Archive for the 'Entertainment' Category

People who know me won’t be surprised that I like the TV show Numb3rs.
I also love the Apple “PC vs Mac” adverts.
… so I was quite amused with this video of a promo for the show which takes off the PC vs Mac concept:

Bit of a drama earlier in the week - our digital set-top box got fried by its own power supply.
I have a Topfield TF5000PVRtMPB (5000 Masterpiece) digital set top box and PVR, and apparently this model has a known problem where the power supply sometimes puts out a much higher voltage than it is supposed [...]

For Christmas, my wife bought me a copy of Jeremy Clarkson’s book The World According to Clarkson. Being a fan of the BBC show Top Gear (shown on SBS Monday night 7:30pm here in Australia), she thought I might like to read some of Jeremy’s books. This book is actually a collection of his articles [...]

Just got back from a matinee showing of The Boy from Oz, starring Hugh Jackman as Peter Allen, Chrissy Amphlett as Judy Garland, Colleen Hewett as Marion Woolnough, Angela Toohey as Liza Minnelli.
It was a fantastic show - Hugh really knows how to work an audience (not that he has to work very hard … [...]

We went and saw a concert at Taronga Zoo this evening: Queen - Champions Of The World … a cover band playing Queen songs exclusively.
Was a great evening - we took a picnic dinner, stretched out on a rug on the lawns in front of the stage (along with about 1000 other people) - and [...]

What happens when Apple’s simplicity is outdone by Microsoft’s over-the-top design team ?
Microsoft iPod packaging parody (link to streaming video)
(via The Dancing Poodle)

Wendy over at Uncover the Internet, wonders Who Trained Palpatine?, and ponders if it was Yoda. Well no - actually it was Darth Plagueis.
I made a list of who trained and who killed whom (plus a bit of other info) … roughly in chronological order, and posted it over on my Ask Sim’ blog: [...]

Joss Whedon’s latest effort “Serenity” - the movie adaptation of his cruelly cut-short TV series “Firefly”, is a fantastic movie - one of the best scifi movies I’ve seen in a long time. It’s right up there with StarWars episode 1 - and the acting is arguably better, and it’s a darn sight funnier too!
Well [...]

Went and saw Revenge of the Sith yesterday morning - got up early so I could get to the 9:30am showing at Westfield Chatswood - good thinking really, parking was easy, only a 5 min wait to buy tickets, and I got a good seat - the cinema was less than a quarter full (which [...]

New series of Dr. Who starts this Saturday - 7:30pm Ch2.
From what I’ve read, it gets really good reviews in the UK - so I’m looking forward to it.