Finally, after six months of development work both locally and staged on l0ke.com, HybridLogic has moved to its proper home. The plugins that power the site are coming together nicely and at this point I’m happy to have it as my primary personal website. Please let me know if you notice anything amiss or pointing to the old domain, all links should be automatically redirected to the new site.

In even better news, I can now begin rolling out my plugins beginning with HL Twitter and HL Xbox. Expect a proper announcement, download and guide for both in the coming days.

Apple today announced the new Apple TV, 1/4 the size and just $99 to boot (which means £99 in the UK). This thing is going to sell, it will exceed every market expectation and will become as ubiquitous as a Sky box. And I don’t want one. Instead I just bought myself a new Mac Mini, specced out and seated very comfortably beneath my HDTV. Why? Because, despite what Jobs may say, some people do want a TV that’s also a computer. Continue reading »

Going from Scott Pilgrim to Dinner for Schmucks couldn’t have been a more pronounced change in humour. Here is a film that takes delight in exploiting those who are normally mocked, but never so brutally. And what’s worse, the film doesn’t attempt to redeem itself, not even with a stupid stand up speech towards the end. The worst thing about it is that it made me laugh and I felt bad because of it. Continue reading »

The fact that I can begin this review without a rant about Michael Cera should give you an idea of how much I enjoyed this film, more so than I had expected. This isn’t a film that will do well, most people will let it pass by and ultimately catch it on TV which is a shame as there is so much originality here it’s filled to bursting. Continue reading »

I have a confession to make. I’m a gadget geek, through and through. In the main living room I have a Mac Mini running the awesome Plex hooked up to a Drobo and HDTV, along with an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and various other audio/visual toys. Unfortunately this meant the only way I could watch my media in bed was via apps such as StreamToMe on my iPad. Seeing as how I was using my PS3 less and less for gaming, I decided to move it upstairs and hook it up to my (ancient) CRT TV. And thus my frustrations began. Continue reading »

It’s been less than six months since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was released, the first in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, but it seems the world just can’t get enough of Salander and Blomkvist. The eBooks have been the first to pass the one million mark and now Hollywood is “recreating” the original film with Daniel Craig as the lead actor. So it’s good to see that success hasn’t gone to the head of those involved in the sequel. Continue reading »

It’s been less than a year and already Avatar has returned to cinema screens around the country with eight minutes of new footage. Many will view this with disdain, an attempt to extort more money on top of the two billion dollars Avatar has already taken, for very little added extra. And in many respects they’re right. The additional eight minutes will be glaringly obvious to anyone who’s watched the original release a multitude of times, but ultimately they add very little to the overall film.
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Let me begin by saying: this isn’t high entertainment. See Inception if you want a brain twister or The A Team for some good action. Instead Piranha 3D sticks true to its classic roots of putting as much gore as possible on screen in 90 minutes. Continue reading »

It’s either a testament to Angelina Jolie‘s acting skills or, more likely, her masculinity that going into Salt you wouldn’t realise the titular part had been written with a man in mind. Instead there’s a fast plot and lots of action that should help it stand amongst the more traditional male-filled action flicks set to come out this Summer (including The A Team and more recently The Expendables). Continue reading »

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice feels like the twentieth film to feature Nicolas Cage this year, yet it’s only the second. And maybe that perfectly sums up this film; you’ve seen it all before. Featuring a plot that is merely an excuse for wizards (sorry, sorcerers) to do battle, this film brings nothing new to the table itself. There are good bits within, as well as other acts that make you question the directors sanity, but the overall result is a muddle of confusion. Continue reading »