Apple yesterday launched its new laptop, the MacBook Air. The thinnest, lightest laptop they say. And isn’t it beautiful? Graced in brushed aluminium, it certainly deserves the ultra-portable tag. Personally, I’ve not touched one yet, but I did read the coverage of the laptop on various sites over the past day. Are Apple afficionados gushing? [...]
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There are 3 plurals for the word octopus, as stated in the Oxford English Dictionary, which even the 8 legged mollusc might get confused with. The first is the natural English pluralisation, octopuses. Simple. The second, octopi, originates from the mistaken presumption that it’s a Latin word, and every public schoolboy who did elementary Latin [...]
Categories: Random Facts
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Ah, we hear about all the rivalry and competitiveness between different colleges and universities. But credit to Yale in 2005 for their inventiveness, as Wikipedia’s entry reports. Michael Kai and David Aulicino, two Yale students from the Class of 2005, created and coordinated the plan. Disguised as the "Harvard Pep Squad," they and twenty classmates [...]
Categories: The Odd Spot
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Yes, it’s been a while since I wrote a review, partly because I haven’t been watching so many films recently, and partly because of those I’ve seen, there haven’t been many to shout about. But last weekend, Ang Lee’s latest film, Lust, Caution, opened in the UK on general release. And this is certainly one [...]
Categories: Movie Reviews
Tagged: 2046, Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, Hulk, Infernal Affairs, Joan Chen, Lust Caution, Movie Reviews, Oscars, Sense and Sensibility, Tang Wei, The Wedding Banquet, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Wang Lee Hom