Searching for actresses and actors more famous than Monroe and Wayne In this post I present the results of the Ngram analysis for six classic Hollywood icons that have been listed in the AFI greatest actors and actresses: Marx Brothers Buster Keaton Sidney Poitier Robert Mitchum Ava Gardner Jean Harlow. Read more…
Music videos, YouTube videos as well as other personal videos are more enjoyable on the home cinema large screen. For instance it is always more fun to watch Miley Cyrus’ Flowers on the large screen than on your phone. And naturally one enjoys Eleni Fureira’s concert better on Read more…
Uncharted: the games The Last of Us games and TV series is nicely complemented by the Uncharted genre. Uncharted is an action-adventure game series developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is about a treasure hunter, Nathan Drake, who travels the world for finding treasures. The series includes four main games: Read more…
Smart home cinema is ideal for playing games, especially so action/adventure games. When mentioning action games one must refer to the Naughty Dog’s games developed for PlayStation. The Last of Us I and Last of Us II are excellent third-person games, which were published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The Read more…
The Apple Home app is used to control HomeKit-enabled accessories: e.g. lights, smart TVs, thermostats, window shades, smart plugs. All these accessories can be controlled not only from your iPhone and/or iPad but also from your Apple Watch. All accessories, scenes, and rooms that you Read more…
This post further explores the fame of actors and actress by presenting the estimates of fame for some of the most iconic actors of the 1970s, 1980’s and 1990s, namely Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Robert Duvall, James Caan and Dustin Hoffman. Read more…
Fame of actors and actresses In previous posts I used the Ngram tool to identify the fame level of several actors and actresses. The unit of fame is the famon (= 1/1 000 000 relative % Ngram frequency). So far I have identified the fame of 28 actors and actresses. Read more…
Tokyo is my favorite city. The food is excellent and there are excellent, small and cozy restaurants, both cheap and otherwise. The street food market is superb. The people are very friendly. The metro is top of the line. The streets are big Read more…
Fame of actors and actresses In previous posts I used the Ngram tool to identify the fame level of several actors and actresses. The unit of fame is the famon (= 1/1 000 000 relative % Ngram frequency). Marylin Monroe and John Wayne are still at the top Previous uses Read more…
The iPhone is a powerful smart home controller. You can manage many home automations through the Home app, which serves as a central hub for controlling smart home accessories. As a result it can also be a excellent smart home cinema driver. To control Read more…