Lee McKusick

Reading List

Friday, April 4th, 2008 | Books | 1 Comment

Currently Reading:
Infidel - Ted Dekker
The Design of Everyday Things - Donald Norman

To Read:
Hostage to the Devil - Malachi Martin
Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay

What are you reading?

Dexter

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 | Tv | No Comments

So I’ve been watching the Showtime original series “Dexter”, with my roommates. It’s a show (based on the book Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay)  about a guy named Dexter, who is the top blood spatter analyst in the Miami PD. He’s also a serial killer.

In accordance with his “moral code”, all of Dexter’s victims are murderers themselves, and while there’s no justification for an eye for an eye, you really can’t help but root for him, mainly when he’s in danger of being caught, or if he’s in a similar sort of sticky situation.

I won’t give anything away, but Dexter is basically emotionless. He’s a very flat character by himself, but it’s the facade that he puts up that makes the show amazing, and the character of Dexter really likable. The mask he wears around other people is completely the opposite of his actual self, and Michael C. Hall does an excellent job of portraying those awkward, yet convincing interactions. Combined with the wacky interactions of Season 1 with the “Ice Truck Killer” (another serial killer in Miami), it all makes for a dynamic and interesting show.

As I mentioned, the show was made for Showtime, but season 1 is being shown Sunday nights on CBS at 10pm. ( I haven’t seen any on CBS, so I can’t say how well it survived the network TV editting process, but I will say that there’s really not much in terms of content that you wouldn’t find on, say, CSI (language notwithstanding).

So, if you’re looking for a great show that will grab your interest, and still make you laugh at times, I would recommend Dexter. But I warn you, it’s like a good novel, once you start watching it, the plot will suck you in…

Speakng of novels, I want to read Darkly Dreaming Dexter, so once I do, I’ll put up a review.

Was it Crying?

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 | Fun | No Comments

How do you mistake this?
Let’s give a “w00t” for tax-dollars put to good, valid use. I’m sure the cops appreciated it, too.

The Best Rap Song I’ve Heard

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I’m not a fan of rap. But I’ll give this guy props, he knows his shizzle. Fo rizzle.
Alright, enough of my being “street”, here’s the Design Coding rap.

Thanks to iJustine for the heads up.

Electronic Purge

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

So. I’ve decided to give up the use of computers for life.

There will be no more Internet, no more Twitter, no more Facebook, Blogger, Flickr, Digg, Del.icio.us, Webcomics, Lifehacker,  IM, Firefox, so on and so forth.

I am eliminating computers from my life.