Last night's Oscars led to the usual mixed bunch of wins.Ratatouille won. (The acceptance speech is amusing.)Atonement won, but didn't sweep the boards.Marion Cotillard won - yet another reason for me to actually watch that film! Of course the biggest award for anyone here in Ireland was that picked up by OnceI posted a couple of the acceptance speeches over on FilmReviews.ie … [Read more...] about Oscars 2008 – Surprises?
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Quick Sunday Post
Adrian Weckler's column this week doesn't mention facebook, but he does cover EULAs and the demise of HD DVDs. (I can't seem to find either article on the SBPost site)Argos has opened in Carlow, so I'm going to see how bad the traffic is shortly. Hopefully the bypass will help take some of the traffic away from the town, as the commercial centres must be suffering. I'm … [Read more...] about Quick Sunday Post
Academy Awards Go Green
It seems that even Hollywood's biggest events are trying to embrace environmentally friendly practices.This year's Oscar ceremony will have a green "flavor" (sic): -With support from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 100% of the energy used for the telecast, the red-carpet arrivals show and the Governors Ball will be supplied by renewable wind … [Read more...] about Academy Awards Go Green
HD DVD Player Delivered – So What About Blu Ray?
While I still haven't settled on a multi-region Blu Ray player I did pickup a HD DVD player in the last couple of weeks.Some people may say I'm insane, but they probably do that already anyway! To be perfectly honest the only reason I got the HD DVD player was because the price was right. At just over 100 euro it would have been silly to pass it up!The player I got was a … [Read more...] about HD DVD Player Delivered – So What About Blu Ray?
Ebay Is Evil
I am not happy.Over the last two months I have spent a disproportionate amount of money on Ebay. I should be ashamed, but since that isn't likely to happen I shall condemn eBay.Ebay - you are evil!Why do you tempt me with cool and fun ways to spend money?Why do you let me buy high quality goods at a fraction of their high street value?According to my eBay control panel I've … [Read more...] about Ebay Is Evil