Dellamorte Dellamore (****1/2)
(1994) – AKA “Cemetery Man” – dir. Michele Soavi – w/ Rupert Everett as the keeper of the cemetery, Francois Hadji-Lazaro as his faithful assistant, and Anna Falchi as approximately 37 different people. Synopsis: Rupert Everett is Francesco Dellamorte, the keeper of a cemetery in a small town in Italy. He has a steady job, […]
https://www.swordbilled.com/dellamorte-dellamore-12/
Pronounce it like you mean it
A handy list of how to pronounce difficult-to-pronounce author’s names. (via The Millions: “Hard to Pronounce Literary Names Redux.” 26 Aug 2006.)
https://www.swordbilled.com/pronounce-it-like-you-mean-it/
The Equalizer
Okay, so perhaps there’s no script yet, or cast—or anything, really—but can we at least hope the movie version of the Equalizer won’t be totally awful? Could we hope that it might even be good? Or…? The director lined up right now, Paul McGuigan, directed 2003’s The Reckoning, which was actually fairly decent. Decency, that […]
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-equalizer/
When you absolutely, positively have to have a photo that’s 3626E6
Yotophoto is a handy-dandy photo searching site that lets you find quality free-use photos. Search by keywords, image size, image licenses or–and this is the clincher–color. (Hence the admittedly lame title.)
https://www.swordbilled.com/when-you-absolutely-positively-have-to-have-a-photo-thats-3626e6/
Diagramming!
Online! Flow-charts! Boxes! Arrows! Lines! Make diagrams online with Giffy, then share ’em online or whatever. Floor plans, generic diagrams, flow-charts, whatever you want, Giffy can help you make it. Handy, if you’re into that sort of thing.
https://www.swordbilled.com/diagramming/
Yet another Google Maps mashup
…this one involving AP News stories & Google maps. Displaying, as you might expect, a map indicating the “location” of various top AP news stories in categories such as “National”, “Sports”, and the omnipresent “Strange”. (Who doesn’t love “strange”?)
https://www.swordbilled.com/yet-another-google-maps-mashup/
Go train, go!
“Draw a 100-mile circle around almost any major world city — Rome, Paris, Tokyo — and there’s an extensive commuter rail network linking vibrant communities. We have antiquated commuter rail networks around Boston and New York. We’ve starved the infrastructure.” … Yet New England, a century ago, had a robust rail network, covering a huge […]
https://www.swordbilled.com/go-train-go/
Mystery Beast No More
What creature some suspected of being a mystery beast is now found to be not so mysterious, though still a little bit strange, perhaps. Fame is fickle and fleeting for some. (BoGlo: “Residents wonder if dead animal is legendary mystery beast” [16 Aug 2006]; WMTW/AP: “DNA Tests Reveal ‘Mytery Beast’ Was Dog” [28 Aug 2006])
https://www.swordbilled.com/mystery-beast-no-more/
Number what?
Washington Monthly digs into the omnipresent US News & World Report College Rankings, turning them inside-out and upside-down and everything. WM re-orders the list based on things like national service, research grants & student aid, and so forth. Unsurprisingly, US News & WR’s list is flip-flopped a bit, with some top-ranked schools sinking to the […]
https://www.swordbilled.com/number-what/