Month: January 2010
awk & perl split out number in brackets
echo “a b c (9)” | awk ‘{print 0+substr($NF,2)}’ echo “a b c (21)” | perl -alne ‘print 0+substr($F[-1],1)’ Thanks, Gedge!
Film: Death Race (2008)
Death Race: An action movie, involving cars, and death. It’s set in the near future, in a world where crime is really high, and corporations run the prison system in the US. With one prison doing races with cars that have weapons, and killing other drivers is within the rules – in fact, it’s all […]
Film: Assembly (2007)
Assembly: I’m not sure for what reason another war movie has made it onto my ‘normal’ list, but, I’m glad this one did – even though I didn’t fully understand what happened in the middle. As the synopsis says – this film is based on reality (as much as you can believe, anyway) of a […]
Film: Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds: A Tarantino film, but, I think you could’ve got away with not realising it was. A film set in a slightly alternate reality of the second world war. It’s very violent/gruesome at times, and also incredibly funny, with a few emotional parts too. I also thought that Brad Pitt’s acting in this film […]
Film: Yes Man (2007)
Yes Man: A film in a similar vein to ‘Liar Liar’. Jim Carrey’s character chooses to say ‘yes’ to everything. It’s got some funny bits in it, but, it’s very formulaic – you can see where things are going to go. I give it 5/10
Carrot Halwa / Gajar ka Halwa
1kg carrots grated Small amount of ghee 10-20 cardamoms, ground lightly Tiny amount of nutmeg Enough milk to just about cover the carrots. That’s all it makes…
TV: Afro Samurai (2007)
Afro Samurai: I initially thought this was meant to be a movie, so was a bit confused, when I realised it was episodes, as it was a mini-series. It’s about a ‘samurai’, who is on a mission of revenge against the man who killed his father. It’s very violent, and our main character ‘Afro’ is […]
Film: Changeling (2008)
Changeling: I watched this on recommendation from a friend. It’s about a single mother, who has a son. One day, she goes to work, and comes back home, and he’s not there. There’s a bit of a spoiler here, but, not much – apparently, in reality, she gave her son a dime, to go watch […]
Film: The Assassin (1993) (Point of No Return)
The Assassin/Point of No Return: A film about a woman who is taken by the US government to be trained as a killer. That really is about all you need to know about this film. She initially hates the system, because she’s a spoilt brat, but can kind of fight, then she ends up becoming […]