I rented “Syriana” when I saw George Clooney and Matt Damon on the cover. Not that they are a guarantee of a good film, but they are a pretty good sign of one. And indeed they both did a nice job in this film, however it wasn’t enough for me. This time though, my criticism … Continue reading Syriana
I think that Sacha Baron Cohen is one of the most talented people in today’s comedy. I’ve seen and appreciated much of his work. If you aren’t too familiar with it, among other things, he is mostly famous for creating three characters which appear on a number of shows and television programs – Borat, Ali … Continue reading Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
I spent most of yesterday in Nicosia, playing Quake III with a few guys. It’s been a few years since the last time I attended a LAN party, so it was nice to see some familiar faces after all these years of playing online. I was a bit surprised by the fact that more people … Continue reading Quake III LAN party
With all the movies coming out of the Hollywood these days, one needs some set of mental filters (aka stereotypes) to pick good films and avoid all the rest. But, as with any other area of human life, stereotypes can heal and harm. According to the set of movie stereotypes in my head, I was … Continue reading Doomsday
Back in December of the last year, when the Russian company SUP bought LiveJournal, I wrote this post, in which, among other things, I said that it wasn’t a very good thing for LiveJournal. A few things happened since then, which confirmed my worries. But the biggest of them is unfolding right now. SUP removed … Continue reading Destroying LiveJournal