Kung Fu Hustle
Very funny and action packed kung-fu movie. Special effects aren’t that great but it makes up for it in sheer energy.
Zombi 2
Refreshingly scary zombie movie. Nice soundtrack. My DVD was broken at one point.
Satanico Pandemonium
Nice nun-sploitation film with lots of nudity and satanic creepiness.
Suspiria
One of the most beautiful horror movies ever made. Great Goblin soundtrack included with the DVD.
Undead
Really poorly handled zombie sci-fi movie from Australia. Bad acting, not enough gags, and boring.
Mill of the Stone Women
French Gothic horror from the 60s. Some creepy imagery and fairly good pacing for an old movie.
The Media of 2001
Some of the books I read in 2001:
Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers (4/5) • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein (5/5) • Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand (4/5) • The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (3/5) • Albrect Dürer by Jane Hutchison (3/5)
Some music I dug in 2001:
Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley • Las Vegas Grind Vol. Six!!! • Spoozys – Astral Astronauts • Nig Heist Live • Richard H. Kirk – Loopstatic • The Famous Monsters – In the Night
The computer games of 2001:
Pagan: Ultima 8 – sub par Ultima game • Nox – Excellent RPG I am playing through again • F.I.F.A. 1999 – EA Sports title • Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee – Platform excitement • Deus Ex – 3d Role Playing Game with corny voice acting. • Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role-Playing Game • Ultima 7 Part II: Serpent Isle • Ultima 7 Part I: The Black Gate •
December 13, 2001
My Flash cartoon, The Ajenda Creativity Engine, won first place (category: Entertainment/Games) in Chicago’s Association for Multimedia Communication’s first annual FlashFest. Second place in this category went to Rick Carton’s (of Carton Cartoons) ultra-slick video for the band Cane Corso, which went on to win Best of Show. My personal favorite was Kate O’Leary’s portfolio site Dog and Pony Show.
November 16, 2001
The site XHTML transition is complete. There’s nothing new here but please check out a Flash cartoon I created at work.
November 9, 2001
The transition to XHTML is almost complete. The entire site has been changed to XHTML. However, not all the pages validate yet. I am going through page by page and fixing bugs tonight.