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
Reading Time: < 1 minutePhilips Hue is one of the most stable and reliable smart lighting systems. For those wishing to have their smart home based on Philips Hue this is a good timing. There is a Hue spring sale for the full array of Hue Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesFame levels of various actors and actresses In a previous post I used the Ngram tool to identify the fame level of several actors and actresses. The Ngram tool produces a graph in which the y-axis shows how many times Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKuala Lumpur There are several tall buildings in the modern capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. However, three are among the most iconic ones: Merdeka 118 (2023, 678.9 m) Petronas Twin Towers (1998, 451.9 m) Kuala Lumpur Tower (1996, 412 m). Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI visited the impressive Kuala Lumpur for 12 days in February. During my visit to several malls, such as Pavilion and Suria, I had the opportunity to come across multiplex cinemas (e.g. Dadi Cinemas). The movies that were or will Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minutePhilips Hue, albeit expensive, is one of the most stable and reliable smart lighting systems. However, the Hue system has one big drawback. There is a limit in the number of devices per bridge. When the number of Hue devices Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie Casablanca is a 1942 movie directed by Michael Curtiz. The cast includes Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, as well as Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. The film is one of the most enduring romantic stories Read more