IoT and (lack of) security?
Oct25

IoT and (lack of) security?

Internet of Things, Distributed Denial of Service – botnet script kiddies or more sinister players? I doubt few missed the massive outage a few days ago when Dyn’s DNS service was rendered useless by a massive DDoS attack. What made it worse is that many of the big players (Twitter, PSN, GitHub etc) had put all their eggs in the same basket and had no alternate DNS and thus disappeared on the internet. I for one...

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Ghostbusters (2016)
Oct09

Ghostbusters (2016)

-Who you gonna call? The chinese restaurant downstairs… I saw the reincarnation of Ghostbusters last week but had to wait for almost a week to digest it, and to watch it again just to see if I felt the same the second time?… Ok, I had read a couple of reviews and I’ve followed the debate prior to Ghostbusters release and I wasn’t exactly sure what to think about this reincarnation. I would have loved a proper...

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Out of ideas Hollywood?
Sep17

Out of ideas Hollywood?

Rocky five…. …thousand!!! (Reference from Spaceballs as a hint about doing the same bloody movie over and over again.) I’ve wondered for a while now when the next new hit-movie was going to surface but when scanning the horizon all I’ve seen have been re-runs and follow-ups. Nothing new, nothing exciting and chances are that any new groundbreaking movie will sadly drown in amongst all these re-runs…...

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The Martian
Aug24

The Martian

I’m gonna have to science the shit out of this Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Drew Goddard (screenplay), Andy Weir (book) Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor & more… Ridley Scott has delivered yet another great space adventure – and what a masterpiece it is!!! The story begins with the crew of six...

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The Jungle Book (2016)
Aug18

The Jungle Book (2016)

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo. Before I start my review of the revamped The Jungle Book I must stress the fact that I solemny HATE how Disney has ruined generations by lying to its audience how animals interact and function in the wild. No, I’m not just talking...

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