The Day the Movies Died

This article over at GQ is a must-read if you enjoy watching movies. And who doesn't? So go read it.

At their most basic, their movies weren't movies; they were pure product—stitched-together amalgams of amphetamine action beats, star casting, music videos, and a diamond-hard laminate of technological adrenaline all designed to distract you from their lack of internal coherence, narrative credibility, or recognizable human qualities. They were rails of celluloid cocaine with only one goal: the transient heightening of sensation.

That pretty much sums up modern day Hollywood doesn't it.

Giving Posterous a Go

Not another redesign.

I've had a Posterous account for years, but I've never really used it or taken it seriously. After fussing with what exactly I want to have on my site, dealing with Wordpress, and my less-than-stellar expereinces with Bluehost, I've decided to give it a serious go.

Redirecting a previously purchased domain to Posterous was easy enough. And I found this theme from Cory Watilo that really suits what I am going for. The only thing I don't like about it is how prominent his theme credits are in the footer. I'll have to make those smaller.

So far I'm finding a lot of nice features about Posterous that a self-install of Wordpress, or for that matter a Wordpress.com setup, doesn't offer. There are a ton of ways you can create posts, pages, and media, and all of the 'social' tie-ins work perfectly and unobtrusively.