Who said that older people can’t learn to use computers?

Friday, 22 May 2009, 21:42 | Category : Computer Stuff, Crumbs, Curiosities
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I always knew that my dad’s excuse of not being able to learn to use the computer because he’s old was flimsy :] It’s a shame that older people tend to have a lot of resistance against computers. Many of them are lonely and the internet offers older people plenty of convenient ways of socializing [...]

Ron Weasley on love potion follow-up

Just following up yesterday’s post. The clip Warner Bros released is actually a little bit longer than what was shown on the Ellen show. For the full version (in any quality and format you please) go here.
Ron totally looks like he’s coming on to Harry ;)

Hollywood investing in Tamil cinema?

Hollywood investing in Bollywood is old news by now. But it looks like their interest in Indian cinema is growing. It’s no longer just the Hindi language sector they’re after. Fox Star Studios is set to enter the Tamil film industry (also known as Kollywood).
Fox generally seems to be very keen on investing in Indian [...]

Microsoft and the Linux Foundation working together?

Friday, 22 May 2009, 20:50 | Category : Computer Stuff, Crumbs
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Yep, it’s possible. They have common interests in this case. The legislation that the ALI wants to introduce is completely impractical for the software industry.

Wolfram|Alpha - a different kind of search engine

Friday, 22 May 2009, 18:59 | Category : Computer Stuff, Crumbs
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Check it out here. For most things Google will work better, but there are some things for which Wolfram|Alpha is probably a much better choice. If you’d like to try it out and compare to google then this is a very handy firefox add-on that displays Wolfram|Alpha search results on the google search results page, [...]

The church corrupts (El crimen del padre Amaro review)

{FILM DIARY}
El crimen del padre Amaro (Mexico/Spain/Argentina/France, 2002)
Seen: Friday, 15th May 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 114′
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón, Luisa Huertas, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Gastón Melo, Damián Alcázar, Andrés Montiel
Production House: Alameda Films, Artcam International, Blu Films, Cinecolor, Foprocine, Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Ibermedia European [...]

New Moon poster out

The first poster for New Moon (the next film in the Twilight saga) is out.
IMO it doesn’t look too exciting. Hope the film will be better than the poster ;-P

First clip and more from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

There’s a slew of TV spots of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince coming out. Most of them are very boring (the same footage rehashed over and over) and only a few are moderately interesting IMO.
This one captured my interest because it’s Draco-themed and because of the Carry Out the Deed line. Helena Bonham-Carter delivers [...]

History made in Kuwait

For the first time in the history of Kuwait, women have been voted into parliament :)

Saving Warsaw’s parks

Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 17:44 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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Warsaw reminds me of 80s London these days in terms of the amount of smog that’s in the air. Quite seriously, I think these days the Warsaw smog is worse than the air in today’s London. And London is 3 or 4 times the size of Warsaw, so maybe we should start worrying about this [...]