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Walk the Line -- One of the best movies ever!
Walk the Line, a movie about the early years of Johnny Cash, is one of the flat out most awesome, amazing movies that I have seen in years. Why?
It's not shy. It tells the hardship, the mania, the obsessiveness, that leads Johnny through some very rough times, and it takes resiliance, grit, and a little love to overcome it all.
Some say greatness takes obsession and mania. I think there is some truth to that. In order to overcome all odds, and see that your dreams come true, you must have the resiliance and determination to see through all the hell that you either put yourself into, or others try to drag you into. When you do, and can finally be true to yourself, is when the greatness starts to happen.
Johnny Cash, in my mind, has one of the all time greatest voices. I found his story very moving - this movie struck a personal chord, as I've seen both myself and some of my dearest friends bounce back from some very difficult situations, and all of us became stronger, better, and more compassionate people as a result.
Compassion & Resiliance is the new greatness. That's what will change the world. -
RE: Support your local car club
At my last job as editor of a tuner magazine I used to deal with a lot of car clubs from all over the country. During the daily grind of running Autoblog I don’t get the opportunity to pow-pow with these guys and girls much anymore, but a recent email from a group out in California that goes by the name of Team Transport reminded me why I have so much respect for car clubs and their members.
On December 11th Team Transport will be hosting its 2nd Annual Toys for Tots Car Show in City of Industry, CA. Registration is only $15 per car before Nov. 15th and one new unwrapped toy valued at over $10. (Full info here) -
Windows Live = Active Desktop 2.0?
So Mike Arrington and several others today blogged about the Windows Live announcement yesterday. Way back in 1997, there was something called Internet Explorer 4 that was just being finished, with a little feature called Active Desktop, that was, slightly ahead of its time. Most people didn't have the bandwidth to adopt it then, I personally quite liked it, and it goes down in my book as one of the most innovative things ever to come out of Microsoft.
Unfortunately, it was not a market success, despite the fact that some of the smartest people I know (Hadi Partovi, Mark Hammond, several others) were working on it. I see Windows Live, heck even RSS to a degree, is almost like a new implementation of the vision that old IE4 team had back in 1997. Talk about ahead of its time. Who says Microsoft doesn't innovate? They started as a platform and programming tools company, and always have shined in that arena.
Windows Live says something very politely: We're still a platform company. And, we're going to make a damn good one!
I am personally quite pleased to see that Microsoft found its mojo again!
I'd love to hear everyone's opinion on Windows Live as an extension to the old Active Desktop dream!