Niniane's Blog

At CM's birthday brunch: CM: My friend was deciding between being an animator on a film versus a game.  He said on a film, he'...

I am newly obsessed with Harry Potter books again.  The characters are so well-written!  I also forgot how funny the books are.

I am quite irritated at the Harry Potter movies. In the book, Hermione is a very strong, interesting character.  She is acknowledged by e...

Last month, I watched Fellowship of the Ring again.  It is an amazing movie, and I watched all 17 hours of bonus commentary.  However...! ...

"Moe" was one of the fellow students in my survival school course.  Moe lost 100 pounds in the six months prior to survival schoo...

I've decided to embark on a 60-day experiment to get enough sleep. All my life, I've had a reluctance to go to sleep at night.  ...

Yesterday I finished "Ender in Exile" by Orson Scott Card.  I have some issues with the middle third having a contrived plot.  An...

I read a story recently in a screenwriting book " The Story Book ".  It goes something like this: Writing is like mining for ...

I went for a 5-day meditation retreat at Esalen.  It is a meditation center in California on the coast between San Francisco and LA.  It us...

CM: [complaining about how his iPhone doesn't receive text messages when he's in Mexico] Me: "I think you just need to call...

I love this 2-minute commercial made by personal injury lawyer Jamie Casino.  He lives in Savannah, Georgia.  He personally wrote, directe...

CM recommended a book to me: "Ready Player One".  After I got halfway through, I told him that it may as well be renamed "Bo...

Of all the qualities required in the leader of a product, there is one that I think is most important.  This quality is more important than...

Marveling at this CG video featuring Bruce Lee. I showed it to CM, who said " Holy crap.  I watched and my first thought was, where...

Several years ago, I read this NYTimes account of four journalists taking photos of the same event . It's interesting how each of th...

Going to London and Dublin next week! Over IM: Potamus : in my mind, dublin is a frozen land with icy potatoes stuck in the ground ...

In life, there are some things where no matter how hard you try, it may or may not work out the way you want. I went through this once bef...

Recently a friend said to me, "My remote engineer contractors aren't committed enough.  They say they'll get a feature finishe...

I started taking meditation classes at SF Insight .  Meditation is amazing!  I've been taking weekend classes that go from 10am to 5pm....

Today I had these two tacos from a food truck. Both use organic local ingredients. The food truck has Zagat rating 25. I love Californi...