Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

I thought that this was a great interpretation of the Dr. Suess classic. It was a slightly different outing for the Seth Rogan/Jonah Hill crew. Usually you will see them dropping the F Bomb every other word that comes out of their mouths, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that I loved Superbad. So it is good to see that they can do more than just curse. These guys have a great path laid out in front of them and I look forward to seeing where they go to next. 8 out of 10.

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006)

Follows in the usual American Pie style of teen raunchiness. Though not nearly as good as the originals it still was decent and had a good amount of laughs. If you like the franchise thus far then you should probably give this a shot. 6 out of 10

Trend Micro's site hacked

Trend Micro's website was hacked the other day which led to many other sites being compromised. Here are the details. Also here is another article with a video showing what the exploit looks like from an end user's perspective.

Google Sky

Google has launched Google Sky in the browser. Some really nice stuff here.

MASH (1970)

OK, so I really liked M*A*S*H the sitcom but my god how did it develop from such an awful movie. I was really surprised at how unfunny this movie was. I also thought that more of the cast from the sitcom was also in the movie but apparently that is not the case. I gave it a chance and had to invoke the half hour rule. Therefore it gets a 1 out of 10.

Fool's Gold (2008)

I was a bit apprehensive about whether this movie would be any good. After seeing it I must say that it turned out to be really not that bad. Is the acting perfect or the story the best thing I have ever seen, no. But does that mean that it is not a good movie, absolutely not. It has the elements of a treasure hunt with the added features of a romance. While it is no Indiana Jones or National Treasure it kept my attention and entertained me for a afternoon. I give it a 6 out of 10.

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Despite only loosely following the books I feel that this film was good. Whether it be because of cost, time allocation, or some other reason there were a bunch of scenes that were significantly changed. Despite that however they told a great story that was easy to follow and entertaining even for someone who has not read the books. Also for the fans of the books that may be worried that they completely butchered the stories, fear not because all of the basic elements are there and it can be enjoyed by you as well. I give this movie a 8 out of 10.

Training Day (2001)

Denzel Washington plays a corrupt narcotics detective and Ethan Hawke plays a rookie cop riding along on his "Training Day" and learning the ins and outs of the job. Whether this movie has any sort of truth to it or whether it shows on actual scenarios that a LAPD narcotics officer would run in to I do not know, but the characters were well written and it was very interesting to watch the story unravel and see the development of Ethan's character as he realizes that things are not always as they seem. Overall I feel this was a great movie therefore I give it a 7 out of 10.

Driving Lessons (2006)

I am a pretty big Harry Potter fan and I think the Rupert Grint does a pretty good job playing Ron Weasley in the films so I thought I would give another film of his a shot. From the trailers that I have seen it looked like it would be decent and funny. But wow was I deceived. I found it very dry and boring. I will give any movie a shot and will watch the first half hour before stopping it if it has not grabbed my attention. Which was the case with this film. I give it a 1 out of 10.

Fracture

I liked this film quite a bit. It kept me guessing all the way to the end. Anthony Hopkin's and Ryan Gosling's performances were great. I also found the kinetic art devices that were featured very interesting. It turns out that they are created by Mark Bischof and a quick search on Youtube brings up an interview that he did showing a massive device that he created. Also if you search kinetic art you get a bunch of videos including this one that are pretty good. Overall I give Fracture a 9 out of 10

A Bug's Life

In an effort to create some more content I figure since I watch a decent amount of movies I would throw up some quick two cent reviews. Nothing big or fancy just a quick blurb.

So I finally saw A Bug's Life last night. I have heard many people say good things about it and I must admit I was not disappointed. It had a decent story line and the animation was top notch as all Pixar films generally are. It had many laugh out loud moments and even though it is probably considered a children's film by some it can be enjoyed by adults as well. I give it a 8 out of 10.

Microsoft lowers the price on Vista

In an unprecedented move Microsoft plans to lower the price of several versions of Windows Vista. More information can be found here.

Kevin Rose Interview with CNET

Here is an interview that Kevin did with Caroline McCarthy during FOWA.

New Five Dollar Bill

Diagrams of the new five dollar bill. Check it out here.

Firefox patch

Firefox 2.0.0.12 to be released tomorrow or Friday. This update fixes a severe vulnerability. Run your updater folks. More info here.

Sci-Fi techs we could have today

Ten techs from science fiction that we could have today if they just weren't too damn expensive.

Diebold Voting Machine Key copied

A key that will open all of the Diebold voting machines has been easily copied from a picture on the company's own website. More here.

California Election Fraud

Interesting video from a voter in California who re-registered as a Republican so that he could vote in the primary but was not listed correctly when he went to vote. Check it out.

Been a while

I know it has been a while since I last posted anything. But I have got some new ideas for this blog and I hope to have some time soon to begin implementing them. Keep checking back.

Microsoft makes a bid for Yahoo

Microsoft has made an unsolicited bid for Yahoo of $44.6 Billion. Read more here.