"Room 237" evolves from an ode to movie love at its most delirious to a wry examination of the crackpot mind at work.
There's enough real evidence supporting the theory that Kubrick was a genius, and that's pretty entertaining all by itself.
It's about the human need for stuff to make sense - especially overpowering emotional experiences - and the tendency for some people to take that sense-making to extremes.
An intellectual exercise, and an entertaining one, especially for those who don't want to label The Shining as just a ghost story.
It has the same entertainment value as listening to a late-night radio host indulge his listeners on Roswell, Area 51 and 9/11. Everything sounds completely crackers, until it all makes crazy sense.
What emerges from Room 237 is not a denigration of conspiracies, but a kind of celebration of our ability to create patterns where (perhaps) none exist.
"Room 237" could become an essential companion piece to "The Shining" from now on. For those who see both, it will be impossible to think about one without the other.
...all about the work of criticism - finding fresh avenues of delight.
Watching it makes you feel like you're attending a really entertaining film class where your classmates confidently let their freak flags fly.
It's an essay about the human need to reject the notion of a random universe and find order and meaning in existence. These people are developing their own creation myths, with Kubrick the mastermind responsible for the Intelligent Design.
Termitic film nerds could chow down for years on the wood chips.
You know when "Room 237? starts getting really scary? When the people in the film start making sense.
Kubrick fans and movie geeks will want to check this film out as soon as possible
Kubrick fans will take 'Shining' to 'Room 237.'
The credibility of these theories ranges from faintly plausible to frankly ridiculous, but Ascher isn't interested in judging them; his movie is more about the joys of deconstruction and the special kind of obsession that movies can inspire.
Some of the interpretations seem more of a stretch than others but all are entertainingly presented by director Rodney Ascher. (The movie) serves as a testament to Stanley Kubrick's cinematic mastery.
As fascinating as it is frustrating
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"Apple adds auto-renewable subscriptions for Mac App Store apps in OS X Mavericks"?9 to 5 Mac?6/28
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Access menus via the keyboard in OS X: OS X does not support a quick-access button for its contextual menu, but there is a workaround that might work for you."?MacFixIt?6/28
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/Readers ask about the power usage of memory upgrades, and more."?MacFixIt?6/28
"How to manage services in OS X: Services in OS X offer built-in and custom options to help optimize your workflow."?MacFixIt?6/28
"Friday Favorite: How iStat Menus saved my MacBook Pro from burning up"?TUAW?6/28
"Q&A: Reorganizing the Video Library in iTunes 11"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?6/28
"Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse: How to adjust double-click and scrolling speed in Lion"?Apple Support?6/28
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Apple Data Detectors add cool Maps integration in OS X Mavericks"?AppleInsider?6/28
"Safari 7.0 to bring web notifications to OS X Mavericks"?AppleInsider?6/28
"Hands-on with OS X Mavericks: Finder tabs and tagging"?Macworld?6/28
"Review: InDesign CC boosts ePub features, font menus"?Macworld?6/28
"Review: Airmail email client has sleek fuselage, can't avoid a little turbulence"?Macworld?6/28
"Resolve resolution frustration with QuickRes - Review"?TUAW?6/28
"Parenting Tip: Limit computer access with Parental Controls in OS X Mountain Lion"?TUAW?6/28
"Review: Frozen Synapse for iPad a smart, slick turn-based strategy game"?Macworld?7:59 AM
"Apps of the week: Instacast, Wibbitz, Over and more!"?iMore?7:35 AM
"iOS 7 preview: Sprite Kit"?iMore?6/28
"Review: Thread Contact for iOS proves beauty is only skin-deep"?Macworld?6/28
"Foresee review: find the best time of the day for your outdoor activities"?iDownload Blog?6/28
"Futureful takes its smart topic-based newsreader to the iPhone and launches globally"?The Next Web?6/28
"How Squrl Is The New Age Way To View TV"?Mac 360?6/28
"'Contra: Evolution' Review ? It's Evolved Into Something, Alright"?Touch Arcade?6/28
"'Despicable Me: Minion Rush' Review ? Gets By With a Little Help From Its Minions"?Touch Arcade?6/28
"'Hero of Many' for iPad Review - A Hero Indeed"?Touch Arcade?6/28
"iPro.DJSampler Review: iPro.DJSampler is a nice sample player for iOS, but you won't get much out of it until you start using add-on packs."?148Apps?6/28
"Top Of The Morning: Morning Assistant Review/A little too basic for comfort, Top of the Morning isn't without promise, at least, thanks to an appealing user interface."?148Apps?6/28
"Super Paper Pool Review: A challenging combination of billiards and mini-golf, Super Paper Pool is rather fun for the skilful gamer."?148Apps?6/28
"D:COM ? MISSION ALPHA Review: D:COM - MISSION ALPHA has a more complex title than it does gameplay, but it still makes for some decent no-frills fun."?148Apps?6/28
"Legacy of a Thousand Suns Review: This ambitious freemium MMO is a lot more compelling than it probably looks."?148Apps?6/28
"Total Domination: Reborn Review/Total Domination: Reborn does a lot of things right but the PvP elements feel a bit too extreme."?148Apps?6/28
"Sorry Google And Apple: Samsung Unveiled Games Console First"?Forbes?7:36 AM
"Apple, still trying to get out of bed with Samsung, finally gets a little TSMC on the side..."?iMore?7:32 AM
"Report: Apple to stop using Samsung-made chips beginning in 2014"?Ars Technica?6/28
"WSJ: Apple signs iOS device chip deal with TSMC, decreasing dependence on Samsung"?iDownload Blog?6/28
"Apple Is Finally Going to Ditch Samsung's Chips"?Gizmodo?6/28
"WSJ: Apple struck deal this month with TSMC for iOS device chip production, beginning in 2014"?9 to 5 Mac?6/28
"Microsoft And Apple Actually Don't Loathe Each Other, And Here Are Examples Of Them Working Together"?Business Insider?6/28
"Apple Should Be Ashamed of Itself"?TheStreet?6/28
"Rush Limbaugh: Who says everyone hates Apple's new TV ads? Samsung!"?MacDailyNews?6/28
"Connect the Dots from Apple's Rainbow Logo and iOS 7's Color Scheme"?The Mac Observer?6/28
"Step by step: Watch an iPad app transform for Windows 8"?GeekWire?6/28
"Apple: Don't make nuclear weapons using iTunes/A mind-boggling clause is noticed by an eagle-eyed blogger in the iTunes agreement. Was Apple thinking of nuclear weapons that play Bieber as they explode?"?CNET News?6/28
"An iWatch? An Apple Videogame system? Google is afraid they might happen"?AppleDailyReport?6/28
"Apple Death Watch Continues"?TheStreet?6/28
"Apple Death Knell No. 62"?Fortune?6/28
"How Your Favorite iOS Apps Might Look Once iOS 7 Is Released"?AppAdvice?6/28
"The 13-inch MacBook Air is the ultimate road warrior's laptop"?AppleDailyReport?6/28
"Opinion: Google starts its Android photocopiers as Apple preps for Fall"?Computerworld?6/28
"Apple's New Friend Is Google's 2nd Worst Enemy"?Mac 360?6/28
"For The Sake Of Saying So, iOS 7 Is Really Broken"?Mac 360?6/28
"Digital Thievery: Is Apple Stealing From Competitors?"?PixoBebo?6/28
Non-Apple
"Is Samsung's Success All Marketing, or Something Else?"?The Motley Fool?7:36 AM
"Tech talk: Lead architect describes road to PlayStation 4/A fascinating lecture from Mark Cerny"?Destructoid?7:25 AM
"Google Reader is going away on July 1. Here's what you need to know."?The Next Web?6/28
"Surgically implanted headphones are literally 'in-ear': Thanks to a body mod that stuck magnetic speakers in his ears, would-be cyborg Rich Lee enjoys an unusually convenient setup for listening to music."?CNET News?6/28
"The ARM Diaries, Part 1: How ARM's Business Model Works"?AnandTech?6/28
"Hands-On With The Windows 8.1 Xbox Music App: New UI, Better Syncing & Free Radio Streaming"?AddictiveTips?6/28
"Here's what an eavesdropper sees when you use an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot"?PCWorld?6/28
Humor/Cartoons
"Almost 15,000 Downloads on Day 1 - evertap's New Game off to Good Start"?prMac?7:40 AM
"After Three Months Of Work, Digg Reader Officially Opens To The Public"?TechCrunch?7:33 AM
"Native Instruments introduces Discovery Series ? Cuba"?AppleDailyReport?7:23 AM
"Tunes for Alzheimer's Patients: The Easton Center is accepting donations of iPods, MP3 players, iTunes gift cards, headphones, and iPod/MP3 accessories as part of a new program to help institutionalized patients with severe dementia. Donated items will be distributed to certified elder care facilities in Los Angeles County who are serving people in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease."?David Geffen School of Medicine?6/28
"The perfect gift for the pistol-packing 'Merkin: a handgun iPhone case/'Is that an iPhone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?'"?The Register?6/28
"Coming June 29: Gene Steinberg meets Jim Dalrymple, of The Loop, Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus, Gabriel Weinberg, of DuckDuckGo.com, and tech columnist Rob Pegoraro, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?6/28
"'PatternUnlock' brings Android inspired security to iOS"?iDownload Blog?6/28
"Contra: Evolution Is The First Official Contra Game To Hit The App Store"?AppAdvice?6/28
"Get The iOS 7 Beta Translucent Keyboard On iOS 6"?Redmond Pie?6/28
"March Of War Commences Today!"?Gamasutra?6/28
"Apartment List releases iOS app to help renters find a home (exclusive)"?VentureBeat?6/28
"Leef Technology Introduces Bridge, First USB Flash Drive for Android Phones and Tablets, Macs and PCs"?MacPrices?6/28
"Netflix readies virtual assistant 'Max' for iPad"?TUAW?6/28
"Nerf Tips iPhone Scope, Rebelle Line For Girls, Lots More Guns"?PC Magazine?6/28
"Watch Out, Siri: Donna Is A Promising Personal Assistant For iPhone"?AppAdvice?6/28
"Digg Reader now available on latest Digg iOS app update"?AppleTell?6/28
"Tweetbot adds support for Instagram Video. No, seriously!"?iMore?6/28
"BlackBerry CEO Confirms BBM Will Be On Android & iOS 'Before The End Of Summer'"?Cult of Android?6/28
"Handleband, The Nicest-To-Say iPhone Bike Mount Ever"?Cult of Mac?6/28
"GV Mobile + updated with Google Voice VoIP calling and new interface"?iDownload Blog?6/28
"Turn Your iPhone Into a 3D Camera With Poppy"?Mashable?6/28
"Worried About Reeder After Google Reader's Demise? Don't Be"?AppAdvice?6/28
"Glasshouse Apps Sold To Other Developers, Tweetglass Acquired By Tweetbot Creator"?AppAdvice?6/28
"Subway Surfers Says Bonjour To Paris As Its Latest World Tour Stop"?AppAdvice?6/28
"Digg: iOS app roll-out done, crawling over 3.3 million feeds, full Web release up next"?The Next Web?6/28
"Titob 2.0 for iOS released - Remarkable Free Search App"?prMac?6/28
"True 3D Shooter Space Game for iOS"?prMac?6/28
"Phonetic Birds available on the Apple App Store"?prMac?6/28
"eWeather HD One Day Sale - Starts Today"?prMac?6/28
"New Share & Spare app makes social travel simple and fun"?prMac?6/28
"Pocket Whip Wild West 1.0 for iOS: App with 5 Million Users Now a Game"?prMac?6/28
"Battery Doc 1.0 for iOS Shows Load Cycle, Capacity and More in Real Time"?prMac?6/28
"500 Russian Audiobooks for iOS: Books Read Aloud in Russian/English"?prMac?6/28
"TV Classic - Charlie Brown's All Stars! Swings onto the App Store"?prMac?6/28
"Prompts 1.0 for iOS - More than 1000 ways to beat writer's block"?prMac?6/28
"Guess This Pic - Whats the pic iPhone trivia game"?prMac?6/28
"Fun with Crazy Balls - Extremely Hard Puzzle Arcade Game for iOS"?prMac?6/28
"Educational Summer Fun - Bunny Math Race game for 3-8 year old kids"?prMac?6/28
"Byte By Byte LLC Releases Jewels of Egypt for iOS"?prMac?6/28
"Microsoft inks deal with Time Warner Cable, bringing more live TV to your Xbox"?GeekWire?6/28
"Microsoft partners with Time Warner to launch an Xbox 360 app with 300 live TV channels this summer"?The Next Web?6/28
"Soon You'll Be Able To Watch Live TV From Time Warner Cable Through Your Xbox"?Business Insider?6/28
"A Deal With Time Warner Just Gave Your Xbox 300 New Live TV Channels"?Gizmodo?6/28
"Xbox Announces Landmark Deal with Time Warner Cable to Bring More Live TV to Xbox 360"?Xbox Wire?6/28
"Landmark Deal Between Microsoft And Time Warner Cable Brings 300 Live TV Channels To Xbox 360"?Microsoft-News?6/28
"Time Warner Cable will let Xbox 360 users stream TV later this summer"?The Verge?6/28
"Time Warner Cable to launch app for Xbox 360"?paidContent?6/28
"Xbox One and Windows 8 could share apps, Microsoft hints"?Crave @ CNET?6/28
Oscar Pistorius pictured training in Italy ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.
By Alastair Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC News
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic sprinter who faces trial for the alleged murder of his model girlfriend, has resumed training, his spokesman announced Friday.
The Paralympic gold medal winner, dubbed "Blade Runner" for his prosthetic legs, has ?decided to resume a low-key track routine? to help him prepare mentally for the trial, his media manager Anneliese Burgess said in a statement.
The South African runner ?is not contemplating a formal return to athletics and his training is not aimed at preparing for competition,? the statement said.
?His focus at this time remains entirely on the court case," Burgess added. "His family, and those close to him, have encouraged him to spend a few hours a week on the track to assist him in finding the necessary mental and emotional equilibrium to process his trauma and prepare for the trial.?
Pistorius, 26, is accused of deliberately shooting Reeva Steenkamp,?29, in a bathroom at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 14.
He denies the murder charge. Pistorius says he mistook her for an intruder.
Thy Olympian was granted bail after a pre-trial hearing earlier this year. The murder trial is set to begin August 19.
There's one in every family or group of friends: A photographer who?willing or not?spends most of their time behind the lens, and ends up conspicuously absent from nearly every photo. It's inevitable. Well, not anymore. The Duo, a working concept camera, splits in half to capture both photographer and photographee at the exact same instant.
In an effort to outdo itself, BlueStacks is announcing the GamePop Mini for the cube-buying averse. The biggest difference between the Mini (seen above on the left) and the cube (the... uh... cube above) isn't the form factor, it's in pricing. Where the regular GamePop is $129 (unless you act soon) the Mini is "free" after a 12-month subscription of $7 per-month, or $84 total. At this price, it costs less than an OUYA, but slightly more than a GameStick. "If you keep it more than 12 months, you keep it forever," BlueStacks' Head of Marketing and Business Development John Gargiulo told us. Of course, there's not much to do with with the Mini without a subscription. "It'd be like if Netflix did it this way and had hardware - the unit would be useless without the subscription." Additionally, if you return the Mini inside of 12 months, there's a $25 restocking fee.
The subscription gives users access to a plethora of games from 500 "popular mobile game partners." Those partners include the teams behind Jetpack Joyride and Fieldrunners. "Getting the kind of developer support we've gotten, it sets us apart. We saw what happened with the Dreamcast and we saw what happened with the Wii U. You need to have good launch titles; there needs to be games everyone recognizes and wants to play."
To make GamePop more enticing to developers, Bluestacks created Looking Glass -- proprietary tech allowing iOS-only apps to run on its Android-4.2-based console. When an iOS app makes calls to Apple's hardware, Looking Glass interprets those calls and translates them to the GamePop Mini's hardware. Of course, a few changes within the code are necessary. "[Porting is] not easy, but I would submit it's not hard, relatively speaking," Garguilo said.
MILAN (AP) ? Italy's foreign minister says that officials continued to press for the release of a reporter for the Turin daily La Stampa missing in Syria since April.
Emma Bonino told private Radio 24 on Thursday that Domencio Quirico is alive "at least until a few days ago." She said official diplomatic channels and contacts with groups in Syria were being used to seek his release.
Quirico contacted his family via telephone in early June for the first time since his April 9 disappearance. The Foreign Ministry has cautioned that the situation remains delicate.
Quirico, 62, an experienced war reporter, entered Syria on April 6 from Lebanon, and was heading to the Homs area when he went missing. His captors have not been identified.
