Bryce Moore's Blog, page 328

Good Luck, Wilson!

My younger brother Wilson left on his 2 year Mormon mission to Curitiba Brazil this morning. Speaking as a returned missionary myself, I honestly can't say I really envy him. I mean, there were some good times on my mission, and I am 100% thankful I went, but it was some of the hardest 2 years of my life. (I can say this now that he's gone and can't read this--no internet for you, Wilson!) For those of you who don't know, a mission lasts for 2 years, during which time you have no television, ...

Dear Warner Bros (and Other Film Companies)

I've been catching up on tech blogs, and I just read that Warner Bros and Netflixed inked a deal that results in Netflix not releasing Warner new releases for 28 days after they've premiered. This means that a brand new movie you can buy in the store on day one won't be available via the red envelopes until day 28.

I am less than amused.

From what I understand, Netflix is getting a deal on the cost of the discs, and it should be able to stream more stuff from the film companies, but I still see...

Why I Ditched Satellite

For those of you who have been following my Facebook updates, you've noticed that as of Friday, I canceled my Dish Network subscription. Some have expressed quite a bit of surprise at my willingness to do this. How could I, pop-culture freak that I am, unplug myself from the stream of Shiny? Well, I'm about to answer that.

First and foremost, I'm cheap at heart. I hate paying for something that I could get for free, or paying more for something that I could get for less. I really hate paying f...

The Holidays Continue

I'm taking a four day weekend this weekend. Why? Because I wanted to. So today I learned how to carve wooden spoons for a couple of hours, I took a nap, decluttered some, and this evening we're having friends over, and I'm going to see if it's possible to get an over-the-air HD signal here at my house. A much more laid back day today than yesterday, and I'm not going to congest it with a lengthy blog post. Have a nice weekend, all. See you on Monday.

Last Minute Changes

I don't do well with problems that pop up at the last minute. I know there are people out there who thrive on that sort of thing, but I'm much more of a planner. When something pops up last second--especially something I think could have been on the radar much sooner if someone else had done something differently--I am not amused.

Not amused at all.

Movie Review: Czech Dream

Now that we have Netflix back, the wife and I can stream movies to our little hearts' content. One that I'd heard about a while ago and added to my queue was Czech Dream. It's a movie made by two film students in Prague. Basically, they decided to film a social experiment. They created an extensive ad campaign for a Walmart-esque store that was to open in Prague. They ran said campaign--successfully, I might add. The only hitch? There was no actual store. It's a campaign for a product that di...

Movie Review: Julie and Julia

DKC and I have resubscribed to Netflix, so the days of movie watching are back in business. (And I can stream now from my PS3? How cool is that!) One of the first movies I got was Julie and Julia, the Julia Childs biopic that came out about a year ago, with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. We enjoyed the film. It tells the story of Julia Child's efforts to become a cooking teacher, and it mirrors those struggles with a blogger's experiences--she endeavors to do each recipe from Child's Mastering t...

Procrastinating Pleasure

I read an interesting article in the New York Times yesterday on procrastinating pleasure. (I'd link to it for you, but they're stingy over there--you have to subscribe to read it, although you can likely see it if you go in via your local library's online database.) Anyway--the point of the article was that a lot of people don't just procrastinate work, they procrastinate having fun. You have a bit of money saved aside for a special occasion, and you never end up having that special occasion...

Grateful

You know, with all my complaining about the work on the house we did over the last year, I just wanted to pause for a moment and say how grateful I am that we did it. Last night the windchill outside got down past 20 below, and a lot of houses in the area lost their power due to high winds. While our house didn't lose power (thankfully), I wasn't dreading a loss if it did occur. Our wood stove was cranking out the BTUs, and I knew we would have been fine, no matter what. It all sort of hit me...

Movie Review: Avatar

Sorry to be getting to this one so late. I mean, if you wanted to see Avatar, you've likely already seen it. If you didn't want to see it, then nothing I say will likely persuade you. That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience--especially since it cost me $3.50 to watch it in 3D. (3D in my little town?!? How cool is that?) No, the story isn't the most original piece of work you've ever seen, and yes, it's fairly predictable. But you know what? Sometimes, a bit of predictable is okay. I li...