Nice cover by Weezer of this great song from Radiohead.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Twitch tears Hangover II apart
I kind of saw that one coming. The trailers looked just too similar to the first part...Now I do not share the opinions of all movie critics but Twitsch is a site I can almost always trust. They are really good and the reviewers most of the time have the same opinions about movies than I have. So here is the review of Hangover II.
And its bad....The movie is not supposed to be funny at all and just copying the first part..in a bad way. I probably still watch it but now I am not expecting much anymore.
And its bad....The movie is not supposed to be funny at all and just copying the first part..in a bad way. I probably still watch it but now I am not expecting much anymore.
Chainfire 3D = Pretty awesome: Play any game on your Android
This here:
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.cf3d
lets you play Tegra 2 games on any Android device. Well at least you should have a 1Ghz processor but it works flawless.
Chainfire3D is an intermediary OpenGL driver. What does that mean? It means that Chainfire3D sits between your apps and the graphics drivers, and can intercept and/or change commands between the two. It has some built-in functions, and can be further extended with plugins to provide extra functionality.
!! Chainfire3D is for 1ghz+ devices only !!
!! ROOT is required for this program, as well as a writable /system partition. S-OFF is also required on HTC devices !!Features include reducing texture size and quality to reduce memory use and potentially increase game performance, as well as increasing memory use potentially increase performance."
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.cf3d
lets you play Tegra 2 games on any Android device. Well at least you should have a 1Ghz processor but it works flawless.
Chainfire3D is an intermediary OpenGL driver. What does that mean? It means that Chainfire3D sits between your apps and the graphics drivers, and can intercept and/or change commands between the two. It has some built-in functions, and can be further extended with plugins to provide extra functionality.
!! Chainfire3D is for 1ghz+ devices only !!
!! ROOT is required for this program, as well as a writable /system partition. S-OFF is also required on HTC devices !!Features include reducing texture size and quality to reduce memory use and potentially increase game performance, as well as increasing memory use potentially increase performance."
ISAN DANCEHALL THIS SAT 28.05.11 @ COSMIC CAFE on RCA brought to you by ZudRangMa Records
DJs Maft Sai & Chris Menist (Paradise Bangkok) shift focus with their latest project, 'Isan Dancehall'. With an emphasis on music built for sound systems, outside parties and the worldwide dancehall, from Kingston to Ubon, from Accra to Khon Kaen, join their journey through tough basslines, heavy percussion and music designed to move any crowd from around the globe. Isan Dancehall - get ready for the Afro/Asian Soundclash.....
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PARTY INFO:
Date: Saturday 28th May 2011. 09pm - Late
DJs: Maft Sai, Chris Menist
Music policy / File Under: ISAN ROOTS, RAGGAE & DANCEHALL.
Door: 200 Baht + 1 Beer
Where: COSMIC CAFE, RCA BLOCK C
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Fpse for Android: best PSX emulator yet
Just bought fpse yesterday on the Android market and it is a great emulator. Most games run very nicely on my Sony Arc phone so you don't even need a new dual core phone. Single core is enough. It is also much beter than the free psx4droid where I couldn't find a single game that runs.
As psx4droid was already removed from the market because of obvious legal reasons I can very well imagine that fpse will go the same way sooner or later. So it would be a good idea to download it as long as it's there!
As psx4droid was already removed from the market because of obvious legal reasons I can very well imagine that fpse will go the same way sooner or later. So it would be a good idea to download it as long as it's there!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Fuji Feather 2011 Fixed Bike
Thinking currently of getting a new fixed bike. It has been too long and I kind of like the new Fuji Feather. 20000 Baht in Bangkok. Thats 657 USD or 467 EUR. It is a beauty:
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Sony's Managers apologizing for stolen Playstation network user info
I had to post this apology from Sony's top managers. Just look at he image below:
I think that is pretty funny. Not that it helps the victims much but at least they apologized. And I heard that there will be additional presents made to all affected users that will give them free access to the Playstation network or specific content. Le's see how that plays out.
Having said that, it is pretty unbelievable that after this went down, today it was just announced that the Sony network has again been breached. Apparently Sony Online Entertainment networks were hacked and credit card information was stolen from more than 12000 members. Sony definitely has a security problem when this can happen 2 times within such a short time period.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Din Tai Fung in Bangkok Open Now at Central World
I mentioned Din Tai Fun before in this post here. It is the single most famous Taiwanese restaurant that has now finally opened its long awaited Bangkok branch. Never understood why it took them so long as Din Tai Fung is already available in nearly all other Asian countries ..... would make sense to me to open in food crazy Thailand much earlier. Anyway, here are 2 more images of Din Tai Fung in Bangkok. You can find it on the 7th floor at Central World right next to AKA restaurant. It's hard to miss.
Thailand's new Film Rescue Unit Launched
The Thai Film Rescue Unit was launched to protect old Thai film. There are already cases where some old classics of Thai film were just thrown away and now there is no proper copy left. When you go for example to the Thai Film Database and go to some older movies you will realize that here are hardly any images or any other info left for some movies. This might sound strange but this sometimes just means that no copy of the movie exists anymore as there was never really any film archive that secured the old film.
On Monday, Thai Film Archive Director Dome Sukvong and Minister of Culture Nipit Inthrasombat launched Thailand's first Film Rescue Unit, a squad of archivists who'll go around the country to retrieve unwanted film rolls and home movies, which are believed to exist in abundance. They will bring those films back to the headquarters in Salaya for preservation and archiving. Later, the films or fragments of films will be shown to the public, and these homemade videos by various citizens will prove to be a visual document that's as important as books and journals in the National Library.
"There are so many films that people want to throw away - something shot by their fathers or grandfathers and locked away somewhere in the houses," said Dome. "We have been campaigning for the people to understand the importance of visual documents that exist in their own homes. They're the cultural heritage of the country.
"Today, we prefer to transfer films to digital storage, but digital devices are not stable and the quality of the picture is incomparable to good old film."
The Film Archive has long sent out teams to hunt for films, but a limited budget meant the operation was not properly sustained. Since the Film Archive gained the status of a public organisation two years ago, it has upgraded its mission preserving, restoring and distributing moving images, historical and contemporary.
You can read the whole article here
Friday, April 29, 2011
Formula of Memories by Megumi Endo Exhibition @ Nospace Gallery RCA
13-15 May 2011, 7PM-11PM
Opening Party: Friday 13 May 2011, 7PM
Megumi Endo is a Japanese artist based in America. She has exhibitions in several galleries in Portland Oregon and San Francisco California during 2007-2009. 'Formula of Memories' is Megumi Endo's first-time official art exhibition in Bangkok Thailand. It will be show at Nospace Gallery RCA from 13 to 15 May 2011, 7PM-11PM.
More Information about artist 'Megumi Endo'
More Information about the exhibition 'Formula of Memories'
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Thailand Caught on the Thaksin Rebound (WSJ)
WSJ article about Thai politics, Thaksin, elections:
Mr. Thaksin's re-entry into the political arena since early April has taken two forms. The first is a series of policy proposals such as lowering corporate tax rates, stimulating domestic demand and promoting innovation through greater political freedom. As good as those might seem in theory at least to some people, coming from Mr. Thaksin the ideas are gimmicky, dilettantish and often cynical. His late conversion to the cause of political freedom fools no one, and his thoughts about fiscal policy are rooted in a superficial understanding of Thailand's competitiveness problem.
As is typical of Mr. Thaksin, then, these proposals fail to amount to a coherent program of government or a formula for addressing Thailand's most fundamental problems of social division, inadequate human capital, and diminishing confidence in leading institutions. They serve as a reminder that during Mr. Thaksin's 2001-06 premiership violence in the Muslim south spiraled out of control not least because of his profound lack of interest in the processes of government.
Mr. Thaksin's re-entry into the political arena since early April has taken two forms. The first is a series of policy proposals such as lowering corporate tax rates, stimulating domestic demand and promoting innovation through greater political freedom. As good as those might seem in theory at least to some people, coming from Mr. Thaksin the ideas are gimmicky, dilettantish and often cynical. His late conversion to the cause of political freedom fools no one, and his thoughts about fiscal policy are rooted in a superficial understanding of Thailand's competitiveness problem.
As is typical of Mr. Thaksin, then, these proposals fail to amount to a coherent program of government or a formula for addressing Thailand's most fundamental problems of social division, inadequate human capital, and diminishing confidence in leading institutions. They serve as a reminder that during Mr. Thaksin's 2001-06 premiership violence in the Muslim south spiraled out of control not least because of his profound lack of interest in the processes of government.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tony Jaa and Jeeja making new movie Tom Yam Goong 2 together
After Tony Jaa had a falling out with his studio after Ong-Bak 2 and 3 he went to become a monk for a while. Now he is back and at a press conference announced that he will be making a second part to the movie Tom Yam Goong. Even more surprising is that it will be the first movie that he will make together with Jeeja, Thailand's female version of Tony Jaa so to say. Well, let's just say she is also a pretty awesome martial arts film star and probably the biggest female shooting star. Although I have to say after her excellent debut "Chocolate" all other movies have been pretty mediocre. Let's hope this one will be better. Here is an miage of the press conference courtesy of WiseKwai's film journal:
Twitch Film also has this to say:
Missing elephant jokes aside, this is big news for Jaa with the original Tom Yum Goong - released as The Protector in North America - marking both his last true hit and the beginnings of his troubles. It was immediately after Tom Yum Goong that Jaa essentially declared Pinkaew unnecessary and unwanted, announcing that he would direct his next film himself. Pinkaew was deeply insulted and the relationship between the star and the director who built his career degraded to the point where they weren't even on speaking terms. Pinkaew would go on to groom Jija Yanin in Chocolate while Jaa would crumble badly under the pressure of directing Ong Bak 2 himself, eventually losing control of the badly over budget and over schedule project.
But Tom Yum Goong 2 will reunite the entire Tom Yum Goong / Ong Bak team with Jaa in the lead, Pinkaew directing, Rittikrai handling fight choreography and Chocolate star Jija Yanin also handed a significant role - the first time Jaa has ever shared the stage with another marquee fighter. Like the upcoming Chocolate 2, this film will be shot in digital 3D.
So there we have it: Chocolate 2 is actually already in the making so this should also be interesting to see if it can top the first Chocolate. Unfortunately it says production of Chocolate 2 is just starting in May....as the choreographers are the same as for Tom Yam Goong 2, this means the new Tom Yam Goong will still be quite a while ahead of us.
Twitch Film also has this to say:
Missing elephant jokes aside, this is big news for Jaa with the original Tom Yum Goong - released as The Protector in North America - marking both his last true hit and the beginnings of his troubles. It was immediately after Tom Yum Goong that Jaa essentially declared Pinkaew unnecessary and unwanted, announcing that he would direct his next film himself. Pinkaew was deeply insulted and the relationship between the star and the director who built his career degraded to the point where they weren't even on speaking terms. Pinkaew would go on to groom Jija Yanin in Chocolate while Jaa would crumble badly under the pressure of directing Ong Bak 2 himself, eventually losing control of the badly over budget and over schedule project.
But Tom Yum Goong 2 will reunite the entire Tom Yum Goong / Ong Bak team with Jaa in the lead, Pinkaew directing, Rittikrai handling fight choreography and Chocolate star Jija Yanin also handed a significant role - the first time Jaa has ever shared the stage with another marquee fighter. Like the upcoming Chocolate 2, this film will be shot in digital 3D.
So there we have it: Chocolate 2 is actually already in the making so this should also be interesting to see if it can top the first Chocolate. Unfortunately it says production of Chocolate 2 is just starting in May....as the choreographers are the same as for Tom Yam Goong 2, this means the new Tom Yam Goong will still be quite a while ahead of us.
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