Down to make the Clowns Frown
// January 29th, 2008 // View Comments // Blog
Mark at hateisfun.com is at it again, continuing on with the “Attack of the clowns” theme he started back in Strip 54. Here is Strip 56.
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Weekend Recap (January 26 & 27, 2008)
// January 27th, 2008 // View Comments // Blog, Internet, Video
This was another fun-filled weekend of staying in. I did have some friends come over Friday night and we played a little Xbox 360 and Trivial Pursuit (the DVD version) . We got bored of answering the card questions and started only playing the video questions which are usually only meant for the pie pieces.
On Saturday and some of Sunday I caught up with my usual places on the web and watched some video podcasts as well. Here is a list of the internet jewels I found along the way. Most of these are videos so sorry to those at work (my office blocks streaming video, something about losing productivity).
First we have the latest episode of Diggnation Episode 134 “Dreaming of the SuperBowl” Is it me or are they less funny when they are not drunk? During this episode, Kevin mentioned how he hated some of the features about youtube like its crappy compression and talked about another service he liked called Vimeo which he left had some good content plus HD video. I checked it out and found a killer video someone took in Japan showing 3 areas at night sped up.
Which brings me to my next video which is part of a series called landscapeHD. If you want to see it in HD click this link.
LandscapeHD from LandscapeHD on Vimeo.
Saturday evening was also the Season 2 Opener of Torchwood on BBC America. First of all if you are a fan of the Dr Who series then you will love Torchwood. Man of you will recognize Captain Jack Harkness who popped in and out of the Dr Who series. Episode 1 entitled “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” is a good summary of the episode. This did have alot of kissing both guy-on-girl, and guy-on-guy. The “bang bang” part stems from the fast pace the characters are reintroduced to us and well as the quick return of Captain Jack Harkness, who mysteriously disappeared at end of Season 1. Special Guest star is James Marsters, who you might recognize as Spike from the Buffy series. Very good episode indeed. For a more in depth review of the episode check out Newsday.com’s review.
The last thing is this awesome demonstration of what 4 days, a video camera, alot of running, and some green screen can accomplish. This is a behind the scenes look at a video shoot for a BBC2 TV show called Time Watch:Bloody Omaha. Theses 4 videographers were able to capture the look and feel of the battle of Normandy on a shoe string budget with the four of them taking video on the beach and alot of green screen. Once you see the result you will be blown away. Here is the article and here is the video.
One more reason to stick with consoles
// January 24th, 2008 // View Comments // Gaming, Internet, News
ars technica released a story that solidifies my belief that consoles are the way to go with games now a days. The story was in regards to the PC specs for Assassin’s Creed. I can’t believe what they are recommending when you compare it to what is in the Xbox 360!
Check out these specs Minimum/Recommended:
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OS: Windows XP/Vista (only)
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Processor:Dual Core 2.6GHz Intel or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ /Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better
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RAM: 2 GB / 3GB
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Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 10.0–compliant video card /512 MB video card recommended (see supported list)*
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Hard Drive Space: 12 GB
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*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
ATI RADEON X1300-1950 / HD 2000 / 3000 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600-6800 / 7 / 8 / 9 series
Hmm $300-400 console or $2000-$3000 computer. Easy decision for me. The last PC game I purchased was Half Life 2: Orange Box. I guess that will be my last PC game for a while.
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2009-08-23 10:34
This is one of the best movies I've seen all year. The director is clearly a visionary. It is genius the way the director mixed in real apartheid footage mixed in with CG to give the movie a "documentary" feel. The movie's breakneck pace kept your interest throughout the whole movie.
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2009-08-15 01:32
Ok that was a spectacular crapfest of a movie! I think that has got to be one the worst movies I have seen in a long while.
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2009-08-14 21:00
Some good scares at certain parts but the shaky cam effect made me feel like I was watching Cloverfield all over again.
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2009-08-10 20:58
This is Jennifer Jason Leigh's first feature film. This movie is filled with horror movie cliques but it has enough campy horror violence to keep most horror movie buffs entertained.
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2009-07-26 01:14
I was shocked that I liked this horror/suspense/thriller. I'm not sure what to call it. Its not your conventional horror film but it was tastefully done and started and ended right. It started slow then when ballistic towards the end. Its the type of movie that will leave you on the edge of your seat. It does have its fair share of "torture porn" scenes ala Hostel but its not every scene in the movie. The torque scenes are placed there to evoke a reaction to the audience and it does that in spades.
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The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
2009-04-23 11:50
Great popcorn action movie. I love word that David Twohy created for Riddick. Can't wait for the sequel!
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