Halfzware Shag

Here’s one for you:

Google was attacked, by using a flaw in Internet Explorer, on the other hand, they answered the attacks with a simple hack-back, and found out that the attacks came from China. So the question is, who supported it, since it must take some organization since, c’mon you’re talking about google, think about it.

Via Engadget&Microsoft.

P.S. next time when you think about attacking google…. Think again

Via Gizmodo

[Warning spoilers ahead]
So. This Sunday i saw the newest James Cameron movie. Avatar. James has a history of making blockbuster hits. e.g. Terminator, Aliens, Terminator II: Judgment Day, Abyss, Titanic, etc… (Yes I’m a bit of a movie freak, i usually watch 6-10 movies a week). So it’s not a surprise that it raked in an jaw dropping 232,000,000 USD$ world wide, over the first weekend (Comparing to the 300M+$ Budget, it’s a success). Most of blogs have already mentioned avatar, so we could also call it hyped, almost over hyped like The Dark Knight. So… what are my emotions about the movie, As an above average movie freak.
It’s hard to say. Since the movie _is_ very _shiny_, i mean the experience of the 3d, is a truly new level of shinyness and cute. It’s no wonder that J. Cameron had to basically invent a new Camera, that you can take with you (e.g. usually the cameras have a processing engine directly in them, but this makes them clunky, and he had to convince Sony or witch ever manufacturer to create one for him to be a bit more portable and easier to use[i imagine just make the processing unit external, e.g. Lot's of cables ; )]). Pandora and the level of detail is unbelievably stunning. And just to think that they barely finished the movie before screenings. If i was in his position i’d released it later. But it’s James F. Cameron. He can basically do whatever he wants no matter what the budget, being a legend and all.
So, why is this film hard to see for what it is? It’s too obvious, the story has no depth in my opinion. I mean it’s not bad, but it is easy to see what comes next, it may be that I’m used to the idea of happy endings etc… but, in most of the movies it’s hard to make the story leave me at an aw, or make my jaw drop. It is just too predictable. If a hero is captured then and you know the running time. It’s is hard not to think about the many possibilities to come, therefore it’s hard for the screen writer to impress me. I’m just used to using my head to think, no matter what. TBH, it ruins a lot of movies for me, but it just happens. And most of the movies in avatar were predictable. E.g. as Jake Sully was held captive by his commanding officer, i already knew who and why he was going to be rescued [Spoiler alert: It was Michelle Rodriguez character: Trudy Chacon]. There are also a lot of similar story lines, e.g. Controlling a remote controlled Avatar (Surrogates / The Matrix anyone?). Also the thing about the parallels with Dances With Wolves (For those who don’t know: Integrating with a another society, challenges that lie ahead, trust, etc…) The regular human emotions when person with an different background comes to your group and tries to integrate with it… They are just too obvious.
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This is all true, if you have watched alot of movies, i mean it’s hard to come up with something different all in all. But still. The movie is _freaking-awesome_ i can’t reject this fact. It is truly stunning and I’d suggest that you spend a few extra bucks to see it in 3D. Belive me, it’s a whole different experience than the films you have seen in 3D now. It’s a game changer that is for sure. Doubt it’s a one that will change your life, but if you understand what I’m talking about. Nothing is perfect, but this is as near as you can come to a good movie : )

Hank hates you all. A few things I’ve learned on my travels through this crazy little thing called life. One, a morning of awkwardness is far better than a night of loneliness.

-Californication, Season 01, Episode 02

Some things i picked up during the last week, when i was not out socializing, working or binge drinking.

Cute, but i still prefer a hardware keyboard

There are new leaked picutes of the Motorola Milestone Tablet (Shoeles Tablet was the code name…).

Via Gizmodo

Seems kind of nice, TBH There are a few things i’m missing from my Milestone. There is an app there for accessing and organizing the phone over the wireless connection, what i don’t understand is why they can’t enable wireless tethering in it. That would be so nice, to use with my Linux work laptop, since there are no working drivers and programs from Motorola, for Windows 7 x64. That way they could kill two birds with one stone. I already sent an angry consumer email to them, kind of like the one i did a while ago to Asrock. It has been 4 days and no answer (if i don’t count the one that ended up in American support, when i sent it from the Central European site), so congrats on very _miserable_ support.

On the other hand, it’s December finally and one of the perks is, that you can finally buy Clementine’s in 2.3 kg packages, this makes it kind of nice, when you have to sit at home and can’t go to work, because everyone is out celebrating Christmas and your chef said that the office _is_ closed. Well.. yeah.

Well, this is definetly _shiny_

Also there is this cute looking music player out there, i definitely like the analog touch. The battery level, sound level and FM searcher are all represented with an Analog Display. Also the buttons are like the ones from my ye-olde cassette player, if some of you can still recall those things.

More at Mintpass

Also i’ve been plagued by the most southing ear worm i’ve ever experienced. Quark – Acoustiques Paralleles (Swayzak Remix). Been listening to it for the last 4 days in a row.

Kudos to the cute French girl who managed to transcribe the lyrics after i wrote an email to her at 4:50 in the morning.

Well yeah, i’ll try to find more shiny stuff next week. I hope Motorola finally answers my email, even thou i asked if i could speak with an Dev in the hopes that he will give me hints how to get root access ; )