Mulholland Dr. is David Lynch's seventh full length feature. It was my introduction to the Lynchian underworld. After viewing several more Lynch films since, it still stands as my favorite.Significantly darker than Blue Velvet, Mulholland Dr. is about the seedy underbelly of Hollywood. Without giving too much away, the plot is not as it seems at first. It is a fascinating portrayal of one w...

I bought this at Best Buy on black friday. I had not planned on getting a mice, but at $40, discounted from $100, it was too good a deal to pass up.Included in the box are the mouse and keyboard, with batteries provided, a bluetooth dongle, the software for the bluetooth dongle, as well as an instruction manual.The setup for Windows was pretty simple. Put in the CD, and follow the on screen ins...

I bought this computer about 2 and a half years ago. Dell was having a sale where any purchase over $1500 would be $750 off. I put together the specs I wanted, making sure to just barely go over $1500. After taxes and whatnot, the price came out to about $840.I bought this laptop for college. It worked well for about a year, then as soon as the warranty ended, the optical drive stopped working ...

Freaks and Geeks was a short-lived television series which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2000. It was only one season long, at 18 episodes, only 15 of which were ever broadcast on TV.It centers around the lives of Lindsay and Sam Weir in high school in 1980. The show starts with Lindsay's transition from hanging out with her nerdy friends, the "mathletes", to becoming part of the &quo...

The Back to the Future trilogy is surprisingly cheap on Amazon.I first watched this trilogy as a kid and it blew me away. I bought it recently, and was somewhat reluctant to view it again for fear that it might not live up to my memory of it. However, it has stood the test of time quite well. The humor is still sharp and funny, and all though some of the special effects are kind of dated, the m...

I bought this monitor at Best Buy on black friday. I was originally going to go for an Envision monitor of similar specs for $150, but decided on this because I have heard good things about Samsung, and haven't heard of Envision.The screen size is fantastic. I can't really imagine ever needing more than 22" for a computer monitor. The resolution seems like it could be higher, as I ...

Pavement was an Rock band formed in Stockton in the early 1990's. Crooked Rain Crooked Rain was their second full length album, and L.A.'s Desert Origins is the two disc reissue, including much previously unreleased material.While Pavement's first album, Slanted and Enchanted, buried the band's pop sensibilities beneath amateurish production values and shambling instrumentation,...

A friend first recommended this album as I was starting to get into punk. At that point, I was listening primarily to the American strain of punk pouring out of New York.The Clash are, along with The Sex Pistols and The Ramones, are one of the holy trinity of punk. The Clash are however, musically and lyrically far superior to either of their contemporaries. Whereas The Ramones were still deali...

I have owned this calculator for about 4 years now. First of all, I'm impressed at the battery life. I've only changed the battery 2 or 3 times in that period. Granted, I haven't used it as much these last few years, that still averages to about a year or so per change of batteries, at moderate usage.The range of features on this calculator is amazing. I simply can't imagine nee...

I bought this water heater for college, the easier to cook ramen with. I bought it at a pretty typical Chinese Supermarket.So far, it is pretty satisfactory. It has 3 different temperatures you can set. Unfortunately, none of them are above boiling temperature, however 208 is pretty close. I typically just leave it at 208, and haven't really found much of a use for the other two temperature...

I have owned these headphones for about a year and a half. I upgraded from a pair of Sennheiser HD-280.The sound quality of these headphones is amazing. After relistening to some songs on these headphones, I can hear subtle details that I cannot really hear with other headphones, such as the squeak of the guitarist's fingers moving around on the freboard, or the singer's breathes.The HD...

I have had this metronome for several years now. It features two modes, metronome and pitch pipe. In metronome mode, it can produce clicks ranging in tempo from 40 bpm to 216 bpm in 2-3 bpm increments. The dial, in addition to the label for the bpm, it gives a more qualitative description, Largo, Larghetto Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, Presto, and Prestissimo. It can produce a standard cl...

I bought this used about two years ago, right after DS Lites came out. Everyone was selling these for pretty cheap, so I thought I'd pick one up.The unit was in great condition for being used. I have Advance Wars DS, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart DS, WarioWare Touched, and various games for Game Boy Advance.The DS is a very innovative system. I was expecting it to be fairly gimmicky, however,...

I have owned this pitcher for two years now. It holds about 1.5 Liters. The filter needs to be replaced about every 2-3 months or so. It's in 4 pieces, the container which holds the filtered water, the tub that holds the filter and the unfiltered water, the filter, and the lid. Everything can be taken apart to be cleaned. It's a bit of a hassle to clean just because it's kind of lar...

I got this phone about 4 years ago. At the time, it cost $99.99 on top of the rebate for signing up. It had pretty good features for the time, and even today, it stands out as pretty technically advanced.I bought it mainly because it has bluetooth capabilities, which makes it easy to communicate with my computer. I can sync my contacts with my my contacts in Outlook for example. I even found a ...

I recently got this phone from the AT&T store, for renewing my plan. I previously owned a Sony Ericsson T610, so I will be comparing it against that.Physically, it's very sleek. It's about the same size as the T610, a bit thinner. The slider is pretty sturdy. The camera is hidden in the slider, so you do not have to worry about it getting dirty when not in use. The keys are the only...

This was my first video game system. I got it when I was about 7. Since then, I've also gotten the N64, Gamecube, PS2, and a couple couple gameboys. Overall, this is still my favorite system.Physically, Nintendo seems to build their systems very well. It still functions perfectly after over a decade, although sometimes I have to blow on the cartridges.I feel like the controller design is al...

I got this right when it came out. I loved the SNES, and being that this system was touted as being 3D, I was pretty excited. It didn't quite live up to the SNES, but it was a pretty decent system overall.It is built Nintendo tough, and since it's not a portable, it won't have to stand that much abuse anyway. It is a lot less square looking than the SNES. It still uses cartridges as...

I have owned both the Slim and Fat PS2s.I think, in a lot of ways, the PS2 rather than the N64 is the true successor to the SNES. Just like the SNES, it was THE system to have in its day. While the N64 promised and hinted at the capabilities of 3D gaming, it was the PS2 which really delivered in all the ways people expected. Also, just like the 'nintendo', the 'playstation' was ...

The Gamecube is Nintendo's successor to the N64. It is a huge improvement over the N64, but still not enough to bring Nintendo to the dominant position it had in the SNES era.Physically, like usual, it is very tough. This is the first Nintendo to use disc media rather than cartridges. It, like the N64, has 4 controller ports.The controller is an improvement over the N64, but has its own uni...