Sochi Special: Speed Suits
It’s very small, but it can have a significant impact no, I’m not going to follow that with #ThatsWhatSheSaid, because this is a serious answer to a serious [more...]
Articles by Daniel Yeow
Privet Sochi!
With the opening ceremony literally hours away, hopefully I can get this article out before everyone starts watching (and stops reading). Judging from the feedback from the [more...]
Go Back To Where you Came From! (And Take Your Jobs With You!)
A recent survey in Australia showed what I believe to be an alarming attitude towards boat people coming to Australia. As many as 60% of Australians want the government to [more...]
Explaining the Vortex
Recently, much of North America (and it should be noted: ONLY North America) has experienced a brief period of record low temperatures as a result of the unusual but not [more...]
It’s all about light
Recently I purchased as a gift one of those mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (the Fujifilm X-M1 with 27mm lens, if you must know). The receiver of this gift, being [more...]
Catching Fire
I unfortunately did not write a review for the previous film, which despite its terrible camera work, was not terrible itself. In this, the second instalment of the trilogy [more...]
Olympic Selection Process
There has recently been some confusion surrounding the question: “how do I get into the Olympics in the sport of speed skating?”. Not helping in any of this is [more...]
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
10 seats, a toilet shared with other shops and restaurants, and they only serve ludicrously expensive sushi. 85-year-old Jiro Ono runs his 3-Michelin-Star establishment and [more...]
World War Z
If anyone has read the book (and I would recommend it – it’s a good book) I should say this – the movie is NOTHING like the book. I somehow managed to walk [more...]
Iron Man 3
It has become increasingly popular in “superhero” movies to depict a flawed hero. This makes sense. A squeaky clean hero is not only unrealistic, but difficult [more...]
Now You See Me
An all star cast line up for a big budget summer film that I had somehow never heard of. Now You See Me follows a group of magicians while they pull off a series of high [more...]
Jobs (Steve)
I feel like a bad person for saying this, but ever since his death I’ve been eagerly anticipating the film adaptation of his life. A hero to many (and a villain to [more...]
Never Let Me Go
It is the past. Human technology has advanced to the point where living past a hundred is considered the norm, but at what cost? There have been many films made around [more...]