Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons (2009) – on rental. In 2006 there was that huge outcry about director Ron Howard and Tom Hanks’ The Da Vinci Code film that was based on Dan Brown’s book of the same name. The controversies of
Moving House
I ‘moved’ house at work just before I vamoosed for my in-camp training, and now that I’m back in the office have finally been able to properly arrange my things at my new home. Now, one of my big regrets
2012
2012 (2009). 2012 has been on my short To Watch-list of films at the cinema theatre (the next film is James Cameron’s Avatar, to be released next month). It’s not because I was expecting the film to possess an interesting
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) – on rental. The Spiderwick Chronicles was the second of a pair of modern fantasy-esque films that we caught over a weekend ago. And if Pan’s Labyrinth was unconventionally for adults, Spiderwick is its traditional equivalent
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) – on rental. I was away on my yearly in-camp training for the last week and now that I’m back, I’m just starting to catch-up on posts on films we’ve been catching prior to that stint and
Red Eye
Red Eye (2005) – on rental. I’d assume that the term “red eye” refers to the photographic effect you get when you take pictures of human subjects with flash directed at their eyes. The film “Red Eye” has nothing to
IDD No More
I first got into network chatting in 1992 during my first year in NTU. All students were given network accounts and Internet email address. Back then though those network accounts weren’t normallyused for studies. We used them mostly for leisure
Will I Believe…? Part 3
Well, I’ve already posted about niggling annoyances with my new MacBook. So, to balance things up a bit, here’s part 3 of my series of posts on whether I’m falling in with the crowd of Apple Faithful – or not
Will I Believe…? Part 2
Day 2 of using the MacBook. I spent all of last night installing my productivity software and also Vista Ultimate on a Boot Camp partition. And the little irritating nuances are already showing. The first couple of applications I installed
Will I Believe…? Part 1
The MacBook arrived by DHL Express late yesterday afternoon. I’d placed the order on late Thurs night, and the unit had taken a day to bounce from Apple’s warehouse to DHL’s one, and then finally arriving at the latter’s delivery
Google Maps Buddy
There’s a couple of sites that I rely on a lot whenever I make a trip overseas: one’s Tripadvisor, and the other is Google Maps. The latter is especially handy, since for every journey I have to plan for during
“I was busy looking for a ‘explode macbook’ button.”
Well, no one can now say – hopefully – that I didn’t give MacBooks a chance. My NEC Versa E6310 has undergone abuse. It’s switched on at least 10 hours a day, everyday at work for 2 years now, it
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