Banana Munki

The Machinist, a mystery/thriller with the original title El Maquinista, has 7 wins and 8 nominations. The film is English but shot mostly in Barcelona, Spain, the year 2004. Rated R for violence and disturbing images, sexuality and language. 7.8 rating out of 10 possible at the imdb, I would give it a 7. It’s always enjoyable to watch a Christian Bale movie.

Christian Bale dropped an impressive (and horrifying) 63 pounds for the role as Trevor Reznik, an industrial worker with insomnia who hasn’t slept for a  year and slowly begins to doubt his sanity as bizarre things start happening. I won’t reveal the plot and anyone who is interested can voluntarily click this link and to read the plot summary for The Machinist at The Internet Movie Databse.

The production designers had to painstakingly re-create the look and feel of Los Angeles with many ”everyday Americana” items in both interior AND exterior shoots. This included cigarettes, alcohol, street signs, traffic signals, public telephones, retail signage, automobiles, license plates, and also shooting in what writer Scott Kosar called ”some of the worst areas of Barcelona”.

There are more interesting facts about the making of The Machinist to read here (click this text).

Rating: (3.2/5)

My son threw my cellphone on the floor one to many times and after some research I settled with the Sony Ericsson W595 Walkman.

These are some reasons to why I like it:

1. It’s worth it’s price and is very affordable.
2. It’s a Walkman with stereo speakers and has radio.
3. It includes a 3.2 megapixel and up to 2.5x digital zoom camera which isn’t too bad.
4. It comes with a 2GB memory card.
5. MMS, E-mail, Voice message.
6. Video player, video steaming, video telephony.
7. Ringtones – Polyphonic 72 channels, MP3, and AAC.
8. I can connect to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google Maps, etc.
9. I can logon MSN and other messenger services.
10. 240×320 pixels display.
11. It has conveniences such as Calendar, Notes, Flight Mode and Sound Recorder.
12. I can record phone calls.
13. USB port.
14. USB Mass storage Mode.
15. I can browse the web and subscribe to RSS feeds.
16. I can post to my blog.

The package has arrived! Herbalife – for those who don’t know – is a total wellness company offering high-quality nutrition, weight-management and personal-care products. Herbalife‘s product range includes protein shakes, protein snacks, nutrition, energy and fitness supplements and personal care products. I use Herbalife products as a part of a healthy diet as well as to loose the extra weight and shape up. After a decade of a sedentarily lifestyle and a pregnancy my health could be better.

I recieved the package three days after I placed the order.

Each image is clickable for large view:

Live Well!

Captured yesterday with cellphone:

Cristiano, 2009-12-06, age 1 year 1 month and almost 3 weeks.

momma <3 u

Visual:

(the theme)

• Original Windows 7 theme
• Wallpaper: I don’t find the DL source. Anyone?
• Icons: The original Windows 7 icons, Xedia Icons Pack, MinIcons

Additional information:

(the desktop & toolbar shortcuts)

• Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox
• Music Player: Songbird
• Media Player: Moovida
• Facebook application: FishBowl
• Task Management: Doit.im
• Graphics Editing Program: Adobe Photoshop CS4
• E-mail application: Thunderbird

Extra:

Desktop Icon Organizer: Fences

A friend had trouble starting up his computer because it halted at the welcome screen. He had to Ctrl+Alt+Del ones to get it past. I ran Chkdsk F to fix this problem. I have found a handy guide at eguide.com how to go about running the valuble tool Chkdsk F included in Windows XP to automatically fix the problem. You can find it here (click this text). Or you can read the following text in this post.

In case of that page disapearing in the future, I copy & paste the text on to here:

A copy & paste from an article at the ehow

An extra note: I did not have to go through step 10. At mentioned in step 9, the computer adviced to run the Chkdsk at the next reboot.