Reading Time: < 1 minuteTokyo 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 Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesFame 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 Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutes The movie Never on Sunday is a 1960 Greek romantic comedy, written and directed by Jules Dassin. The cast includes Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas and Titos Vandis. The film won the Academy Award for Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 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 Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeoul is a modern city. It is clean and beautiful with large streets. It is dominated by modern high-rise buildings, outside of which there is always a big sculpture. There are many modern shopping malls and Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 western movie directed by Sergio Leone. The cast includes Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef. The film is listed as one of the 100 best films Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew app update The Philips Hue app gets a new update. Among the changes is the fact the non Philips switches (i.e., Friends of Hue switches) get smarter by having time-based light, scene cycling and more. This is quite useful Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesFame 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: with 1 famon = 1/1 000 000 relative % Ngram Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Elevator to the Gallows or Lift to the Scaffold is a 1958 French thriller movie directed by Louis Malle. The original French title is Ascenseur pour l’ echafaud. The cast includes Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Jean Wall and Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie North by Northwest is a 1959 thriller movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The cast includes Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The film, which is a typical Hitchcock film of the 1950s, is listed among the Read more