A pizza box for the 21st century!
The pizza box design has remained unchanged for the past thirty years. For your customers, the box is too unwieldy to store uneaten pizza and takes up too much space in the trash can and is totally environmentally unfriendly.
This video explains how it works 
Link : GreenBox
Blu-Rays were launched a few years ago but they still haven’t really caught on, well at least not to the extent of regular DVD’s. I can play Blu-Rays through my PlayStation 3 but movies are still really expensive in that format so I haven’t bought any movies in Blu-Ray, especially since regular DVD’s are so cheap now.
I’ve started to see Blu-Ray drives added more and more to laptops so it should be quite common within the next 2 years though perhaps it will be for backup rather than movies. By the time Blu-Ray really becomes mainstream I think that many people will just be downloading content (legally and illegally) to their Digital Recorders, which is already happening just now with things like Sky+ and Tivo etc, so perhaps it will become popular as a reliable backup for data.
After Blu-Ray
Well why am I talking about this. Well because I read today that they are developing a disc which can hold a massive 500GB. The disc is the same size as a regular DVD too.
I was impressed when the Blu-Ray disc was announced a few years ago because it could hold 50gb of data compared to the 8.5GB DVD’s had (single sided double layer) so a 500GB is just amazing. I’m still amazed at the fact that I bought a 1.5TB drive recently so to think that one day I could hold the same data in 3 discs is impressive.
You can read the full story on BBC at the link below.
Link : Optical disc offers 500GB storage
When I am updating one of my websites I sometimes put a film on in the background. So that it doesn’t disturb me too much I usually put on a film I have already seen.
Tonight I put on Casino Royale, Daniel Craigs first Bond film and in my opinion, one of the best Bond films ever made. I remember there being some product placement in the film but it wasn’t until tonight that realised how bad it was.
Theres a huge pause when he gets into his Ford Mondeo, the constant pauses when he uses his ‘Sony Ericsson’ Phone, the super close view of his Sony Vaio laptop and last but not least, the blatant advertisement for Omega.
When sitting on the train Bonds female counterpart is trying to size him up and states that he is the kind of person who was born poor but got richer later so probably overcompensates by buying expensive items. She then asks if his watch is a Rolex and he cooly answers ‘No it’s an Omega’ (or something to that effect). She then comments that it’s a beautiful watch.
I appreciate that these companies pay a lot of money to get their products placed in films and I know it helps with financing a movie but surely there comes a point where whoring the film out is not needed. I’m a fan of the Bond films but they have surely made enough money over the years to reduce this kind of thing, particularly when it’s detrimental to the quality of a film.
Of course, this kind of thing is very common in Hollywood, it just seems to be more obvious in some movies rather than others.
What do you think about Product placement in films, does it bother you?
April 26, 2009 in
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As always, South Park respond to the latest fanfare.
April 26, 2009 in
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Don’t you just hate it when they edit films for TV and take out the swearing. Check out the TV edited version of the soon to be cult classic Snakes on a Plane.
You can even buy a t-shirt with the slogan!
According to this Life Expectancy Calculator, I’m going to live until I’m 88. OK, maybe I can take a few years off that because of too much alcohol at the weekends but I’m sure my Scottish DNA can cope with that!
On 21st May the new Terminator movie will be released. The film made a lot of news last year because of Christian Bale going crazy at someone on the set but most people will have forgot about that when it comes out next month.
I saw the trailer today on the Terminator Salvation website and it looks fantastic. I recommend checking it out.
Link : Terminator Salvation
Apparently, this LED Watch was released in October 2008 but I’ve not been able to find it anywhere (I’ve read on a few websites that it is a concept watch and won’t be released – Boo!). At first glance the watch resembles a bracelet but at the touch of a button the time lights up in true cool LED fashion.
Does anyone else think this is cool or is it just me?
Link : LED Watch
I’ve come across hundreds of gimmicky USB gadgets in the last few years but the yakuza finger is definately one of the strangest or coolest : I still haven’t decided!
As many of you know, in the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) have a very unique ritual for apologies. Known as Yubitsume, a member would cut off the tip of his left pinky finger and hand it to his boss. Clearly the creators of the Yakuza Finger USB Drive were inspired by this ritual.
A 1GB drive will cost you 6,600 Yen, which is about £45, which is quite expensive for 1GB of memory. But if you work in an office it could be worth paying it just to freak everyone else out!
Link : Thumb USB Memory 1GB
April 16, 2009 in
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This is why you stick in at school kids!
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