Archive | Reviews RSS feed for this section
Website Monitoring Services
Following the migration of a number of my websites from physical servers to virtualised hosting, many of the sites experienced worrying outages. I subsequently went in search of a decent web server monitoring service that could shed some light on the actual downtime. The following is a review of the top 3 of those services, along with screenshots and recommendations.
Continue reading...HD Resolution Smackdown: BluRay vs AppleTV vs DVD
18. May 2009
HD, SD, 720p, 1080p & Upscaling - wheat from chaff I once penned an email to my friend (Sarah) extolling my perspective on the relative quality a range media and TV hardware resolutions. The data was far from scientific, but it’s based on a reasonable exposure to a range of media and output formats. The following [...]
Continue reading...Google Reader iPhone App: problems
16. May 2009
The Google Reader iPhone App (or any reader application for that matter) and Desktop Readers are the types of interfaces [and if not the model for those] that will eventually the replace age-old practise of scanning broadsheet newspapers, the writing for which is already on the wall. This makes these types of UIs crucial in [...]
Continue reading...Trust Me
13. April 2009
I would (if I knew what you were trying to say) Having been a fan of Thomas Cavanagh in Ed, I so very much want to like this show, but I am just not sure how it wants me to feel. Eric McCormack plays Mason, the newly appointed Creative Director of the Mink Group, after the [...]
Continue reading...Transporter 3
4. April 2009
I am fan, but this is Woeful Transporter 1 was fabulously B grade but at its core, a good vehicle for a thin, but action-packed, story. Transporter 2 was ludicrously funny a decent-enough plot and good martial arts screnes to keep you interested. Transporter 3 however .. well: Jason Statham & Luc Besson - you should [...]
Continue reading...Book Review “Eats, Shoots, & Leaves”
20. January 2009
by Lynne Truss Okay, so on the surface, a book described as “Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuaction” doesn’t exactly sound like a riveting read, and it’s not - but, it will have you laughing out loud in the most public of places. I’m not a grammarian, but Ms Truss possesses a command of English that is [...]
Continue reading...Movie Review “Babylon A.D.” (2008)
9. January 2009
Never under the influence of white spirits (.. shall I rent a movie again) With a score of 5.3/10 from IMDB and an inclination towards action and sci-fi, I thought this might fill my needs. Oh, how wrong I was. Vin Diesel never has never had a great screen presence, especially when he’s the star … and so, [...]
Continue reading...TV Review “Secret Diary of a Call Girl”
8. January 2009
Season 1 Saucy, surprising, audacious, personal, tantalising. Billie Piper’s execution of the role far exceeded my expectations. Buy it Now: Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Season 1) DVD *New* - eBay Television Shows, DVDs, Movies, TV Shows, Movies. (end time 11-Jan-09 13:29:41 AEDST).
Continue reading...Mens Chronograph Watches: Rated
7. January 2009
One industry mans ranking of the best mens watches you can buy: The Best of the Best A.Lange & Sonne Jaeger Le Coultre Patek Phillippe Vacheron Constantain Group 2 Audemars Piguet IWC Maurice La Croix Maurice La Croix Masterpiece Baume & Mercier Group 3 Brequet Girard Perriegaux Franck Muller Parmigiani Panerai Ulysse Nardin Omega Zenith Group 1 price range $10k+, whilst the others are <$10k. His closing comment “Rolex is Rolex but not in this class”
Continue reading...TV Review “Pushing Daises” Season 2
5. January 2009
Wilting It seems that the executives, eager to tone down the zaniness of the show to appeal to a broader [more stupid] audience, have had their way with the vigour that blessed Season 1. The music is subdued, more conventional and much less original than that featured in the first season. The narration, once brilliantly [...]
Continue reading...© 2009 Opinion Road. Powered by Wordpress.
12. July 2009
16 Comments