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I’ve read quite a few books in my time and I still enjoy reading them today. Over the last few years I’ve spent more time reading them digitally on the Kindle or iPad than reading actual, physical, bound bunches of paper.

It’s a trade off. I love physical books but I also love being able to take ten of them on vacation with me in a device a bit larger than one of them. I’m sure there will always be books printed and bound for collectors to purchase. I don’t know if mass market books are long for this world, however.

That makes me kinda sad. To cheer me up, I found this video made by a husband and wife who obviously love books even more that I do.

Enjoy it. I know I did.

To help make up for the last post which, let’s face it, could have been perceived as a bit of a downer, I present to you something far more uplifting and, dare I say it, cute: Puppy vs. Robot. Enjoy. Once again, no need to thank me.

I may have mentioned it before but I like this movie and especially this scene. If you haven’t seen it, watch this and then go watch the whole movie. It’s worth it.

No matter what I’ve achieved in my life, occasionally I find myself in need of some inspiration or motivation (or both). Usually, whatever I need comes from inside me and I end up making it work somehow.

Other times, I need to look elsewhere for what I need. Today is one of those days. So, to help me move forward and do what I need to do, here’s a little inspiration from my man Steve Jobs.

Whatever you may think of him or Apple, he certainly knows his way around public speaking. We could all hope to be this good at something someday.

Money quote:

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice, heart and intuition.”

Yep. I needed that.

David Fincher obviously knows what he’s doing. Combine that with a script by master wordsmith Aaron Sorkin and you have a finely crafted film that tells the story of Mark Zuckerber’s quest for acceptance and the founding of Facebook.

Thie new traile for the film dropped today and it’s one of the best I’ve seen in quite some time. For more details, check out my post at The Flickcast. Or, just watch the trailer right here and enjoy.

Here’s a trailer for a film I’m really looking forward to seeing. Sadly, it doesn’t have a US release . . . yet. Let’s hope by the power of the Internets we can make it happen. Until then, enjoy Space Battleship Yamato.

How I didn’t see this before I’ll never know, but apparently the site Mr. Skin rated the all-time best nude scenes in movies and one of my favorite actresses of all time was number one. I’m talking about, of course, Phoebe Cates in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

To a young man such as myself, Cates represented all that was awesome about girls and helped start us on the way to manhood. I’m very happy that many others obviously share my enthusiasm for Cates. She truly is one of a kind and still looks great today (at 46), btw.

But here she is in her younger days in one of my favorite movies of all time. Also, keep in mind, this video is probably NSFW. Enjoy.

I think I will just let this one stand on its own and not offer any comments.

First of all, this trailer for what will surely be my favorite game of the year, Modern Warfare 2, is now up at The Flickcast. In short, it looks awesome. Also, it looks better than most movie trailers I see these days. Curious. Anyway, like I said, its awesome so check it out.

And while we’re on the subject of movie trailers (we were, remember?), here’s the new trailer for The Killer Inside Me, based on the novel by one of my favorite authors, Jim Thompson. In this trailer, which is also up at The Flickcast with more info about the movie, you will see many things including Jessica Alba get spanked with a belt. Yes, you read that right. You’re welcome.

As you probably know, Windows 7 came out this week and, of course, Apple launched an ad campaign to fight this latest encroachment by the “evil empire.” Here’s my favorite one of the new ads so far featuring your old friends Mac and PC. Enjoy.