Tue, 08 Jan 2008
Short Review - I Am Legend
I've watched the original Omega
Man, enjoyed the Kiwi perspective (named The Quiet Earth) and now
I've seen Robert Neville Will Smith style - and it wasn't bad.
The plot is mostly unchanged (although explained through flashbacks), the pacing is decent and the feeling of being alone is well conveyed - the DVD store scene is a great glimpse of a man about to lose it.
The zombie/mutant hordes are a lot more visually impressive than those in the Omega Man (20 years of special effects and it shows) but their near mindless nature does change the tone and pace a bit. Score - 6/10
PS: there was also a version (The Last Man on Earth ) with Vincent Price which I'll be adding to my rental queue.
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Posted: 2008/01/08 23:48 | /movies | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
O'Reilly Books and Odd Password Requirements
It's not that widely known but O'Reilly offer a user group discount -
it's 35% off the cover price and free delivery so it's often cheaper than
you can get the books new from anywhere else.
A few days ago I wanted to order a couple of books and because there are no conferences this month (and so no lovely Josette) I signed up online. The process itself was quick, easy and painless but one step stuck out in my mind - "Password cannot contain special characters or spaces". To me this is a weird limitation and one that seems to harken back to the days of old.
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Posted: 2008/01/08 23:12 | /geekstuff | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
Bash Puzzles - Brace Expansion
There is nothing like other peoples code to highlight all those little
gaps in your knowledge of a programming language. I know what the first one
does:
$ mkdir -p {projectone_,projecttwo_,projectthree_}log
$ ls -1
projectone_log
projectthree_log
projecttwo_log
And I was a confident (and a little bit happy) about knowing what the second one does:
$ mkdir -p {project_one,}log
$ ls -1
log
project_onelog
But I had no clue about this one. And my guess (that it would be treated as a single element and expand to 'projectone_log') was very wrong:
$ mkdir -p {projectone_}log
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Posted: 2008/01/08 21:34 | /languages/bash | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
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