Monthly Archives: March 2008

Master’s degree approved by Grad School

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Gabor

Here is the best email I got last week: From: xxx@grad.washington.edu Subject: Master’s degree  approved by Grad School Congratulations Gabor Por, your request to graduate with a MASTER OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE has been reviewed by the Graduate School … Continue reading →

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Recon 2022: The Mezzo Incident (2007, USA)

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Gabor

A movie has to be really bad for me not to watch till the end. This one managed to achieve this rare accomplishment. Maybe I am just not to used C movies. “C” as in what comes after B in … Continue reading →

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The Girl from Monday (2005, USA)

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Gabor

I have a vague recollection of the beginning of a cult following of director Hal Hartley, from the time I left Hungary (1995). As I recall a lot of my friend, i.e. young, generally poor, but well educated intelligentsia from … Continue reading →

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Sideways (2004, USA)

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Gabor

Ever since I moved to (and then away) from Santa Barbara I felt obliged to watch the movie Sideways, because it was shot in that area. The other reason I was told to check it out was that everybody told … Continue reading →

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Dark Fury (2004, USA)

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Gabor

I enjoyed Dark Fury  more than I thought I would. It is a 35 minute animation from the Riddick world. The plot is set between the two movies of that world (Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick). I was … Continue reading →

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Comments crash

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Gabor

A few days ago this blog partially crashed. More specifically the database table that contained the comments got corrupt. When I looked into the issue I found that the number of comments reached 65536 (2 ^16). That includes all the … Continue reading →

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Final MLIS grades

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Gabor

I got my grades today for the last quarter of my Masters program. It includes a 3.9, a 4.0 and a credit for a credit/no credit class. This makes my GPA for the whole program 3.83. See the detailed list … Continue reading →

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Be True to Your Shul

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Gabor

Yesterday we went to see the Purim-spiel our synagogue put together, based on and written around Beach Boys songs. The “we” in this case included friends and family members, but not Anya. She was a participant, not just a passive … Continue reading →

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A Boy & His Dog (1975, USA)

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Gabor

I should be more aware of “cult” movies. I heard that “A Boy & His Dog” is one and that it is a post-apocalyptic film. These two factoids justified for me for renting it. I wish I knew more about … Continue reading →

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Seres queridos (Only Human, 2004, Spain)

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Gabor

Last week on our way out from the videostore we picked up an Israeli looking movie from the foreign movies aisle. When we put it on at home we quickly learned that Only Human was a Spanish movie (originally titled … Continue reading →

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