Nostr notes by Eli the Bearded

I've got a Yashica Atoron, which uses even smaller film (8mm ...

2026-10-29T19:33:44Z

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I've got a Yashica Atoron, which uses even smaller film (8mm x 11mm, on a compatible Minox cartridge). It works, and I like the images from it. The Minox and Minox compatible sub-miniatures are the only "spy" cams I use.

Photo from Olympia, Washington, 2023

I wish they made ads for the things I want to buy. Then I would ...

2026-10-29T16:10:14Z

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I wish they made ads for the things I want to buy. Then I would know about them.

But I guess I could say my "dictionary camera" I bought because I saw an ad. A 30 year old reprint, but still

After a few years of only once a month or so junk phone calls, ...

2026-10-21T02:07:21Z

After a few years of only once a month or so junk phone calls, somehow it's now escalated into several per day. The old big offender was the car warranty scam. The new one is calling about the loan I supposedly applied for.

I have to suspect anyone falling for whatever the scam is, is someone who will be desperately hurt.

It's infuriating that phone service is so broken to let this go on so long

I think it grew from a deliberate humiliation campaign instigated ...

2026-10-20T01:08:01Z

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I think it grew from a deliberate humiliation campaign instigated by the state and spread through gossipy news publishers. Other state police forces don't publish mugshots and charges as publically for news use

Needed to build a new copy of a tool today. The page with the ...

2026-10-04T04:05:59Z

Needed to build a new copy of a tool today. The page with the code:

«Building From Source

Too often today people forget that farms are the source of their food. So, too, Unix newcomers forget that code is the source of their programs. This program is not available as an RPM or in a ports directory. You must deal with the code.

The steps, roughly:

* Untar the tarball.
* Apply the patch.
* Change to the new directory.
* Make the program.

If something goes wrong, you fiddle with the source.»

You might find xmodmap can remap the mouse buttons to your taste

2026-09-07T21:50:12Z

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You might find xmodmap can remap the mouse buttons to your taste

I dunno. She's not talking.

2026-09-07T06:22:28Z

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I dunno. She's not talking.

I bricked my AI girlfriend. Guess I don't know how to use it. ...

2026-09-06T23:28:44Z

I bricked my AI girlfriend. Guess I don't know how to use it.

#neverslop

«But too many engineers master the sound waves into a brick.» I ...

2026-08-28T16:43:32Z

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«But too many engineers master the sound waves into a brick.»

I had someone explain this choice as "how to make it sound good in a noisy car" and that has stuck with me

Well you see techbros made up California and coded the moon in ...

2026-08-28T05:55:15Z

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Well you see techbros made up California and coded the moon in java with eclipse so yeah, some people might find it fake or can't get it to work.

I'm more an xphoon person, myself

Moon must be a lie

2026-08-28T05:49:57Z

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Moon must be a lie

There was an eclipse here in California. Hardly visible through ...

2026-08-28T05:48:37Z

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There was an eclipse here in California. Hardly visible through the fog for me

I find I don't blog much because my blog posts have no way ...

2026-08-06T16:53:02Z

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I find I don't blog much because my blog posts have no way for people to comment. So I can sympathize with the hang up

(I try hard to avoid JS on my site, which rules out pretty much any comment integration)

I am used to "highway" for your "road" and ...

2026-08-06T15:53:33Z

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I am used to "highway" for your "road" and "strode". The "limited access highways" do not have cross streets, driveways, houses or businesses on them.

In California, "freeway" is a legal term for "limited access highway" but it can be loose. Sometimes you'll be going along a freeway and then there's a sign "freeway ends in ¼ mile". The highway looks the same after a quarter mile, but now there may be cross streets and a slightly lower speed limit. A mile later "freeway begins"

I definitely think of Andres Serrano looking at this

2026-07-24T21:37:09Z

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I definitely think of Andres Serrano looking at this

"One More" is NYE timeloop film with time resets ...

2026-06-05T17:07:04Z

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"One More" is NYE timeloop film with time resets triggered by drinking a shot

"Frenchie King" is a French western. Everyone in the Texas town, except the sheriff, speaks French. Claude Cardinale and Bridget Bardot star

"Time Lapse" has some 20-somethings discover their dead neighbor has a camera that takes a photo of tomorrow. They are not careful

"Amber" is based on one of the Travis McGee novels, a rich semi-employed guy decides to bust a drug and rob scheme. Watched this for the stunts

Seven more days, twelve more films. The Puppet Masters (1994) ...

2026-06-05T17:05:52Z

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Seven more days, twelve more films.

The Puppet Masters (1994)
Electric Dreams (1984)
One More Shot (2025)
The Legend of Frenchie King (1971, original: "Les Pétroleuses")
Time Lapse (2014)
Darker than Amber (1970)
London to Brighton (2006)
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Victoria (2015)
Corvette Summer (1978)
The Guest (2014)

"Puppet" is the Heinlein alien invaders that attach and control people tale

"Dreams" is a rom-com with 1984 ideas about computer AI and home automation

Rain or shine, there are films to be watched and I watch them. ...

2026-05-29T17:59:36Z

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Rain or shine, there are films to be watched and I watch them.

Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Happy Birthday to Me (1980)
Sabotage (1936)
Strawberry Mansion (2021)
Death and the Maiden (1994)
Saboteur (1942)
Gates of Heaven (1978)
The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
Housekeeping (1987)
I Aim at the Stars (1960)

"Dave" is a light horror involving a cardboard fort maze that is much larger inside than out. And may have a taste for blood

"Birthday" is a high school murder hi-jinx horror

1793 started out okay, I'm less sure about things after the ...

2026-05-23T04:31:47Z

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1793 started out okay, I'm less sure about things after the Law of Suspects, which was pretty vague about what was suspect

Just keep swimming? No, just keep watching. Crystal Fairy & ...

2026-05-22T17:04:39Z

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Just keep swimming? No, just keep watching.

Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus (2013)
End of the World (1977)
Naked (1993)
Explorers (1985)
End of the World (1931)
Endless Cookie (2025)
Paradise of Terror (1965)
The Video Craze (2013)
Fresh Kill (1994)
Harry Brown (2009)
Born in Flames (1983)

"Crystal Fairy" is about a asshole American drug tourist in Chile who meets a woman who calls herself Crystal Fairy while looking for the San Pedro cactus and he comes away a better person

Beautiful time of year to take a walk, then come home and watch a ...

2026-05-15T17:49:26Z

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Beautiful time of year to take a walk, then come home and watch a movie or two. You can bet I did.

Revengeance (2016)
Out of the Blue (1980)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Constantine (2005)
The Prophecy (1995)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Spasms (1983)
Bird (2024)
The Big Year (2011)
Class of 1999 (1990)

"Revengeance" is a "Plymptoon" animation about bounty hunter pursuing the enemy of a senator. It's got the usual Bill Plympton adult humor

Lots of time on the road, not so much time for watching movies. ...

2026-05-08T18:09:21Z

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Lots of time on the road, not so much time for watching movies.

Garage (2007)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Mole Man (2017)
Trafic (1971)
The Fly (1958)
Lust for a Vampire (1971)

"Garage" tells the story of a gas station worker is not really cut out for this world

"Empire" is, of course, the best film in the Star Wars series

"Mole Man" is a documentary about an older autistic man who lives to build things. A hard future is in store now that his dad has died, and his mom is in her 90s

Another batch of films under my belt. These ones are mostly ...

2026-05-01T18:07:50Z

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Another batch of films under my belt. These ones are mostly "bad" or just bad; no prizewinners here.

Deadgirl (2008)
The Apple (1980)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Woman (1940)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Something (2018)
The Invisible Maniac (1990)
Modern Romance (1981)
Truck Turner (1974)
The House with a Clock in its Walls (2018)
Boots and the Preacher (1972)
Street Trash (1987)

Day in, day out, sampling the collected frozen time of cinema, ...

2026-04-24T18:55:14Z

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Day in, day out, sampling the collected frozen time of cinema, but most recently these films spanning eight decades.

Eastern Promises (2007)
Madam Satan (1930)
Empire of the Ants (1977)
Umbilical World (2018)
Harlan County, USA (1976)
Benedetta (2021)
Smash Palace (1981)
Following (1998)
Cameraperson (2016)
The Lost Empire (1984)

This collection hits more extreme ends of the spectrum of good and bad than I usually select.

Can't stop (watching films), won't stop (watching films). ...

2026-04-17T18:21:04Z

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Can't stop (watching films), won't stop (watching films).

Domino (2005)
Men (2022)
Tommy (1975)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
'71 (2014)
Baraka (1992)
The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)
1971 (2014)
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters (2011)
Custom (2024)
Innerspace (1987)
Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
The Grey Fox (1982)
Red Planet (2000)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

I considered watching "Osmosis Jones" (2001) for a three-fer "tour of the human body" but decided not to rewatch it.

Nice weather, family visits, these things cut into movie time. So ...

2026-04-10T18:44:31Z

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Nice weather, family visits, these things cut into movie time. So only ten this week.

No Other Choice (2025)
Dracula Sucks (1978)
Transsiberian (2008)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001)
Testament (1983)
The Big Combo (1955)
No Other Land (2024)
Timecrimes (2007)
Savage Dawn (1985)

"No Other Choice" has a fired paper worker improve his reemployment chances by killing the competition. Nice use of old and modern contrasts, robots vs manual labor, etc

Movies. Once again I have watched a completely normal number of ...

2026-04-03T20:38:49Z

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Movies. Once again I have watched a completely normal number of them in a week.

Evils of the Night (1985)
Soldier (1998)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters (2013)
R.O.T.O.R. (1987)
Carnival in Flanders (1935)
A Date For Mad Mary (2016)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
Villains (2019)
Black Moon (1975)

Let's recount the week's movies. Since last Friday, it ...

2026-03-27T18:56:20Z

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Let's recount the week's movies. Since last Friday, it has been:

The Fireman's Ball (1967)
28 Years Later (2025)
Crime Story (1993)
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Cold Pursuit (2019)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Hot Pursuit (1987)
Boogie Nights (1997) [*]
Game Night (2018)
This Sporting Life (1963)
God Told Me To (1976)
Extra Ordinary (2019)

[*] First watched in week one of these film viewing listings, some ~400 films ago. If I haven't broken threading, a scroll back should find it.

So this week I watched the Oscars, and also watched some films ...

2026-03-20T18:56:52Z

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So this week I watched the Oscars, and also watched some films that didn't win Oscars.

You're Next (2011)
The Pit (1981)
Four Sided Triangle (1952)
Un Chien Andalou (1929) [*]
War, Inc (2008)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
The Honorary Consul (1983)
Face-Off (1997)

[*] Plus about three hours of other shorts that are less notable.

Nice weather cut into my watching time, but I still found some ...

2026-03-13T18:24:21Z

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Nice weather cut into my watching time, but I still found some room to watch movies.

Royal Flash (1975)
Five (1951)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Soup for One (1982)
Rough Night (2017)
Images (1972)
Banana Joe (1982)
Once Upon a Crime (1992)
Negatives (1968)
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

"Flash" is based on the George MacDonald Fraser "Harry Flashman" novels (Flashman in turn is based on the bully in Thomas Hughes's "Tom Brown's School Days")

Wow. Nothing to look at in the news. I was forced to fill time ...

2026-03-06T20:24:35Z

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Wow. Nothing to look at in the news. I was forced to fill time watching some films.

Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Suburbicon (2017)
Seedpeople (1992)
Quadrophenia (1979)
The Woman in Red (1984)
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Sssssss (1973)
Vivarium (2019)
The Leather Boys (1964)
American Honey (2016)
A Private Function (1984)
Cube (1997)
The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007)
Naked Ambition (2023)

"Sleepaway" is your classic revenge murder at camp story

"Suburbicon" has the white guy bringing crime to suburbia

Over the last week I have watched some films. I'm sure this ...

2026-02-27T20:19:26Z

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Over the last week I have watched some films. I'm sure this is a normal amount to watch.

Xtro (1982)
Pork Pie (2017)
Kamikaze '89 (1982)
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works (1982)
The Toll (2021)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Querelle (1982)
The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
Fish Tank (2009)
Timestalker (2024)

"Xtro" is about an alien with a complicated lifecycle which involves mimicking a dead parent to get to the human kid

Guess what? I watched some movies this week. The Beast of War ...

2026-02-20T20:57:43Z

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Guess what? I watched some movies this week.

The Beast of War (1988)
The Omen (1976)
The Secret Agent (2025)
Sentimental Value (2025)
D.O.A. (1949)
Saturn 3 (1980)
Katie's Mom (2023)
Layer Cake (2004)
They Call Me Trinity (1970)

"Beast" is about a ill-fated Russian tank in Afghanistan in 1982

"Omen" tells the story of Damien, such a sweet boy

"Agent" is about a Brazilian professor, wanted dead by a corrupt capitalist. He watches a bit of "The Omen" in a cinema his father-in-law works at

Yet again, I have watched a normal amount of movies in a week. ...

2026-02-13T20:13:30Z

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Yet again, I have watched a normal amount of movies in a week.

Foul Play (1978)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Security (2017)
The Ice Tower (2025)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
Monkey Man (2024)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
V/H/S (2012)
Star 80 (1983)
Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)

"Foul" is Hitchcock parody with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase

"Flags" and "Letters" are Eastwood films showing the taking of Iwo Jima from both sides. The Japanese side is the better one

One more week, ten more movies. Breaking Glass (1980) ...

2026-02-06T19:54:54Z

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One more week, ten more movies.

Breaking Glass (1980)
Frankenstein (2025)
Evilspeak (1981)
The Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978)
Dr Who and the Daleks (1965)
The Limey (1999)
Poor Cow (1967)
Stopmotion (2023)
Shame (1988)
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022)

"Breaking" is a post-punk musical. Notably produced by Dodi Fayed, "friend" of Princess Di. Also notably has costumes that look like Tron, two years earlier than that

"Frankenstein", well you know the deal

There's no chance I watch movies to escape the terrible ...

2026-01-30T21:43:57Z

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There's no chance I watch movies to escape the terrible current events, is there? Anyway, here's a week's watching:

Sexmission (1984)
Cheap Thrills (2013)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Abigail's Party (1977)
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
The Judge (2014)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Dressage (1985)
Mother, Couch (2023)
Cinderella (1977)
Detour (1945)
Cashback (2006)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Bling Ring (2013)
Miranda (2002)

In this week's film viewing spree, I watched: Spree (2020) ...

2026-01-23T21:22:45Z

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In this week's film viewing spree, I watched:

Spree (2020)
Prisoners (2013)
No Hard Feelings (2023)
La Bête (1975)
The Housemaid (1960)
Saving Brinton (2017)
Fuzz (1972)
Nebraska (2013)
Smoke (1995)
We Work for the Dead (2024)
Blue in the Face (1995)
Motorpyscho (1965)

"Spree" combines ride-hail apps with live streaming and mass murder

"Prisoners" is a child abduction and search story

"Feelings" is a teen sex-less comedy where Matthew Broderick hires Jennifer Lawrence to date his kid

Once again I've squandered a perfectly good week watching ...

2026-01-16T21:40:41Z

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Once again I've squandered a perfectly good week watching movies.

He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
See How They Run (2022)
Predators (2025)
F for Fake (1973)
The End (2024)
Marty Supreme (2025)
Matinee (1993)
The Stunt Man (1980)
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Stuber (2019)
The Bat Whispers (1930)
Cobra (1986)

"Quiet Man" is a barely watchable attempt to get inside the mind of a would-be office shooter

"See How" is an Agatha Christie adjacent comedy murder mystery

An accurate account of my reaction to the old men discussing ...

2026-01-12T03:59:15Z

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An accurate account of my reaction to the old men discussing their hard-ons

A week of movies with Eli the Bearded. Salting the Battlefield ...

2026-01-09T20:48:14Z

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A week of movies with Eli the Bearded.

Salting the Battlefield (2014)
Eureka (1983)
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1963)
Planet Earth (1974)
Chappie (2015)
Breathless (1960)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Twinless (2025)
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)

"Salting" ends the Worrick trilogy that started with "Page Eight" (2011)

"Eureka" is Gene Hackman and Rutger Hauer in gold prospector's murder story

"Earth" is a Gene Roddenberry film, feels like a TV pilot

Holiday week, some holiday films. And some others. If I Had Legs ...

2026-01-02T23:31:53Z

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Holiday week, some holiday films. And some others.

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
Turks & Caicos (2014)
Sorceress (1982)
Holiday Affair (1949)
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
Time Walker (1982)
45 Years (2015)
Breaker Breaker (1977)
Phantom Thread (2017)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They (1969)

"Legs" is an intense performance about a mom at the end of her rope.

"Turks" is a spy film, the sequel to "Page Eight" (2011)

"Sorceress" is swords and sorcery with terrible sword fighting

A day late, 26th is always busy for me, but the week's movies ...

2025-12-27T21:04:51Z

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A day late, 26th is always busy for me, but the week's movies up to Friday:

Extracted (2012)
The Big Heat (1953)
Seven (1979)
Still Crazy (1998)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
You Won't Be Alone (2022)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point (2024)

"Extracted" is bad going inside other people's minds

"Big Heat" is Noir from Fritz Lang

"Seven" is below average government contract killers

"Crazy" is "Spinal Tap" lite

"Lions" is starts well but ends in a swamp

Films? Yes. Watch the films. Last week: Wake Up Dead Man (2025) ...

2025-12-19T21:43:45Z

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Films? Yes. Watch the films. Last week:

Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017)
Black Christmas (1974)
The Company of Wolves (1984)
The Ballad of Josie (1967)
Dead Heat (1988)
Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
Lola (1961)
Lola (1981)
Lola (2023)
Fat Pizza (2003)
Bugonia (2025)

"Dead Man" is second best "Knives Out"

"Bugonia" is a gory paranoia comedy

"Tribes" is more like "A Dysfunctional Family of Palos Verdes"

"Black Christmas" is the rare 70s sorority slasher without nudity

I watched some more films this week than last. I Think We're ...

2025-12-12T23:35:55Z

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I watched some more films this week than last.

I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
Invasion (1965)
Robot Carnival (1987)
Black Bag (2025)
Divorce American Style (1967)
Weapons (2025)
Monsters (2010)
Lady in White (1988)

"Alone" is post-apocalyptic Peter Dinklage.

"Invasion" was later adapted into a Doctor Who story.

"Carnival" is manga anthology.

"Bag" is a smart spy story.

"Divorce" is a rom-com for boomers.

"Monsters" was less than I hoped.

"Lady" is a very slow kid-friendly ghost story

Not so many films this week. Dr Cyclops (1940) Carol for Another ...

2025-12-05T21:35:04Z

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Not so many films this week.

Dr Cyclops (1940)
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Vera Drake (2004)
Heartbeeps (1981)
The Postcard Bandit (2003)
Terrorvision (1986)

"Cyclops" is classic mad scientist thing.

"Carol" is a Rod Serling rewrite of Dickens.

"Vera" is a Mike Leigh period piece.

"Heartbeeps" is Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters as robots.

"Postcard" is about a real Aussie criminal.

"Terrorvision" is a wild trip with Mary Woronov from the director of "The Dungeonmaster" (1985)

That's right. Another week has past and I watched some ...

2025-11-29T04:11:29Z

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That's right. Another week has past and I watched some movies.

Krull (1983)
Moon Zero Two (1969)
Butter (2011)
Deathstalker (1983)
Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
Kid-Thing (2012)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Pig (2021)
Pay the Ghost (2015)
The Naked Gun (2025)

I decided I needed to rewatch the old "Deathstalker" to blog about the two films: https://qaz.wtf/qz/blosxom/2025/11/23/deathstalker

"Captain Alex" is one of the famed Wakaliwood Uganda action films

Once again, I saw some movies this week. Shang-Chi and the Legend ...

2025-11-22T01:05:49Z

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Once again, I saw some movies this week.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Cat Ballou (1965)
Meantime (1983)
Train Dreams (2025)
You Might Be the Killer (2018)
Viva (2007)
Lisztomania (1975)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
Lucky (2017)

"Meantime", "Dreams", and "Lucky" all fit a "what are you doing with your life?" theme seen from different ages.

"Spirits" and "Cat" both Jane Fonda.

"Inspector" is trash.

"Ten Rings" for Muni bus scene

A normal week of film. Black Narcissus (1947) Ratcatcher (1999) ...

2025-11-15T01:30:54Z

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A normal week of film.

Black Narcissus (1947)
Ratcatcher (1999)
S.O.B. (1981)
Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
Deathstalker (2025)
Special Effects (1984)
The Killer Elite (1975)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Oh God (1977)
Ginger Snaps (2000)

"Narcissus" and "Ratcatcher" are the winners of the week.

"S.O.B." is an elaborate scheme to get Julie Andrews to show her tits.

"Sometimes" is forumlaic King.

"Elite" has nice 1970s San Francisco scenes..

"God" the rare John Denver starring role.

I watched some films this week. Typical. Fiend Without a Face ...

2025-11-08T00:39:17Z

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I watched some films this week. Typical.

Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Go Ask Alice (1973)
The Employer (2013)
One Battle After Another (2025)
Outland (1981)
Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Seraphim Falls (2006)
Ballerina (2025)
Suburbia (1983)

"Employer" is "Exam" (2009) but less subtle

"One Battle" was fun, but I could not recognize "Vineland" in it

"Outland": Cops in Spaaace!

"Slithis" and "Creature" for sea monster theme

"Suburbia" is SoCal punk scene

Another ordinary week of films. Leaning towards Halloween ...

2025-10-31T23:37:55Z

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Another ordinary week of films. Leaning towards Halloween perhaps.

The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Thirteen Women (1932)
The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971)
Forbidden Zone (1982)
The Motel Life (2012)
The Langoliers (1995)
The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021)
Candyman (1992)
Piranha (1978)
Fair Game (1986)
The Iron Rose (1973)
Sole Survivor (1984)

Non-Horror:

"Zone" is Richard (and Danny) Elfman. More surreal than horror.

"Motel" is the unfortunate barely surviving.

"Quiller" standard 60s spy fare

Lonely weekend, lots watched. Nothing wrong with that, right? She ...

2025-10-25T01:12:45Z

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Lonely weekend, lots watched. Nothing wrong with that, right?

She Never Died (2020)
Employee of the Month (2004)
XX (2017)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
The Last Seduction (1994)
Werewolves Within (2021)
Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
M3gan 2.0 (2025)
Billy Liar (1963)
Blue Ruin (2013)
Party Line (1988)
Conversations with Other Women (2006)
Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Hell Drivers (1957)
Radius (2017)
From Beyond (1986)

Another very typical movie watching week. Midnight Lace (1960) ...

2025-10-18T02:36:09Z

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Another very typical movie watching week.

Midnight Lace (1960)
Carry On Nurse (1959)
Extracurricular Activities (2019)
Hercules Returns (1993)
Murder Party (2007)
The Professionals (1966)
The Frighteners (1996)
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
She Never Died (2020)

"Nurse" is a poor entry in the "Carry On" series. "Extracurricular" was fun fluff. "Hercules" is Aussie redub of a bad swords-and-sandles. "Futile" is better than I expected.

In this ordinary week, I watched a normal number of films. ...

2025-10-11T01:53:41Z

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In this ordinary week, I watched a normal number of films.

Splinter (2008)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Cypher (2002)
Ballerina Assassin (2025)
Turkey Shoot (1982)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Fresh Meat (2012)
The Wicker Man (2006)
Going Berserk (1983)
Green Room (2015)
52 Pick-Up (1986)

"Cypher" was better than I would have guessed. Nice PKD vibe.

"Ballerina" is Asylum coat-tailing a title.

"Wicker" (2006) is a case study in how to ruin a remake.

"Meat" is a fun home invasion story.

"Green Room" is intense

After the Modular Film Festival, this week I watched: Bloodcar ...

2025-10-04T01:15:21Z

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After the Modular Film Festival, this week I watched:

Bloodcar (2007)
Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983)
The Fare (2018)
Necronomicon (1993)
Yellowbeard (1983)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
The Love Witch (2016)
Dead End Drive-In (1986)
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
The Time Travelers (1964)

High art, none of them. Several try to be: "Fare" (time loop mystery, written by a woman); "Love Witch" (erotic horror); and "Sleeping Beauty" (erotic thriller). Those last two both written/directed by women

Besides film fest, in the past week I watched: The Sword and the ...

2025-09-27T03:41:35Z

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Besides film fest, in the past week I watched:

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
One Million Years BC (1966)
The Sales Girl (2021)

"Sales Girl", from Mongolia, is a delight.

The sword in "Sword and the Sorcerer" has three blades is more improbable than the film plot.

Some people say watch "One Million" for Raquel Welch, I say for the Harryhausen effects. No one says watch it for the story.

I've read all the Arthur Ransome books, hence the kid's flick "Swallows"

In addition to the Modular Film Fest films in the past week ...

2025-09-20T02:46:56Z

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In addition to the Modular Film Fest films in the past week I've seen:

Boar (2017)
Swamp Thing (1982)
10 Rillington Place (1971)

"Boar" is not as good as "Razorback" (1984), also a Aussie pig turned dangerous.

"Swamp Thing" is early Wes Craven, a bad comic book sourced story. It qualifies for two upcoming MFF prompts but I have other plans.

"Rillington" closes follows a real British mass murder case with a wrongful conviction. It was made in part to counter calls for a return to executions.

Outside of the Modular Film Festival (in another thread) I only ...

2025-09-13T04:09:08Z

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Outside of the Modular Film Festival (in another thread) I only found the time to watch two other films this week.

Red Sonja (2025)
Gimme Shelter (1970)

I have never read "Sonja" so I don't know if it follows the comics well, but it was better than "Red Sonja" (1985) with Schwarzenegger top-billed.

I saw a news piece this week about a "Crusaders" bike gang providing security somewhere, so the Altamont Speedway concert documentary, with Hell's Angels providing "security", seemed a good choice

Besides Modular Film Fest (other thread), I watched a few other ...

2025-09-06T03:23:53Z

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Besides Modular Film Fest (other thread), I watched a few other films in the last week.

A Quiet Place (2018)
The Toxic Avenger (2023)
The Howling (1981)
Top End Wedding (2019)

"Toxic Avenger" was shown in festivals starting 2023 but didn't get a proper release until now. I have been waiting for Peter Dinklage as Toxie Since it was in production. The crowd in the theater I went to was older than I expected but the place was full. Good reboot of the Troma mascot.

Another week, some more movies. Salesman (1969) Free Fire (2017) ...

2025-08-30T04:50:59Z

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Another week, some more movies.

Salesman (1969)
Free Fire (2017)
Mindwarp (1991)
The Savage Eye (1959)
Sinners (2025)
Cake (2014)
The Final Cut (2004)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
I'll Take Your Dead (2019)
Spider Baby (1967)

"Salesman" and "Savage Eye" make a good pair. "Savage" keeps returning to my mind and may be favorite of the week.

"Mindwarp" reminded me of "The Matrix" (1991). "Final Cut" of "One Hour Photo" (2002). "Mark" had a terrible finish, I choose it for Carroll Borland's role.

The watchings of the week. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) Bionic ...

2025-08-23T03:50:39Z

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The watchings of the week.

Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Bionic Showdown (1989)
Upstream Color (2013)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Ghostbusters Frozen Empire (2024)
Prey (1977)
Deathgasm (2013)
Soup to Nuts (1930)
Sphinx (1981)
The Proposition (2005)

"Manos" is a better film than the made-for-tv "Bionic Showdown". "Ghostbusters" was pretty forgettable.

"Upstream Color", same writer/director as "Primer" (2004), gave me strange dreams.

"Proposition" was much more than I had expected. Good film.

A week of movies, unremarkable in number or selection. Big Eyes ...

2025-08-16T05:14:14Z

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A week of movies, unremarkable in number or selection.

Big Eyes (2014)
Coma (1978)
Waitress (2007)
Gold (2022)
Carnage (2011)
Fathom (1967)
Mortal Engines (2018)

"Waitress" was really good, even if I had confused it with "Shopgirl" (2005) and wondered when Steve Martin would show up.

"Fathom" seems like a "Modesty Blaise" (1966) rip-off.

"Big Eyes" and "Carnage" I choose for Christoph Waltz.

"Mortal Engines" rips off from so much, the patchwork city is a patchwork of other stories.

Family away, saw a few more than usual, nothing wrong with that ...

2025-08-09T03:04:51Z

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Family away, saw a few more than usual, nothing wrong with that right?

Crumb Catcher (2023)
Identity (2003)
Suburban Gothic (2014)
The Corruptor (1999)
The Fury (1978)
Trash Fire (2016)
Dangerous to Know (1938)
The Party (1968)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
American Mary (2013)
Black Candles (1982)
Night of the Coconut (2022)
Dead Calm (1989)
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
Our Man in Havana (1959)

"Dead Calm" was the best of the week.

A proper number and variety of films to watch in a week. Looker ...

2025-08-02T04:13:09Z

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A proper number and variety of films to watch in a week.

Looker (1981)
The Amateur (2025)
The Ward (2010)
Up the Creek (1984)
Palindromes (2004)
Excision (2012)
All About Eve (1950)
Bitter Moon (1992)
Buzzard (2015)

"Palindromes" was hard to watch, I knew it would be, so I had been putting it off a couple of years. "All About Eve" and "Bitter Moon" were both pretty dull. I only watched "Buzzard" for the Power Glove. "Excision" was a delightfully fun body horror and best of week.

A very standard week's worth of movies. Joysticks (1983) Last ...

2025-07-26T04:35:42Z

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A very standard week's worth of movies.

Joysticks (1983)
Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
Bad Company (1972)
Narrow Margin (1990)
Red State (2011)
The Perils of Gwendolyn (1984)
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
The Fantastic Four (1994)

"Last Cab" was clear winner for best film this week. "Joysticks", by a narrow margin, is worse than the Roger Corman "Fantastic Four". "Gwendolyn" is just weird.

I wrote a blog entry about "Joysticks": https://qaz.wtf/qz/blosxom/2025/07/22/eighties

An ordinary count and variety of films to watch in a week. ...

2025-07-19T04:10:57Z

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An ordinary count and variety of films to watch in a week.

Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Welcome to Marwen (2019)
FDR: American Badass (2012)
Spartacus (1960)
Hair High (2004)
The Package (1989)

"Britannia" is the third and final in the Mick Travis trilogy, made me think of "The Hospital" (1971) a tiny bit.

"FDR" is much lamer than "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer"(2012) but same idea.

And I liked the "Marwencol" (2010) doc better than the fictionalized one.

A typical number and selection of films for a week. The Adventure ...

2025-07-12T06:38:36Z

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A typical number and selection of films for a week.

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
Sherlock Jr (1924)
44 Inch Chest (2009)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
M3gan (2022)
Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)
Go (1999)
Jezebel (1938)

"Fun with Dick and Jane" was middling, but Dick makes jokes about a transwoman and gets told off for it, in 1977(!)

I enjoyed "Surf Nazis Must Die" more than the much more serious and higher budget "44 Inch Chest". And the Nazis did all die.

A perfectly reasonable number and assortment of films to watch in ...

2025-07-05T05:52:43Z

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A perfectly reasonable number and assortment of films to watch in a week.

The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Ice (1970)
Homework (1982)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Resident Evil (2002)
The Black Room (1982)
Civil War (2024)

"Osterman", the final film of Sam Peckinpah is a mess. I wanted to like "Ice" but it's so deeply 60s and then foregoes exposition for vibes, so it disappointed. "Civil War" is more intense with fireworks.

Saw a BART train on the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge today. ...

2025-06-30T04:13:06Z

Saw a BART train on the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge today.

This is a totally normal selection of films to watch in a week, ...

2025-06-28T05:47:03Z

This is a totally normal selection of films to watch in a week, right?

Death Rides a Horse (1967)
In the Tall Grass (2019)
Deterrence (1999)
The Lickerish Quartet (1970)
The Rainbow (1989)
Censor (2021)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Wavelength (1967)
<---> (aka Back and Forth, 1969)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Alphaville (1965)

"Deterrence" really sucked. "<--->" was a lot harder to watch than "Wavelength" (both experimental from same director). "Censor" may be my favorite of these.

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2025-06-22T02:06:00Z

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Yup.

I have noticed that I can't query the Jellyfin sqlite ...

2025-06-04T17:28:06Z

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I have noticed that I can't query the Jellyfin sqlite database in place, but if I copy the file first, then it works fine. That's been okay for my purposes (which usually revolve around understanding what jellyfin did rather than editing directly). I have not noticed this exclusivity with the DBs in the Firefox profile directory, but I also have not looked at those in a long time

Source unknown. ...

2025-05-07T01:01:32Z

Source unknown.

My first post about them (complaining of no results for ...

2025-03-20T22:40:34Z

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My first post about them (complaining of no results for "spoon") was in November 2023. So more than a year. Today they have two spoons, both "snuff" spoons from one vendor. They still show me unrelated stuff (fabric from "spoonflower" doesn't make a mask a useful "spoon" result).

Like I said I WANT to like it, but they don't make it easy.

Can confirm etsy has become a dump, my wife was selling five ...

2025-03-20T21:16:49Z

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Can confirm etsy has become a dump, my wife was selling five figures worth in 2017 but switched to Shopify in 2018 and has continued to do well. Their search never really surfaced her products by any sort of general search so sales were never thanks to etsy, just via etsy.

But much as I'd like artisan-dot-coop to be good the results are thin there. Your etsy example has lots on non-homemade products, but the same search at Artisans has no results.

Pascal was widely used in early Macintosh programming and ...

2025-02-20T03:03:56Z

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Pascal was widely used in early Macintosh programming and that's the last I touched it.

I had college classes using Modula-3, which I understand to be ...

2025-02-20T02:51:02Z

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I had college classes using Modula-3, which I understand to be similar. I really hated a case sensitive language with all caps keywords. It has killed all interest in the Modula family for me.

(The compiler for that ran on 680x0 based HP-UX.)

As far as I know only color printers do this since the purpose ...

2025-01-30T23:10:59Z

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As far as I know only color printers do this since the purpose seems to be to appease counterfeit currency investigators. Very careful airgapping (buy with cash, never register printer, never put printer on network, only print from thumbdrives in a print server that also isn't on network) and you can keep the risk down to "printer encodes tracking that can prove two things came from the same printer" level. Typewriters have a similar risk level.

Move over Captain, new what a week contender. ...

2025-01-12T03:34:45Z

Move over Captain, new what a week contender.

Coming back to this, year end bookmark review time, it 100% does ...

2024-12-27T07:15:37Z

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Coming back to this, year end bookmark review time, it 100% does help for Lynx.

Didn't anyone hear about how the president is immune from ...

2024-11-13T05:26:38Z

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Didn't anyone hear about how the president is immune from prosecution from official acts? Biden doesn't have to wait for the slip.

I don't have a handy link to try, but will this fix ...

2024-10-07T17:23:45Z

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I don't have a handy link to try, but will this fix medium.com links don't work with javascript disabled now?

At the bread cutting board. #SilentSunday ...

2024-10-06T15:44:34Z

At the bread cutting board.

#SilentSunday

Did you add alt text, screenshot the item, and then repost it ...

2024-10-01T16:43:54Z

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Did you add alt text, screenshot the item, and then repost it without ALT text?

Too horrid to be false indeed.

Yellowstone has safety barriers you must follow. Yosemite has ...

2024-09-09T22:01:08Z

Yellowstone has safety barriers you must follow.

Yosemite has safety barriers as a suggestion.

Iceland mostly doesn't have safety barriers.

Go ahead and burn yourself on this fumarole at Hverir (Mývatn area) if you want.

Or maybe 483 wide x 1040 tall x 1920 frames? ...

2024-09-02T22:30:58Z

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Or maybe 483 wide x 1040 tall x 1920 frames?

It occurred to me recently that a video is a three dimensional ...

2024-09-02T22:28:15Z

It occurred to me recently that a video is a three dimensional array of pixels that we view in slices along one axis.

And what if we viewed it along a different axis?

Like a well-known 1920 wide x 1040 tall x 483 frames film opener as 1920 wide x 483 tall x 1040 frames?

I've made this about twenty years ago. ...

2024-08-23T22:25:07Z

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I've made this about twenty years ago.

AI we have: generate "photos" with the wrong number of ...

2024-08-13T17:20:02Z

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AI we have: generate "photos" with the wrong number of fingers or teeth

AI we need: edit Drake memes to use a less problematic person

The timeless joy of a child sharing funny cat videos with mom ...

2022-12-02T07:07:19Z

The timeless joy of a child sharing funny cat videos with mom

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