The Great Global Warming Swindle

You all should remember Al Gore and his Inconvenient Truth. Well here is the answer to that exact documentary. As Al says the main thing that is chaging the climate is CO2. And especially the CO2 that man creates.
In this documentary this fact is "proven" wrong. Well if you believe it. The whole anti global warming movement is just a set up of the rich countries and corporations that do not want countries in development to develop as fast as they did.
Well I find that stuff bullshit. But in the documentary there is shown some facts that might be more important then CO2 and how there could be more reasons for temperature rising.
What I find bad is that they are persistently claiming that CO2 has NOTHING to do with it.
Well I believe that some things are truth from both documentaries. I just don't like the intension that this one was made with. The intension of disqualifying the Al Gore's documentary.
still believe that people should hear both side of the story.
Oh and a good thing is that you can watch this one on-line on Google video here.

World Fastest Indian

I put this one away for a very long time. But not because it was bad but because it is a long movie. And a great one.
It is about a New Zealand an old man in his seventies who is obssesed with speed. He rebuilt an old motorcycle Indian in his own garage. He took it on many test rides and wanted to test it on real track in Arizona desert.
The movie shows us how a simple man with a dream can do it. He traveled on his own to the USA and somehow made it to the Arizona. He had many problems along the road and even some good moments. When he got to the Arizona he found out that he should register few months earlier. And not just that but also that his motorcycle doesn't meet the strict criteria of the speed racing.
However he managed to persuade the organizers to let him run. And how he did it.
He pulled more them 200 mph from his under 1000 ccm engine. His record still stands.
When he returned to the homeland he became local hero and joined many races during later years.

Are We Done Yet

Do you remember Are We There Yet?
Well same actors few years later. They all live together in a very small apartment in center of the city. While father wants to start a new sports journal. His wife is pregnant with twins.
They move to the suburbs in a old, at first look quite good house, and as they later find out they'll have to rebuild it almost from stretch.
There is also an annoying salesman Chuck that is not just that but much more: local contractor, local inspector, home birth expert, former Lakers player, Olympic competitor and much much more.
It is a good family comedy about making family ties stronger.

New GoogleMaps feature

I'm delighted. Google just won't stop giving out candies for us small end users. And here is the latest one.
360º panoramic photos from streets of mayor cities in the USA. Here you can see example from NewYork's 5th avenue.
Great stuff.

New Zealand and M$ Office

The great news I just must share. The New Zealand School department decided that they will not renew the expensive licenses for Microsoft's Office for Mac. They encourage the school to use open source NeoOffice instead.
And that is a really great news for me. Because I hate Things that are not free of charge, especialy for learning.

Alpha Dog

Young people who are dealing with wrong stuff just won't get great future. This is a story about a guy that wants to be king of the street and wants all to respect him. And that is why one day he steals some other bastards little brother because of 800$.
The kidnapped boy is cool with it, because he can finally get to know what is happening in the world around him, and gets to know many new friends and girls that he likes a lot.
But the things get really complicated, when the "boss" realizes what might happen to him if he is coughed by the police. And that is when he decides that boy has to go for good.
There is however another problem. How to get rid of him. He pulls in his most loyal friend that will make the job done. And even thou that everybody else is against killing, it is done.
The police soon catches the main participants in the killing and the got from 20 years to a lifetime of jail. The main character in whole thing gets away for few more years when Interpol catches him.
The bad example of what can happen with not so bad guys that are messing with wrong things like drugs.

Meet The Robinsons

Well I mus admit this is one of the fines animation movie for a long time. Yes I liked it much more then Shrek The Third.
It is a sci-fi animation about a genius boy that invents many many advanced things. I particularly liked th future where all the things were so cool. Stuff like Insta-building almost made me drop my lover yaw.
I must say that there are many great ideas that can make your brains running. And the story is very good and funny too. I really really liked this one.

Velenje City Adventure(race)

We did it again. The Second Velenje City Adventure(race) that was going on on the Saturday the 26. of May.
It was a sunny day and we started early in the morning (I got up at 5:45AM) and started to put race together. Many preparations were done over last few months and the majority of them in last few weeks. We prepared good for this race and made it one of the best City adventure(race)s in our history.
The weather was on our site the whole day. It was hot but beautiful. Like in all City adventure(race)s there were two categories of race. 40 km track and 80 km track. The track was separated in more stages: trekking, swimming, paddling, mountain biking, caving and additional stages for 80 km: roller blading and canyoning.
There were 51 teams altogether, 23 in the longer and the rest in shorter category. The start of the race was at 10:00 AM in the center of Velenje and the two teams were starting the race each minute.
The fastest team on short track needed 4h and 28 minutes to get through the track and the fastest team on the longer track needed few minutes less then 7 hours to complete the race.
The most difficult part of the race was trekking. Not just because of the length of it but also because of great heat.
The race was concluded at 20:30 PM. All the teams were fascinated about the track.
You can find more abut the race on www.adventurerace.si. The City adventures are primary ment for teams from Slovenia and that is why the page for City adventures is in Slovene only.
But we also organize a longer race for teams of 4 (at least one women) that will start on 22. June and will last for two days. That race is international and if you would like to try it check the page of Adventure Race Slovenia.

Shrek The Third

More and more movies have the third part these days. And Shrek is no an exception. Shrek the third or how to get a baby ogre and getting the man that could run the kingdom. The donkey and his Ms. Dragon have babies, and princess Fiona really wants some too. However the Shrek is not very happy when he hears the news. He just knows what the baby ogers are like.
After princesses father dies the burden of the kingdom is on his shoulders and he doesn't like that ether. He just doesn't feel like the right man for a job and he gets on journey to get the only other kin that can take the throne.
Arthur the chosen one is in high school and is called looser by almost all of the students. The story is getting even more complex on their return.
I must say that previous parts were more funny (at least to me) but it is still good animated comedy with nice story.

Wild Hogs

John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and some more good actors. So what do you think the genre of this movie is? Yes, you are right its comedy. And I must say a good one.
Some guys in their mid ages decide to relive their youth. So they are going on the road trip with their choppers. Not only that they got rusty over the years they also do not realize their real age.
They come across a motorcycle gang that terrorizes them and takes one of their choppers.
They get back on them and by accident blow up their bar. So all the gang is hunting them down. The ran into a small town that gets terrorized by that same gang every few months and they help them get rid of the gang for good (that too only by accident).
It's a good comedy that shows what happens to men in middle age crisis.

The Ron Clark Story

Hummm. About this movie. It is nice one and tells a story about a primary school teacher. A very good teacher shows us that even the most troubled kids can be taught many things. You just have to find the right approach.
He moves from a small school and small town, where he was named best teacher for four years in a row. He wants a new challenge. And that is why he moves to New York, where he wants to try teaching in one of the public schools.
At first he just can't find any school that would take him, but he luckily encounters a school where one of the teacher is just quitting because the scholars are "too crazy".
At first he has no success, but after a while he gets to know his kids and knows all the tricks to make them listen too him. His goal is to make them all pass the exams, but not just that but to pass them with great scores.
Even thou he has many problems he manages it. And his class is the best in the New York district. One of his kids even gets perfect score by two topics.
This is a real life story about the teacher that knows how to teach. He even published few books on the topic.
Really good movie.

Dragon Tiger Gate

Another one form far East. And a good one again I must say. It's about two brothers that got separated in their youth. They were both very good in kung-fu and they got even better while growing.

At some point in time one of the brothers was saved from fire and raised by a very powerful man. But that man was a bad guy. He was a gang leader and did many bad things and used the older brother (that he raised) for doing dirty work for him.

He also had a younger daughter who was like sister to adopted brother and she fell in love with younger brother.

Meanwhile younger brother was raised by his uncle and helped him at his kung-fu school.

The names of the brothers were Dragon and Tiger and that is right form the name of the school - Dragon Tiger Gate.

One day brothers meet, but they were at the opposite side. They do not want to hurt each other they just want what is best for them.

The story goes one, with an evil figure that wants to destroy the Dragon Tiger Gate school and kill both brothers.

As mostly this time the end is happy after all. The brothers are joined again and the school stands still.

Kiss Me Again

What is a dream of every (straight) man?
Sleeping with two women off course. But is it really? Well in this movie you can find out what all can couples discover when they are "experimenting". Where can all lead. It is not only that a man can fall for a newcomer more then for his old love. It is also possible that his mate falls for in love with the other girl. Well that is something that can make much trouble.
And not just that, what if the third person is your student?
Well that just does it? Or not?
Well find out for yourselves how one of such stories goes and through what must a couple get if they decide to "experiment".

She's The Man

Can girls play soccer? Well about this and much more is right this movie. When a girl soccer (or football in Europe) team was dismissed because of too few attenders some of girls stood up and wanted to join the mens team. But the coach of mens football team (and all the teammates) were just laughing.
"You are not good enough."
"You are not tough enough."
And so on they were screaming. One girl just didn't want to give up and used great chance to get in a men team. Her brother was just going abroad and she took a big step filling in his spot in his new school. She dressed up like a guy and went to soccer tryouts. But she was not in the first string right from beginning. She had to work really hard and take extra practice to get in shape and get good enough.
There were also many complications about her secret and many more funny things.
It's a nice comedy, just right to relax.

Blizzard did it again

As many of you probably already know, one of the best game production company - Blizzad, has announced long awaiting new game from their lair. And the long awaited game is Starcraft 2.
It has been almost a decade since the first part and the first part was the epic one (as all the games from the Blizzard are). And for 9 years we have waited for something new from realm of Starcraft.
Blizzard is promising that there will be an even more epic game-play and much much more. They have opened the new site for the game and you can find more about the game here on it.

Scout Fest 2007

It is 100 years this year since the first starts of scout movement. And all over the world scouts are preparing to celebrate this great anniversary. In Slovenia there will be great three day event that will connect scouts from all over the country in our great town of Velenje.
Yes, our scout group was chosen to organize this big event. At the Scout Fest there will be national competition in scout activities, 100 workshops with different themes and a great concert that will conclude the great event.
I can't wait to be there and enjoy the company from scouts from all over Slovenia. It'll be really great.
And here is the official site (only in Slovene, again).

New Rutka.NET outfit

After many and many years of promises and wishes, out scout portal Rutka.NET has get the new outfit and new back-end. Now we can really call it portal, because it is one.
The new design and technology are fitting well together and are making scouts easier to browse through all the content on the portal. I must also warn you that the portal is in Slovene only.
Great work guys. Rutka.NET

MREST 2007

Last Saturday (12. may), we were on beachwolley tournament that was organized by catholic scouts. There were two teams from Velenje and three teams (including out two) that were not from catholic scouts but from scouts (yes, the real ones ;) ).
The tournament was organized really good and despite the bad weatherforecast we had a really nice sunny weather. The competition took place by Zbilje lake. That is artificial lake on river Sava.
We were having really good time and our team took fifth place at the end (well, we could be third :( ). The other team from Velenje placed second right behind the last years winning team of scouts from all over Slovenia. You can find some photos here.

Hubble found Dark matter

Well, not exactly. But something like that. Astronomers have found facts that could help explaining where the dark matter is.
For those who know more about that, this will be an important discovery. This is the first proof that there should be dark matter out there and it explains how it behaves.
You can read more on this site that explains in detail what really happened in that picture and why is it so important. Or you can find out more about this on Hubble official website.

Step Up

Do you remember Honey, the movie of dancing. Well here is another one. And I liked it. It's about a white boy that lives in black neighborhood and likes dancing really much. But as many young boys he is making some bad things too. One day he and his friends break into a art school and they made mess out of a stage. A guard catches him and he gets labor work in that same school.
While he is doing that, he realizes that he really likes that school and that he would like to be part of it. And he gets a chance. A senior grade dancer looses hers dancing partner because of twisted ankle. And she just can't find a replacement. She is a pretty looking girl and he offers his help to her.
The love story of young couple and all the things that comes with it. He starts to put his friends aside and spends more and more time in that school. There is also girls boyfriend and some other interesting people on that school.
The story is nice, the play is good and dancing is just great as is the music.

Next

Did you ever wonder what would you do if you could tell the future?
Well Nicholas Chage knows everything about it in this movie. He wants to meet a nice girl that he saw in his future.
He wants to have her and he does everything to get her. But he is not the only one that knows his secret. Some government people also know it and they want to use it to prevent a nuclear explosion somewhere in US.
At the beginning he can only see as much as 2 minutes ahead, but later on he travels further and further into the future. And not only that, he can also try different scenarios and choose the right one to get things done.
Nice movie to watch.

Nevarnost.org

Well, one of my classmates helps by portal nevarnost.org.
It could be translated INSECURITY or DANGER. It's a portal about computer security. How to keep your self (your PC or MAC or whatever) away from uninvited folk that you do not want to have on your computer.
It is also about network security and about applications that help you being secure.
They also post some chelanges that may bring you an reward. it is called Skr3k4j n4gr4d0! (or Crack The Reward).
The portal is in Slovene. So if you feel like cracking get it done fast :)
go crack.

Spiderman 3

Like many other movies Spiderman has awaited the third part too.
And like always it shows fight between good and evil. But this time it is about the evil inside the Spiderman himself. The Spiderman shows what would his dark side look like if it would be much more intensified. This happens when a strange thing comes from fallen meteorite and gets to Spiderman. It strenghtens his anger and rage so that he does things that he normally wouldn't do.
He revenges his uncle by trying to kill hiss killer.
There are some new bad figures that want him dead and he gets help, because he can't do it all by himself.
It's not original anymore and the story isn't something special either. Just another love - action movie.

Veruda

As I said in recent post I went on holiday with my girl too.
We (us two, and group of ARS organizers) went to a small island of Veruda, near Croatian city of Pula. A very nice and quiet island that only has a camp and Scout camp on it.
We took some boats whit us and made some paddling (to stay in shape). The weather was nice (hot sun with mild wind) it only rained once at night.
I rally enjoyed those three days down there.

Grossglockener

Well, I had some "labor day" holidays and I took some time for my own and for my girlfriend.
First I took some care for me.
So on Saturday the 28. of April, group of four guys from Velenje started the expedition to the Austrian highest mountain Grossglockner. We started at 8.00 o'clock in Velenje and traveled all the way to the bottom of the mountain (as far as the road goes). That was on about 1900 meters above the sea and we came there at about 11.30.
The first part of the path was to get to the Stüdelhütte (here or here) at 2801 meters. In the book it said that it takes about 3,5 - 4 hours to reach it. Well, we made it in 2,5 hours.
That was what we planed for the first day. It was very nice weather outside so we sunbathed a little, eat some food (some from hut and some that we brought with us).
The hut was really nice. Well what can I say. They had 7 (yes seven) course meal for supper. and it was so nice that I never believed it is possible at 2800 meters. It was really nice (I'm waiting for photos from a friend to see it again).
The next morning at 4.00 am we started our ascend. It took us quite a while to get to the 3798 meters high top of the mountain. But the surprise was waiting for us on descent. We have never seen such a crowd of people going on one mountain. We had luck that we were really early and had a free path to the mountaintop.
We went down as fast as we could (carefully off course) and made our way back to Velenje.
Let some photos say the rest of the story. You can find them here.

Paper for course SCCT

Or Selected Chapters from Computer Technology as the whole title is stated.
This was one of more fun and joyful paper this year. It was about using computer vision to detect different objects in a Photo. The class was separated into more groups and in each group there was competition that selected the best from a group. And each group had to detect different objects.
In my group we were trying to detect city buses. In our city (Ljubljana) the buses are quite notable and I believed, that it will not be hard to detect them. Well I guess I made quite good algorithm to detect them.
To make things even more hard we had to localize the bus in the Photo too. That was harder then the first thing.
I somehow managed to do both and at least I was quite happy with the results.
One part of the note is also the report in which student describes what and how did he do it. And you can find mine here. Well, it is in Slovene again. I really hope I'll start writing some English papers soon, so that more general public will be able to read it.

The Sentinel

A secret service agent is framed with attempt of killing a president. He runs and tries to prove his innocents on his own.
As an old member of secret service he nows all the tricks and moves that they will made trying to find him.
He also has affair with a first lady and that is the secret that helps him prove that he is not the one.
A very good thriller that keeps you on the edge from begining until the end.

The Seraphim Falls

There was civil war in America. And in the end there were some mistakes made by a commander. In the confusion a mother and a baby were burned alive in the house in front of the fathers eyes.
And since that the husband seeks revenge and wants to kill the man responsible for those deaths.
It's a long story that takes us through many parts, through winter and snow to the desert.
It shows us how both man are making all that is needed for them to reach their goal.

It is a little too long movie but shows the life in that time piece.

Arthur And The Invisibles

Still waiting for a good bad time story.
Well here is one. And it is nice. Made partly in movie and partly in animation style. It tells the story. It gethers the parts from many stories from the past and brings them all together.
A boy that is living by his grandmother is waiting for his grandfather to return.
His grandfather was adventurer and has visited many strange places all over the world. Even parts that are unknown to other man. Places where you have to be really small if you even want to notice them. And to get that small you have to be at the right place at the right time and meet the right people that will help you.
In the world of small there is (like always) fight between good and evil. And this story isn't any different here. Arthur has to rescue the kingdom of small, to help his grandmother in the world of big, to stay in her house. She had some money problems since her husband disappeared.
But Arthur does not only save his grandmother but also finds his grandfather imprisoned by evil lord. Here is some connections to the Star Wars too.
Really nice story to watch.

Confidence

It's about con man that is making the biggest con in his life.
It's a good movie in Ocean's style. It conflicts the story and puts it all together at the end.
Really fun movie to watch.

88 Minutes

Very good movie about a forensic psychiatrist and college professor. He is not young any more but he is single and likes young women. The movie begins when he is celebrating a conviction of one of serial killers that he testified against.
But this is only the beginning. Soon after that new crimes that look just like the ones from imprisoned killer starts to appear again. And that is not enough. Professor also receives a strange phone call that is telling him that he only has 88 minutes to live.
This is where all the fun begins.
A very good story that drags you in.

Aurora Borealis

Well. I don't really know what type of movie this is. Let's call it a romance.
But it is not really that.
I tells us about a man who just can't keep his job. But it is not because he wouldn't like to. There is always a reason. He has a married brother that uses his apartment for sex with his lover.
They lost their parents long ago and while one found his meaning in work and family, the other just can't find his purpose.
One day he visits his grandparents and finds out that his grandfather will not live much longer and that he is trying to kill himself to make life for his wife better.
That is where he finds a love of his life. and ...
Low budget movie. I was not very thrilled of the story.