Archive for the ‘General’ Category
General sub categories : Art Direction, Competition, Miniclip, Personal Development and Travel
February Film Reviews
Recently I have been getting back into watching movies. I have a whole stack of them to catch up on and I am now finally reducing the stack. 3 of the films I watched in February were, Kung Fu Panda, The Invention of Lying, and The Soloist. Read the article for mini reviews of each.
Back and Forward: Plans for 2010
Of my ‘goals’ in 2009 I only officially finished half. This year I plan to do better.
I mentioned that I wanted to release 4 themes, of which I actually released 2 Mimbo Pro 2 and theme framework. Of the others, Regulus Pro is on hold and the Prologue style theme is banished into obscurity – however some of the code will be showing up on WPVote.
This year I plan to:
Get married Blog more – particularly WordPress hints, ...Get Your Google Wave Invites Here
I got a Google Wave invite a few weeks ago and was quite excited to use it. To be honest though the initial excitement wore off quite quickly, but now Google have given me a bunch of invites, and they keep giving me more, currently I have 25 to give out.
So – the first 25 people to comment on this post will get a Google Wave ...
Bruno
If I can tell you one thing about Bruno it’s this.
Don’t watch Bruno on an iPod Touch on the train on the way to work.There’s too much to describe in Bruno, it’s a whirlwind of cringe inducing moments with a fair amount of male nudity. If you’ve seen Borat then you know what to expect… only you need to amp up the ’shock’ moments.
Sasha Baron-Cohen is clearly going out of his way to cause controversy. He knew ...
Optimising Social Media Activity
Being rather introverted I’m quite quiet on social networking sites, however recently I have made some changes that mean I am easily able to take part without leaving my comfort zone.
There are actually a few reasons I don’t take part. The big one is that the social sites often need you to visit their site to join in. The best way to get me to take part is to make participation ...
Public Enemies
I always think of Michael Mann as making understated action movies. There’s action and there’s violence, but it never gets in the way of the story.
Public Enemies is his latest offering with Johnny Depp playing the famous mobster John Dillinger. This role is quite unlike Depps normal quirky/ arty/ exaggerated characters. Like the action his performance is understated and realistic – and the change of character works really well for him.
Art Direction
I have recently published my first ‘Art Directed’ posts on Binary Moon – namely my reviews for the movies Coraline and Up.
Ever since I saw Jason Santa Marias art directed site the idea has brewed in my head that I would do something similar, so when I redesigned I kept that wish in the back of my mind so that new designs could be slotted in easily.
What is ‘Art Direction’?To be perfectly honest I have ...
Coraline
Coraline is a stop motion animated movie directed by the same Director as The Nightmare Before Christmas, which meant I instantly assumed that the Director was Tim Burton, and after watching the movie my opinion hadn’t changed. Coraline is a very atmospheric, dark film, and it wouldn’t have surprised me at all if Tim Burton had directed it – but it turns out he hasn’t.
The Director of Coraline is a man called Henry Selick, and the story ...
Rocket Boards is a super fast 3D rocket boarding action. My first "commercial" (shareware) product. Didn't do amazingly well but was a good learning experience
Bubble Bomb is a polished update of a game originally built by Warren Marshal (who works at Epic games - developers of Unreal and Gears of War)
My own update of Bubble Bomb, Bubble Blitz was almost a total rewrite adding loads of new features and a shiny new look.
Seths Puzzle Boxes is a puzzle game with a surprisingly enjoyable story line, unfortunately it's quite short so won't take long to complete, but while it lasts is great fun.