U Pack, We Ship
Published April 5th, 2010 | 
Moving to a new home can be a headache-inducing process — not to mention expensive and inconvenient. Even if you are moving to Alaska, ABF U-Pack Moving has a service for you. Rather than a bunch of guys showing up to your house with moving trucks, this outfit merely provides a storage trailer which you fill with your stuff. The full container is then picked-up and delivered to your new location. It’s cheaper than hiring a traditional moving company because they charge by the linear foot rather than by weight and they don’t have to pay movers because you load your own property into the storage unit. And because they pick-up and deliver the unit, it’s more convenient than renting a U-haul truck.
The IPad Releases Tomorrow, So What?
Published April 2nd, 2010 | If you read about the iPad in the media, the device is either the most revolutionary thing since the discovery of fire or a really expensive toy. Admittedly, I’m a lot closer to the expensive toy camp, myself. It’s not really a suitable replacement for our computers.
Aside from having a bigger screen, it doesn’t really do much of anything that the iphone/ipod doesn’t do. Most of the positive reviews say that "it’s a new device that’s convenient to browse the web, read and view videos while lounging on the living room sofa." Well, let’s look at that. As a web browser, the "best web browsing" Jobs promises really only applies to those websites designed specifically to iPad standards. That excludes most of the web.
So, I’m wondering how most of the web will look on an iPad. Since most of these "standards" aren’t really standard yet, most websites would effectively have to have two separate versions — one for iPad and one for everyone else. I have to ask myself, whether making a website specifically for the iPad is really worth it. Will there actually be a significant number of users who browse the web on the iPad alone? Or, is this a device browsers will use occasionally? What I hope is that the hype dies down on this thing so that we get a fair view of what this thing can and cannot do instead of the steady stream of Apple commercials masquerading as news.
Law Abiding Citizen
Published March 31st, 2010 | I kept hearing Law Abiding Citizen was good, so I figured I’d give it a shot. I have always been a movie buff, although now that I have a two-year-old, I’m more like a movie fluff. That said, I can still appreciate a good movie and pick apart a bad one if need be. If it were a few years ago, I would have watched a movie like Law Abiding Citizen within two weeks after it came out. These days, I didn’t even get to see Avatar in 3D, which I’m pretty bummed about.
Anyway, last Friday night I sat on the couch with my wife after a long week and hit up the direct tv for Law Abiding Citizen. The movie started out on a very disturbing note. After five minutes, I was already contemplating if I wanted to keep watching – it was that disturbing. Fortunately, the movie quickly turned from brutal to thrilling. There was one other brutal scene mixed in, but it’s one that I enjoyed. And you most likely will, too. Trust me … you’ll see why.
The psychological warfare that goes on between the two central characters – one being Jamie Foxx – is great. It’s also unique in the sense that you’re unsure who to root for. One man is acting like a vigilante and you feel for him, but you also know that the things he’s doing are wrong. The other man is doing his job as a lawyer so you want to side with him. At the same time, he’s also the reason the problem began in the first place. Most movies direct you toward whom to side with. That’s not the case here, which makes it interesting. The ending of the movie was also very good and memorable.
Law Abiding Citizen reminded me of Taken. While Law Abiding Citizen was well worth watching, Taken was a little bit better. That said, most people would probably disagree with me.
This is a guest post from my buddy Sam Welks
