I Have James Bond's Phone From "Casino Royale"
Yep, you see it on screen for about 4 seconds, and I have the same model. It goes with my Aston Martin :-)
Tags: film, phone, James Bond
Tags: film, phone, James Bond
Shoelaces?
Shoelaces!?!@?!
I can buy a fingerprint detector for my computer, but I've still got to fasten my foot covering with rope.
And even though I've learnt a possibly useful skill - tying a knot - there's no application for my hard-won talent in normal day-to-day life.
Knot tying is not cool. The only knot I know, the one I use to tie my foot rigging, is called a "granny knot". Not cool. If you can count to two, you can also tie a "double knot". Also not cool.
I say: Shoelaces are crap. Banish shoelaces and analog clocks, and make kids the world over happier.
Tags: life, funny
I can buy a fingerprint detector for my computer, but I've still got to fasten my foot covering with rope.
And even though I've learnt a possibly useful skill - tying a knot - there's no application for my hard-won talent in normal day-to-day life.
Knot tying is not cool. The only knot I know, the one I use to tie my foot rigging, is called a "granny knot". Not cool. If you can count to two, you can also tie a "double knot". Also not cool.
I say: Shoelaces are crap. Banish shoelaces and analog clocks, and make kids the world over happier.
Tags: life, funny
Our XBox 360 Has Its Own Blog
We (the whole family) have an XBox 360, which is cool; and even cooler is that our XBox has its own blog at 360 Voice.
Here's a couple of excerpts from typical entries ("thomaswilliams4" is me):
- thomaswilliams4 was a no show... but you can't game every day. I actually enjoyed the rest... although I am ready for more. Bring it please.
- thomaswilliams4 must have heard my calling... I was practically startled when his greasy finger pounded my power button. I mean come on... be a little gentle... I am fragile.
- I told thomaswilliams4 'Don't make me hurt you!' and the threat worked because he decided to show up yesterday.
- thomaswilliams4 must have a life, because he didn't game yesterday...
Most of all the blog makes me laugh, in its own sarcastic way.
Tags: gaming, xbox, blog, funny
Movie Review: Wolverine
No spoilers: I'm not going to give anything away plot-wise in this post...but you may not like what you read if you haven't seen the movie. Your call.
If, like me, you've been expectantly waiting to be blown away by the blockbuster movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine (here's the very snick-snicky movie site, and the IMDB link), I can report: the movie will blow you away.
Wolverine is a movie with big action sequences and is ultimately enjoyable to watch, but it has a number of problems. Foremost, I found the plot convoluted; the movie contains too many "strike a pose" moments (thanks Garry for putting words to that condition!); and some of the actors are unconvincing.
It has it's good points: Liev Schreiber is a great Sabretooth, and Danny Huston is a menacing Colonel Stryker. Some of the key moments in Wolverine's story, like his long life, the Weapon X facility and losing his memory, are done well.
But - aside from the plot - there's too many pointless cameos and the special effects at times look cheap. Both Hugh Jackman's love interest Kayla and fellow mutant Gambit are flat. The final confrontation was confusing. Hugh Jackman is good, but the disconnect for me is that it's almost like Wolverine is the mature, team-player Wolverine from after X-Men 3, rather than the rougher, more dangerous version from 10-15 years before (when this movie is set).
Like all Hollywood adaptations, there has to be compromises. I'm not a comic fan so I can't say how the Hollywood adaptation of Wolverine differs from the original story, but even for me some things just felt wrong. Dark Knight, Iron Man, Watchmen and the original X-Men 1 & 2 all rate far above this one for me.
My final score: 6 out of 12.
Links: Rotten Tomatoes review and low score, Roger Ebert's tongue-in-cheek review, Geek Theo Moore hits the nail on the head with his review on the acting, the Huffington Post discusses themes and lack of
Tags: movie, review, wolverine
I Have a Little Wind
...but not that sort, honestly.
Under my desk at work, there's a little wind that blows. Not that sort! I can't figure out where the little wind comes from, but it's making my legs cold.
Speaking of wind, yesterday (April 26th) had a little wind too (data from the Bureau of Meteorology):
That's the highest 3:00PM wind for the month, and the lowest 3:00PM temperature for the month.
Perhaps that sort of little wind would help to keep me warm?
Tags: weather, wind, Frankston
One Movie Each
There's five people in our family, which means we can borrow one movie each from the local video shop (who conveniently have a deal for five weekly movies for $7.95). I took the kids yesterday to choose, while Olivia read a book at home.
The kids made their choices, and I grabbed a movie for myself, but I was stuck finding one for Olivia. What had she seen? What chick flicks do we already own? What would she want to see? Decisions, decisions.
I ended up getting...well, here's how the conversation went after I returned home:
Me: I got the movies.
Olivia: Yeah, I noticed you didn't get anything for me.
Me: I didn't know what you wanted! But I thought you'd like to watch "Rambo" with me.
Olivia: I think I'll go to bed early.
Olivia: Yeah, I noticed you didn't get anything for me.
Me: I didn't know what you wanted! But I thought you'd like to watch "Rambo" with me.
Olivia: I think I'll go to bed early.
I'm still no wiser for my next trip to the video shop to get one movie each. Maybe Olivia would like Rocky?
Tags: marriage, funny, movie
I'm A Guitar Hero
I've been playing Guitar Hero: World Tour (Metacritic review (85), Wikipedia link) since Wifey gave it to me for Christmas. It's a fun rhythm-based family game for our new XBox 360, with no shooting or killing, and it's pretty easy to learn whether or not you know how to play guitar. Here's me, rockin' the Williams live concert arena:
GH:WT has beautiful graphics - the music is synchronised with the character animations, making it look like the singer is singing the lyrics, the guitarist is playing the exact guitar part, and so on - and a well-made wireless controller that's basically guitar size. A drum kit and microphone can also be purchased for the complete band experience. My advice is to wait for specials on the game though; at $160 plus (Australian) for just the guitar and game, it's not particularly cheap.
The real strength of the game is the great line-up of songs. Suprisingly, the songs I enjoy playing are "pop" from bands I'd mostly never heard of: for example, Tokio Hotel's Monsoon, 311's Beautiful Disaster, and Lazy Eye by Silver Sun Pickup (which sounds a lot like an old Breeders tune). There are over 80 songs in the game (here's the full track list at Fake Plastic Rock) including some Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, REM, and even Michael Jackson, so everyone's musical taste should be catered for.
Guitar Hero: World Tour is a must-have game if you've got an XBox 360 and like music. And an added bonus is hearing the kids say, after a hard song, "Dad, you rock!"
Links: Offical site, Fake Plastic Rock blog
Tags: music, game, xbox, guitar hero
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