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Goblet of Fire Review
November 23, 2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireI recently saw the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. My overall impression: Thumbs-up.

This one is probably the best Harry Potter movie so far. Even though I think that book 3 (Prisoner of Azkaban) was a better book, the movie for Azkaban wasn’t as good as this one.

I think I like this movie because it’s a bit more visceral, it doesn’t follow the same Harry Potter formula (abused by the Dursleys, accuses Malfoy of wrongdoing at Hogwarts, Dumbledore explains the mystery) as the prior stories, and some intentional effort is made to deviate from it. But what else is good about this movie?

All Is Not Lost
November 22, 2005

I’ve had some billing issues with RegisterFly that have been causing havok with my domains.

Basically, I signed up for hosting services with them at the beginning of October because my Server4You dedicated hosting was not meeting my expectations, and I just wanted somewhere small and reliable to host some sites.

They didn’t tell me that the account wouldn’t be set up immediately until after I had paid them, instead saying that it would take 12-24 hours. Fine. I waited 3 days, and then sent them email telling them to cancel the order, since I had received no server details and had already contracted hosting elsewhere. You think that would end it?