16 Mar 2010 at 22:22
Johnny Chadda
Technology
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XBMC is an excellent media center application, and there are some beautiful themes available like Alaska. There is one problem though, some movies have previews or “samples” which clutter up the otherwise excellent movie wall. To fix this problem, just create a file called advancedsettings.xml in your user profile with the following text.
<advancedsettings>
<loglevel>1</loglevel>
<video>
<excludefromscan>
<regexp>utorrentpartfile</regexp>
<regexp>sample</regexp>
</excludefromscan>
<excludefromlisting>
<regexp>utorrentpartfile</regexp>
<regexp>sample</regexp>
</excludefromlisting>
</video>
</advancedsettings>
This will surely make your life a lot easier. Sorry about the strange formatting, I blame Wordpress.
16 Mar 2010 at 21:55
Johnny Chadda
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The time has finally come for me to see Shaun of the Dead, the instant zombie cult classic. This is a movie about Shaun, who is not getting along very well with his girlfriend Liz. This was partly because of the simple fact that Shaun was a loser who did nothing but sit in a pub and drink beer with his friend from school, not caring about anything.
Suddenly things start happening — people start acting weird, and this takes Shaun and his friends on a journey of insight and naturally lots of killing.
I really enjoyed this movie, and there are lots of subtle and not so subtle hints and messages. There is the fact that people seemed to act like zombies, even though they weren’t. It gets the mind going on about seizing the day and making the most of it, instead of just walking around in a monotone day-to-day life.
The mirror effect when the gang met up with Yvonne and her people was amazing, and there were many times when I just laughed out loud. Not bad for a rom-zom-com, or is it rom-com-zom?
One thing I noticed was how good the makeup and visual effects were. It didn’t feel like B movie, the way most zombie movies do. The movie is perhaps not for everyone though, since this is a British movie, you have to appreciate their sense of humor and culture, but who doesn’t?
Homemade Potato Chips Recipe shows you how to easily make your own chips in the micro wave!
15 Mar 2010 at 22:44
Johnny Chadda
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Tonight’s dinner. Fried halloumi with a sweet and strong sauce, and a salad.
15 Mar 2010 at 22:14
Johnny Chadda
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I just watched The Machine Girl (Kataude mashin gâru), a japanese action/gore movie about an orphaned brother and sister. Despite the terrible loss of their parents, the tragedy do not stop there. The sister, a normal teenage girl, suddenly finds herself in the middle of a lethal cat and mouse game, which can only end one way.
If you love blood and gore, this movie delivers high-pressure blood enough to fill a small lake — but with a comic twist. It gives a slight reminder of samurai movies from the 70’s, where blood were shooting out from severed limbs like geysers. No exception here, the movie features just about any extremity that can be severed on a body from hands and fingers, to feet and heads.
They could have done without the excessive CGI though, since they are horrible and only draw attention away from the story and the characters. Even though this, being a gore movie, is considered a B movie, the main characters have a resonable depth behind them, and you feel for them as they experience all the terrible trauma.
It was interesting to see that they incorporated Hattori Hanzo, the famous japanese samurai, mentioned in films like Kill Bill.
14 Mar 2010 at 23:14
Johnny Chadda
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I just saw Dead Snow (Død snø), which is a zombie/gore/comedy movie from our friends in Norway. Given the plot of teens being attacked by nazi zombies, I did not have high expectations for this movie, but I was pleasantly surprised! There were some weird plot holes though, for instance where one of the characters lit a torch in a cave, even though you see him exit the very same cave moments before.
Despite all this, this is a movie to be seen if you are into the horror/gore genre and like seeing zombies (and people) having their guts ripped out of the body with a chainsaw or just some bare zombie hands.
It is most definitely the most refreshing take on the zombie genre for a while, and it proudly borrows many details from classics such as Braindead and The Evil Dead.
14 Mar 2010 at 19:31
Johnny Chadda
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Relaxing in the couch with a nice cup of coffee.
14 Mar 2010 at 19:31
Johnny Chadda
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On my way home I found this place empty of people, which almost never happens.
14 Mar 2010 at 19:30
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This is the Stockholm subway again.
14 Mar 2010 at 18:26
Johnny Chadda
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I finally decided to watch Tropic Thunder, after having it has just been laying there gathering dust.
This is the story of a bunch of actors, creating a movie based on a book about the Vietnam war. What may in the beginning appear as a normal day of shooting, could wind up being something completely different — and lethal.
I really enjoyed the comedy and the satiric elements of the whole Hollywood industry. Not to mention the scene where the war between HDDVD and Bluray was debated.
