Went out to the Middle East last night to see a screening of the new Nine Inch Nails video release Beside You In Time. It was gorgeous, but I ended up leaving after just a handful of songs… The problem was that the Middle East’s downstairs has a really low ceiling, therefore, the screen wasn’t placed that high, therefore, I spent most of my time looking at the backs of heads as opposed to the screen. The video quality was really good, especially considering they were using a Dell projector, which probably wasn’t tuned as well for video as a nice HDTV set would be. The sound was amazing, the one big plus for doing the screening at a club as opposed to a theatre.
There was a deal where if you preordered the DVD, you got a lithograph, but I passed on it.. Their preorder prices were way too high (\$18 for the DVD, vs. \$14 on Amazon), and since I’ll be getting an HDTV in the near future, I’d rather buy one of the HD formats. Unfortunately, I have no idea which HD format (HD-DVD or Bluray) to support, so I think I’ll just hold off on buying this one until I actually have the gear available. But once all those questions are answered, there’s no doubt that I’ll be buying this release, it is simply gorgeous.
I think the intercom system on the phones should be disabled…
First off, is it disruptive to the person who is the recipient of the intercom call (since it doesn’t need to be ‘answered’, it just pick up automatically). The recipient has no way to refuse the intercom, so regardless of what they are working on, they have to drop what they are doing and address the person on the other end.
Second, it is disruptive to the neighbors of that person, since it is uses the speaker phone, so the neighbors are subjected to both sides of the conversation.
It’s not like disabling the intercom would really have any negative side effects. People can still call one another directly. The recipient can choose to either answer the phone or let it go to voice mail.
If the “caller” needs something addressed immediately, they can simply walk over to the office of the person they need to talk to.
At a minimum, I think that the intercom should not be the “default” when you dial someone’s extension… This would at least keep accidental intercom down to a minimum…
I’m not a fan of the show, but this is awesome… I predict this will be a HUGE to-do, since the bomb squad was deployed all over the city to dismantle and destroy these “IEDs”.
Update: Here’s another closeup of one of the Boston “Devices”:
Apparently I didn’t get the memo (or i forgot), but there was a Touch & Go Records 25th Anniversary Celebration in Chicago a few months ago.
Big Black played. For the first time in like 20 years (afaik).
Fortunately, I just discovered this guy who, in addition to running a great boston music almanac, has pretty great mp3s covering the entire T&G block party… Enjoy.
I’ve recently talked to a few current and former victims of Rochester who never had the chance to see the feature Unwrapped did on Nick Tahou’s and the Garbage Plate. If you are interested, I’ve put it up for your viewing pleasure.
and I decided to order in, and so we had a local Indian restaurant bring us some delicious food. About 30 minutes after we finished eating, she said she was getting itchy all over, and some bumps started to rise on her arm. I jumped into action and went out to CVS to get some Benadryl and other treatments. The car was parked pretty far away, and when I got there, there was a nice thick layer of ice which needed tending… I drove over to CVS, and it took me awhile to identify the most appropriate treatments.. I returned home….
I had ran out of the house in a sweatshirt, and managed to forget my house keys, so I started buzzing the intercom, but there was no answer. I called Corinna, and noticed I had missed a call from her.. She was walking herself to the ER (right down the road from us), and so I set out for the hospital myself. When I got to the hospital she had already been admitted and so I waited in the waiting room until they’d let me in. I proved useful when one of the admitting ladies needed a bunch of Corinna’s info.. I was probably more knowledgeable than the average boyfriend, A) because we’ve been together for 4 years now, and 2) because I consume trivia like others consume food.
It turns out that soon after I left, Corinna’s reaction kicked into overdrive and she (appropriately) freaked out. When I missed her call I was already at CVS, so even if I had gotten her call it would have been faster for her to walk to the ER, anyway. Anyway, when she got there, they saw her immediately and gave her a Benadryl IV which apparently started helping almost immediately. When I was finally let into her room, she appeared a little red still, but apparently she was one big welt before the IV kicked in. The doctor and nurse were just telling her that she’d need to take Benadryl for a few days, and I got to look like a rock star when I pulled some out of the CVS bag of holding. We were in the hospital for about 3 hours total, finally walking home around 12:45a. When we got home, Corinna’s legs still had some hives (which were concealed under her pants at the hospital), but her upper body was pretty much cleared up.
The whole situation was freaky; she’s had Indian several times, but never from this restaurant and never this dish… We don’t know if this is a new allergy or if she was exposed to a new ingredient. Needless to say, we probably won’t be eating the leftovers in the fridge any time soon (or, at least, she won’t :P)..
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