Thursday, June 05, 2003
Don't get comfy with this URL, because I'll be moving the blog over to a new one in a matter of days. I'm looking at putting it at www.hiranand.net/ravi/blog/ -- OK, it's kinda long, but I get to remove the ad and get more flexibility. I'm also planning to put a forwarding page at hiranand.net/ravi, too, which makes the URL much easier to remember. All I have to do is fix the URL on every single page, which WILL take a while, so bear with me.
Saw the film Bringing Down the House yesterday. Despite the fact that 90% of the jokes in the movie played on racial stereotypes -- you know, all black people are law-breaking tattooed gangsters and white people are stiff racist suits devoid of any emotion -- it actually was funny. Nothing outstanding, but I enjoyed it and the reaction seemed to be the same throughout the cinema. Interesting then that the film has garnered only hatred from the critics. Pity, really. There's a long diatribe to be had about people being too uptight to admit they laughed at a movie poking fun at the usual black and white stereotypes, but not here, and not know. Just know that Steve Martin is funny, and that should be enough.
The last thing to note is a rather... interesting email I received. The folks behind the giant Consumer Electronics Show held annually in Vegas are looking for panel moderators for the conference program that runs alongside all the exhibitions, and they want me to moderate and select speakers for the Wireless Gaming panel. Could be interesting, but it's also far too early to know what I'll be doing in January 2004. I also fear that I'm somewhat out of my depth here; I get the feeling they don't quite realise that I'm 22 and am more of an enthusiast with journalist connections rather than a pro wireless gaming journalist. Which could mean that it'd be a good opportunity...
Posted at 2:30 AM
