Let’s face it: This is the first live-action Star Wars movie in ten years, and it reunites the original cast on screen for the first time in thirty. Nobody really cares what it’s called: it could be “Star Wars VII: The Search for More Money” and those of us who grew up on the original trilogy would still go out and see it opening weekend.
Just not at a midnight showing. We’re getting too old for that sort of thing.
Really, they couldn’t just say “STAIRS TO LEVEL 2”…?
Though as my friend Wayne pointed out, it’s not even accurate. The stairs aren’t vertical, they’re diagonal!
No soliciting of zombies is allowed. And definitely no soliciting by zombies!
(This was on the entrance to SF/mystery independent bookstore Mysterious Galaxy back when they had a second location up in the LA area.)
“Did you say Hello?”
“No, I said Hallo, but that’s close enough.”
Appropriately, the kiddo was wearing his Darth Vader shirt.
I did something different at Long Beach Comic Con this year: I went for two days instead of just one! Well, one and a half days, really, but it is a first. The con is still small enough that I can do the whole thing in a day, but there were Saturday-only events and one Sunday-only event that I really wanted to attend.
Before I left, I skimmed over my posts about previous years’ cons. Last year I felt particularly unfocused most of the day until I figured out what I wanted to do…at the end of the day. So this year I approached LBCC with a few goals in mind:
As I moved our iTunes library last week, I worried that the new system might not be able to sync with the old iPod, but relaxed when I saw that Apple still sold the click-wheel iPod Classic. They discontinued it a few days later, but fortunately we were able to sync the old devices.
Why do I prefer the older iPods with physical buttons and tiny screens?
Because I listen to music in the car, and a touch screen is a terrible interface for quick actions while driving.
While touch screens are better for menus, searches, finding albums, playlists, artists, and just about anything else, they’re actually dangerous for driving. A physical control of some sort is best for any action you might have to take while behind the wheel of a moving car.
Pause/Play, Skip and Volume. Those are the key things you want to be able to do with music without thinking too much about where you’re reaching, or taking your eyes off the road. (Especially if you have a mix of quiet and loud songs.) Volume’s on the dashboard, but it’s so much easier — and safer — to hit an actual button for pause/play or skip than to jab at the touch screen until you get it right.
