Articles Archive for August 2009
Apple »
Upgrading to Snow Leopard was suppose to be the easiest, most pain-free upgrade in the history of OSX, and yet it is the first time I encounter an upgrade error since I have my first mac back in the Panther era (Spring of 2005). There’s no 100% pain-free upgrade, there bound to be a few unlucky individuals that will encounter some hiccups, it’s just I didn’t expect I would be the one after two previous completely smooth OS upgrades when there was a lot more people encountering problems back …
Movies »
The Cove is an action thriller about a covert mission to expose a tightly guarded secret of a quiet town in Japan. Oh, and it’s a documentary! The film really unravel like a spy thriller, even the people in the film joked about them being the team of Ocean’s Eleven. Well, except that their mission is not to pull off a heist, but to obtain footage of a brutal truth of the town of Taiji, Japan – a seemingly lovely town that adores whales and dolphins.
The truth is …
food »
Every once in a blue moon, I somehow wanted to conduct a cooking experiment. Today is one of those days. The experiment is called meatballs with white sauce and vegetables with a side of rice! Ingredients as the name suggested are meatballs, vegetables, mushrooms, rice and Japanese cream sauce mix…
Music »
A month after Regina Spektor’s concert in Soho Apple, she’s here again this time at Barnes & Nobles in Union Square. Even though I just saw her and will see her again in October at Radio City Music Hall, I still went to Barnes & Nobles – it’s free! so why not? It turns out to be a very unique experience than a regular concert. The format is a series that B&N called “Upstairs at the Square: Writer & Artist Mixed” where a writer and an artist …
Movies »
Simply put, Ponyo is magical. There is no other word to describe it. Miyazaki’s newest film might not have the depth and meaning of his last few films like the environment or the terror of wars, but it has in place is a sense of innocence, just like his classic My Neighbor Totoro. Ponyo is inspired by the classic, Hans Christian Andersen’s the Little Mermaid. Of course, Ponyo is purely Miyazaki style unlike the Disney’s take to the classic tale.
I am not even going to repeat …
Games »
Civilization on iPhone is not the same PC game that we grow up with. It is the modified console version Civilization Revolution of last year that was intended for, consoles from Playstation to Xbox to Wii and even the DS. Obviously each one is different due to the difference in hardware, but the gameplay is the same – trying to simplify Civilization and fit it in places that are not a PC! The Revolution experiment works quite well since it was able to bring the Civilization experience …
New York »
The High Line at night takes on a completely different character. The carefully positioned lighting showed that this is no ordinary park, it’s more of an urban art work! I hope it will continue to thrive and develop because the City needs to keep adding unique urban characters to remind relevant. We can’t rely on the same old landmarks forever~…
Movies »
I love movies with fantasy elements. Now when it’s done by a fame director, it’s obviously even better. Below are trailers for four movies by Terry Gilliam, Peter Jackson, Richard Kelly, Wes Anderson. I love all their previous films and I am extremely excited at these films! Then there are 3 other fantasy films that I found but I wasn’t familiar with the directors, nevertheless, they could be very good~
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Terry Gilliam, the one who bought you classics like Monthy Python, 12 …
Movies »
A brand new trailer for the movie New York, I Love You is here! I have been waiting for this second in the Cities series after I watched the first film Paris, je t’aime! The new trailer has some longer scenes and a catchy Phoenix song, but I actually like the first trailer better, the scenes selection and the perfect music – Regina Spektor, Feist and Mika, all of my favorites made it super special. Anyway, no matter what, the film will finally hit theater this October! I can hardly …
Shopping »
I have always been a bit obsessive with bags. Dunno why, I just do. Through out the years I always buying all kind of backpacks, shoulder bags, laptop bags because I would get tired of my current one very quickly. I also can’t seems to settle on the style or size either because I keep on trying new ones. I went through a phase with all kind of laptop bags when I first got my Powerbook G4 a few years back and constantly travel around the different …
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