Mike Flacy » Movies http://mikeflacy.com Consumer Electronics Guru and Social Media Junkie Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:30:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Indie Flicks, Billion Dollar Mistakes and SNL http://mikeflacy.com/2008/09/14/indie-flicks-billion-dollar-mistakes-and-snl/ http://mikeflacy.com/2008/09/14/indie-flicks-billion-dollar-mistakes-and-snl/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:50:49 +0000 Mike http://mikeflacy.com/?p=165 - Caught this little indie flick with Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega (the female lead in Spanglish). What a quirky little movie!  Freeman plays an out of work character actor that’s dropped off in an predominantly Hispanic neighborhood to study a grocery store manager for a role in a movie.  He latches onto Paz Vega, the girl running the 10 items or less line.

The whole movie is nothing more than a conversation that continues for about 90 minutes.  Freeman and Vega play off each other in a very human manner.  There are nice bits of comedy interspersed in the film as well.

- The Google / United Airline debacle was an extremely interesting technology screw-up this week.  Basically a single person accessed an article, around 1:30 A.M. last Sunday, about United declaring bankruptcy in 2002.  Since it’s a low traffic time for accessing news, Google bounced it to the Popular Stories section on the main Google News page.  Bloomburg picked up the story as new and the ensuing financial panic caused shareholders to sell a billion dollars worth of stock.  The price on the stock dropped by 75% in a matter of hours.  Yay computers!

- If you haven’t seen it yet, watch the political opening for SNL this week.  The remainder of the show is complete drivel, but the Sarah Palin / Hillary Clinton skit is absolutely hilarious.  Tina Fey nails Palin’s look, mannerisms and accent.

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Here is a quick preview of my most recent Twitter application addiction. It’s a GPS aware app for the iPhone.

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