7/5     Just saw Wall-E.  Beautiful movie.  Environmental message was vague
        enough to appeal to anyone.  "Stay the course" was a bit heavy-handed.
        Overall, thumbs up.
        \_ I totally agree, it was very nicely done.  If the stupid right-
           wingers who are up in arms about how bad it is maybe they should
           open their eyes and take a look at how much garbage our society
           produces in a day. -mrauser
           \_ I've got to admit, it takes serious balls for Disney to put
              out a movie attacking our consumerist culture.
              \_ I find it pretty amusing how Steve Jobs' company's vision of
                 the beautiful robot was basically an ipod.
                 \_ not disagreeing with you, but it was Ives who designed Eve.
                    must add integrated plasma rifle to next iPhone.
                    \_ I think that's a metaphor about what happens if you
                       cross Apple.
                    \_ http://preview.tinyurl.com/3jl38z
                       "I wanted Eve to be high-end technology - no expense
                       spared - and I wanted it to be seamless and for the
                       technology to be sort of hidden and subcutaneous,"
                       Andrew Stanton, Wall-E's director, told Fortune. "The
                       more I started describing it, the more I realized I was
                       pretty much describing the Apple playbook for design."
                 \_ I thought a lot of designs looked to have at least some
                    inspiration/influence from Portal, not to mention the short
                    film before the feature film.

7/6     "Employers use federal law to deny benefits"
        http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080705/benefit_battles.html
        Don't think your family is safe when you have life insurance.

7/6     last day she was in town.  i got 4 this morning.  i am so sore.

7/6     What's a good DLNA server that's free?
        \_ http://www.rbgrn.net/blog/2007/08/how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-software-in-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux.html
        \_ http://preview.tinyurl.com/2jzxkj [rbgrn.net]
           \_ I just tried FUPPES and TVersity (free) and neither one of
              the servers were recognized by my new Sony Bravia Z4100 TV.
              What's up with that?

7/6     Somebody please tell me what Sony Bravia's model numbers mean?
        How to decode the complex serial numbers and what they indicate?
        \_ Best site: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Bravia-KDL-46Z4100-B-46-Inch/dp/B0019HZINM/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1215389445&sr=8-10
        \_ Best site:
        http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Bravia-KDL-46Z4100-B-46-Inch/dp/B0019HZINM