We have 440 DVDs in our collection. I have a note of them all on my Palm and we have them arranged on bookcases around our living room. The ones in the portrait photo are in “Finn’s collection” and on the other shelves they are in ours. Since we have all these DVDs, and sinceContinue reading “Our films”
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OMG why are Star Wars Eps. I and II sooo bad?
Crikey, What stopped me from noticing the first time around? Finn want to see the Star Wars movies again, so we watched The Phantom Menace (TPM)(222) yesterday and we’ve just finished watching Attack of the Clones (AotC)(221) this afternoon. What a terrible start to TPM, the text is scrolling up the screen and already I’mContinue reading “OMG why are Star Wars Eps. I and II sooo bad?”
Review: Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on The Cliff)
Just back from seeing the sublime “Gake no ue no Ponyo”, known in English as “Ponyo on The Cliff” and “Ponyo sur la Falaise” in French. It’s a hand-drawn animation that really shows up CG in the opening sequence with thousands of moving elements (shoals of fish swimming). In terms of intended audience age theContinue reading “Review: Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on The Cliff)”
Review: Monsters vs. Aliens
We’ve seen this film twice now, once in 2D once in stereoscopic. Before I proceed onto a potted review of the film itself, I just want to talk about the difference seeing it in 3D made – not much apart from a lighter wallet. Seeing it in stereoscopic added another 9€ to the costs ofContinue reading “Review: Monsters vs. Aliens”
Review: Nintendo DSi
Just trying to write a post on the blog from the DS itself. Obviously, typing isn’t much fun, and although the DS has a camera I don’t know if there’s a way to upload a pic. There is handwriting recognition but it is very slow although it does recognise ‘natural’ writing, rather than using glyphsContinue reading “Review: Nintendo DSi”
Review: Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 sound system
I’ve wanted an amp and speaker setup since our Aiwa stereo packed in two years ago. That was only Pro-Logic, but there wasn’t an easy replacement for it. Either we went for a dedicated tuner/amp and speakers or we were faced with having to buy a separate DVD player with amp and speaker combo, whichContinue reading “Review: Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 sound system”
Review: Philips 37PFL5603H 94 cm/37" LCD TV
Remember how I said I’d review the TV once we had it all set up? Well here we go. LooksThis television looks fantastic. Its monolithic black construction might appear huge if not palliated by the fact that because it’s so thin it doesn’t seem to take up much space. The gloss black finish does meanContinue reading “Review: Philips 37PFL5603H 94 cm/37" LCD TV”
PortableApps
I was a fan of the U3 portable app standard. I had an Emtec USB key that had it and it worked well. Unfortunately that key is nearly dead now, so I got a new one of the same type expecting the U3 launcher to still be on there. The key I got is picturedContinue reading “PortableApps”
Watchmen
Okay, is the film any good? Well, the delay and the false starts have certainly been long and many so people’s expectations of Zack Snyder might be too high to live up to. Certainly, the boy dun good wiv 300 (and there’s a nice nod to it in the first 10 mins or so ofContinue reading “Watchmen”
Review: Canon MPS-610
This is an all-in-one colour inkjet scanner, copier and printer. They are widely available these days and I may be overly astounded by the quality of this one since my last colour inkjet printer was an Epson Stylus Photo 900. HardwareThe printer is a big silver box that weighs about 8 kg. It plugs intoContinue reading “Review: Canon MPS-610”