Month: June 2004

Amazon package is here

Finally, my order arrived from Amazon. My wishlist has been updated accordingly. :) This time I ordered a couple of books by Ansel Adams and few DVDs.

For some reason, customs office repackaged the shipment into a bigger bag and didn’t specified my full address. I had to go to the main post office and after a number of explainations and tricks, get the package there. Surprised? I guess not. :)

5th sentense on page 23 of the nearest book

Since I have seen this at a number of other blogs, I’ll try it too.

  • Get the nearest book.
  • Open it on page 23.
  • Find the 5th sentence.
  • Post it in your blog.

For some reason, I have two books that are at exactly the same distance from me: Perl Cookbook (first quote) and Complete Guide to Photography (second quote).

It removes leading whitespace from the text of the here document.

This extremely useful facility embraces the variety of shifts, tilts, and swings of the lens panel and film back that make it possible to correct converging verticals, change the shape of the image and alter the distribution of sharpness.

I guess I should have used a non-technical book for this. Maybe it could have had more sense. :)

50 First Dates

Olga and I went to see “50 First Dates” in the cinema today. I think it is one of the best Comedy/Romance movies that I have seen so far. The plot and actors were well known from the trailers. But it was much more fun than I expected.

There were only few characters, but each and every one of them was completed with all details and personal touch. There were quiet a few gigs spread more or less equally throughout the movie. There was a point in the film. All in all it played nicely alltogether.

Are still not convinced that you should see this movie? Two points more I’ll mention for you. First, there is no happy end. Some magic fairy doesn’t come from nowhere and save everyone. Second, this film was directed by Peter Segal, the same guy who did “Anger Managemen” and “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult“.

P800 updates

It has been a long time since I checked the SonyEricsson P800 scene. Meanwhile there were plenty software updates and a lot more media content published. I’ve spent a good deal of today downloading all sorts of sounds and pictures, testing new software products and updating the old ones.

Out of the whole pile, here is a short updates recommendation:

  • Tracker – desktop software. It is up to version 4+ now. Lots of useful functionality added including favourites which have applications, contacts, files, messages, etc. Calendar view can now switch from day, to week, to month, to todo, and to few other views. This should save you starting the Organizer. You can also have notes on the desktop now. It can now close all the applications with the flip. Or only the selected one. And a lot more.
  • miniGPS – mobile cell locator. It is up to version 1.53 with lots of useful additions. It can delay actions now. It can also perform actions periodically. Nice.
  • IM+ – instant messaging client. This is something I haven’t used before, but loved at first site. It supports all protocols that I need and even more (ICQ/Yahoo/MSN/Jabber/etc). Russian works out of the box. Fantastic. :) I always forget to use ICQ on the desktop – now I’ll carry it with me all the time. By the way, my ICQ number is 14956994. My Yahoo ID is leonid_mamtchenkov. Don’t overuse. :)