30/09/05
Chris:
Worst. Final Countdown. Ever. (Windows media). Dear god, that's bad. Via.
chris: (Checks link just to be sure) er, as you'll see when their server is back up. Sheesh...
gareth: Wow, that makes me violently ill.
Gareth:
Microsoft ordered to pay 521 million dollars to Eolas Technologies for patent infringement with IE.
Gareth:
A music video to Radiohead's Creep. Not the best audio quality, but oh well. The animation is awesome.
Marcus: .
God: This is god speaking. You should go away now.
Marcus:
Books banned in various places in America. (Via)
Marcus: "Delightfully, Twelfth Night fell foul of the school board in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where the Bard stood accused of promoting an 'alternative lifestyle', with all that disgusting cross-dressing."
Marcus:
From the BBC's "WTF?!" department: "The Danish air force has admitted causing the death of Rudolph the reindeer and has paid compensation to Father Christmas."
29/09/05
Gareth:
Junk food to be banned in schools. I think that's great, especially with sh*t like this happening.
Marcus: To save time typing, I'm just going to say "DoPo".
dave: Oh sh*t that looks like what would happen if the Michelin Man got jiggy with Mariah Carey.
Dave: Having fallen foul of a DoPo recently, I am in no position to mock. However, this is the worst kind. When the link is on the same page. Shame on you Gareth. Shame.
gareth: Hey, atleast I had an amusing picture to accompany it. I blame my dopoing on temporary amnesia.
justin: Thank you Gareth. That's quite enough.
28/09/05
Marcus:
"An 11-year-old boy who stabbed his baby nephew because the child's screaming was distracting him from a computer game was sentenced to six months' detention yesterday."
Marcus: You'd think that this would add weight to the "violent computer games cause violence" lobby, only he was playing The Incredibles.
gareth: It was subliminal messaging in the game, obviously.
Marcus:
"A man who used his mobile phone to replay footage of a beheading in Iraq to a hotel shop worker has been jailed for 60 days."
Marcus: Nasty.
Marcus: But at the same time, not entirely surprising that people carry stuff like that around on their phones. It's just an upgraded version of Happy Slapping to them.
Dave: Wrong. Sick. Gross. But illegal? I'm not sure about that. Sounds to me like they've made an example of this idiot.
Dave:
OMFG America we stand as one.
Marcus: As they scream in France: "Le post de double!"
Dave: f*ck OFF.
Marcus:
iTunes Music Video Gate - paste in an iTunes Music Store video link and get the unrestricted QuickTime music video. (Via)
Dave:
So you've probably all seen this before but it's new to me. Bash.org has lists and lists of funny IRC chat.
DAve: There are hundreds on here that have been making me laugh, but I especially like this one.
Marcus:
Grauniad: "Apple today admitted that its new iPod Nano was subject to battery failure and scratched screens.".
Marcus: "Apple refused to admit any problems with the small and sleek units after they were launched earlier this month, but an increasing number of complaints about the LCD screens forced today's climbdown."
Marcus: Apple have admitted to dodgy screens cracking anyway - but they deny the screen is far too easy to scratch. And I think The Grauniad is getting mixed up about the battery failures thing - that's old news from big iPod land.
Justin:
Regarding this post about parents who are unable and unwilling to accept that their child has done bad. A slightly more famous case.
Justin:
Good news: junk food and sweets are to be banned from UK schools.
Joe Harvey, the director of the Health Education Trust: "[Schools are] not there to make a profit for the confectionery and soft drink industry. They're there to care for children"
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly: "I am absolutely clear that the scandal of junk food served every day in school canteens must end."
Joe Harvey, the director of the Health Education Trust: "[Schools are] not there to make a profit for the confectionery and soft drink industry. They're there to care for children"
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly: "I am absolutely clear that the scandal of junk food served every day in school canteens must end."
justin: This could never happen in America.
Marcus:
First pictures of a live giant squid. (Via)
Marcus: NY Times article.
Marcus: It's a 26-foot long mofo, and apparently all kinds of new insights have been gained from the footage.
Marcus:
Flash video: Dog shags Pokemon.
Marcus: Not safe for work if your boss has stern views on dogs humping plush toys.
27/09/05
Gareth:
The iPod Nano is apparantly rather unreliable.
gareth: I'm glad I didn't buy one right away. I'd considered it as my iRiver HP-120 died on me as a result of the hard drive becoming damaged - the Nano, being a flash-based player seemed like a lot more reliable choice. Of course, it's just a really expensive Shuffle when you break the screen in the first three hours.
Marcus: I was a bit disconcerted when my full-size 40gb iPod exhibited faint rainbow-style LCD stress patterns within days of use - I think Apple need to sort aspects of their build quality out to be honest.
justin: I think it's God punishing homosexuals again.
Marcus: You say that about everything.
Justin:
Some parents are suing a school in the US over the forced insertion of intelligent design lessons into class.
gareth: Can people settle anything without lawyers?
justin: Well, how else would you settle this? Religious people don't use reason for making decisions.
Marcus: Yes, obviously all people who are members of a religion are unreasonable. Or, possibly, some are.
justin: All people who are religious are to some degree unreasonable because they have faith.
Dave: That might be the most ridiculous thing ever said on this site. Why the f*ck is faith unreasonable!?
Marcus:
Photo: Chewbacca groping Princess Leia. Love it. (Via)
justin: Leia looks fit in that photo.
justin: Leia looks fit in that photo.
justin: So true I had to post it twice apparently.
26/09/05
Chris:
An interesting little article by Richard Dawkins about something that alters people's behaviour in profound ways and which, says Dawkins, we would be much better off without.
Chris:
Argh! I'm compelled to keep throwing paper in the bin! Hugely addictive, and after ten minutes my highest score is a measly 8... I think it's the sound effects that really make this one so compelling.
justin: 21 - hehe - and I took a screen grab!
Justin:
Why did James Bond want his martinis shaken, not stirred?
chris: Justin, that article is just about the coolest thing I have ever read - in a sad, anorak-centric sort of way.
justin: Tim and myself bought two martinis a while back one shaken and one stirred to compare and contrast. the verdict was that they both tasted rank.
Marcus: Shaken not stirred tastes like ethanol flavoured with olives.
Justin:
The IRA has destroyed all it's arms.
justin: I guess that means now they are 'armless.
justin: I did only post that link so I could post that gag.
Dave:
Is this modern art religiously offensive, a masterpiece or just a load of pretensious pointless modren art w*nk? Get a job you f*cking hippies.
Dave: Can you tell what I think?
justin: I think people need to chill out on the modern art hating. It's only art. People seem to hate modern art more than they do, say, poor quality plotlines in soap operas. One provokes thought, however disingeniously and one brainwashes teenage girls in to conforming.
justin: ...conforming to lifestyle ideals that suit advertisers.
Justin:
You couldn't make it up! Armed Dolphins released into wild and told "kill"
I assume that means more immigration into "soft touch" Britain but this time, they can swim to any shore and peddle their Dolphin violence on the streets. Probably while claiming asylum.
I assume that means more immigration into "soft touch" Britain but this time, they can swim to any shore and peddle their Dolphin violence on the streets. Probably while claiming asylum.
dave: Easy Daily Mail, easy.
Marcus:
BBC News: "The crew of a fishing boat blocked emergency radio frequencies for hours as they watched an erotic film."
Dave: Crash is not erotic. It's crap.
25/09/05
Justin:
Star WarsTransformers - thats right! I said Star Wars Transformers!
Marcus: Now that just makes my heart leap with the potential coolness factor.
Marcus: This concept combines two of the main iconic influences of my childhood and sends my retro toy impulses into overdrive. If it were food, it would be like mixing chicken nuggets and Angel Delight together! Surely this has to be a good idea! There is no possible way that this can't be a good idea!
Marcus: [looks at Star Wars Transformers]
Marcus: BURRRRRRN THEMMMMMMM!
justin: I think burning them is a bit harsh - but I would have liked it if the robot forms were more generic robot, rather than intending to be like Vader or Luke. Obviously there is no diguise value in a giant robot having roughly the same shaped head as the pilot of his vehilce mode.
gareth: Thats the problem with the Star Wars universe. THey keep repeating the same things over and over - they'll keep showing General Grievous, etc rather than making up some awesome new original baddies. Perhaps it is a liscensing issue and George Lucas wants to keep all the new ideas to himself.
Dave: I'm speechless.
justin: Speechless good or speechless bad? after all, you have recently stated that you like it when fat yokel yanks transform into Star Wars characters, or when cars transform into Star Wars cars.
Dave: Just speechless. I feel nothing.
justin: Well then cheers for adding your comments to this post then.
Gareth:
A pretty decent article discussing the possibility of old consoles being reused to allow internet access in developing countries.
24/09/05
Marcus:
Jay and Silent Bob are back in a DVD comprising of a "three-story arc" from Degrassi: The Next Generation. WTF?!
Justin:
Show me the way home baby.
justin: That's right Ice.. man, here are some memorable Top Gun quotes.
Gareth:
3D animation of the development of Linux sourcecode. This reminds me quite a bit of Swordfish.
23/09/05
Marcus:
BBC News: "Teachers have confessed to making snap judgements about children from their names on the register."
Marcus: Guilty as charged! Although I prefer to think of it as "informed prejudice".
Marcus: "One mother said she had complained to the Department for Education and Skills, saying: 'I and many other parents are disgusted by the attitudes of the teachers on the forum.'"
Marcus: As official spokesman for teachers everywhere, I can reveal that our official response to this complaint is for me to insert my tongue beneath my lower lip and say "mnnnm my name's [name of complaining mother]" and continue by repeating her words with tongue still firmly in place.
gareth: I can see where the kids get it from.
justin: OK, so what the article isn't saying is that - inevitably - if the kid is called Jay-lo-Anne Rutter or something, the parents are going to be impressionable city dwelling teenage hillbillies who aren't likely to raise their children with the kind of diligence you'd expect from a fully rounded adult couple.
justin: Also, how often do you meet mothers who, when faced with reports of their child's misbehaviour, sit back and admit "well, it's easy for me to be subjective and only see the good in my kid, and you know what, they are probably a different person when I'm not watching them, and although it implies that in some way that I haven't been the best parent in the world, I'm willing to accept that Jay-Lo-Anne Rutter may have actually started the fight in the girl's toilets." ? - no,the cliched inevitablity is that their kid is good and would never do something like that, it must have been the other kid.
justin: Forgive me for preaching, but kids get away with murder these days, they are allowed to act how they want when they want and people are powerless to do anything about them. They are given the same rights and freedoms as adults, yet have the minds of hormonal children. I'd say this was a bigger problem with the UK, and possibly the US than immigration, sexism, racism or any of that. We need to start kicking their asses.
Gareth:
The official Speed Racer website. What an awesome show - I remember how he had one button in his car, and each time he pressed it, it did something different.
Justin:
Using cow dung to power gas generation and save the environment and all that good stuff that humans should be doing.
Laura:
The new guys at DirectNIC (the web hosting guys in New Orleans that managed to ride out Katrina, survive, and continue to keep hosting various websites through diesel generators) prove that even though New Orleans could be flooded again, they still have a sense of humour.
Dave:
I know none of you care that much about football, but you have to laugh at this... Woodgate was signed by Real Madrid for £13.4 million over a year ago and played on his debut for them last night, (his first competitve game in 516 days!) he scored an own goal and got sent off.
justin: Mind you, Real will hire anybody.
Dave:
It's that same old story. Boy meets girl on Star Wars Galaxies. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy and girl meet in real life. Boy organises Star Wars themed wedding.
Dave: I know it's wrong but I think this is kinda sweet.
Dave:
Repent online using iGod.
justin: God is funny. I said "I've never confessed before" and he said "Me neither!"
Justin:
My old school, Abbey Wood, was on TV the other day - and some people want to save it. f*ck off.
Marcus: Well, looking at the proposals, they actually just want to build a "City Academy" (ngh) that is pan-religious rather than Catholic. And allow the old school to continue operating until the new building is ready. Seems fair enough to me.
justin: They should nuke the site from orbit.
22/09/05
Gareth:
The Primenumber sh*tting bear. I thought this had been posted, but apparantly not.
Dave: I think it has been, in the "lost archives".
Gareth:
According to the National Enquirer (a US tabloid), Bush is hitting the drink.
justin: At the very least he admitted quitting the sauce after his 40th birthday. There's still hope for the rest of us then.
Gareth:
This is a picture of Hurricane Rita, which is hurtling towards Texas. Man, that is just harsh.
justin: Lovely Rita, Meter Maid,
Marcus: That should be the official and entirely tasteful "theme song" for this particular hurricane. In the same way that "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves is entirely appropriate for the New Orleans disaster.
Gareth:
The British Library have digitized the original Alice in Wonderland manuscript. The original is some crazy sh*t, especially with the Mad Hatter saying things such as: "No wonder you're late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow." and "Begin at the beginning, go on until the end. Then stop." Very odd, although pretty fun to read.
justin: Digitise this!
Justin:
Japanese Knotweed. Like the Red Weed from WotW but nicer.
justin: We had massive patches of these on some waste ground and on a huge man-made embankment in the neighbourhood I used to live in. We called them 'bastards' and sometimes we'd have huge destructive orgies where we'd jump off the top of these embanknments and cain as many 'bastards' as we could, using other 'bastards' as clubs (all the while screaming 'bastards!' and lashing out in every direction). We could clear out whole patches in minutes.
Gareth:
Some superb things to do with a microwave.
Aimie: Watch Brainiac. They microwave loads of stuff including liquid nitrogen, soap, CDs, etc......
21/09/05
Marcus:
"They Came From Hollywood is a real-time strategy/action game for the PC in which you take on the role of a giant B-movie monster in your own cheesy B-movie."
Marcus: I especially like the idea of being a giant robot kicking the crap out of the Burning Man Festival.
Marcus: Looks like the game will be immense fun, and I particularly like that it's all made by "two people, to be exact.... in the grand old tradition of computer games cranked out by one guy in a basement, Octopus Motor is a guy and a chick (no basement, it's earthquake country)."
Dave:
Holy sh*t it's Holyland. This is for real. Look at the tours page. Holy sh*t, God must be turning in his grave.
Marcus: Surely the Holy Ghost?
Marcus: Cool, an Orlando attraction in which you get to experience "the passion and suffering of the Christ". Beats the sh*t out of Space Mountain!
justin: "Carry Jesus in your heart as you walk the twelve stations of FUN!"
Dave:
Some cool videos from a high speed camera.
justin: Cool - with descriptions by Yoda. I like the dog licking, I didn't realise they worked like that.
Laura:
How Hurricanes are named, and a list of the names frequently used. Sadly enough, I don't think there are any hurricanes named after us here at linkbunnies.
Laura: Also, a link on the same subject from the BBC.
Gareth:
Photos of a giant squid. It's really rather shocking, the first time you look at it.
justin: Erm, I don't think it's real.
Marcus: Doesn't look it. But by a convoluted route it led me to the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. Endangered due to voracious munching by sasquatches.
chris: The same picture was in the Guardian's magazine the Saturday before last - and they suggested it looked like something that had escaped from Jim Henson's Creature Shop. I don't think anyone's found a Colossal Squid in prime condition before - they're usually rather the worse for wear. It's an amazing beastie all right.
Gareth:
Extra extra! Planet-dissolving dust cloud headed for Earth!
justin: "It's like watching a helpless hog being dissolved in a vat of acid" one NASA scientist told Dr. Sherwinski. - nb: the thing is, they don't really point out in any way that the sloud isn't going to be here by 2014 or that it is just BS. sh*t the bed!
Dave: '"This is a lot like global warming, where the jury is still out on whether it's real or not," said the official.' A lot like global warming? So it's happening and the US government are ignoring it because it suits them not to worry about it?
Dave: Or is it total bullsh*t?
chris: I'm with Dave on this one.
Marcus: I think the giveaway here is that it's filed under "Movies".
Marcus:
Is the crane fly/"daddy long legs" extremely poisonous, as playground legend has it?
chris: Well, that's rather screwed up Ricky Gervais's best stand-up gag then.
20/09/05
Justin:
The major alternative to Firefox and IE, Opera, is now free.
Marcus: I guess the jury's out on whether this is a death rattle or the start of something good. Personally, I want Opera to succeed.
Dave:
3 women kidnap and rape a man. Unfortunately I think this is funny. I wonder if they were f*cking ugly.
Marcus:
BBC News: "Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal has died in the Austrian capital, Vienna, aged 96."
Marcus:
Bill Gates does Napoleon Dynamite. This is five days old and therefore prehistoric by link standards, but I haven't been around much lately...
Dave: OMFG is this for real!? This is great!
Marcus: It's for real.
Gareth:
The release of two UK servicemen from a Basra jail has been 'negotiated' using two tanks.
justin: Negotiate with this!
Marcus: CNN: "The [Iraqi] official said two unknown gunmen in full Arabic dress began firing on civilians in central Basra... The two gunmen fled the scene but were captured and taken in for questioning, admitting they were British marines carrying out a 'special security task'."
Marcus: What the hell is going on in Iraq?
justin: At work it's thought they may be SAS due to going undercover. They were also being held outside the law by a militia. You have to note that that angry mob that was protesting the tanks outside the prison already had petrol bombs made up indicating some kind of premeditation.
19/09/05
Justin:
Declaration of Revocation (of Independance) bu John Cleese
gareth: Yeah , it's pretty funny.
justin: Has someone been double-posting under my name??? tw*ts. It was probably you Gareth.
gareth: Well, considering you left your password as the default, it wouldn't be that hard.
Marcus: I like this new tactic of "deny double posts by imposter accusations". I'll try that one myself next time. (Although I won't have to, because I search to make sure I'm not double posting. Ha.)
Marcus: Incidentally, John Cleese didn't write it.
justin: That's sad.
Justin:
This looks interesting, a mouse at a 90 degree angle so your wrist is kep straight.
tim: that look pretty sweet, but does it help your posture? I've started to try using my mouse in my left hand sometimes cos I get the odd pain in my arm.
Justin:
Looks like the yanks want to go back to the moon.
justin: Puts me in mind of the Gil Scott Heron beat poem Whitey on the Moon
Dave: I like Gil Scott Heron. That album (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) is excellent. Not sure I'm the target audience though :P
Marcus: "By 2020"?! Kennedy set NASA a deadline of seven years for the original moon landings - the modern NASA are a bunch of slackers!
justin: It's bullsh*t. People are still dying because of poor water supplies.
Dave: Yeah! And Whitey's on the moon.
Dave: Oh wait, wasn't it yourself that posted about all the "cool" military hardware that the USA have? What about the billions of dollars they spend on Spyplanes, F-16s, F-35 simulators etc. That's ok, but going back to the moon isn't?
justin: There's a difference between widening the technology gap for warfare (which clearly has practical political and social benefits) and checking out the moon again.
Marcus: But couldn't checking the moon out again have numerous political and social benefits? Probably more use than that bloody silly International Space Station, anyway.
Dave: "clearly has practical political and social benefits", Does it? Does it really? Yeah, it's a good job that the US and UK governments spend billions of dollars (and pounds) on "defence" whilst "people are still dying because of poor water supplies". Nah, it makes sense for them to spend billions on anti missile defence systems that don't work rather than putting money into education or welfare. Yeah, it makes perfect sense to spend millions on delayed warplanes rather than aid the poor at home. In fact let's have a war, then we get to use all our cool new gear. That will clearly have practical political and social benefits.
Dave:
Whilst fannying around on Wikipedia I found this about John Titor.
Dave: Another site about John Titor.
Dave: SOME ONE TALK TO ME ABOUT JOHN TITOR!
18/09/05
Justin:
You should have a look at Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - a new Final Fantasy movie.
tim: I was always dead impressed with that final fantasy movie
Gareth:
Some questions and riddles taken from Microsoft job interviews.
Dave: Here's some flippant answers.
Gareth:
An good comment on piracy in movies, from a filmmaker. It's a quicktime video, so there is obviously some sound.
Gareth:
Ghostzilla is a very useful app that allows you to have a web browser inside of another window (such as outlook, etc) in grayscale colour (to be far less eye-catching to passers-by, such as bosses, coworkers etc). Although it should be noted that any network admin could be running a packet sniffing program which would immediately identify you as having frequent browsing habits.
Gareth:
The next James Bond movie will feature a young Bond of 28, with no gadgets (or Q!). I'm really not sure what to think about that. It could be good though, hopefully it will be reminiscent of the Sean Connery Bond.
gareth: Looking at the director they have (Martin Campbell), it shouldn't be that bad. He was the same guy who directed Goldeneye, one of my favourites.
17/09/05
Justin:
Lpics: a Hybrid Hardware-Accelerated Relighting Engine for Computer Cinematography
justin: This is more interesting than it sound - watch the video and you can see how Pixar can do a near film quality renders in realtime.
16/09/05
Chris:
The BBC are reporting that Prince William is to become president of the Football Association. Er...
gareth: Link here.
Justin:
The Hacker who hacked into Paris Hilton's secret computer files has been arrested.
justin: For giving the silly b*tch more publicity.
justin: By the way, when you read articles like this, substitute the word 'socialite' with 'parasite' and see if all still makes sense.
Justin:
Nintendo has unveiled a one-handed joypad for the Revolution console. It has motion sensors and seems like another amazing idea from the games industry's leading innovator.
gareth: It's good to see that Nintendo is still as innovating as before. Although it seems a bit like playing games with your TV remote control?
15/09/05
Justin:
Interview with Hayao Miyazaki. Via.
Marcus: Can't wait to see Howl's Moving Castle. An undubbed, subtitled version anyway.
justin: Reading the interview, it seems as if even Miyazaki doesn't care whether it's dubbed or subtitled. It's a good point... how much of the inflection and characterisation of the voice are you missing when you are reading subtitles?
Dave: No offence geeks, but I struggled to see what was so great about Spirited Away.
chris: "My neighbor Totoro" seems to have a weird effect on some people, too...
chris: And I love the fact that the christian website run by "Pastor Tim" that I just linked to is carrying a picture that I'd bet real money was taken at Burning Man!
justin: Spirited Away is mesmerising. By the end of the film, I had gotten so involved with the story that when it was time to "return home" I had even become disoriented and used to the setting. A tear came to my eye at the end.
Justin:
Civil Partnerships will be legal in Great Britain as of the fifth of December. BBC.
justin: The good thing about being in Britain is that the general reaction will be "ooh, charming", unlike in the US where there would be bloodshed or Canada and Europe where everyone would become gay.
Justin:
Info on the Straight Edge movement.
justin: I used to think they were tw*ts - and most of them probably are, but it seems that the movement itself came from noble enough roots. Then, like any movement it was hijacked and distorted by people who think acting a certain way is the same as thinking a certain way.
14/09/05
Dave:
Ladies and gents, this is a totally shameless plug for my friends' band Sennen. They have an album out next month called Widows and it's really rather good. If anyone wants to check them out, you can hear some tracks at their MySpace page. You can order it from their record label, Hungry Audio, or even from online giant Amazon.co.uk.
Marcus: Have you noticed what happens if you write the "n"s in "Sennen" too close together? Huh. Huh.
Dave: You know what. In 6 years of living with these people, I haven't noticed that.
13/09/05
Justin:
A little piece about the F-35 simulator.
Marcus: I'm going to call this your "Half Life 2 Server Article" moment.
justin: It's quite interesting, how they've limited the amount of controls in the c*ckpit so basically all you have to do is stare at something and say "kill" if you want it gone.
gareth: This is boring! How could you post this? I want unboring stuff. Note your use of the word interesting, very similar to my use in my Half life 2 server post.
justin: This is ten times more interesting than your HL2 server crap. If you don't think fighter planes are interesting then you're a fairy.
Dave: Being obsessed with war and fighter planes is not "manly". Although I'm afraid this IS much more interesting that the geek porn HL2 stuff. Sorry.
Marcus: Does anybody want to see my website link to Boring Business Systems? It's got quite interesting business solutions.
justin: You can still be a male fairy. Plus it is more manly than womanly.
Justin:
Well done to the England cricket team.
Marcus: Tim and I have already lorded it over one Australian in our belligerent way. She seemed pissed off pleased to take all our cricket-related abuse. It's like 1966 all over again! Only we kind of drew it, but won anyway! That's cricket baby!
Dave: It's fantastic when we (England) win stuff, people go mental. It's been a great series.
Laura: The best thing about it is that it wasn't just the men's team that stuffed the Aussies, but Enlgand's ladies cricket team stuffed them too! Double thumbs up! (Not that I'm revelling in victory or anything)
Dave: Where's an Aussie when you need one?
Justin:
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift- racist, classist and in very poor taste....?
Marcus: No, well-observed satire. As opposed to that crappola half-witted New Orleans thing you are making reference to.
justin: That's not what a lot of people said when it first came out.
Justin:
Even if you aren't into your 3D, you might like to look at ZBrush 2, it's an amazing organic modelling and texturing package. The demo of version two is out.
andy: zzz.
12/09/05
Dave:
New Guy Ritchie film Revolver gets panned by the critics. Worth reading for Madonna's idiotic comments on 9-11.
Marcus: Conversely, the IMDB score is currently at an astonishing 9.0, although that's only out of 12 votes.
Dave: It's at 6.1 now and dropping fast.
Justin:
Aliens scripts - lots of early, rough & final scripts for the Alien movies. Includes what I was looking for, an early draft of Alien 3 by Vincent Ward - this version was supposed to really play up the religious aspect with alien-as-devil.
Justin:
Call for action on depression epidemic. Apparently mental health and depression is the biggest social problem in the UK.
justin: That's what happens, Gareth, when you post information on Half Life 2 servers.
11/09/05
Marcus:
"Detailed overviews of defining Neighbours episodes".
Laura: It's frightening when you realise just how much Neighbours you've actually watched over the years.
justin: Or how much I've got to catch up on, given the last time I saw two consecutive episodes was 1994.
Dave: Or how sh*t neighbours really is. It's quite hard to watch it these days.
Gareth:
Literally shoot electronic mail at people. developed at the University of Calgary, where I'm attending now.
10/09/05
Marcus:
Something Awful's "Biggest Movie of the Year" Photoshop contest featuring fattened-up movie stars.
Gareth: Hehehe, "I, Robot" becomes "I, Rotund".
Marcus:
Snopes: "Did The Price Is Right showcase shown on 8th September include a trip to New Orleans and a speedboat?"
Marcus: Er, yes, apparently.
Marcus:
"Popular virtual world" Second Life now has free membership. (Via)
Marcus: "There are now more than 16,000 acres of owned land in the virtual world, and new land sells for about $129. Users must pay a fee of about $25 a month to maintain their land."
Marcus: If linkbunnies.org had tags, this story and the one below would be tagged "horrendous waste of money".
Marcus:
The Million Dollar Homepage is some student chancer's way of earning money by doing very little - in this case selling "real estate" on a grid comprised of one million pixels. Buy a pixel for a dollar. Minimum purchase 100 pixels. (Via)
Marcus: I think I might set up a page that does exactly the same thing but undercuts him by one cent per pixel. That's the free market, that is.
Dave: You can knock it, but this guy has already made $7,100. We should do the same thing, but you can buy 1 pixel if you like and then buy loads of his page and link to it.
09/09/05
Dave:
The official Captain Planet website.
Laura: I would say I love you for posting this, but my boyfriend reads this, so I better not. Oooops.
justin: I think he'd understand. Except for the liking Captain Planet bit.
Laura:
Joss Whedon does a clever viral marketing campaign for his new film Serenity. Can't watch these at work, so am hoping they're good, or something. All tied up with the past of one of the characters in the film, but apparently totally non spoilery for the movie itself.
Dave:
If you put "Chav" in the search box on the Argos website you get this.
dave: Ever been to Norwich? The kids walk around robbing pensioners