April 2010
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The unimportance of product names →
Don’t waste too much time on picking a perfect name for your product. It doesn’t matter very much.
One thing we learned early on talking to Basecamp customers: Many of them didn’t even know that the app was called Basecamp. They called it “GroupHub” or “ProjectPath” because that was their project URL. Didn’t stop them from using it (or paying for it) though.
And what about picking a name...
Soul Garden: My Top 5 Scary Movies →
movielove:
In no particular order:
1. The Descent
The Descent is one of those horror flicks that will make you scream and involuntarily jump a foot or so out of your chair. You totally didn’t see that coming and you’ll just be hoping that nobody noticed. All the while this flick is bone…
I need to rewatch this movie. I liked it enough, sure, but I remember the anxiety I felt in watching...
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WatchWell duh. Reasons why Pirhana 3D is going to be awesome:
Elisabeth Shue Eli Roth Christopher Lloyd Ving Rhames Richard Dreyfuss Jerry O’Connell
I mean, I was gonna see it anyway, but now I really get it. You know?
“I want you to do me a favor. If I’m killed, but my eyes aren’t...”
– Chow Yun Fat as Ah Jong in John Woo’s The Killer
Watchcountercinema:
Counter Cinema Ep. 2 - “Alice in Wonderland”
In episode 2 of Counter Cinema, Pete and Dan discuss Tim Burton’s blockbuster Alice in Wonderland, are wrong about Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon, and briefly riff on Duncan Jones’ sci-fi indy flick Moon.
Episode 2 of Counter Cinema is up, and it’s a doozy. Go watch!
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“If a hundred artists create art for five years, how could the result not be art?”
– Tycho Brahe (Jerry Holkins) of Penny Arcade responds to Roger Ebert’s article “Video games can never be art.”
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Watch(via georgiaokeefersutherland)
Ahhhhh!!!! I think my head’s gonna explode. Can’t wait for this. Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
We run the gauntlet Must get to France So we can...
“Every time you sniff and say somebody has “too much free time,” the part of you...”
– Merlin Mann (via yym)
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“It’s the 11th Commandment. ‘Thou Shalt Not Be Found Out.’”
– Alfred Hitchcock
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Superheroes to Answer to Whedon →
Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Incredible Hulk will soon start taking orders from Joss Whedon.
Marvel Studios is wrapping up a deal for Whedon to helm “The Avengers,” which assembles the superheroes in one pic that Paramount Pictures will release on May 4, 2012. Whedon will also rework Zak Penn’s script.
I’m really excited for this.
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