Dream of a Talking Cat

I had the strangest dream amongst a bunch of vaguely interconnected ones last night. I was walking around a residential neighborhood and came to a dead end. All of a sudden a cat (kind of large cat: maybe a large bobcat) appears and says something about not to go in that direction. My memory is kind of fuzzy, but then a man appears and the cat says something and turns the man into a very small monkey. Later, some FBI guy or someone similar keeps me from leaving the place I'm in and going to the airport. After a while, he let's me go. On a TV screen, I see something about a fight at the airport involving a cat and a monkey. Normally, I have dreams that are pretty grounded in reality. Exceptions are the occasional vampires, zombies, and super powers. Occasionally (pretty rare nowadays), I'll be in a cartoon or some television show or movie. But from what I can recall, I have never, ever, had a realistic dream that involved a talking animal. The only thing that was a little different about last night is that I was paged at around 4:30am. I think this dream occurred after I went back to sleep.

Dawn of the Dead

Last night, I watched the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead on DVD. There is an interesting extra called "Special Report: Zombie Invasion". The news anchor is Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin from Babylon 5) in probably his has last screen role before he died. Also, the voice of the president is none other than Bruce Boxlightner (President/Captain John Sheridan from Babylon 5).

JibJab's Second Term

There is a new animation out from JibJab called "Second Term!". This follows "This Land", "Good to be in D.C.", and "Santa Claus!" (aka "Grumpy Santa").

House of Flying Daggers

I went to see House of Flying Daggers. I think it's better paced than Hero, but the ending seemed too open ended.

Mac mini

The Mac mini looks really interesting. A bunch of them would probably make a nice little server farm. I see a couple negative things about it:

• It has an external power brick which appears to be about 1/3 the size of the mini.

• There is only one memory slot. It appears that Apple does not recommend users upgrade memory themselves (it could be that it's difficult to get the case opened up). From the picture on the design page of the Mac mini site, it doesn't appear that upgrading the memory would be difficult once the case is opened.
  

Chattanooga and Atlanta

I went to Chattanooga and Atlanta yesterday and today with my parents. The World of Coca-Cola was quite interesting. There were unlimited free samples of various Coca-Cola drinks from around the world (including lychee and a very strong ginger ale) that are not sold in the United States.