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This weekend, I went to see possibly the greatest motion picture ever made (according to Samuel L. Jackson), "Snakes on a Plane!" It may have been the greatest and worst movie I've ever seen. A lot of the acting was pretty bad, and the plot was just plain terrible. However, the thing that redeemed it for me was the fact that the movie didn't take itself seriously. The film-makers knew they were making a bad movie, and took advantage of how low everyone's expectations would be. In any given scene, if you think to yourself 'It would be great if *this* happened,' chances are that's exactly what's about to happen.

I don't think this movie will be winning any awards, but it sure was fun to watch (but only once; I don't think I'll be seeing it again).

I recently purchased a MacBook and I'm slowly getting acclimated to its 13.3" widescreen. My old (PC) laptop had a 15.4" screen with monster resolution, so I had no problem with screen real estate. While I am getting used to the smaller screen and resolution, I am really looking forward to trying out Spaces, one of the new additions to Apple's upcoming release of OS X Leopard.

In the meantime, Adam turned me on to a great Mac app that functions very similarly to Spaces. It's called VirtueDesktops, and it has greatly helped me in getting used to the MacBook's smaller screen. While it does have a few bugs (you can turn on motion sensor switching to take advantage of the internal sensor on MacBooks and MacBook Pros, but a too-hard tap on the keyboard or a coworker banging on the desk will cause your active desktop to switch; more than a little annoying) it will definitely fill the void until I can get my hands on Spaces. The main drawback that I've encountered with VirtueDesktops is that, while you can move an application window from one desktop to another, it's way too much work whereas Spaces allows you to drag and drop application windows between virtual desktops. But, this will definitely keep me in business until Leopard is released.

I received a jubilant email today from Shawn that contained a link to this article officially announcing that Mac OS X Leopard will indeed be shipped with Ruby on Rails pre-configured.

For anyone who's followed these great directions to get RoR up and running on a Mac knows that it takes a fair amount of time and a good bit of focus to get everything correct. Having everything pre-installed will save many people a great deal of aggravation.

On top of having Ruby and Rails in the box, they've promised other packaged goodies like Mongrel, a Ruby alternative to FCGI that I've heard is much more efficient.

It's not like I needed another reason to look forward to the OS X update, but now I'm truly excited to get my hands on Leopard.

Me: Remind me to give Shawn the message from his wife.

Buck: Ok. I got it. My mind is like a bear trap.

Me: Does that mean when something gets in, it never gets out?

Buck: ...Gets out of what?

I'm sure most of you have seen the video clip of France's Zinedine Zidane headbutting Italy's Marco Materazzi by now. This movie compiles some of the more interesting animation clips created to make light of what happened. Add that to the crazy saxaphone music in the background and you get a damn funny clip.