Movie Review – 2012
I went out with a couple of friends to see this movie on opening night – Friday the 13th. It was only the second movie that I’ve seen in the theatre this year, with the first one being Star Trek. Now that was a good movie!
2012 however, sucked – big time. How bad was it, you ask? The story was completely implausible and the acting was even worse. The special effects couldn’t save the movie either. While well done, they were just the same thing over and over and over again. And to make matters worse, this piece of trash was over 2 1/2 hours long.
Other than when I was laughing at how stupid the movie was, there were only two, maybe three laughs in the whole show. Is it clear enough that I didn’t like this garbage film?
The only redeeming quality for me was a chance to get out with some good friends that I don’t see very often, and being able to leave when the show was finally over.
To recap: don’t waste your time or your money on this horrible movie. Don’t buy it when it comes out on DVD, and don’t even think about renting it either!
Rating: 0 out of 5
Read More Books!
I’ve always been a book buyer – often purchasing books years before I actually got around to reading them. Not that this is an uncommon trait among book readers, but it can be less than useful in the computer field as information tends to become obsolete quickly.
Readers have a lot more choice these days – from brick and mortar stores, to free information on the web, to ordering books online, to digital downloads. Interestingly enough, with all of these extra choices, I find myself buying more books now than ever.
I’m not buying any fiction these days, but I am buying computer, business, self-help, science, and general non-fiction. With the computer books, not every one gets read cover to cover, but that’s to be expected. With the others, I’m finding that I’m reading more than one at once, often putting one down for weeks at a time before coming back to finishing them.
Yeah, I’m weird.
I do plan to start reviewing some of the books that I’ve been reading. Partly as a reminder to myself as to what I liked about each book, but also to (hopefully) help others who may stumble upon what I have written, decide whether a book is right for them.
It might even encourage me to read more. And that’s always a good thing!
Invasion Of The Androids
There’s been some movement on the Android front recently. First, Motorola announced the CLIQ last week, and now Google has released Android 1.6 SDK, which includes support for CDMA as well as different screen sizes. I think that I’m going to have to take a look a the new SDK and see what’s in there.
Nice to see some competition on the smartphone front, but I’ve got to say that Apple is still far out in front!
Protecting Your iPhone Apps
Apple has done a pretty good job of creating a secure environment for producing and releasing iPhone apps. Each registered developer is assigned a certificate that they must sign their apps with before submitting them to the app store.
But as usual, the “something for nothing” crowd comes along and under the guise of “freedom” finds a way to strip the DRM from the apps. While I have nothing against those that just want to use what they’ve bought in a way that suits them best, more often then not it’s just an excuse to steal the fruit of another man’s labour.
Well, thanks to Dr. Touch, we now have a practical, affordable solution – AntiCrack. It is distributed in source form, and can be easily added to any of your iPhone apps.
See Dr. Touch’s AntiCrack page for more details.
iPhone Provisioning – Getting Started
Anyone who is involved in iPhone development quickly learns that there are more than a few magic incantations that you must speak in order to get your first app deployed to your development device. Here’s a great screencast that walks you through the process: http://www.mobileorchard.com/iphone-development-provisioning
Welcome To My Blog
Posted by David in Uncategorized on August 16th, 2009
Hello. Just a quick post to welcome any potential visitors to my blog.
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