I just watched Sunshine on DVD
a couple times in the past few days, and I am very impressed with what I see. The movie was just released January 8th, 2008 and hasn’t really had much publicity thrown its way. The movie is set in 2057 and takes place aboard a rescue mission that is going to deploy a nuclear device inside the sun to reignite it. I felt that there were connections between this movie and other movies like 2001 : A Space Odyssey, Alien, Armageddon with a little mix of 28 Days Later thrown in. The movie did a really good job of blending Sci-Fi, Action, Suspense, and Drama. The writing was really good and it really captivated me as the characters were developed.
I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a futuristic space movie. One of the highlights I really enjoyed about this film was that during the action sequences the camera was focused and clearly showed the scenes. Too many movies nowadays are using the shaky cam and it is really hard on the audience. Another thing I really like was how well this movie looked in high def. I am not a fan of Blu ray so I cannot endorse people buying it on that format, but if it ever becomes available in HD some other way I would definitely recommend that.
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This article goes over the 122 year history of Coca Cola, one of my favorite drinks. Its interesting to see how the marketing has slowly evolved over the decades while the drink itself hasn’t changed at all. The Coca Cola deserves a lot of respect for how it has capitalized on the soft drink market and is a well known brand globally.
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Some guy made a list of the top 25 SNES games. I thought I would make a list of my own.
10. Final Fantasy 3
9. Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past
8. Donkey Kong Country 2
7. Tetris Attack
6. Super Metroid
5. Super Mario Kart
4. Super Mario World
3. Earthbound
2. Donkey Kong Country
1. Super Mario RPG
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From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer a review of the Eee PC laptop from a reporter who is more intelligencer than most. “Asustek Computers Inc. went ahead and broke the rules with the Eee PC. And we should all be thankful. A scrappy, aggressively priced two-pound notebook with a surprisingly broad set of features, Eee is a no-brainer purchase…”
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I just recently purchased a brand new Asus Eee PC from NCIX. It is a sub-notebook which means it is a fully functional notebook but it is smaller and lighter. All sorts of people these days are buying notebooks and its really becoming a common sight around the University. Well, coming up soo, everyone carrying around an Asus Eee. I think it is a really great idea for school, although the display is only 7 inches, it is more than adequate for typing notes and browsing some webpages wirelessly. I think a lot of notebooks these days are becoming more and more expensive as they are actually more of desktop replacements and thats note really what I’m looking for in class. Out of the box it comes packaged with Linux and that should provide the functionality for most people but of course you can install Windows if you desire. If you see me around school make sure to ask to see it since it really is something that should be seen. You can check out a comparision picture of an Asus Eee beside a Dell XPS M1330. If you would like to read some more, a great website for news and a cool wiki is the EeeUser webpage.
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I thought I would look over all the stats of 2007 and present the facts for the last year. So here they are in all their statistical glory!
Unique Visitors: 1,006
Page Views: 2,397
Top Traffic Source: Google (489 visitors)
Top Keyword: Castlevania (103 visits)
Blog Entries: 80
Top Browser: Internet Explorer (55.78%)
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Major Nelson posted a very interesting post on his site just recently. It can be summed up that Microsoft acknowledges that the Xbox LIVE service has been below satisfactory over the holidays and they are attempting to make it up to customers by offering a free Xbox Live Arcade download. I haven’t really had a problem with the service so this free offering seems very reasonable and is going to be well received. I wonder if they are going to limit it or how this whole offering will be given out. It says that details will be following in the next couple of weeks so I have some time to see which new Arcade games I want to try out.
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There have been recent rumours surrounding a possible Iron Chef America video game on Nintendo Wii and DS. I am a really big fan of the Iron Chef series so this game really interests me. The Wii and DS already have a creative and fun cooking game with Cooking Mama but Iron Chef will bring more intensity to the battle. The time constraints and theme ingredient will surely add a lot of excitement to the game. It will be interesting to see if they bring in the regular judges as I would love to have Jeffrey Steingarten in there adding his opinion on the food. The multiplayer battles would be a lot of fun so I really hope that the rumour is true and a game is in the works.
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Gavin Menzies claims that a massive Chinese fleet of huge junks and support ships made a two-year circumnavigation of the globe, with extensive exploration of the Americas, nearly a century before Magellan and Columbus. I think its good to look at situations like this. A lot of people in the world are quick to dismiss this claim that the Chinese came before Columbus but its always good to think what if.
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