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
Cinema
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
Late Birthday Presents Rock
I was down in Cork over the weekend, as my family hadn't seen me since Christmas.As it was my birthday the previous weekend they'd a couple of little things for me - never a bad thing!My sister, who is about ten years younger than me, seems to have an uncanny knack at finding me really cool presents. She got me a gorgeous Lord of the Rings mug from the souvenir shop at the … [Read more...] about Late Birthday Presents Rock
FilmReviews.ie Gets a New Contributor
Pete has offered to write some reviews for filmreviews.ie which is great news.He's already posted his first one, which is of a rather odd looking film... Not that I'm surprised by that !Back in the days of the .com boom in Ireland Peter was a contributor to some of the now defunct RondoMondo sites, including Muse.ie (the original version - not the new one).I was going to post a … [Read more...] about FilmReviews.ie Gets a New Contributor