Saturday, November 04, 2006
The only inspiring thing at an uninspired computer show
Bunny invited me along to a computer show at the War Memorial Auditorium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (and personally, I found the War Memorial Auditorium to be eerily reminiscent of Soviet style architecture—an uninspired box like construction painted in institutional shades—very ugly). The computer show itself was about as inspired as the building, which wasn't much.
Bunny did not find anything she wanted at the show, but amazingly enough, I did:
![[Tripod designed by Doc Ock]](/2006/11/04/tripod.jpg "Tripod designed by Doc Ock")
This small desk tripod designed by Dr. Octopus.
Back in August, I lost my small desk-top tripod. Actually, I didn't lose it as much as it fell apart while taking pictures of Connestee Falls. I had originally picked it up at Wal★Mart a few years ago and since August, I've been to a few looking to replace it, and apparently, no one makes that particular desk-top tripod anymore.
So when I saw these at the computer show, I was ecstatic. Even more so as they were $2.00 a pop, so I picked up a few.
And that's the only thing we found worthwhile there.
The Brothers Grimm
I saw The Brothers Grimm (directed by Terry Gilliam) with Bunny. It's an interesting take on the historical Grimm Brothers. In real life, they were academics who transcribed old German folk tales whereas in the film, they're con men who perform fake exorcisms to allay the German peasants (who in the film, are under French occupation) and to make money of course. Of course there's a town under a real magical curse, and they are forced to deal with the situation by the French government.
It's by far not Terry Gilliam's best work, but it's not his worst either. It's an okay story, no real surprises either (but the computer graphic special effects will age quickly). It's an excuse for interesting characters to interact with each other.
