July 2008 Archives
From an older post, you know that I bought an Acer Aspire One. I tried to install a slackware. Yeah, I am a slackware geek. Unfortunately it didn't work. Well, at least it didn't work at first, and I restored Acer linux.
Now, what happened with Slackware? It boots correctly, but it fails when I try to load any kernel module. For instance, I needed the r8169 module for the ethernet card, and modprobe just crashes with a segmentation fault.
What can I do? Well, I can try to do a custom boot disk, with that module linked into the kernel, or then another kernel version that might work. But I lack the time, patience and knowledge to do that.
Now, what happened with Slackware? It boots correctly, but it fails when I try to load any kernel module. For instance, I needed the r8169 module for the ethernet card, and modprobe just crashes with a segmentation fault.
What can I do? Well, I can try to do a custom boot disk, with that module linked into the kernel, or then another kernel version that might work. But I lack the time, patience and knowledge to do that.
This weekend I took RV to see. It is a funny movie. Not a completelly fascinant movie, but worth to give a look and run for some time. In fact, I give a few loud laughs when seeing the movie.
It is the usual family movie, where fathers and children are not that communicative, and gain confidence during the movie. But that is just the story. And the best on the movie is not the story, but some details, some scenes of humor.
And let me say, that Joanna JoJo Levesque is quite nice on this movie.
It is the usual family movie, where fathers and children are not that communicative, and gain confidence during the movie. But that is just the story. And the best on the movie is not the story, but some details, some scenes of humor.
And let me say, that Joanna JoJo Levesque is quite nice on this movie.
And today's movie was... Evan Almighty. Yeah, I know I need to stop watching movies and doing more interesting work. I promise I'll try.
Now, on the movie details: the story is simple. Evan is a congressman. God tells him to build an Ark. He builds the Ark. There is a flood. Happy? I am just not sure why building an Ark on XX century is done using traditional tools.
A final comment: Lauren Graham is really nice on this movie. She is 40 and very attractive, and sexy.
Now, on the movie details: the story is simple. Evan is a congressman. God tells him to build an Ark. He builds the Ark. There is a flood. Happy? I am just not sure why building an Ark on XX century is done using traditional tools.
A final comment: Lauren Graham is really nice on this movie. She is 40 and very attractive, and sexy.
Young People Fucking is the name of a strange movie. While classified as a comedy, on some situations it feels like an erotic movie. Not that you see too much of the fucking. In fact you don't, and that might be the reason about it.
In any case, the movie is about a set of couples, and how they react to a sex night, in different situations. For instance, one couple that lost the interest, a couple that are apart for some time, a couple of best friends that never saw each other as a possible mate, and so on.
I think the movie is interesting and can give some clues on all problems that a relationship can raise.
In any case, the movie is about a set of couples, and how they react to a sex night, in different situations. For instance, one couple that lost the interest, a couple that are apart for some time, a couple of best friends that never saw each other as a possible mate, and so on.
I think the movie is interesting and can give some clues on all problems that a relationship can raise.
I just bought an Acer Aspire One. This is a small and cheap laptop with an Atom based processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of flash disk, card readers, USB slots. A small webcam (but interesting quality), sound, et al. It runs a fedora 8 based distro, but I'll probably install another linux on the next days.
At the moment, my only complain is that my big hands have some trouble using that small keyboard. But that will go with time. Oh, and I feel it to be unacceptable to ship a linux distro without an ssh client.
At the moment, my only complain is that my big hands have some trouble using that small keyboard. But that will go with time. Oh, and I feel it to be unacceptable to ship a linux distro without an ssh client.
This time I got an Animation movie: Bee Movie. I was tired of zombies, and the movie of yesterday was too much a drama to me. So, a comedy and animation movie was the choice.
Now, what can I say about Bee Movie? The animation is excellent as we are used to, when the movie comes from Dreamworks or Pixar. The voices are good as well. Although one of the main advertisers for this movie was the voice from Jerry Seinfeld, I really didn't found it to be any special.
The story on Bee Movie is the usual: showing that the nature is something to respect, and that animals have feelings as well. In fact I am really convinced that flowers, vegetable plants and fruit trees, all have feelings. That is why I do not get vegetarian. If we need to eat life forms, why to distinguish them? (lol).
A good movie. 7/10.
Now, what can I say about Bee Movie? The animation is excellent as we are used to, when the movie comes from Dreamworks or Pixar. The voices are good as well. Although one of the main advertisers for this movie was the voice from Jerry Seinfeld, I really didn't found it to be any special.
The story on Bee Movie is the usual: showing that the nature is something to respect, and that animals have feelings as well. In fact I am really convinced that flowers, vegetable plants and fruit trees, all have feelings. That is why I do not get vegetarian. If we need to eat life forms, why to distinguish them? (lol).
A good movie. 7/10.
Thanks to Packt Publishing I have the ImageMagick Tricks book to review. Although the book is from 2006 I am expecting it to be quite up-to-date as ImageMagick exists for a long time, and the interface is the same for some years.
Also, I expect to learn a lot with it. I use ImageMagick for a long time as a command line tool to convert image formats, rotate and scale them, but never did anything more complicated. Now it is the time to do it.
While I read the book I will edit the extended version of this post. So, you can bookmark it and check it periodically if you wish. When I finish it, I will republish in a new post, anyway.
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Also, I expect to learn a lot with it. I use ImageMagick for a long time as a command line tool to convert image formats, rotate and scale them, but never did anything more complicated. Now it is the time to do it.
While I read the book I will edit the extended version of this post. So, you can bookmark it and check it periodically if you wish. When I finish it, I will republish in a new post, anyway.
(Reposted for new content)
Continue reading Reviewing ImageMagick book from Packt Pub.
Taking the time of vacations to see some more movies, next one was Children of Men. I should confess I was expecting a completely different movie. Why? Well, I heard about the story: future, nobody procreates anymore, a baby appears. What I wasn't expecting, then? The key work is "future". The movie seems anything, but to be held in the future.
OK, but on to the movie: the story is good enough (nothing really new, but good enough for a good movie), the main actor pretty good as well. The soundtrack was also very well chosen, and there are some moments that almost make me cry...
And again, like the movie watched yesterday, this one makes us think. And that is good!
OK, but on to the movie: the story is good enough (nothing really new, but good enough for a good movie), the main actor pretty good as well. The soundtrack was also very well chosen, and there are some moments that almost make me cry...
And again, like the movie watched yesterday, this one makes us think. And that is good!
For some time that I didn't see a movie of zombies... well, kidding. Not sure why I am seeing so many zombie movies, but "I am legend" is not yet another zombie movie. While having zombies and guns, there are some interesting details that are not similar to other movies like Resident Evil.
On I am legend, Will Smith has a nive acting. Almost the full movie is with him, and him, and his dog. There are some thrilling portions of the movie, but lots of time are quiet, with no action, but showing us the desolation of cities without people.
Also, unlike common American movies, the main character dies at the end of movie. OK, true that he becomes a legend. But, do we want to be a legend? Will it make us happier?
On I am legend, Will Smith has a nive acting. Almost the full movie is with him, and him, and his dog. There are some thrilling portions of the movie, but lots of time are quiet, with no action, but showing us the desolation of cities without people.
Also, unlike common American movies, the main character dies at the end of movie. OK, true that he becomes a legend. But, do we want to be a legend? Will it make us happier?
Today was movie day. I was needing some action. So, I chose Resident Evil: Extinction. So, lots and lots of blood, nice girls, action, guns, and some technology. I can't recall if I saw the previous two movies. In any case there isn't much to tell about the history. I was kind of lost in the beginning about names and faces, but it was fast to know who was the nice girl (Alice).
There are some flaws in the movie. But, that is usual. And when you join zombies, technology and girls, it is normal that the producer gets his eyes just in one of the area. No, I will not say which.
Well, needing to rate the movie, I probably would go for 7 in 10.
There are some flaws in the movie. But, that is usual. And when you join zombies, technology and girls, it is normal that the producer gets his eyes just in one of the area. No, I will not say which.
Well, needing to rate the movie, I probably would go for 7 in 10.
To make me contactable I use Adium on my Mac. Adium is nice because it supports lots of instant messaging protocols, ranging from MSN, to ICQ or Gtalk. It is based on an open-source library, named libpurple, and a similar software for linux, named Pidgin.
Today, Adium is refusing to connect my ICQ account. It says something like my version of pidgin (quite strange that is says pidgin and not Adium) is too old, and that I need to upgrade it. Well, I upgraded to latest Adium beta release (1.3b) and I still can't connect my ICQ account.
Is anybody with a similar problem?
Today, Adium is refusing to connect my ICQ account. It says something like my version of pidgin (quite strange that is says pidgin and not Adium) is too old, and that I need to upgrade it. Well, I upgraded to latest Adium beta release (1.3b) and I still can't connect my ICQ account.
Is anybody with a similar problem?
