Archive for July 9th, 2007

gentoo@digg

Gentoo exists purely to make anyone who is not a complete, 100% hardcore Linux geek bleed from the eyes, ears and nose. I think I’d rather eat my young than have to admin a Gentoo box.

For webservers, I use CentOS. For my 2nd laptop, I use Ubuntu.

The Chemical Brothers - All Rights Reversed (feat. The Klaxons)

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Gedo Senki - Tales from Earthsea

gedowarhistory.jpeg So i just finished watching this since i’m obsessed with Miyazaki’s work. But this wasn’t the legendary Miyazaki, it was his son’s directoral debut.

Apparently Hayao Miyazaki originally planned to do a movie based on Earthsea but the author only knew of Miyazaki’s work as disney type material. Then he saw other films and pulled the big “Oh shit…” yeah..good job :P But when the author contacted Miyazaki to do the film, he was busy with the epic Howl’s Moving Castle. Oh look at that, the DVD is right above my bed. Loved that..anyways. In short, the movie was only ok. I wouldn’t rush out to rent it or anything, in fact i’d rather watch another Hayao film. But for those of you who love Studio Ghibli go ahead it’s still a beautiful film. Read the full post for spoilers.

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