The Taking of Pelham 123

Taking of Pelham 123 on Fancast! I went looking for the trailer of the original Pelham 123 and was plesantly surprised to find the full lenght movie on Fancast! This was one of my favorite movies as a kid and well worth watching. There are some comments out there about how this is a well done film in terms of pacing, so I hope that they model that in the remake. ...

May 22, 2009 · 1 min · Aaron Held

I really enjoyed Taken

Just watched Taken and it was a well done film. It had a pace more akin to the Bourne movies with a better actor at the helm. I don’t know why it didn’t do so well at the box office, I thought that it had more emotional impact then any recent spy type movies I’ve seen. The action sequences were more of a desperate warrior then a calm martial artist and every scene imparted tension. ...

May 19, 2009 · 1 min · Aaron Held

good meal at table 31 in Philladelphia

We went to Table 31 at the base of the Comcast center for dinner tonight. It was an excellent restaurant week menu. Most of the places doing restaurant week push the up-sell pretty hard but this was an exception. They had the all inclusive $35 menu on the table. Even better they had a selection of wines under $50 that they recommended and our was very nice. The waiter was very nice and handled my ‘special needs’ diet. Well at least I think that he did, but I’ll know for sure tomorrow if I accidentally ingested some wheat. ...

January 30, 2009 · 1 min · Aaron Held

Mummers here and abroad

Philadelphia: 1, England 0 [caption id="" align=“alignleft” width=“180” caption=“Philly mummers”][/caption] [caption id="" align=“alignleft” width=“180” caption=“English Mummers”][/caption]

January 1, 2009 · 1 min · Aaron Held

Giving up on Apple (mouse)

My girlfriend’s mom bought her one of those inexpensive ‘wireless’ notebook mouses. It is not even bluetooth enabled, it requires a USB adapter. I used it over the weekend and found it much better then my hip Apple mouse. Although I can’t squeeze it ( www.apple.com/mightymouse/ ) it is much easier to use. The tilt wheel concept is more precise then the little ball on the apple and the optical sensor works across any surface. This mouse works on my office desk where the apple mouse fails (and a dog did eat my mousepad) ...

December 8, 2008 · 1 min · Aaron Held