http://guttervomit.com life's a beta. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:46:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There’s a scene towards the end of Source Code that might be the finest 30 seconds of celluloid I’ve seen so far this year. In it, Capt. Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his newfound love (Michelle Monaghan) share a last kiss, right before he dies. The moment is frozen and ... http://guttervomit.com/2011/04/07/source-code-movie-review-with-spoilers/ Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch is named for that infamous blow that comes without warning, catching the recipient off-guard and unprepared. I would say, coming out of the theater last night, that I was sucker-punched by this film, but only in the sense that I was unprepared for how much I ... http://guttervomit.com/2011/03/28/sucker-punched-by-zack-snyder-with-spoilers/ About a month ago, I decided to try out the micro four-thirds format as a possible replacement for my bulky DSLR. The model I settled on was the Panasonic Lumix GH2, a second-generation camera with distinctly serious stylings. I wrote a full-length review over at Technogra.ph, along with some samples ... http://guttervomit.com/2011/02/28/panasonic-lumix-gh2-review/ I’ve been a little obsessed with weight recently. Not so much in terms of my body weight (although to be fair, I’ve been adjusting my diet as well over the past weeks), but in terms of the weight of the things I carry around with me. Over the past year ... http://guttervomit.com/2011/01/06/on-switching-from-dslrs-to-micro-four-thirds/ I've recently gotten into designing infographics as a way to bookend my days weaving Javascript and evenings getting my ass handed to me by Starcraft 2's AI. I've so far churned out two, one of them featured on ChartPorn and the other mentioned on the Fast Co Design blog. They're both ... http://guttervomit.com/2010/08/19/infographics-love/ It’s a Little Hard to Let Go 6 Years of Lost To say that Lost was the best show on television for its six-season run is fairly debatable. With the JJ Abrams-produced series sharing nights with such heavy-hitters as The Wire and The Shield, that’s a tough sell even for the most ... http://guttervomit.com/2010/05/27/six-years-of-lost/ This is my second attempt at writing a review of the iPad today. I had gotten through a full thousand-word opus earlier this morning and was just about to publish it, when my text editor – the creatively-named Text Editor – decided to replace the entire article with the word ... http://guttervomit.com/2010/04/14/that-ipad/ The Philippines’ love affair with fireworks reached its summit in late 2005 when the La Mancha group organized the first World Pyro Olympics at the then-unfinished Mall of Asia. Five days of evening performances from each of the eight participating countries, showcasing some of the fanciest fireworks you’ll likely ever ... http://guttervomit.com/2010/02/22/there-will-be-fireworks/ I don't usually write about technology much anymore these days, but the Internet is currently ablaze with opinions on Apple's new iPad announcement several hours ago. A lot of these opinions are just echo-chamber drivel, i.e., but I wanted to share some thoughts on one of the foremost complaints about ... http://guttervomit.com/2010/01/28/an-unpopular-opinion-about-the-ipad/ Capturing flash motion is a favorite photography subgenre of mine, probably because it's notoriously easy to pull off once you've got your camera settings sorted. On my D90, I shoot with an 85mm lens open at f/2.5, ISO 200. I like the 85mm for this because it's very light compared ... http://guttervomit.com/2010/01/14/shooting-motion/