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This past weekend, I had the joy of seeing The Incredible Hulk. I came up with the top 10 reasons every geek should see this movie NOW. The top 5 reveal some spoilers…so read on with caution. Check it:

10. The musical score: Composed by Craig Armstrong who won a Golden Globe for Moulin Rouge! (2002) and a Grammy for Ray (2006), the soundtrack is moving and well matched to each scene.

9. Liv Tyler: She stole your heart in Lord of the Rings as Elven beauty Arwen Undómiel, and she will do so again as apple of The Hulk’s eye, Betty Ross. Jennifer Connolly didn’t do a bad job with this character in The Hulk (2003), but Tyler proves to be more believable and has more of that “comic-book girl” look.

8. Action-packed: Some of the fight scenes are the most amazing I have seen in a comic book film. If you liked the Magneto vs. X-men battle in Xmen: The Last Stand, the end battle in The Incredible Hulk is like that on steroids.

7. Good Direction: Louis Leterrier knows what he’s doing. He doesn’t have a number of blockbuster hits under his belt, but he definitely proves himself with this film. The story is told in a cohesive and entertaining fashion.

6. Location, location, location!: The Incredible Hulk was shot on location in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, New York, and various places in Canada. If you read the comic book, you know that The Hulk was constantly on the run. This was well depicted by a variety of landscape changes throughout.

*Warning: Spoilers ahead…Proceed with care!*
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Like any niche online, the micro-blogging space is technically limitless. Any group of talented geeks can put together a place where friends can communicate frankly. Practically speaking, with so many sites interested in what you are doing every second, there are so many places one can post before the next moment passes.

Being one of those people who are social network obsessed, I had to check out Plurk.com.

The site can best be described as a place to express yourself in a time line format, and receive comments all classified chronologically. After you sign in, you can use qualifiers like loves, hates, likes, is, wishes, etc. to share how you feel. I do wish there was a “need” qualifier, as that seems to be a basic one that is left out. Plus, if you want to go freestyle and have your own qualifier, you can do that too. After you have selected the word, you can continue with a sentence or link, making it somewhat like Pownce [where you can also share a link and get comments].

Another item that is like Pownce is the ability to make sets of friends, or “cliques.” This can make it easier to send a note to the few rather than the many. In terms of UI, the site has a colorful look with some different templates, but I would like to see more.

Plurk does have a lot in common with Twitter and Pownce. The thing that sets it apart may be the one that is hardest to get used to: the time line. With hundreds of friends, it’s almost over stimulation with the amount of information coming in every minute. Plurk did add an “add, but don’t follow” option a few days after it was launched, but it still can be hard to comprehend all that is occuring. I liken this to reading Arabic to most other languages; it’s a different direction [right to left]. Twitter, Pownce, and even the personalized Facebook homepage deliver linear content while Plurk gives it to us horizontally.

There is also a karma point system that I honestly don’t get the point of. It seems that with more karma points you can have a different ugly doll like creature on your time line, and unlock more emoticons. Not so enticing as a feature, unless you are weirdly into that type of thing [a dancing banana emoticon is good enough for me!]

Test it out for yourselves and let me know what you think of it. Plurk is a fun looking site with a good concept, but I am unsure of who it will appeal to or if it can compete with the micro-blog heavy weights. Scoble first commented that Plurk may be a good place to go when Twitter was down, but later stated that he “hates plurk.” I definitely don’t hate it and will continue to Plurk on. However, It won’t be the first thing I log onto anytime soon and will have to stand in line behind the big boys that came before it.

Well, the good news is that if you purchased The Force tea blend, it could now be seen as a collectors item. The bad news: I am no longer with Revision3.

I know, it comes as quite a shock. It did to me too, but somehow I think that you always do know somewhere deep down when your number is up. This wasn’t by my own choice, and I understand that sometimes business decisions can…well…lack of a better word, suck. The truth is, I wrote the blog about coming full circle after I had been let go. It was a way for me to talk about it, without really saying anything.

I do wish the folks at Revision3 the best, as it is a company of my friends. It was really fun doing a lot of the stuff I did, things that I may not have been able to do otherwise. I even learned how to fly a plane! It was a segment that never got to see the light of day, but the point is—-I did.

As for where I am going next…I have no clue. I’ve applied for some stuff around here and had some interviews. But, I guess I’ll just have to wait and see where I end up. And, yes, you all will be the first to know!

Until then, I am going to relax and pretend it’s summer break. Ahhh….