Again, Eric D. Snider is spot on with his review. Since his taste in movies almost equally reflects mine, I'll use his grading scheme as a barometer as to whether I'd like to see a movie or not, with the grades conveniently placed on the page without having to jump into a full review. After I see the movie, I'll read the view just to continue to reaffirm the fact that he knows what he's talking about.

Much noise is being made about Google's foray into the instant messaging market, especially how it's going to be an open format. This is important because they're trying to create a platform that allows people to use their Google messenger with people who have not switched. Personally, instead of using something that's backwards compatible, the technology to aggregate all those services into one is already here with Trillian. If you're not using Trillian yet, why not? It allows you to fully consolidate all your AIM, Yahoo and MSN (and IRC and ICQ as well) into one neat program. Mark will attest to the fact that I'm not one to steer you wrong in optimizing your computing experience.

I think it's doing things like optimizing your computing experience that leads one to be a 40-year-old virgin. Just a thought. But I knew some rank-ass Pageboys that were getting some in the smelly, hairy depths of Alley 3, so clearly I'm not expert on that subject.