4pjVZMJGwgDXS7ZQA< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Andrew Irwin — 2011-07-25T21:30:46

I arranged to meet Cindy at an Arby's restaurant to drop off the laptop.
When she pulled up, she asked how much I wanted. I demurred, as I always do,
invoking the 'family discount.' She smiled produced a small, heavy paper bag
containing two jars of home-made jam. The 'payment' didn't match the effort
or my time, but I was strangely touched. (As it happens, it's really great
jam, as only real home-made stuff can be. The love poured in helps in some
undefinable way.)

I went through the drive-through and splurged on some dinner for us and went
home to sit with Linda and catch up with Big Brother 13, a shared guilty
pleasure. I'm sure I'll hear from Cindy again about fixing Alicia's laptop,
likely in 2012. Who knows what new obscure treasure I'll dig up then.


I have a policy of not charging people from church for computer repair. Up
to a point...


Andrew Irwin

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Karl Swenson — 2011-07-25T21:30:09

I thought when I read the title that Bono opened a professional laptop
repair.

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Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Like, U2's The Edge?

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Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Johne Cook — 2011-07-25T21:25:27

Like, U2's The Edge?

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On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Mike Findlay <mdfindlay-rphTv4pjVZMJGwgDXS7ZQA< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Re: Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Mike Findlay — 2011-07-25T21:22:51

Do you do the same work for folks who like the Edge?  ; - )

Mike F.  

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Sent: Mon, July 25, 2011 2:27:33 PM
Subject: [DADL-OT] Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Some people mark the changing of time by the seasons, others, by the
beginning and ending of sports calenders. I mark the passage of time by how
often I am 'volunteered' to fix Alicia's laptop.

Alicia is sort of related. She is the younger sister of Mike Badtke, the
husband of my daughter, Ashlei. Alicia recently graduated from High School,
which means she still hangs onto the self delusion that she knows
everything. The fact that her mother, Cindy, approaches me on a semi-annual
basis to fix the laptop simply side-steps the issue, I think. Alicia doesn't
have to confess her ignorance or her (fairly common) internet indiscretions,
and I don't have to rub her nose in it. Cindy loves her daughter, and I
don't mind playing the geeky he

Pro bono laptop repair, Monsieur Hire, and jam

Johne Cook — 2011-07-25T19:27:33

Some people mark the changing of time by the seasons, others, by the
beginning and ending of sports calenders. I mark the passage of time by how
often I am 'volunteered' to fix Alicia's laptop.

Alicia is sort of related. She is the younger sister of Mike Badtke, the
husband of my daughter, Ashlei. Alicia recently graduated from High School,
which means she still hangs onto the self delusion that she knows
everything. The fact that her mother, Cindy, approaches me on a semi-annual
basis to fix the laptop simply side-steps the issue, I think. Alicia doesn't
have to confess her ignorance or her (fairly common) internet indiscretions,
and I don't have to rub her nose in it. Cindy loves her daughter, and I
don't mind playing the geeky hero on occasion.

I was approached on Saturday to help Alicia get her new iPod Touch to work
with the laptop on Saturday. The presenting problem was simple: the iPod
could not be connected to iTunes, because iTunes wasn't connecting to the
iTunes store. I noticed that she had thre

Re: We can relax - Roger Ebert likes Captain America!

Peter T. Chattaway — 2011-07-21T21:27:23

I wouldn't call what (most of) these films do "meta".  Intertextuality is 
not the same thing as metatextuality.

And it's "worse" in Captain America than it was in the previous films, 
because Captain America is *almost* its own film, but then the last reel 
or so tugs everything into the modern era and The Avengers ... but there 
is still unfinished business from the main story, and so the very last 
line of the film refers to that main story even as it takes place in this 
proto-Avengers setting.  This is a far cry from Iron Man, which really 
*was* its own movie until Nick Fury showed up *after* the end credits, or 
The Incredible Hulk, which was pretty much its own movie (despite subtle 
verbal and visual allusions to Captain America) until Tony Stark showed up 
*during* the end credits; and it's different from Iron Man 2 and Thor, 
which basically existed for no other reason than to set up The Avengers. 
Captain America feels like it really could have been *its own* movie 
(notwithstanding the fact th

Re: We can relax - Roger Ebert likes Captain America!

Peter T Chattaway — 2011-07-21T19:17:52

Not like this, no.

This email sent from my HTC smartphone

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From: "Karl Swenson" <karldswenson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 11:53 am
Subject: [DADL-OT] We can relax - Roger Ebert likes Captain America!
To: "'DADL (off topic)'" <dadl-ot-MhnCnTyFDG6cqzYg7KEe8g< at >public.gmane.org>

but it's all kind of undermined by the last few minutes, which exist only to
tie the film into The Avengers. 

***didn't ironman do that too?

Re: We can relax - Roger Ebert likes Captain America!

Johne Cook — 2011-07-21T18:58:25

...and Thor. (I kind of like the meta linkage.)

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On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Karl Swenson <karldswenson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote: