Forrest Gump

I’ve just watched an all-time classic “Forrest Gump” on the DVD. I think I’ve seen this movie half a million times by now, but I still find new bits and pieces every time I watch it.

This movie is perfect in every and any sense. The story is interesting and original. Acting is perfect. Tom Hanks shines in this film for he has the main role, but everyone else is excellent aswell. Soundtrack is exceptional. There are moments when 2-3-4 songs/compositions change each other within one minute, but there are times when there is a lot of silence. Very moody. Special effects are also well done – all the presidents’ meetings, John Lennon, China, etc. Very neat.

Actually, I cannot point to one thing that is wrong with this film. I didn’t remember it being that good. And what makes me happier is knowing that I’ve got this DVD permanently for my collection. :)

Fedora Tracker

I’ve just read in LWN about recently announced Fedora Tracker. The goal of the project is to have a central database of apt and yum repositories with search facilities. This sounds like a very nice idea, since finding some Fedora RPM packages is not an easy task.

I’ve check it out and there is plenty of repositories already in. There is also a Submit form for missing information. I wish for this project to live and grow, since it has the potential to be more useful than RPMfind.Net.

Pictures of airplanes

<%image(20040427-plane_turn.jpg" alt="">There were a couple of links from 300D mailing list to sites dedicated to aviation pictures. Loads and loads of images are at AirLines.Net and Aircraft-Photos.Net.

I think I will have a chance to visit both Larnaca and Paphos airports soon. I’ll keep my camera handy. :)

30 Days to Becoming an Opera7 Lover

Here is an interesting and complete article about Opera 7 browser. While I am a happy Mozilla / Firefox user on the desktop, my mobile (SonyEricsson P800) runs Opera. It is a stripped down version, but few points discussed in the article are still applicable.

American Reality

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Here are three independent links that are worth a read, which I’ll collectively call “American Reality”. Some of these are a bit old, but are still interesting.

  • Iraq On The Record – this is “a searchable collection of 237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Powell, and National Security Advisor Rice.”. There is also a PDF file with examination of the statements.

  • “The Bubble of American Supremacy” – interesting article by George Soros.

  • “The whole surreal story” – blog entry of Chris Toshok (Evolution any much more developer) describing the search of his apartment by FBI and Secret Service. There are also scans of the search warrant and seizure receipt.