Paul Jacobson

Category: Entertainment

  • This Foursquare checkin suggests I may have a problem

    Not too sure what TPS is though …

  • Music to make food by

    We have an unwritten and evolving list of things we would like to do ay home. I am sure most people do. One of the things I would love to do is install some sort of system where we can play great sounding music in every room of the house and be able to pick…

  • Full Captain America and Thor trailers and they look awesome

    This year looks like it will be Marvel’s year with a number of movies coming out. I just watched this full Captain America trailer and the movie looks awesome: I am also really excited about Thor which comes out in May: I haven’t been a big Marvel comics fan (my preferences have been in the…

  • Watching Star Trek with my little girl

    We had a rainy Sunday afternoon and settled in to watch Star Trek again. Both our kids dozed for about half the movie and we watched the end of it more or less together. I managed to get a relatively decent shot of my and my daughter sitting together.

  • Old Spice – manly visual tricks and effects

    So, you know that Old Spice Scent Vacation ad, this one? Well, Leo and Tom found out how it was made and boy, it is smart. Just like the dialogue and acting: Now go and enjoy a long, manly, fresh smelling weekend! Update: Here is another behind the scenes video:

  • Music to tune the savage beast

    I just had an interesting discussion with Vincent Hofmann and Roger Saner about work habits and listening to music. They were describing the albums they listen to (or, in Roger’s case, specific songs, when working. I was telling them about my tendency to listen to the Batman soundtracks (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) or…

  • Love @lea083's Twitter bio – funny lady!

    Occasionally I’ll see a Twitter profile bio that is smart and funny. Today I found another one: I’m NOT the girl your mother warned you about. Her imagination could never be this good. Random, complicated & serious Bulls Babe. Lethal combo. Dare to care? Here is another gem from this morning: You, too, can follow…

  • iOS apps to share what you watch on TV

    We don’t watch as much TV as we used to. Having children tends to cut back on your available TV watching time. When we do watch, we have our regular shows we watch almost religiously. It’s not surprising, then, that I found two iOS apps, in particular, really interesting: Tunerfish and IntoNow. Tunerfish is a…