Star Wars Adidas Originals
I’d seen mention of it elsewhere but I hadn’t actually seen Adidas’ new Star Wars originals collection. Bring a big fan of the movies, the girls over at WHPR sent me on the info during the week and the line of t-shirts that go on sale in Champion Sports this month. I’ve embedded the ad they’re running below the fold. I’m disappointed to learn that they aren’t selling the runners in Ireland though. 
Specifically the Skywalker ones:
If I pick up one of the t-shirts I’ll probably be this one:
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Square
I just watched the video of Kevin Rose demoing an initial version of Square which is a payment processing system for credit cards. The device is tiny and plugs into the top of an iPhone which then links in with an app. I’m really interested to see where they go with this as it looks tremendously easy to use. Here’s the vid:
I like the way it can show you a picture of the buyer if they’ve setup an account with Square. Jack Dorsey, one of Twitter’s co-founders, is the main guy behind this. One to watch.
Friday Photo – Snowy Strand
“Don’t call it a comeback…” Friday Photo is back after 6 weeks off. Taken on Sandymount Strand last Saturday.
Up in the Air
It’s almost a role that George Clooney was born to play. Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizer, a man whose job it is to break the life changing news to people across America that their “positions are no longer available”. Although the story that this script is adapted from was written a few years ago, the current economic environment has lent a new weight to it. Bingham’s home is in the air, chasing a target of air miles that only six other people have ever achieved. He packs like a ninja and is turned on by platinum cards. It’s that particular encounter in which we are introduced to Alex who is almost a carbon copy of Bingham, at one point uttering the words “Just think of me as you but with a vagina”.
Bingham finds himself developing feelings for her and relationships are not this man’s strong point. Complicating matters for him is the fact that he has a cocky new colleague in the form of Natalie Keener, whose determined to introduce a new video conferencing way of firing people. This threatens Bingham’s entire way of life and the sparing between the man who considers it an art form and the woman whose determined to push through change is fantastic. That brings me to the script. Written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner it develops fantastic characters and is sharp throughout. Reitman, who also directs, is going from strength to strength after the success of Juno.
I honestly can’t recommend this film enough. Clooney is sensational, embodying a man who goes through a sea change in how he deals with others. I’ve seen it twice now and will probably see it a third time when it’s released here this Friday 15th. The closing monologue will stick with me but I won’t quote it here. 