About winning and losing: The Hustler by Robert Rossen, 1961
BERT―Eddie, you’re a born loser. EDDIE―What’s that supposed to mean? BERT―First time in ten years I ever saw Minnesota Fats hooked, really hooked. But you let him off. EDDIE―I told you. I got drunk. BERT―Sure, you got drunk. That’s the best excuse in the world for losing. No trouble losing when you got a good […]

Django Unchained: Tarantino’s Next Movie
Quentin Tarantino has handed in the final draft of his spaghetti western script Django Unchained to Weinstein Co., his agency WME confirms. According to Tarantino Archives, the title Django Unchained pays homage to both the Sergio Corbucci original Django, not to mention Takashi Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django, which features Tarantino (see clips for both below). […]
Tumblr To WordPress: A New Exporter By WooThemes
Tumblr’s users who wish to move their content over to a self-hosted WordPress blog now have a new solution. WordPress developer Pete Mall used the existing exporter PHP scripts written by Hao Chen and its “enhancement fork” created by Ben Ward to create a new “Tumblr 2 WordPress” exporter: http://tumblr2wp.com/. [UPDATE – August 2, 2012] […]