1. Tokyo Sonata
Here’s another movie that I have reviewed. It is the best movie of modern Japanese cinema, and really helps define what it should be aiming for. Life Back Then is a good example of a more mainstream well-made Japanese movie. This movie feels more independent, but still does an excellent job of providing an engaging story ranging from topics such as joining the military to parenting to unemployment. The movie finds a near perfect way to end itself before falling into potential chaos while leaving us with quite a few things to remember. You’ll likely remember the movie as being music-related though the movie itself has very little music playing throughout the movie. The movie doesn’t try to move the audience through its scenes with sweeping dramatic music, but instead finds itself well in its simplicity. The movie features excellent writing and directing that carries the audience through without the necessity of the typical orchestral movements were so accustomed to hearing in cinema. And it still does well as a movie with music. You’ll see why when you see it; watching the trailer will give you a good glimpse into the movie, as well.
via Top 5 Movies of Modern Japanese Cinema » nreviews.com Blog.
To Watch::アントキノイノチ (Life Back Then) Movie Review » nreviews.com Blog
I had been waiting for a while to see this movie. I finally saw it last night. What do I think?
8 out of 10
I suppose eight of ten is a pretty good score. I can’t say that this movie met my expectations. Rather, it went a slightly different route than I thought. I’d like to first look at the movie from a technical aspect.
via アントキノイノチ (Life Back Then) Movie Review » nreviews.com Blog.
rePost::How to avoid middle-income traps? Evidence from Malaysia | vox
The debate in the Philippines is still stuck in the old way of thinking. Need to read up guys
A large gap in productivity exists between manufacturing and services in Malaysia, and this gap has only accelerated in recent years. However, this gap is not the inevitable consequence of a country’s economic evolution. There is no intrinsic characteristic of manufacturing that translates into inevitable productivity growth. Rather, in the current global environment, ‘industrial versus nonindustrial’ is no longer the appropriate distinction for designating high-productivity/low-productivity production. The key designation is ‘modern versus traditional’ activities. Therefore, rather than advocate for a particular sector as the source of stronger growth in Malaysia, there is a stronger need for broad structural transformation; that is, moving to higher productivity production in both goods and services.
via How to avoid middle-income traps? Evidence from Malaysia | vox.
My Crazy plan for Gilas X
I’ve stated this among friends during the lockout exhibition kobe/durant/harden/cp3 did here in the Philippines.
If we wanted an awesome gilas in ten years we just give willing 6 ++ foot models and get them with the visiting kobe and lebron and bam we have an awesome one two punch.
color me crazy
Loved this Movie: Sayonara Itsuka
“To live is to be ready for goodbye;
For lonelinss is a friend
who will not betray.
…”
Such a good looking movie.
rePost::20 ways to supercharge your ability to learn:
“Learning occurs best when important information is selected from less important ideas, when selected information is organized graphically, when associations are built among ideas and when understanding is regulated through self-testing“
Know the rules your brain works by and general tips for getting smarter.
A negative attitude increases motivation to learn. Cheerful students think they’re doing well but have lower GPA’s. Good moods can harm your memory.
Being social before a test increase performance.
via 20 ways to supercharge your ability to learn:.
read in a comment: seven pillars of newsworthiness
seven pillars of newsworthiness are proximity, novelty, prominence, timeliness, rarity, impact, and human interest.
$99 Parallella Supercomputer is Now Open Source Hardware
Parallella is a low cost supercomputer designed by Adapteva using Xilinx Zynq-7010/7020 FPGA+2x Cortex A9 SoC combined with Adapteva Ephipany 16 or 64 cores epiphany coprocessor. The project had a successful kickstarter campaign which allowed then to provide the 16-core version for $99, and the 64-core version for $750. The board will soon be shipped to people who pledged on kickstarter, and one of the promise of the campaign was to fully open source the platform, and today, they just fulfilled that.
Before going into the details of the open source release, let’s have a look at the specs:
SoC – Xilinx Zynq7000 Series (Z-7010 or Z-7020) Dual-Core ARM Cortex A9 with 512KB L2 Shared Cache
Coprocessor – Epiphany Multicore Coprocessor. The Parallella-16 board includes the 16-core Epiphany-III processor The Parallella-64 board includes the 64-core Epiphany-IV processor
System Memory – 1024MB DDR3L
Boot Flash – 128 Mb QSPI Flash
Indicators – 2 User controlled LEDs
USB:
USB 2.0 Port(0) Connects to a host machine (PC/tablet/smartphone)
USB 2.0 Port (1) Connects peripheral devices
Ethernet – 10/100/1000M Ethernet, RJ45 with magnetics and LEDs
SD Connector – MicroSD, 3.3V
Video – Micro HDMI connector
Expansion Connectors – Four 60-pin high speed Samtec connectors for:
Epiphany link expansion connector(s)
Zynq programmable logic extension connector
Power, JTAG, debug connector
Power Source – USB or 5.0V DC
PCB Dimensions – 86.36mm x 53.34mm
Parallela Connexion Block Diagram
The 64-core version of the Parallella computer is said to deliver over 90 GFLOPS of performance, and have a processing equivalent to a 45 GHz CPU [64 CPU cores * 700MHz] providing you can run your application on the 64-core simultaneously on a tiny board consuming only 5 Watts under typical work loads. Imaging, communications, automotive, medical, and audio applications could take advantage of parallel computing at a much lower cost than is currently available with Parallella.
In order to make a platform really “open source hardware” you need to release the source code as well as the hardware file, and for the parallela platform everything seems now available on their github repository including:
Parallella board design files with bill of materials, schematics (dsn and pdf), layout files (brd), and Solidworks files.
Official u-boot for Parallella board
Official linux kernel for Parallella
Official Ubuntu distro for Parallella
Sourceware Tree for Epiphany
GCC for Epiphany
SDK scripts for Epiphany
We’ve got the hardware files, u-boot and linux for Zynq EPP, and the software running on Adapteva coprocessor. I haven’t checked the details but it looks like they fulfilled their promise. You can also access a preliminary version of Parallella Reference Manual.
You can also find more documentation on parallella.org. If you’ve missed the kickstarter campaign, and need a platform for parallel computing, the Parallela boards do not seem available right now, but you can register on their website to be informed once they are up for sale again.
via $99 Parallella Supercomputer is Now Open Source Hardware.
Miami Heat 2012-2013 NBA Champions!
Congrats to lbj wade bosh rio shane haslem juwan norris birdman spoe riley and arison!!!
Super Excited for Game 7
I can remember where I watched all the playoff/superbowl loses of the New England Patriots. Its in a now closed bar called National Sports Grill in green belt 3.
Watched NBA Finals Game 6 in Team Insider and the superstitious kid within me just cant help but do it again.
The rest rooms has a hd tv in it damn love it!!!!
Go HEAT!