29/02/08
Marcus:
A guy from Bristol who planned to walk all the way to India by relying on "the kindness of strangers" got as far as Calais before quitting - because the French thought he was an asylum seeker. Whoops.
Marcus:
Video: Rickrolling enemies to death in Doom. If you don't know what Rickrolling is, check out this helpful explanation.
Marcus: More in-jokeness: Rickrolling in flickr. (via)
Gareth:
Guess my crime! Just when you thought the internet had hit a brand new low.
gareth: it's kind of sad how proud and happy everyone seems to be in their photos
28/02/08
Justin:
I wanna know what love is! I want you to show me! In this case, Gene Simmons of Kiss shows us what love isn't.
justin: To clarify: those Gene Simmons sex tapes in full.
Dave: Safe for work then ;)
27/02/08
Marcus:
The 10 Worst Products For Men Ever Created. Mainly anti-balding inventions, but the anti-erection ones towards the bottom are the most frightening.
26/02/08
Marcus:
I find Garfield Minus Garfield (cartoon strips with the cat surgically removed) inexplicably hilarious.
justin: As you said, you are over-tired. I over-rule you on this, and I put it to you that they are, in fact, not funny.
Marcus: Looked again this morning and still funny. You just don't "get them".
justin: "Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about [...] the empty desperation of modern life?" - surely apart from the odd cat joke, that's what Garfield is about?
gareth: I think they're pretty hilarious. I guess you just see how absurd jon is when you realize he's doing all this around his cat?
justin: Garfield should have the honour to no longer burden Jon, and take his own life. Hint: Marcus.
Justin:
"Look, we all have something to bring to this discussion. But I think from now on the thing you should bring is silence." - top TV put downs compiled by the BBC, I have to say, I have heard better, but it's worth reading.
25/02/08
24/02/08
Marcus:
Japanese toilet training video featuring anthropomorphic cartoon tiger family. Old, but I hadn't seen it before. There are no words.
Marcus: It's all so beautifully topped off by the demonstration of the toilet accessory encouragement companion toy thing at the end. I want one of those too. I love the idea of pressing a button for Big American Toilet Success Accomplishment Fanfare.
23/02/08
Chris:
One of the folks on the William Gibson Board has gone on holiday and taken a rather special video camera with him. The results he's posted so far will have Justin's eyes popping out, I reckon.
Marcus: Just looked at this (three days later!) and it's completely awesome. Love it.
22/02/08
Justin:
It's Official - Live-Action Akira Confirmed Already for 2009!
chris: Ain't it cool had this on Wednesday. It doesn't sound good: the action will take place on "New Manhattan" not "Neo Tokyo" and it's rumored that Leonardo diCaprio - who is producing - will play Akira. Joseph Gordon Levitt (from Third Rock From The Sun) plays Kaneda.
chris: All together now: Kan-e-daaaaAAAAA!
chris: However, Ruairi Robinson, who they've hired as director, is a pretty talented guy. If you haven't seen his animated CGI short "Fifty Percent Grey" then watch it now.
21/02/08
Justin:
Autism Breakthrough: Girl's Writings Explain Her Behavior and Feelings
justin: Tim was going on about this last night - an autistic girl who outwardly appears very mentally disabled, yet who has discovered a way of writing and communicating that shows she is very articulate and intelligent.
20/02/08
Chris:
That's not a bike. This is a bike.
chris: And the idea of Justin being let loose with a motorcycle that weights 13.9 tonnes and can crush cars and caravans to pulp beneath its monster wheels is just too scary to contemplate.
19/02/08
Gareth:
It's official: HD DVD is dead. Toshiba has announced the discontinuation of their entire HD DVD business.
Gareth:
The world's greatest music collection is for sale on ebay. Starting at three million dollars.
Justin:
Hidden - Madeleine McCann Adapted Film / Movie 2008
justin: Ten minute you tube movie - but my sister has a speaking part after 4:30, saying "get away from my child" etc,
Marcus: Very natural acting - she's had a lot of practice saying it to you.
18/02/08
16/02/08
Marcus:
Toshiba is allegedly about to get the f*ck out of the HD-DVD business - which would bring a rather rapid end to the HD format war if true.
justin: They say the war is over anyway.
15/02/08
14/02/08
Dave:
A journalist's son has gone travelling and Daddy got him a blog on the Guardian website. People were pissed.
Tim: Marcus knows MY feelings about the guardian... and this has only made me more right
Tim: I wonder if Charlie Brookers' column has got anything to say about it....
Marcus:
"The popular British cartoon and television series Mr. Men has come up with a malodorous Mr. Rude who speaks with a bad French accent." If you want to see him in action, visit the Mr Men site (warning: Flash) and click Mr Rude (he's on the top left-hand side). Sadly, try as I might, I couldn't pull his finger in the, er, "game". Good old traditional British anti-French xenophobia. Tally ho!
Marcus:
John Peel's headstone has finally been erected, four years after his death. "Teenage dreams so hard to beat". (Loathe as I am to link to The Sun, it's nice to see the radio legend back in the news.)
Marcus:
Electronic Arts' chief has admitted the huge corporate games monolith's politics and sh*tty attitude to games killed off the indie game studios they acquired (RIP the awesome Bullfrog, Origin and Westwood). Now there's a breath of fresh air.
Marcus:
Play.com is launching a DRM-free MP3 music store in the UK. Cheaper than iTunes too. Sweet. (I'm pilfering a lot of stuff off Google News today.)
13/02/08
Gareth:
New Radiohead tour dates! Hooray for a North American tour. I'll be seeing them in Vancouver.
Dave: Amazingly there are still tickets available for London so if anyone wants to come, I'm going on the 24th
12/02/08
Marcus:
This February 15th, why not celebrate St Skeletor's Day? It's "a non-commercial alternative to the corporate wh*refest that is St Valentine’s Day".
Chris:
Seen on BoingBoing this morning: the weekend's massive security operation at an oil platform in the North Sea was sparked because of a woman's bad dream. Seriously.
11/02/08
Gareth:
Anti-piracy videos are getting "cool" and "hip"
Dave: OMG - There's a bin full of copies of Office 2007 somewhere!
Justin:
US actor Roy Scheider, best known for playing the police chief in the Jaws movies, has died at the age of 75.
chris: Awww, he rocked. Blue Thunder. 2010. Marathon Man. All That Jazz. French Connection. Klute. If you haven't seen these films, go out and rent them now!
Justin:
UK researchers have discovered seven new genes associated with prostate cancer, which could be used to identify high-risk men more accurately. - Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK.
10/02/08
Zanna:
Police investigating a huge fire at London's famous Camden market say it is too early to say how it started.
09/02/08
Marcus:
Terrific documentary on late 80s supergroup (megagroup?)
The Traveling Wilburys: part 1 - part 2 - part 3. (via)
The Traveling Wilburys: part 1 - part 2 - part 3. (via)
Marcus: From Wikipedia: "Initially starting at a meal between Roy Orbison, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne... Tom Petty's involvement was by chance as Harrison had left his guitar at Petty's house."
Marcus:
Remove (white) MacBook stains with toothpaste. I haven't had mine long enough to get those horrible-looking marks, but this seems like a good tip for the future.
08/02/08
Gareth:
Somebody planned on shooting up the recent Super Bowl, but changed their mind at the last minute.
dave: dead link
Gareth: Works fine for me?
Dave: Gives me 404 error. anyone else?
07/02/08
Marcus:
Zero Punctuation Call of Duty 4 review. The funniest, most profane game review since the last one he did. NSFW!
Zanna:
Happy Chinese New Year! This year is the year of the rat.
06/02/08
Chris:
It has come to my attention that there are people using Internet Messaging systems who are using the acronym LOL to mean that they are laughing out loud when in fact they are doing no such thing. People are saying things they don't mean and this practice is getting out of hand. It can only lead to the complete collapse of civilisation as we know it. Thankfully, an organisation has been established to stop the scourge of LOLs. We must all join immediately! (Stolen from the nice folks at Topic Universe, who incidentally have a subject category called "Stolen from Linkbunnies." Nice.)
Gareth: I absolutely concur with the need to rid ourselves of these fake LOLs. Ooh, we have fans. That feels funny.
Dave:
I have recently become obsessed by an old game we used to play on the TI-99/4A called Hunt The Wumpus. You can see a video of what this scary old game here, or play an updated version here.
Gareth: "Hunt the Wumpus" sounds like a euphanism for... er, something.
05/02/08
Marcus:
CelebrityDeathBeeper.com e-mails you when a celebrity dies. (via a reader's comment underneath Charlie Brooker's satirical article on "eVulture", an imaginary version of just such a service. Well done the internet for once again proving everything horrendous already exists).
Marcus:
eels' one-second, $100,000 Super Bowl ad that didn't air because the NFL don't do one-second adverts. Epic five-second version here. (via)
04/02/08
Justin:
Trailer for new M. Shyamalan film The Happening - hopefully Marcus will draw inspiration from this film.
Marcus:
Barnes & Noble is stocking the digital archive of Rolling Stone for $25 (that's the entire first 40 years of publication, a coffee table book and a one year subscription! Its RRP is $125!).
Marcus: They even offer international ordering at reasonable prices - I've snagged myself a copy for $37 all in.
02/02/08
01/02/08
Dave:
Missed the last 3 seasons of Lost? Here's everything you need to know in 8 mins to get you up to speed for season 4.