Archive for May, 2007

postPirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End - Movies & TV, Reviews - 27th May

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  • Very surreal scenes in the “locker”, a lot more so than I was expecting
  • Faultless CGI, as you would expect from ILM
  • Keira’s hair seems to change every other scene
  • Keith Richard’s cameo is entertaining and not overly gratuitous
  • Initially the plot is a bit all over the shop but it comes together in the end
  • Good usage of Sea Turtles
  • Chow Yun-Fat is nicely menacing as the pirate king from Singapore
  • You get to see Bill Nighy minus CGI!
  • So Jack really is mad…
My Rating: gold stargold stargold stargold stargrey star
postHappy Birthday Star Wars! - Movies & TV - 26th May

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In related news, I really want one of these:
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postArt of War - Design - 23rd May

The UK National Archives currently have a very nice online exhibition on the Art of War. It has quite a range of materials and includes decent sized quality images as well as ‘zoomable’ versions. All quite competently assembled! It also has a good range of the “comic” style art which would probably get called “POP art” these days. They remind me of Lichtenstein’s Whaam! which is hanging right over my desk as I type this.

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Via Joe at the Forbidden Planet Blog.

postOne Laptop Per Child - Technology - 23rd May

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Good article about the One Laptop Per Child project over on SvN.

postCharlie’s Diary: Shaping the future - Links - 14th May

Interesting essay from Mr Stross: Charlie’s Diary: Shaping the future

postUK 1:6th Collectors Club - Links - 14th May

Amazing photos from a 1:6th diorama of German WW2 troops marshalling alongside a steam engine

postWeb Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook by Dan Cederholm - Book Blog - 8th May

postGone Fishin' (Five Star) by Walter Mosley - Book Blog - 8th May

postSpiderman 3 - Movies & TV, Reviews - 5th May
  • Slightly too many bad-guys.
  • An even better Bruce Campbell cameo than the first two films. His French accent had Kerry in stitches.
  • The plot isn’t as smooth as the first two, it was like they were trying to cram loads of “cool stuff” into the last one in the trilogy.
  • Excellent sandman “sand” CGI.
  • Emo spiderman!
My Rating: gold stargold stargold stargold stargrey star
postxkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe - Links - 2nd May

xkcd gets funnier and funnier, here is a Tolkien-esque map of interweb communities