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Must see movies for any geek.

JordanRinke — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:50:30 +0000

A friend recently had some free time to geek out and enjoy himself, he decided the best way to relax would be movies and video games. He had seen most of the must see / great movies etc so we decided to send an email out to everyone at work and ask them for a list of their must see movies. I qualified my question by asking for must see movies for a “geek dude”. Below is the list of movies I received, I have included anything that was part of a franchise so for instance if someone suggested Alien, then I included Aliens, Aliens3 and Alien Resurrection. I know there will be some grumbling about this but this is my blog and I think people should see an entire franchise even if some people thinks one or more of the films suck. Having said that, there are some movies on this list that I personally think aren’t worth watching… however movie reviews are such subjective things I have included them since they were recommended and who knows you might love them.

Admittedly not all the movies are geek specific, some are obscure, or interesting, horrific or hilarious etc. I think this ended up being a list of movies recommended by geeks instead of specifically for geeks hah.

If you have movies that should be on this list that have not been included, please post up in the comments and I will update the list to be as complete as possible.

Daily ToDo lists vs Perpetual ToDo lists?

JordanRinke — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:41:47 +0000

I have been trying to review material on todo lists and various life management aspects, I still have a lot of material to read, review, and contemplate but I am curious what everyone elses thoughts (and reading recommendations are) in regards to the topic. My manager Grant Herbon made a very insightful observation recently that the key to time/life management is simply using whatever system works best for you, with that in mind, what system works best for you?

The internal debate I am having right now (before even selecting a method/presentation medium) is if todo lists should be a time limited thing daily, weekly etc. or if they should be a perpetual list just consumed in small chunks. Where the perpetual todo list concept comes from is a period in my life when I practiced polyphasic sleep. Basically ever 4 hours I slept for 15 minutes for a total of 2 hours asleep per day, I did this for a number of months. One of the most interesting things that I observed while on that sleep schedule was a nearly continuous stream of consciousness and also the disappearance of the concept of completing stuff within a day proper. My todo list became a number of 4 hour long sprints and the list as a whole became a long list of things that were then broken down and consumed in 4 hours chunks. Not effective for a normal schedule but conceptually it interests me which leads me to where I am now. Trying to evaluate the systems that exist, and deciding if some modified perpetual program would be effective long term. Maybe something like this exists already and I just haven’t found the proper publication, or maybe I will end up with a blend of ideas. Much research is still needed but I am very interested to hear your thoughts and recommendations on the topics. I know that many of you who read this randomly when I actually post are very driven and successful people so I would love to hear from you.

(Most people find the polyphasic sleep stuff odd/interesting as well so I am totally open to comment/discussion around that as well if you have any questions)

Stepping it up

JordanRinke — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:49:32 +0000

And by stepping it up I mean here is another blog post 40 days later! woooo!

Wow

JordanRinke — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:07:23 +0000

I just realized that I haven’t posted a public blog post in over 6 months. What a boring blog. I will try to step it up.

Honesty != Brutal Honesty

JordanRinke — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:28:17 +0000

A recent conversation made me feel the need to speak about my opinion on the difference between simple honesty and brutal honesty. I believe that honesty is always welcomed and brutal honesty is never needed. What is the difference you ask? Well, brutal honesty implies a certain level of malice (to me at least). For example (albeit an extremely generic and over used one)… someone asks “Do these pants make me look fat?” An honest response could be “well, they aren’t the most flattering pants”, but a brutally honest response could simply be “yes”. There is a subtle difference, both are true statements, it is simply the delivery. You could take brutal honesty to an extreme by adding an insult to the statement (as some do) but regardless it isn’t necessary. Using the guise of honesty to convey an insult is cowardly in my opinion. I am annoyed by people who use “brutal honesty” as an excuse to be an asshole.

Just my two cents on the subject; always be transparent and honest, just choose the right delivery method. If you ever find yourself saying you were brutally honest take note you might have just been a complete jackass (purposefully or not).

First Post

JordanRinke — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:54:25 +0000

Just a quick post, blog is back up etc… I will work on the custom theme and some other stuff this or next weekend.