Download / By Sylwia Bartyzel
Month: February 2014
“I love that she’s unapologetically badass. There’s no back-story trying to explain something horrible that happened to her that explains who she is. No, that’s just who she is. She just is this person; no explanation needed. Just like men—when a male character comes on screen and is a badass, you just accept it. And I’m hoping that’s what fans do with Rosa. She is who she is and she just doesn’t give a shit.”- Stephanie Beatriz on her character, Rosa Diaz, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
I may need to watch this.
One of the few shows I’m actually actively watching, and it’s actually a family show.
Yes, you should watch this. Diverse cast, non-traditional roles, humor from character, not from cliché.
My opinion, of course; YMMV.
I wasn’t sure I was going to make it with this show. The first couple of episodes were very rough. But it seems to have found its groove, and I find myself laughing more as the season has progressed.
And Stephanie’s character is my absolute favorite, followed closely by Andre Braugher’s.
“I love that she’s unapologetically badass. There’s no back-story trying to explain something horrible that happened to her that explains who she is. No, that’s just who she is. She just is this person; no explanation needed. Just like men—when a male character comes on screen and is a badass, you just accept it. And I’m hoping that’s what fans do with Rosa. She is who she is and she just doesn’t give a shit.”- Stephanie Beatriz on her character, Rosa Diaz, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
I may need to watch this.
One of the few shows I’m actually actively watching, and it’s actually a family show.
Yes, you should watch this. Diverse cast, non-traditional roles, humor from character, not from cliché.
My opinion, of course; YMMV.
I wasn’t sure I was going to make it with this show. The first couple of episodes were very rough. But it seems to have found its groove, and I find myself laughing more as the season has progressed.
And Stephanie’s character is my absolute favorite, followed closely by Andre Braugher’s.
McQuarrie Monday – Oh man, my dad is going to be so mad I was leading an attack against his base…
McQuarrie Monday – Oh man, my dad is going to be so mad I was leading an attack against his base…
Opt out of Dropbox’s arbitration clause
If you’re a Dropbox user, you probably got an email in the last few days about an update to their TOS that basically puts all disputes into arbitration rather than litigation.
If you’re like me, you probably glossed over this update because gah, legalese.
Allow me to summarize what it means when a company wants to handle all disputes in arbitration:
No matter what they do (delete your data, privacy breach, overcharging, whatever), you don’t get to sue. Instead, THEY get to choose the arbitrator according to whatever criteria they want, and thus any dispute is decided by someone they’re paying.
Also, you can’t join a class-action suit against them. Which sounds like no big deal, but when a company takes advantage of a bunch of people all in the same small way (incorrectly assessing a service charge, for example), class action is how companies are made to clean up their act en masse, instead of waiting for thousands of people to call them up and demand their $20 back or whatever.
I love Dropbox and use/recommend it enthusiastically. But this is a company that we entrust with some of our most important data- the kind of data we need to have access to wherever we are. Family photos, portfolios, projects representing years of work, etc. And as we’ve seen with Google buying Nest, even if we trust the management team in charge of our data right now, that’s not guaranteed in the future. Founders move on to other things. Companies with great products get acquired. Business decisions get made that change the direction of the company.
The agreement we make with Dropbox is too important to be enforced only by an arbitrator of their choosing. You have 30 days from the date of notification to opt out of the arbitration clause. Do it now.
Fellow Dropbox users, Tiffany does a wonderful job summing things up on this. Follow that link and opt out.
Harold Ramis, 69, died today in Chicago.
Ghostbusters. Animal House. Groundhog Day. Analyze This. Caddyshack. Stripes. National Lampoon’s Vacation.
I can’t. Read his obituary.
So many great comedy moments. Thanks for the laughs, Harold.
What Tom said.