1953: The Glenn Miller Story
1955: Oklahoma!
1956: The Ten Commandments
1965: The Sound of Music
1968: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1990: Awakenings New!
1993: Jurassic Park
1994: IQ
1997: Dante's Peak
1997: Titanic
1999: Anna and the King
2000: For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2001: A Beautiful Mind (A+!)
2001: Lagaan
2001: Pearl Harbor New!
2004: National Treasure
2005: Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2007: National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
2007: Dan in Real Life
2009: Tum Mile
-Krip
Categories: Video_
Friday, 4 February 2011
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Notable Paintings at the Old National Gallery
- Crown Prince Fredrick at the Court Ball 1878 - 1895, By Anton von Werner
- A Billet outside Paris - 1894, By Anton von Werner
- Parade on Opernplatz in 1822 - 1824 - 1830, By Franz Kruger
- Parade on Opernplatz in 1822 (2) - 1824 - 1830, By Franz Kruger
- The Isle of the Dead - 1883, By Arnold Bocklin
- The House at Rueil - 1882, By Edouard Manet
- Grace before the meal - 1885, By Fritz von Uhde
- Country House in Hilversum - 1901, By Max Liebemann
- Spring in Oberweimar - 1868, By Karl Buchholz
- Children's Afternoon at Wargemont - 1884, By Auguste Renoir
Monday, 28 September 2009
U.K. English to U.S. English Translation
Yes the U.K. and U.S. really do have different languages! Here's a translation of some common U.K. words and phrases:
Updated 28 September 2009
U.K. | U.S. |
Advanced Level [during optional final 2 yrs: yrs 12 & 13] | |
Aluminum | Aluminium |
Answer up (New) | Comment |
Aubergine | Eggplant |
Bangers | Sausages |
Bank holiday | (National) holiday |
Excellent | |
Best mate | Best friend |
Bin [n., v.] | Trash |
Biscuit | Cookie |
Blimey | Express surprise |
block of flats | Apartment building |
Bloke | Guy |
Policeman | |
Automobile hood | |
Automobile trunk | |
Umbrella | |
Bungalow | Ranch [single level house] |
Butty [e.g. bacon butty] | Sandwich |
Car park | Parking lot |
Carrier bag (New) | Plastic bag |
Certificate 12A (New) | PG or PG-13 |
Certificate 15 (New) | PG-13 or R |
Certificate 18 (New) | R or X |
Cheers | Thanks / goodbye |
Chemist | Pharmacy |
Chips | French fries |
Cinema | Movie theater |
the city | Square mile financial district in London |
Competition (New) | Sweepstakes / contest |
Cooker (New) | Stove |
Courgette | Zucchini |
Cracking | Excellent |
Crisps | (Potato) chips |
Cross (New) | Mad |
CV (New) | Résumé |
Foolish | |
Eggy bread (New) | French toast |
Engineering works (New) | Construction |
Equally (New) | At the same time |
Estate | Station wagon |
Fag [slang] | Cigarette |
Farside (lane) | Outside (lane) |
Fitted (New) | Installed |
Fiver | Five pounds [monetary] |
Flat | Apartment |
Football | Soccer |
Footie (New) | Soccer (slang) |
Like high school (diploma) yrs 10 & 11, ages 14-16 | |
Gherkins (New) | Pickles |
Give way | Yield |
Ground floor | First floor |
Having a laugh (New) | Joking |
Headmaster / headmistress | Principal |
Holiday | Vacation |
Hoover | Vacuum |
Hospital | "the" hospital |
Item (New) | Part |
Jam | Jam, jelly |
Jelly | Jell-o |
Knackered | Exhausted |
Lads | Boys |
Lift | Elevator |
Loads (New) | Lots |
Loft | Attic |
Loo (New) | Bathroom |
Truck or van | |
Maplin (New) | Radio Shack |
Mash | Mashed (potatoes) |
Mate | Friend |
Maths | Math |
Midday | Noon |
Mind the gap (New) | Watch your step |
Mobile (phone) | Cell (phone) |
MOT | Motor vehicle inspection |
Motorway (New) | Highway |
MP | Member of Parliament [like senator or congressman] |
Mum | Mom |
Nan | Grandma |
Nappies | Diapers |
Naught | Zero |
Nearside (lane) | Inside (lane) |
Nick | To steal |
No worries (New) | No problem |
Nutter | insane |
Off Licence | Liquor store |
PA (New) | Secretary |
Fiasco | |
Pants | 1. Underpants; underwear 2. Poor quality |
Pay rise | (Pay) raise |
Petrol | Gas; gasoline |
Plaster (New) | Band-aid |
Porridge (New) | Oatmeal |
Posh (New) | Classy |
Profit | Net profit |
Pudding | Dessert |
Queue [n.] | Line |
Quid | Pound [monetary] |
Quite (New) | Exactly |
Redundant | Laid off |
Rough (New) | Under the weather / unwell |
Rounders | Baseball (similar) |
Dispute | |
Saloon [auto body style] | Sedan |
Solicitor | Attorney |
Sorted | Fixed |
Starter | Appetizer |
Straightaway | Right away |
Surgery | Doctor's office |
Ta [slang] | Thanks |
Takeaway | Takeout |
Taking the mickey (New) | Teasing |
Tenner | Ten pounds [monetary] |
Tick | Check |
Till | (Cash) register |
Told off (tell off) (New) | Scolded, yelled, disciplined |
Tourer [auto body style] | (Station) wagon |
Turnover | (Gross) Revenue |
Underground | Subway |
Uni (New) | College or University |
Rubber boots | |
What are you like (New) | |
Whilst | While |
Windscreen | Windshield |
Yob [slang] | Hooligan |
Zimmer frame (New) | Walking frame |
-Krip
Categories: UK_, US_, Languages_
Friday, 26 June 2009
Notable Paintings at the Getty Museum
- Head of Christ, 1525-30, by Correggio
- Portrait of a Woman with a Book of Music, 1540s, Bacchiacca
- Irises, 1889, Vincent van Gogh
- Portrait of the...
- Portrait of Princess Leonilla of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, 1843, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
- Portrait of Jeanne Kefer, 1885, by Fernand Khnopff
- Landscape with the Castle of Massa di Carrara, 1837, by Leo von Klenze
- Gabriel Bernard de Rieux, 1739-41, by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
- A View of the Grand Canal: Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana from Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, 1740, by Bernardo Bellotto
- Still Life: Tea Set, 1781-83, by Jean-Etienne Liotard
- Demolition of the Chateau of Meudon, 1806, by Hubert Robert
- Christ with the Crown of Thorns, 1636-37, by Guido Reni
- John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and His Family in the Breakfast Room at Compton Verney, 1766, by Johann Zoffany
-Krip
Monday, 13 April 2009
I Wrote Twitter 20 Years Ago!
Twenty years ago, I wrote a FoxPro app where you log notes. It was a multi-user database app designed to facilitate communication between the developers and testers on the team. I called it COLT (an acronym for Come on, let's talk!). A "browse" window would update and show you new messages. You could even reply to messages (threads).
So I wrote Twitter 20 years ago! Great ideas take a while to catch on I guess.
-Krip
So I wrote Twitter 20 years ago! Great ideas take a while to catch on I guess.
-Krip
Sunday, 15 March 2009
Notable Paintings at the Babylon Exhibit
Notable paintings at the Babylon exhibit at the British Museum (closing today):
1. Daniel in the Lion's Den, by Briton Reviere (1872)
(that image doesn't do it justice - got to see it close up - e.g. lions' eyes)
2. Belshazzar's Feast, by John Martin (1821)
(again need to see this huge painting up close to really appreciate it)
3. Tower of Babel, Michael Lassel (2001)
(this oil painting could pass as a photograph!!)
4. Babel Revisited, by Julee Holcombe (2004)
(you can see more of her work on her own site)
-Krip
P.S. Also see the Times' photo gallery of this exhibition.
1. Daniel in the Lion's Den, by Briton Reviere (1872)
(that image doesn't do it justice - got to see it close up - e.g. lions' eyes)
2. Belshazzar's Feast, by John Martin (1821)
(again need to see this huge painting up close to really appreciate it)
3. Tower of Babel, Michael Lassel (2001)
(this oil painting could pass as a photograph!!)
4. Babel Revisited, by Julee Holcombe (2004)
(you can see more of her work on her own site)
-Krip
P.S. Also see the Times' photo gallery of this exhibition.
Monday, 9 March 2009
Places to Visit in London
Here are some suggestions on what to see when in London:
1) British museum (http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/): There's quite a bit here on the Ancient Near East - of particular interest to Bible readers. There's a section with relief walls from Assyria where you can see the Assyrians depict how they treat their captives. Also the reliefs are charred indicating a fire. Also watch out for a whole section on Lachish where Hezekiah paid tribute to Sennacherib. Also, right off the Great Court (where you enter) is a long room that contains lots of ancient artifacts in glass cases (I think it's called Enlightenment).
2) Ah, number two on my list is the National Gallery (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/) - In my opinion one of the greatest art collections in the world. If you like art, don't miss it. The museum is located right at Trafalgar Square. Most of the museums are free here (just donate if you want). Other than that everything is VERY expensive, but I digress! Back to the museum. One of the my favourites is a large painting called The Ambassadors (If you want to peek then here's the link: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng1314). There's a lot more than meets the eye in this piece so hopefully you can catch a tour group at this painting and eavesdrop while the guide hits the highlights!
3) Science museum (http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk): This is a great museum too (located in Kensington). I think it depends on weather. If it's rainy and you need "indoor" things to do, this is a good one.
4) The standard tourist spots: Walk along Regent Street and Oxford Street. Hamleys is a 5 story toy shop right on Regent street (http://www.hamleys.com/).
5) Harrods is quite a posh department store right off Oxford street (http://www.harrods.com). Pop in if you want to see how the other half shops. But beware you can get many of the same goods cheaper elsewhere. Another spot I recommend is the Food Hall at Selfridges. Selfridges is a department store - attached to it is a Food Hall that is unique.
6) Pubs: Of course the English pub! You'll find them everywhere. It's unlike anywhere else. More of a social place. Most pubs have food too and it's pretty decent! For example Fish & Chips or Chicken Tikka Masala (The national dish borrowed from the great Indians - yah!). Order everything including food at the bar, and give them you're table number. Then someone will bring it to your table. Don't forget to have a pint of Guinness!
7) English castles: These have many hundreds of years of history, and are usually decked out with ornate furnishings and art work. Some of them have tea rooms and/or restaurants attached. Windsor is a nice town so Windsor Castle is one option. There are a couple of sites that list all the castles and "houses" open for visiting, English Heritage (http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/) and National Trust (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/) so check those out and see if anything's near to the routes you're traveling.
-Krip
1) British museum (http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/): There's quite a bit here on the Ancient Near East - of particular interest to Bible readers. There's a section with relief walls from Assyria where you can see the Assyrians depict how they treat their captives. Also the reliefs are charred indicating a fire. Also watch out for a whole section on Lachish where Hezekiah paid tribute to Sennacherib. Also, right off the Great Court (where you enter) is a long room that contains lots of ancient artifacts in glass cases (I think it's called Enlightenment).
2) Ah, number two on my list is the National Gallery (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/) - In my opinion one of the greatest art collections in the world. If you like art, don't miss it. The museum is located right at Trafalgar Square. Most of the museums are free here (just donate if you want). Other than that everything is VERY expensive, but I digress! Back to the museum. One of the my favourites is a large painting called The Ambassadors (If you want to peek then here's the link: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng1314). There's a lot more than meets the eye in this piece so hopefully you can catch a tour group at this painting and eavesdrop while the guide hits the highlights!
3) Science museum (http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk): This is a great museum too (located in Kensington). I think it depends on weather. If it's rainy and you need "indoor" things to do, this is a good one.
4) The standard tourist spots: Walk along Regent Street and Oxford Street. Hamleys is a 5 story toy shop right on Regent street (http://www.hamleys.com/).
5) Harrods is quite a posh department store right off Oxford street (http://www.harrods.com). Pop in if you want to see how the other half shops. But beware you can get many of the same goods cheaper elsewhere. Another spot I recommend is the Food Hall at Selfridges. Selfridges is a department store - attached to it is a Food Hall that is unique.
6) Pubs: Of course the English pub! You'll find them everywhere. It's unlike anywhere else. More of a social place. Most pubs have food too and it's pretty decent! For example Fish & Chips or Chicken Tikka Masala (The national dish borrowed from the great Indians - yah!). Order everything including food at the bar, and give them you're table number. Then someone will bring it to your table. Don't forget to have a pint of Guinness!
7) English castles: These have many hundreds of years of history, and are usually decked out with ornate furnishings and art work. Some of them have tea rooms and/or restaurants attached. Windsor is a nice town so Windsor Castle is one option. There are a couple of sites that list all the castles and "houses" open for visiting, English Heritage (http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/) and National Trust (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/) so check those out and see if anything's near to the routes you're traveling.
-Krip
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