http://www.thetommark.com/blog Technology, Entertainment, Comics, among other things... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:53:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anyone that can prop themselves up next to a computer and can formulate an opinion has an entertainment website. And of that anyone, most wait until the end of summer to give out awards for the summer movies. Not I! In the spirit of being above the average, I've devised a ... http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/06/10/tom-marks-mid-summer-summer-movie-awards-2008/ Spoilers, Ahoy! If you care about that sort of thing!Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a fun filled adventure movie that many will love. The "Big Damn Ants" scene was incredible, as was every action sequence in the movie. The comedy was there, especially when Indy ... http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/05/26/5-reasons-indy-4-isnt-as-good-as-the-first-three-movies/ We all love Facebook. Well, at least those of us that recognize Myspace as the new Friendster.  The Ex-Google employees that deferred there can't be wrong! Before another social network takes Facebook's crown as the king of all social networks, it is important to list the objective archetypes of people ... http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/05/23/5-people-youll-see-on-facebook/ I've been messing around with Inkscape, trying to get used to it. Who needs Fireworks anymore? If you don't know who this is . . . visit this http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/05/17/more-inkscape-practice/ Did a rendering of Mario in my comic style, which may or may not be used in the future :) Also check out my Twitter (updated daily): http://www.twitter.com/tommark Late! http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/05/10/mario/ I was going to do more with this feature, but really, all you want to see are pictures and results. Yeah, I went with Vista! Since Microsoft gives away Ultimate edition like water (if you know where to look*), why the heck not? *I got mine going the Windows Feedback Panel ... http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/05/03/introducting-benchmark/ This house might look familiar to some people who have known me, and my work, for sometime . . . Not as ugly of a couch as I'd have hoped . . . This all seems somewhat familiar . . . Top Down View This is not to say that I am working on ... http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/05/03/messing-around-with-sims-2/ One of my specialty areas at work is being a MAPI programmer, I dwell in the Outlook/PST/MSG state of mind most of the time. I've been in this state for quite some time. Working for an eDiscovery company, I'm not doing the typical "I want to send email, and only ... http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/04/09/i-dont-like-smime/ So I went to the gym this morning. I pay so much for membership, I figure I might want to make it a routine to go. Every Tuesday and Thursday. Maybe. This time for sure. I had to start treating my body better. It took health problems to wake me up ... http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/04/08/mmm-more-morning-musings/ Morning musings from the man that has no time for his blog. You know, for a very technical person that works on some heavy grade, highly dynamic programs, I really don't talk about it much here. Maybe I like to keep church and state separate (in this case "Job Life" and ... http://www.thetommark.com/blog/2008/04/07/busy-man-really-busy/