We’re leaving tomorrow (or today, rather, if you’re into that sort of pedantry) to go visit my old friend Julian in Berlin, so no updates over the weekend. And now a random recommendation: Hugh Laurie’s novel The Gun Seller is absolutely brilliant. Some people insist on calling it a “spoof of the thriller genre,” which [...]
All posts for the month May, 2009
Off to Berlin
Posted by Jonas on May 14, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/05/14/off-to-berlin/
All you people with your bloody expectations
You know what’s totally unfair? People who are expecting Phenomenon 32 to be really cool. Because every time I test it, I’m like “yes, it’s not bad, but if I had read all the stuff I posted, I’d be expecting a lot more.” And then I go and add more features, or try to give [...]
Posted by Jonas on May 14, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/05/14/all-you-people-with-your-bloody-expectations/
Thunder and Rain
JONAS: Do you think we’ll have a thunderstorm? VERENA: Definitely. JONAS: It kind of looks like it, but I haven’t heard it rumble at all. STORM: (mischievously) *rumble* VERENA: Looks like it heard you. JONAS: I think I’ll go shut down my PC now.
Posted by Jonas on May 9, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/05/09/thunder-and-rain/
Harsh Interrogation Techniques
Read this and weep. In another graphic instance, a former Iraqi general was beaten by U.S. forces and suffocated to death. The military officer charged in the death was given just 60 days house arrest. “Abed Hamed Mowhoush [was] a former Iraqi general beaten over days by U.S. Army, CIA and other non-military forces, stuffed [...]
Posted by Jonas on May 8, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/05/08/harsh-interrogation-techniques/
Star Trek (2009)
So, we saw Star Trek. I wanted to like it. With everyone raving about it like mad, I was really excited. And the result? Well, it was OK. There were good bits and bad bits. Let me go into detail. (WARNING: SPOILERS) The Positive: I can’t say that the film isn’t Star Trek. I mean, [...]
Posted by Jonas on May 7, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/05/07/star-trek-2009/
Happy Birthday, Verena!
Today is Verena’s birthday. Yesterday we went and took care of the final registration of our marriage – it is now officially happening on the 23rd of July. Much yayness and birthday-ness. Presents shall be given shortly. And tonight we shall go see Star Trek. (We saw Wolverine yesterday, and it sucked in a rather [...]
Posted by Jonas on May 7, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/05/07/happy-birthday-verena/
Go see Terra! Now!
It appears that Terra (aka Battle for Terra) is now playing in the US. Please go see it! I saw it a while ago when it was playing at a festival and was utterly, utterly stunned by it. It is not a children’s movie but serious, well-done sci-fi. In fact, it’s one of the best [...]
Posted by Jonas on May 3, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/05/03/458/
They’re not innocents, they are the enemy.
From: Military investigations whitewash Israeli war crimes IDF Commander of the northern troops Gadi Eizencout first described this strategy in an interview with Yedioth Aharonoth last October. He explained, “What happened to the Dahiyah neighbourhood of Beirut in 2006 will happen to each village from which Israel is fired on. We will apply disproportionate force [...]
Posted by Jonas on May 2, 2009
http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2009/05/02/theyre-not-innocents-they-are-the-enemy/
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