Apparently, it's Tony's birthday in Hollyoaks and the fucker's only 30.
So the oldest character in Hollyoaks is 2 years younger than me. Good job I don't watch that shit isn't it.
Monday 29 October 2007
Sunday 28 October 2007
I'd like to recommend something...
This website to be specific.
But I can't, because it won't bloody load!
Apparently, it's a digital copy of the Da Vinci's Last Supper in super high resolution, so I'm dying to see it. Apparently, The image is 1,600 times stronger than those taken with a typical 10 million pixel digital camera. Apparently, you can see how Da Vinci made the cups slightly transparent and the affect that Milan's airbourne polution has had on the painting.
Still won't bloody load though. Dammit!
But I can't, because it won't bloody load!
Apparently, it's a digital copy of the Da Vinci's Last Supper in super high resolution, so I'm dying to see it. Apparently, The image is 1,600 times stronger than those taken with a typical 10 million pixel digital camera. Apparently, you can see how Da Vinci made the cups slightly transparent and the affect that Milan's airbourne polution has had on the painting.
Still won't bloody load though. Dammit!
Saturday 27 October 2007
The news is that there is no news
Or something like that!
FEMA are the American government agency in charge of emergency relief. As you can imagine, since Katrina happened they've been viewed as a bunch of incompetent idiots appointed through nepotism rather than qualification.
They're now involved in the effort to stop California turning into the largest barbeque in the world, and yesterday they held a press conference. Or did they? What in fact happened is that they gave the world's press 15 minute's notice (thereby guarenteeing no-one'd make it) and used their own staff to masquerade as press and ask questions. There are more details on the Washington Post's website.
Man, I can't help but laugh at this one.
FEMA are the American government agency in charge of emergency relief. As you can imagine, since Katrina happened they've been viewed as a bunch of incompetent idiots appointed through nepotism rather than qualification.
They're now involved in the effort to stop California turning into the largest barbeque in the world, and yesterday they held a press conference. Or did they? What in fact happened is that they gave the world's press 15 minute's notice (thereby guarenteeing no-one'd make it) and used their own staff to masquerade as press and ask questions. There are more details on the Washington Post's website.
Man, I can't help but laugh at this one.
Thursday 25 October 2007
Vroooom vroooom splish splash
Let's catch up with some of my purchasing. I know it's something that'll excite you all...
I have a new car. This one can do something that my previous car couldn't - start in the rain. So I love it! I wish there was something more interesting to say, but really it's just the case that I found a decent car that I can fit a surfboard into without too much fuss, and that was that.
I also have a winter wetsuit. After coming out of the water a couple of weeks ago with blue toes, I figured it was most definitely time to invest in a warmer wetsuit. Thanks to the same seasonal fickleness that affects snowboarding, I picked up an awesome deal on a Salomon suit and tried it out last Sunday. I got to spend 3 hours in the sea in the middle of October, and I wasn't cold once. So it probably works rather well. Now if I can just get good at surfing, it'll all be ok.
There you go. Of course the cynical among you will suggest that this post exists just to give October a bit of a bump in it's numbers.
They're probably right, but I liked the title too much not to post this.
I have a new car. This one can do something that my previous car couldn't - start in the rain. So I love it! I wish there was something more interesting to say, but really it's just the case that I found a decent car that I can fit a surfboard into without too much fuss, and that was that.
I also have a winter wetsuit. After coming out of the water a couple of weeks ago with blue toes, I figured it was most definitely time to invest in a warmer wetsuit. Thanks to the same seasonal fickleness that affects snowboarding, I picked up an awesome deal on a Salomon suit and tried it out last Sunday. I got to spend 3 hours in the sea in the middle of October, and I wasn't cold once. So it probably works rather well. Now if I can just get good at surfing, it'll all be ok.
There you go. Of course the cynical among you will suggest that this post exists just to give October a bit of a bump in it's numbers.
They're probably right, but I liked the title too much not to post this.
Weekend away
Well actually, it was more of a long weekend seeing as I set off on Thursday.
I adventured all the way over to London to visit some old friends and do some touristy stuff. I drank a load of booze and ate a load of pizza. It was good fun all in all, and nice to meet up with people I hadn't seen for a while. Though rather typically for me, it was all sorted in a rather last minute kind of way, and a couple of people couldn't make it because they didn't get quite enough notice.
So now that I've bored you with that tidbit, I will now entertain you with the touristy fun that I had. I pottered around Covent Garden for a bit, which was exactly the same as ever, but then I went to Tate Modern and looked at a crack in the ground. Alright, so it's actually an installation piece called Shibboleth - anyway. As seems to be the way these days, I find myself more interested in the public's reaction to the art than the art itself, and Shibboleth more than ever draws that out of me. The piece is a huge crack the length of the turbine hall, and so you get people all the way down looking into the crack, peering into it, standing astride it, trying to work out how it's done. So I start to wonder - is the art the work, or the people who encircle it like moths around a lightbulb.
I also went to the National Museum to see the Terracotta army show, but it was sold out of tickets. So I wandered round the souvenir shop's section of minature terrcotta copies on my knees. Probably the same experience.
I adventured all the way over to London to visit some old friends and do some touristy stuff. I drank a load of booze and ate a load of pizza. It was good fun all in all, and nice to meet up with people I hadn't seen for a while. Though rather typically for me, it was all sorted in a rather last minute kind of way, and a couple of people couldn't make it because they didn't get quite enough notice.
So now that I've bored you with that tidbit, I will now entertain you with the touristy fun that I had. I pottered around Covent Garden for a bit, which was exactly the same as ever, but then I went to Tate Modern and looked at a crack in the ground. Alright, so it's actually an installation piece called Shibboleth - anyway. As seems to be the way these days, I find myself more interested in the public's reaction to the art than the art itself, and Shibboleth more than ever draws that out of me. The piece is a huge crack the length of the turbine hall, and so you get people all the way down looking into the crack, peering into it, standing astride it, trying to work out how it's done. So I start to wonder - is the art the work, or the people who encircle it like moths around a lightbulb.
I also went to the National Museum to see the Terracotta army show, but it was sold out of tickets. So I wandered round the souvenir shop's section of minature terrcotta copies on my knees. Probably the same experience.
Yowzah
Not the smallest read this one, but probably worth a look.
If you go here, you can read the story of Alan Johnson's abduction in his own words. No tit and fart jokes for this one I reckon, as what Mr Johnson went through wasn't much of a comedy gem. Still, it's really well written and an addictive read.
So there.
If you go here, you can read the story of Alan Johnson's abduction in his own words. No tit and fart jokes for this one I reckon, as what Mr Johnson went through wasn't much of a comedy gem. Still, it's really well written and an addictive read.
So there.
Tuesday 16 October 2007
Why more people don't love dinosaurs
You know, I think I've cracked it. It was this story from the beeb that set me off - they've found another new dinosaur in South America. This one's called Futalognkosaurus dukei. Try saying that three times quickly (actually - just try saying it once and I'll be impressed)!
And this is where I think the paele...paleon...dinosaur guys have got it wrong - the names that they come up with for these new dinosaurs aren't that exciting, and in an age where even Godzilla isn't a sure fire hit, you need to be a bit more aggressive in your marketing (Mothra found that one out!).
So, I shall now offer my wisdom to dinosaur guys the world over in naming any dinosaurs that are discovered. The names will be snappy, peppy and all in all, more keeping with what a 21st century dinosaur needs. Hell, I'll even provide some examples!
OLD NAME : Brachiosaurus
NEW NAME : Hugeosaurus
Really, what more of a name do you need? It's huge, it's a saurus... it's Hugeosaurus! I know what you're thinking - there's more than one massive sauropod out there - but there's more than one adjective for big! We can also have bigosaurus, largeosaurus...even woahthatsfuckingmassiveosaurus!
OLD NAME : Anklyosaurus
NEW NAME : Rockosaurus
It's a dinosaur that looks like it's made from rocks - it's a Rockosaurus. This will also go a long way to pepping up old Ankly's image in relation to his more popular cousin - Stegosaurus. Just cause he doesn't have spikes, doesn't mean he's not a badass.
OLD NAME : Oviraptor
NEW NAME : Beakosaurus
What the fuck is this thing? It looks like a cross between a chicken and a velociraptor that hasn't eaten a wandering scientist for weeks! Fuck it, I can only do some much - we'll call it the beakosaurus. What? Not all dinosaurs can have badass names. It should count itself lucky I'm not calling it the freakyfuckingchickenosaurus!
And this is where I think the paele...paleon...dinosaur guys have got it wrong - the names that they come up with for these new dinosaurs aren't that exciting, and in an age where even Godzilla isn't a sure fire hit, you need to be a bit more aggressive in your marketing (Mothra found that one out!).
So, I shall now offer my wisdom to dinosaur guys the world over in naming any dinosaurs that are discovered. The names will be snappy, peppy and all in all, more keeping with what a 21st century dinosaur needs. Hell, I'll even provide some examples!
OLD NAME : BrachiosaurusNEW NAME : Hugeosaurus
Really, what more of a name do you need? It's huge, it's a saurus... it's Hugeosaurus! I know what you're thinking - there's more than one massive sauropod out there - but there's more than one adjective for big! We can also have bigosaurus, largeosaurus...even woahthatsfuckingmassiveosaurus!
OLD NAME : AnklyosaurusNEW NAME : Rockosaurus
It's a dinosaur that looks like it's made from rocks - it's a Rockosaurus. This will also go a long way to pepping up old Ankly's image in relation to his more popular cousin - Stegosaurus. Just cause he doesn't have spikes, doesn't mean he's not a badass.
OLD NAME : OviraptorNEW NAME : Beakosaurus
What the fuck is this thing? It looks like a cross between a chicken and a velociraptor that hasn't eaten a wandering scientist for weeks! Fuck it, I can only do some much - we'll call it the beakosaurus. What? Not all dinosaurs can have badass names. It should count itself lucky I'm not calling it the freakyfuckingchickenosaurus!
Monday 15 October 2007
The most expensive photocopy ever
Is being sold by the vatican for 4000 quid! Admittedly, it'd be pretty awesome to have a copy of the order for the knights templar to disband, but I can't help but wonder if it really is 4000 quid of awesome.
Here's the thing that bugs me though - the vatican library has loads of this stuff. Ancient manscripts, edicts from the papacy to monarches, letters from Henry VIIIs letters to Anne Boleyn while he was shagging her on the side. All of which they have no plans to release into the public domain. So they have all this stuff that they have the ability to reproduce and they either don't release it, or they release it in a limited edition at a stupidly high price.
Nice to know that the catholic church have the benefit of humanity at heart isn't it.
Here's the thing that bugs me though - the vatican library has loads of this stuff. Ancient manscripts, edicts from the papacy to monarches, letters from Henry VIIIs letters to Anne Boleyn while he was shagging her on the side. All of which they have no plans to release into the public domain. So they have all this stuff that they have the ability to reproduce and they either don't release it, or they release it in a limited edition at a stupidly high price.
Nice to know that the catholic church have the benefit of humanity at heart isn't it.
Thursday 11 October 2007
Where's the damn photo!
Come on you bastards! I don’t care how you do it - helicopter, jet car, human cannonball – get a camera crew there, and get us some photos of the chickens! What do we pay our license fee for if not this!
Update : There's video! I love you BBC!
Update : There's video! I love you BBC!
Copshock!
Can you believe I nearly missed this!
So here we have video footage of North Wales’ chief constable Richard Brunstrom being tasered.
I must confess that I am reasonably impressed that he was willing to be shocked as a public relations exercise, after all it’s not exactly a pleasant experience, and it’s one that he didn’t have to do. But this does raise an interesting question - Brunstrom has recently called for the current ratings system on drugs to be scrapped and for class A drugs to be legalised. Does this mean that he’s going to be uploading a clip onto youtube of him taking a big hit off a crack pipe? Will he go that bit further and also have a clip of him sucking cock for heroin?
The North Wales Police Blog just got a lot more interesting…
So here we have video footage of North Wales’ chief constable Richard Brunstrom being tasered.
I must confess that I am reasonably impressed that he was willing to be shocked as a public relations exercise, after all it’s not exactly a pleasant experience, and it’s one that he didn’t have to do. But this does raise an interesting question - Brunstrom has recently called for the current ratings system on drugs to be scrapped and for class A drugs to be legalised. Does this mean that he’s going to be uploading a clip onto youtube of him taking a big hit off a crack pipe? Will he go that bit further and also have a clip of him sucking cock for heroin?
The North Wales Police Blog just got a lot more interesting…
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