Archive for May, 2006
Holidays, what fun?
This is a real chilled holiday; most of the week, I get up late, real late 
I’ve been to Ikea, and its still impossible to find what you’re looking for and the queues are ridiculous – still got the small table I was after, it tilts ans is ment for your laptop…
Still contempling the 32in Samsung tv, its under 800 quid which is good value, Dixons is selling the same one for over a grand! Loosers…
May go over to Bluewater tomorrow ans have a look in the Apple shop, I think my mac-mini knows I’m using a MS mouse, its a bit sluggish and not very responsive.
Just going to drink my Frappachino and I’ll go back and play with photoshop befor it expires…
X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Synopsis: The all-star cast returns in this action filled third feature in the X-Men franchise. A cure for genetic mutations has been discovered by humans, which both divides and confuses the mutants. Magneto responds by starting a revolution to protect mutants from elimination, while Professor Xavier argues that they should compromise with the government. The situation is complicated by the unexpected resurrection of Dr. Jean Grey, who has been consumed by the powers of the Dark Phoenix and become an imminent threat to the world. It is left to the X-Men to prevent a war to end all wars.
Conslusion: Wow! what a film, the perfect end – or is it simply the start of a… no that would spoil the movie. All the best XMen were back, with some new faces including the winged "Angel", and VInnie Jones playing the Juggernault – a perfect choice.
This movies certainly has some surprises in it, with a number of key characters loosing their mutant powers, and the deaths of 3 key characters! Wow! go see it, and when it comes out on DVD buy that too!!!
Gets you thinking…
Synopsis: Symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) receives an urgent late-night call while on business in Paris. The curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum and police have found a cryptic cipher near his dead body. While working to solve the enigmatic puzzle with the help of French cryptologist Sophie Neveu, Langdon is astonished to discover that it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Conclusion: It’s a great movie that leaves you thinking – there is a line towards the end of the film which when spoken by Tom caused laughter in the cinema, it was strange but it wasn’t a funny line – when you hear it you’ll know.
The presentation of the story was great, the effects (yes there were some) were dramatic and complemented the film perfectly – I particullly enjoyed the mixture of new and old in the centre of London.. It’s not everyones cup of tea (with lemon…) but go see it – it’ll make yuo think…
Wednesday night drive home
Sorted, take away, tom tom, and ipod – perfect
Legal Matters: Photographing People
Link: Legal Matters: Photographing People.
Wired has a rundown some of the legal issues that could be encountered by snapping a photo of someone unknowingly to them. Basically if the subject doesn’t have a "reasonable expectation of privacy"—basically meaning that it is in a public place that one could expect a camera to be at—then it is cool to take the picture. There are other gray areas that could get you in trouble also. For example taking a picture of underage persons engaging in acts of sexual expression could get you in trouble for child pornography, or snapping artwork can possibly violate copyright laws. The best rule is when in doubt, don’t shoot the picture. Simple as that.
Tuesday lunch
From the canteen today, roast pork, roast potatoes vegetables and lovely crackling – nice…
Lifehacker, the Productivity and Software Guide
Link: Lifehacker, the Productivity and Software Guide.
Snap.com offers an alternative to “text-in, text-out” searching. They’ll show you a visual preview with every result. We believe the visual display of data along with text is better than text alone. Users can better judge a result to be good for their search if they see it rather than read it. When Snap returns results, we show you a preview of the result. The Snap Results-Left/Preview-Right interface concept eliminates much of the guesswork of search, and thus greatly reduces the number of unproductive back and forth clicks to determine if a site is worth your time. We call this Fast Browsing. They’ve also got fast type-ahead searching to help guide your search and direct interaction with your results. The bottomline idea is that all of this should result in less time spent searching. If nothing else it’s a refreshing take on Web searching.
Very alien
Well, the environment although looking simple is very tricky to use after using windows for 8yrs (ish).. I’m going to go and get a book today, cos I can’t even get the printer working or figure out how applications are installed… They seem to install and run from the desktop!
I’m sure I’m missing some trick..