Duplicity

Duplicity, was most definitely misleading and not exactly what we expected, but was not a total disaster either. Duplicity, is funny and actually border lining hilarious at times.

What we thought, would offer us a little cloak and dagger, turned out to be a laugh and a half.

If there is anything that the film accurately presents, it is that people you try to screw will most often end up screwing you.

Office 2010

First Windows 7 and now Office 2010!

Microsoft has really come to the party with a higher performance and truly worthwhile business productivity suite.

For quite some time now, I have not been using MS office at all and have been an advocate for Open Office and all things open source, but I have recently grown closer to my proprietary roots and have developed much appreciation for the work and effort that goes into bringing out products like Office 2010.

The new version of the well know business productivity suite, is simply impressive. Office 2010, loads faster, can handle more diverse file types and offers a host of functions and embedded applications, for tasks that one would previously need to perform in external programs.

I have still not managed to pull myself away from using Gmail as my mail management system and I can’t see myself moving back to Outlook anytime soon, unless Gmail and Exchange can communicate with each other directly. Gmail simply offers me the flexibility and scalability I need to manage multiple profiles and access my info instantly from multiple locations on the go.

For business use and from a corporate perspective, I think the new MS Outlook is definitely becoming a player and integrated with MS Exchange 2010, it makes for efficient management of internal work flow and cost effective email.

I am looking forward to playing around with the latest versions of Project and Visio as planning and monitoring seems to take up most of my time these days.

All in all, the new Office 2010, is most definitely worth the spend.

2012

Amelia and I decided to do a big day in at the office. We spent most of the morning and afternoon working and then decided to go out and get some pizza and a movie.

We decided to watch 2012 and were not disappointed. The movie has got some awesome effects, and an interesting yet sometimes troubling story line.

2012 has got some sad moments and makes one wonder what could be going on behind the scenes, is there something we’re missing or don’t know about.

This was probably a great big screen movie, but is just as good to watch at home, or at the office for that matter.

Gamer

Gamer shows what the world can become when run by a bunch of sick and twisted individuals and on the other hand, Gamer draws a contrast to what is going on in the world and how governments play games with real lives, with a cavalier regard to human life.

On the funny side, Gamer exposes the lameness among us and how some of us really would prefer to be characters in a game instead of making our own decisions.

Gamer is very graphic and not for the faint hearted. This movie will bring out your inner gadget freak and you’ll get excited about the technology.

If you can handle a bit of gore or your into first person shooters, watch gamer next time you’re looking for a movie on a rainy day.

XIII Conspiracy

At long last a long movie, that is not totally boring. XIII takes the typical overthrow the government story and adds a little flair to it.

It was not as high paced or exciting as it could be, but it was good enough to keep me engaged through out it’s more than 2 hour duration.

If you’re into covert/conspiracy type movies, give this one a try.