http://www.bennygiesbers.com Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:15:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weekend I watched [Rec]. It's a Spanish horror movie following the Blair Witch Project/Cloverfield modus operandi of being filmed with a handheld camera. It's about a young female reporter called Angela who goes around with her cameraman every night in search of different collectives of people. Tonight they’ll be ... http://www.bennygiesbers.com/2008/03/30/great-horror-film-rec/ This post is a follow-up to an older post about some upcoming movies. So far, I've seen 4 of the 6 movies and I must say that they're the best movies I've seen lately. I Am Legend: Great movie, one of Will Smith's best in my opinion. I really enjoyed it. ... http://www.bennygiesbers.com/2008/03/25/re-so-many-good-movies-lately/ Yesterday, I found this amazing animated gif. It begins by showing our planet and keeps adding other objects, while scaling the other visible objects to reflect its relative size. Doesn't that make you feel small? Or am I the only one? http://www.bennygiesbers.com/2008/03/20/this-picture-makes-me-feel-small/ Earlier today I got a billing notification from Dreamhost for the whole year 2008. Just a few minutes ago, I received a 2nd mail that made me giggle: Hi Benny! Ack. Through a COMPLETE bumbling on our part, we've accidentally attempted to charge you for the ENTIRE year of 2008 (and probably ... http://www.bennygiesbers.com/2008/01/15/someone-at-dreamhost-pressed-the-wrong-button-today/ As a huge movie lover, I'm amazed by the number of promising movies lately. The number of good new movies is always better in the months before the Oscars, but this year it seems the quality is exceptionally high. Or is it just me? Of course, as I live in Belgium, ... http://www.bennygiesbers.com/2007/11/22/so-many-good-movies-lately/ An article in the NY Times caught my eye today. Two companies, 23andme and DeCode Genetic, launched a new service that allows you to build your personal DNA profile. 23andme is owned by the wife of Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder. Not surprisingly, Google invested $3,9 million into the company. For ... http://www.bennygiesbers.com/2007/11/20/your-online-dna-profile/ Here I am, making my very first post on my very post blog. Over the last years, I often felt the urge to start my own blog, but never went through with it. Today, I finally did it. There are several little reasons why I decided to do so: Interest. I'm ... http://www.bennygiesbers.com/2007/11/01/very-first-post/