That was a few seconds ago here in Switzerland. =D Make the ultimate wish people... this is a memorable moment!

Cheers!

Labels: Life, Weeee =D

Ever since the news broke last year that they were creating a Tintin movie, I've hardly been able to wait to see it. On one hand it's a very exciting prospect to see one of my all time favourite books as motion picture, on the other hand there's always the worry that the movie will not do the books justice. It happens very often that the motion picture adaptation of awesome literature ends up being a pretty weak representation of the work they were based upon. So when the movie finally showed up in movie theatres, [and to my sheer delight, about a month earlier in Europe than in North America! =D] I turned my schedule upside down to find the time to go and see it, and last night I finally did. =)

Well, let me just say that this is easily one of the the very best conversions of a book to motion picture that I've EVER seen! Between Steven Spielber's directing, Steven Moffat's screen writing and some of the best actors in the British cinema, this movie is a real work of magic. And then there's of course the visuals... oh... wow! I can't believe how they've managed to bring the characters to life, exactly as I had always imagined them in my mind while reading the books. Everything is completely perfect, from Captain Haddock's nose to Bianca Castafiore's voice.

So, if you're a fan of Tintin, make sure not to miss this movie, and if by some small chance you've never read the Tintin books, still make sure not to miss this movie. Now I can't wait for the next one... I'm pretty sure there is going to be a next one! ;)

Labels: Amazing, Books, Entertainment, Literature, Movies, Weeee =D

Happy Norooz everyone! =) Tomorrow night is the beginning of year 2570 [1390] of the Persian solar calendar. Winter is officially over, and Monday is the first day of spring, even though Zürich was freezing cold today. =P So make sure to have as much sweets and cookies as you can in the next few days, visit your friends and family and pass around some gifts. ;)

My 7sin is pretty much ready, even though some of the items are impossible to get around here due to the lack of a Persian community of any sort. My mom sent me most of what I couldn't find here from Toronto. But I wasn't able to get my hands on Samanoo at the end so we're going to make some chocolate cream and imagine it's Samanoo. =P

I have to admit though, I have all sorts of mixed feelings right now. The "situation" in Iran has made it very difficult for many people over there to celebrate anything, and I feel the weight of that inside of me.... and of course my mom's not where I am this year, which really totally sucks. But I'm trying to make the best out of a ... well... very complicated situation, and hope for the best in 2570.

Labels: Culture, Holidays, Iran, Life, Norooz, Persian, Weeee =D

Oh, right, I forgot to mention.... the pictures and movies from Fasnacht 2011 parades are online! You can check them out here. =)

I was at the venue both in Biberist and Solothurn this year, so there's photos and videos from both. It was quite a lot of fun being there, and I'm still collecting confetti from my clothing, shoes and the flat's floor. =P As you may notice in a couple of Solothurn videos / pics, I was given a bit of an up close and personal confetti shower so when I got home, I was looking like a very colourful clown of some sort, specially since confetti has a way of sticking and staying in my curly hair. =P

A few examples:

Labels: Aasemoon, Events, Fun, Life, Switzerland, Weeee =D

Here's something that's been eating up a lot of my time lately. LEGO Digital Designer is an application by LEGO, which you can use to virtually build whatever you like, using all the LEGO pieces ever made. Yes, huge collection of pieces. That itself is something that made me a very very happy girl. But the fun doesn't end there. Once you're done building, you can actually order what you just built! Isn't that fabulous? =D

So here you can download the app. Enjoy the addiction! ;D

Labels: Design, Games, Kool, LEGO, Software, Toys, Weeee =D

Wow... I just saw an article with the first set of detailed information and pictures related to the upcoming Tintin movie! Looks like it's going to be awesome! =D Apparently this is going to be the movie version of the "Secret of the Unicorn", which is one of my favourite Tintin adventures and the first one I ever read! =) I just can't wait to see the movie...

"With live action you’re going to have actors pretending to be Captain Haddock and Tintin,” says Peter Jackson. “You’d be casting people to look like them. It’s not really going to feel like the Tintin Hergé drew. It’s going to be somewhat different. With CGI we can bring Hergé’s world to life, keep the stylised caricatured faces, keep everything looking like Hergé’s artwork, but make it photo-real."

Check out the full article here!

Labels: Books, Comics, Literature, Motion Picture, Movies, Weeee =D

Me loves watches. Me really really really loves old style pocket watches. Here's my beloved mechanical skeleton pocket watch. =)

Labels: Aasemoon, Watches, Weeee =D

OH MY GOD! Really? Seriously? Could that possibly happen? That would be just beautiful! =D

Since late last night I've been reading here and there around the web about how David Tennant has been approached for a role in the upcoming 2 part Hobbit movies! Apparently so far this is just an offer and no one knows for sure if it's actually going to happen, but if it does... my oh my! Awesomeness to the max! =D

For anyone who may not be familiar with David Tennant, he is the actor playing the role of the 10th Doctor, in the British sci-fi series Doctor Who.  I'm a pretty big fan of Doctor Who in general, and well, the 10th Doctor is most certainly my favourite incarnation of The Doctor so far. ;) Davit Tennant is an amazing actor, and if he goes on to play a role in The Hobbit, that alone will be a reason for me to see the movie on the opening day.

Another great actor who has been offered a role is Martin Freeman, who recently played the role of John Watson in the British TV series "Sherlock". Apparently he will be playing the role of Bilbo Baggins.

When I heard that the "The Hobbit" is going into production phase soon, I was very excited. I've always said that the Lord of the Rings trilogy movies are an extra simplified version of the books, and that they miss a ton of important facts and side stories and a whole lot of depth in comparison to the books. However, that's only natural. There's just no way to put a Tolkien book into a movie exactly as it is, due to the incredible amount of details in his books. With all of that in mind, I believe that the LOTR movies where quite fantastic from many different aspects [well, Duh! ;)], and I'm now very much looking forwards to seeing "The Hobbit".

You can read more about the possible cast of "The Hobbit" here.

Labels: Entertainment, Fantasy, Motion Picture, Movies, Sci-Fi, Weeee =D

I guess for anyone who's into both robots and J.J. Abrams, this is definitely big news. And it's not all that new, so I don't even know how I didn't know about it already! =P A good friend of mine just sent me the link to an article, about J.J. Abrams latest movie project, called "Boilerplate". 

Supposedly, this movie is based on a graphic novel which is the story of world's first robot, and his adventures along side some interesting characters and mixing with certain historical events. Here's the article, check it out!

So now I'm very much looking forwards to seeing the movie. =) I think it will probably turn out to be pretty darn fantastic! Can't wait... can't wait.... =D

Labels: Books, Comics, Entertainment, Literature, Motion Picture, Movies, Robotics, Sci-Fi, Weeee =D

Time for another ASM2010 favourite! =) I was previously informed that Satori was going to have a new demo for ASM, and I was waiting in anticipation to see it. When finally the demo showed up on the ASM TV stream, me and a bunch of friend, as expected, went "Whooohooohooow.... haaaaaaa..... aaaaaaaa.... woooooooo .... wooooohooooooooowwwwww .... hoooooo ..... waaaaaaaaa...." =D

I'm not going to say anything more. In fact I can't, even if I want to. It's completely impossible to describe something like this in words. So if you haven't had a chance to see this super fantastic awesome demo yet, here it is. Check it out! =)

Labels: Amazing, Art, Demoscene, Digital Art, Kool, Music, Satori, Weeee =D

Oh yes, it certainly is! =)

It's been yet another silent period due to my extreme lack of time, and what better reason to break this silence than to... well, LETS TALK ASD! =D The new ASD demo by the name "Happiness is Around the Bend" was released yesterday at the Assembly 2010 demo party. And early this morning I got the happy news that the demo has in fact won 1st place! =D YAAAAAAAAAAY!

I've been experiencing a bit of a mental struggle over which one of the ASD demos is my favourite, and it's a tie between Life Force and Happiness. I finally decided to leave it at that. It's just a tie. I can't like either one of the 2 more than the other, and that's just the way it's going to be. =D Where Life Force made my heart explode out of my chest and brought tears to my eyes, Happiness made me jump around and throw my fists in the air. On one hand I think the 2 demos are too different to be able to make a comparison, on the other hand they're too connected to make a comparison! It's like they're the 2 sides of the same coin... So, watch the new demo and decide for yourself.

Oh, and... ehmmm.... well.... I just have got to say this since Soren mentioned something to me... [fair warning: brash opinionated remark following], in case you've been reading Pouet threads... don't let certain comments about the music bias your opinion. aMUSiC and Leviathan have done an otherworldly beautiful job with the music. Big Kudos to them both. <3 <3 =)

Of course there were a few more demos in ASM this year that really took my breath away. I will post about them next.....

Labels: Amazing, Art, ASD, Beautiful, Coding, Demoscene, Digital Art, Graphics, Music, Weeee =D

Oh wow, would you look at this? Yesterday I came across the coolest news here in this article. Apparently the first robotic amusement park of Europe is being built in Neuchatel [I've actually been there! ;)]. Check out the article for more info.

So you can imagine how excited I was to read about this. I feel like a million box... I'm actually going to be there! =D I now have to go see where I can find more information about this. This is absolutely AWESOME, WOOOOOHOOOOOOOWWW! =D

Labels: Fun, Robotics, Switzerland, Technology, Weeee =D

Yesterday, I turned 27. =) I like the fact that the number has a 7 in it, which has always been lucky for me. ;) I guess it makes sense, given that this is most probably going to be the year of big changes. As in, _HUGE_Migrating Around The Globe_, sort of changes. Which I'm of course looking forwards to. We had a nice little party with friends, after which we went out to a Greek restaurant where I had one of my favourite dishes: Grilled Octopus. Ok, I know that maybe hard to believe for some, but Octopus really is VERY yummy, and I totally love it. =D I even took a picture for proof. [Yet again!]

I would like to thank all my friends for the very nice birthday wishes, cards, eCards and.... Thanks you so much, it means a whole lot to me. =) 

Labels: Aasemoon, Baaroon, Birthday, Family, Friends, Happy, Life, Weeee =D

"They weren't you, honey!" =D

From my list of belated movies to watch, last night I finally got to see the latest Indiana Jones movie. And boy oh boy did I enjoy it! =D Having been a huge [and do I mean HUUUGE] fan of Indi for my entire childhood [including now =D], I was worried that this new one was going to not reach up to my expectations and let me down. Well, it did no such thing! I LUUUUUUUVED it!

I really liked the general character reunion, and all the pointers to the past adventures. It was aaaaaaaaaaaaawesome to see "Marion Ravenwood" againe. =D The cute and goofy humour of the movie was great. I also totally loved the plot for this one. I guess it was about time Indi finally met with aliens from other dimensions, right? And of course it had to happen either in Atlantis or Eldorado. I mean do you know of any more appropriate place? ;)

I'm sure glad to see Indi's son has turned out to be as much of a bad-arse as himself. ;) That also makes me wonder, is it possible that there are now going to be sequels with new adventures for the son?? I would sort of dig that! =D I suppose my movie-buff friends would probably have an answer for that already.... ;)

P.S.: I suppose I should also mention that last week I finally watched "The Dark Knight". Seeing how I haven't posted anything about it, I guess you can tell exactly how impressed [↓] I feel by it. ;)

Labels: Entertainment, Motion Picture, Movies, Sci-Fi, Weeee =D

I love OpenID. =) I really do... I guess it's obvious by now. I've always been intrigued by the idea, so much so that a couple of years ago I started serving my own OpenID on Aasemoon.com.

Recently I decided it was time Verse supported OpenID, and after a few evenings of playing around with the PHP OpenID libraries, now it pretty much does that. The thing is, I have no idea how well this works. A lot of testing has to be done and I'm certain that there are still tons of bugs... but I guess I'll perfect it in time. =) Also, you can now use your Verse profile as your OpenID, in other OpenID enabled website. So yes Verse serves OpenIDz too now. =) Or at least as far as my testing of it goes....

Labels: Aasemoon, Coding, OpenID, Programming, Projects, Web, Web Development, Website, Weeee =D

Not only do I have a terrible chocolate addiction, but it's also quite well known to everyone... and who'd know that better than my mom? Here's what she did recently.... Need I say more? =P

Labels: Aasemoon, Baaroon, Chocolate, Weeee =D

Oh my GOD I looooooooooove the new LOST trailer for season 6! It's ingenious....

Labels: Entertainment, Kool, LOST, Sci-Fi, TV, Weeee =D

Yes, you may laugh at me all you want... but here's my latest eBay adventure. =P I incidentally came across possibly one of the last survivors of the floppy disk era, a 9 year old external [USB] Microtech floppy drive that has somehow been sitting  in it's box somewhere waiting.. getting bored... not being used...! =P 

Well you see, I still have a load of my old floppy drives in some really nice colours [ ;) ], containing old games, a heck of a lot of code [yeah like code I wrote when I was 9!], graphics, and all sorts of other odd and even things. And obviously none of my notebooks have a floppy drive. And somehow, I have this nostalgic feeling towards floppy disks / drives... =D Well, lets just say that I really had to have it. ;) Here it is:

My Microtech floppy drive connected to my notebook.. [and those are the different colours that the lead can have [there's like 15 or so of them.. =))))] ...

Labels: Aasemoon, Electronics, Gadgets, Hardware, Nostalgia, Weeee =D

Can't believe I forgot to write about this! Last week I finally went to see the Sherlock Holmes movie, in Burlington with my cuz. I have to mention here first that I've read every single Holmes book out there, and I've seen the TV series. To be honest, I wasn't the biggest fan of the older movies / TV series, because the way Holmes was pictured in those, was not really much like the image that the books gave me. The details in the books that is, very small details.

Paying attention to the hints here and there in the books about Holmes' personal characteristics, I always had the feeling that he should be this bad-arse character somehow, and somewhat melancholy. So, obviously I enjoyed seeing a lot of just that in the movie. I think that's how Holmes should be "made"! LUUUVVVEEDDD IT! =D

Also, for obvious reasons, I really think that there will be sequels. ;)

Labels: Entertainment, Kool, Movies, Weeee =D

With all the noise I’ve been making, I’m sure everyone here already knows what’s happening… yup, 4 days from now [on October 15] I’m taking a rather long trip home. I haven’t been there in so many years… and I miss everyone and everything dearly. This is very dreamy….

I’m already done with 95% of the packing. The only remaining items are ones that will be using till the last minutes… This whole thing happened quite suddenly and without much of a planning, which adds quite a bit to the whole excitement factor.

4 days left… only 4…. can hardly wait…. ahhhhh……..

Labels: Aasemoon, Iran, Life, Travel, Weeee =D