Archive for May 25th, 2003
by Tom on May.25, 2003, under Uncategorized
Well, here it is. The new layout has arrived, and I must say, I like it quite a lot. I will say that I had very little to do with it. This is mostly Tara’s doing, the creative webpage designing half of Black Sunshine Computer Concepts. I just took the site and sanded a few of the edges (mainly my webcounter tags, which had to be changed now that the frames are dead), but the little lady is responsible for the changes. Now, without the frames and a few size constrictions, this should be good in 800×600 resolution, for whomever still uses that.
Anyone who spends a decent time around me knows I like to read, but have this inability to read just one book at a time, leaving me reading several books at the same time. Well, I managed to finish two this week. The first, Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella, is probably better known by the movie it became, Field Of Dreams. Being a fan of the film, I always meant to read the book, as I have this almost morbid fascination with seeing how badly movie adaptations are from their original novel. As adaptations go, Field Of Dreams wasn’t a bad film version. The film lacks certain characters, some somewhat major, and one major change. The character of Terrance Mann, played by James Earl Jones, doesn’t exist in the novel. The character of Mann replaces that of J.D. Salinger, author of Catcher In The Rye, among others. Salinger was reportedly furious about being in the book, and threatened legal action if he were part of the movie. The book, although fiction, uses many real characters and coincidences, including the character of “Moonlight” Graham, whose portrayal in the novel (and the book) was very much true to form (with the exception of the coming back to life part). A Salinger story did include a character named “Ray Kinsella”. It’s an interesting piece of fiction using true characters, and I highly recommend the book.
The other book I read was Moneyball by Michael Lewis. This book totally pulled me in, and while I’ve stated I usually start books and wander off to others, this I finished in less than a week. I plan on doing a review of the book for the site, so I’ll save comments for later.
Expect a rant tomorrow. Memorial Day in the Hamptons… sigh.
