In recent years I’ve noted a decline in television show quality & production values, not to mention – alarmingly – that most of my favourite shows have ended or been shown the door (cancelled). This morning I was lamenting the absence of good writing and acting – no doubt due […]
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Regular readers might be hampering for a technical post soon – and you won’t be disappointed. I’ve got the next SDS article (binary data) as well as another few in a series on the ADO Entity Framework (stay tuned for those ones), but I’m going to take the time to […]
Was down at a good second hand record store today where I picked up a copy of this long out of print double LP (1) “The Story of The Who” in excellent condition. It’s good to find the odd rarity, and the records play really well – nice and loud. […]
It’s been a classic in Rock n’ Roll for over 40 years now, and recently we hear a maths professor might have uncovered the secret behind the famous chord. The chord I’m referring to, of course, is the introduction to a classic song by The Beatles – "A Hard Day’s […]
Hi All, Just a quick word to mention I found a new second hand record store on Queens Street mall in the Brisbane CBD. It’s call Egg Records and it’s near Hungry Jacks (the covered area) between where Queen Street mall and Albert streets intersect. It’s west on QSM […]
Today I received by registered mail an LP I won in an online auction: Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan. This was and remains, I think, an epic album. The copy I have is an original made in England. Not sure whether it’s a first pressing or not. I’m also […]
From the laugh-out-loud-funny Department.. http://www.eweek.com/showblog/47247/10-Products-(and-Processes)-That-Should-Be-Put-Out-To-Pasture/ You just have to love collective feedback!
Just bumped into this gem in a JB HIFI catalog and immediately bought the last set they had in store: "Stanley Kubrick – Directors Series" from Warner Home Video. The set includes: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition), A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition), The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition), […]
Below is the current list of top 20 films (as of 6 December 2007)as voted by IMDB users. Except for "No Country for Old Men" which was only released recently, I have all these titles on DVD. IMDB Top 20 The Godfather (1972)The Shawshank Redemption (1994)The Godfather: Part II (1974)Buono, […]
So chances are that you know that Visual Studio 2008 has gone RTM (release to manufacturing). Better hop onto MSDN Subsscriber downloads or grab a free copy of the express editions. Anyone who considers themselves .Net Developers or Architects should be running Visual Studio 2008. At any rate – even […]
Sorry, I couldn’t help but make a post about the potential comeback for vinyl records which is being proposed by this article on wired (magazine) online. Those of you who know me well also would know that I am a fan of collecting old records. I’ve amassed well over 50 […]
Congratulations, Foxtel. The company has committed to 100% digital subscription TV by 2007 (now?). However, as a friend of mine was shocked to discover on the weekend "Digital TV" does not mean High Definition (HDTV) television. Foxtel doesn’t carry any HDTV content, nor can the existing "digital" set […]
Tonight Paul, wife and I went and saw Transformers, the new live action version with the CGI robots. Where to begin….? Firslty, congrats, Michael Bay. This isn’t Pearl Harbor: Redux (thank the merciful heavens!) but was closer to Armageddon (which I liked, for the record). Second thing to keep […]
Damn, I thought I’d written a few draft blog entries for easy posting at a later date. Guess what? Nope. Well, I’m sitting here like a deer in headlights trying to remember what I was going to blog about. I never did finish that entry series on Agile estimations.. […]
Hi. Well, I’ve been thinking about sitting through another Akira Kurasawa epic sometime soon. I have a number of options, but can’t decide which one to choose. Maybe you can help. I’ve got four options (four unviewed films): 1. Throne of Blood – Japanese adaptation of Macbeth (filmed […]