Recent Reads…

Some interesting books I have read recently:

• Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff;
• Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips;
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip Dick (this book became later the classic movie Blade Runner).

The Good and the Bad

Recent good experiences: my local bicycle shop. My recent bad experience: my bank Natwest. More when I have time to write…

Spin

And from the same company as Ink, that is DoubleEdgeFilms, a short movie called Spin:

Ink

Here is another independent film which caught my attention, Ink (on IMDB):

I got to known to this movie by an article on heise Online (unfortunately in German only), which told that the movie got a lot of attention due to the community sharing it and downloading it all over the world (temporarily it had been #16 on the top #250 on IMDB). The creators decided to not condem the downloader but rather see it as a big publicity push for their independently produced movie. They have added to their homepage a link to support them and I myself just have donated 10$.

Other official trailers: 2nd trailer, 3rd trailer.

Using iSync to Connect to a Nokia 3120 Classic

If you have like me a Nokia 3120 Classic and want to sync with your Mac using iSync, then Paul McCarthy has put a lot of effort into making a plugin for iSync to get this working. You can find the iSync plugin and all the information needed here in his blog entry. Thanks to Paul for all the effort to keep the plugin working despite he does not even have a Nokia 3120 Classic anymore! :-)

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Nasty Old Poeple

Here the trailer to the movie the sweedish film “Nasty Old People” which just has been released.

From the description:

This is Mette’s story. Member of a neo-Nazi gang, her day job is to take care of four seniors that all are just waiting to die. Her life becomes a journey into a burlesque fairytale, where the rules of the game are created by Mette herself. Mette is indifferent about her way of life, until she one night assaults a man, kicking him senseless. Waking up the day after, she realizes that something is wrong, and accompanied by the crazy oldies, she longs for respect and love. Together, they create a world of their own. A world you never knew existed.

The movie is published under a creative commons license and is freely available for download at the PirateBay. To support the movie one can donnate money to the project, I myself have just given them 5 Euro. Enjoy watching the movie!

The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello

Windows 7 Sins

A nice web page published by the Free Software Foundation: Windows 7 Sins. Definitely worthwhile for reading!

Trusted Places

One internet site which caught recently my attention: Trusted Places. I was surprised how many places they know about in Southampton. Just as an example: They know my two favourite take away places Super Chef and Portobello. And they have an entry for the neighbouring pub I started to visit more often: Duchess of Wellington. All not in any way belonging to the so called “big” places.

The information provided seems to be upto date and reliable. I should use the site to find some more interesting places… :)

PS: Then on the contrary, the number of places they know in Helsinki is rediculous! Just 5 at the time of writing… ;-)