June 2006

Nintendo 2, Sony 0

June 26, 2006

I picked up a DS lite over the weekend.When they originally came out, I scoffed at the relatively low graphics capabilities and childish games and waited for the Sony PSP. Having a PS 2 in your hand that can play movies and connect to the internet was a huge pull.Fast forward from September 2005 to [...]

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Macbook XP

June 19, 2006

Despite waiting a week, I couldn’t convince myself not to get a new MacBook (1.83ghz, 1g ram) – so I put through the order last week and just before the weekend a knock at the door confirmed its delivery.Now, despite being an ardent and self confessed MacTard I didn’t just buy this on a whim [...]

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United 93

June 8, 2006

Last week, we went to see United 93. For the few that don’t know, it’s a visualization of what happened to the crew and passengers on flight United 93 on the morning of September 11th 2001.I say “visualization” because it’s not really “based on the events of”. If anything, it’s a reconstruction of that fateful [...]

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