My name is Ryan. I blog about geeky, artistic, and musical things.

The Social Network? See it.

Just got back from seeing The Social Network, and it was amazing. If you haven’t yet had a chance to see it, it is definitely worth the ticket price to go check it out. Granted, it isn’t the happiest of films, but it’s double narrative pulls you in from the very start. It has a prefect balance of nerdiness, drama, and wonderful cinematography. Plus, it has a great soundtrack put together by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, which is available for download here.

This entry was written by Ryan, posted on October 2, 2010 at 10:13 pm, filed under Review and tagged , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.



Speck PixelSkin HD

I finally received my Speck PixelSkin HD, and my first impressions of it are pretty good. The case doesn’t add too much bulk to the phone, but still provides ample protection. It is made of a slightly flexible plastic with a matte finish on the sides. As far as button coverage, the sleep/wake and volume buttons are completely covered while the ringer switch is exposed (to be expected). The opening for the headphone jack seems to be on the small side, but the dock connector seems open enough to support most chargers.

This entry was written by Ryan, posted on September 8, 2010 at 2:38 pm, filed under Review, Technology and tagged , , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.



Netflix for iPhone: 3G Data Gobbler?

I was exceedingly happy to find out that Netflix for iPhone was released today, allowing instant streaming of Netflix’s awesome library of TV shows and movies. The app works very well over 3G, providing great quality with very few stops for buffering. Purely in the interest of science, I turned off Wi-Fi to see how much data was required to stream a 43-minute episode of LOST. Turns out, it uses almost 200MB. Better hang on to that unlimited data plan :)

This entry was written by Ryan, posted on August 26, 2010 at 8:45 pm, filed under Review, Technology and tagged , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.



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