Archive for July, 2012

James Bond explosive new Skyfall

Posted: July 31, 2012 in movies

 Daniel Craig in Skyfall

JAMES Bond is shot ‘dead’ in the explosive new trailer for Skyfall.

The action-packed clip shows British actor Daniel Craig stepping into the pristine shoes of 007 for a third time as he battles against an attack on his beloved MI6.

It opens with Judi Dench’s M writing an obituary for Bond, before her past comes back to haunt her when it’s revealed she has lost an all-important hard drive containing details of undercover agents worldwide.

We then see her arranging to take down Bond in an unexpected turn, calling her relationship with him into question.

The shocking scene is quickly followed by an explosion at MI6 headquarters which sends the agency into turmoil.

But, of course, it’s not long before our hero returns, creeping up on M in the dark.

 

Skyfall

Villain … Javier Bardem as James Bond’s nemesis Raoul Silva

 

Later on, Bond gets fully equipped with all of the hi-tech weaponry and gadgets you could dream of – including a palm-print coded gun – before coming face-to-face with Javier Bardem’s villainous alter-ego Raoul Silva.

Bardem’s character is said to provide a new take on James Bond’s nemesis Blofeld.

In one poignant moment, Bond tells Silva: “Everybody needs a hobby”.

When the villain replies: “So what’s yours?” the secret agent coolly answers: “Resurrection”.

From then on it’s a non-stop display of explosive scenes that feature Craig smashing through any obstacle that gets in his way, regardless of the consequences.

With buildings blowing up, tube trains crashing through walls, seduction, deceit, plenty of shooting and even a cheeky wink from everybody’s favourite special agent, fans will be left itching to see director Sam Mendes’ movie.

Want to get more creative with Pinterest? Now you can, thanks to Bazaart.

The startup has released a free iPad application that lets you collage your pins, as well as those of other users on the network. It’s easy to find, add, resize, rotate and otherwise assemble your collage. You can also add borders to images or select “crop” to remove white space.

The app isn’t perfect: If you have a board with more than 25 pins, you won’t be able to load them all. (Gili Golander, Bazaart’s fashion director, tells me this is a result of Pinterest’s RSS feed limitation, and there’s nothing they can do about it.) The crop button tends to completely erase light-colored images. An “undo” button would be a welcome addition as well. But it’s a nice start.

Beyond collaging, the Bazaart app is also a decent Pinterest client: You can explore other boards, repin items and pull up their source pages — meaning that all of the products pins are also shoppable within the app.

The app’s creators are apart of the DreamIt Ventures accelerator program for Israeli startups in New York. This is the second app they have built atop Pinterest. The first, Pinvolve, lets Facebook Page administrators quickly transfer their content to Pinterest.

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My Definitions….

Posted: July 2, 2012 in facebook, Uncategorized


OPTIMIST:

A person
who while falling
from EIFFEL TOWER
says in midway
“SEE I AM NOT INJURED YET!”


PESSIMIST:

A person
who says that
O is the last letter
in ZERO,
Instead of the first letter
in OPPORTUNITY


MISER:

A person
who lives poor
so that
he can die RICH!


FATHER:

A banker
provided by
nature


CRIMINAL:

A guy
no different
from the other,
unless he gets caught


BOSS:

Someone
who is early
when you are late
and late
when you are early


POLITICIAN:

One who
shakes your hand
before elections
and your Confidence
Later

DOCTOR:
A person
who kills
your ills
by pills,
and kills you
by his bills!!!


CIGARETTE:

A pinch of tobacco
rolled in paper
with fire at one end
and a fool at the other!


MARRIAGE:

It’s an agreement
wherein
a man loses his bachelor degree
and a woman gains her master


LECTURE:

An art of transmitting Information
from the notes of the lecturer
to the notes of students
without passing through the minds
of either


CONFERENCE:

The confusion of one man
multiplied by the
number present


COMPROMISE:

The art of dividing
a cake in such a way that
everybody believes
he got the biggest piece


TEARS:

The hydraulic force by which
masculine will power is
defeated by feminine water-power!


DICTIONARY:

A place where divorce comes
before marriage


CONFERENCE ROOM:

A place where everybody talks,
nobody listens
and everybody disagrees later on


ECSTASY:

A feeling when you feel
you are going to feel
a feeling
you have never felt before


CLASSIC:

A book
which people praise,
but never read


SMILE:

A curve
that can set
a lot of things straight!


OFFICE:

A place
where you can relax
after your strenuous
home life


YAWN:

The only time
when some married men
ever get to open
their mouth


ETC:

A sign
to make others believe
that y ou know
more than
you actually do


COMMITTEE:

Individuals
who can do
nothing individually
and sit to decide
that nothing can be done
together


EXPERIENCE:

The name
men give
to their
Mistakes


ATOM BOMB:

An invention
to bring an end
to all
inventions


PHILOSOPHER:

A fool
who torments himself
during life,
to be spoken of
when dead


DIPLOMAT:

A person
who tells you
to go to hell
in such a way
that you actually look forward
to the trip


OPPORTUNIST:

A person
who starts taking bath
if he
accidentally falls
into a river

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