Wednesday, 31 August 2005

Mr Bronson Dies

The actor Michael Sheard dies aged 65.

Apart from starring in Grange Hill, he also played Hitler in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade and Admiral Ozzle in Empire Strikes Back.

I met him a couple of times at GenCon UK; a genuinely nice bloke, always free for a chat or a pint.

"Thank you my Very Dear Chums - See ya."
Michael Sheard (1940-2005)

Monday, 29 August 2005

Da da da da Bat-shirt



I did buy a t-shirt from More T Vicar.

VOTE - Auton!

Fight Mannequinism - really a site to promote voting among youth of America, but it reminds me of one of those old Doctor Who episodes so much.

Tuesday, 23 August 2005

The 50 Greatest Independent Films?

Empire Online are doing a list of The 50 Greatest Independent Films. They've listed 50-21 up to now...

Take a look? Agree/disagree? Let me know in the comments.

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Prediction: Knowing Empire's style, Kevin Smith's Clerks will be number one.

Thursday, 18 August 2005

Animated Blogging

I found these two sites for comic creators:

Dork Tidings - the blog of John Kovalic creator of Dork Tower, Dr Blink and illustrator of the Apples to Apples game.


Family Guy Freakin' Blog (via Blogger Buzz) - a blog by the writers, directors and staff behind the super-cool cartoon series.

Great cartoons but what about the blogs? Let me know what you think in the comments...

Monday, 15 August 2005

Out of this World Blog!





...mumblings... - now available in all major solar systems!

LotR LoL

What if The Lord of the Rings was based on a roleplaying game campaign rather than a novel?

Find out at Flying Koala Games.

BE WARNED: it's far too believable! I now don't believe the books exist...

Now Here's a Scary Thought!

Wednesday, 10 August 2005

All Good Things...

I watched the last episode of Enterprise, and possibly the last episode of Star Trek ever, the other day - These Are The Voyages...

Am I the only one who thought it was a cop-out?

The set-up was Riker and Troy on the holodeck running a program about the original Enterprise's last mission to help him solve his moral dilemma during the ST:TNG The Pegasus episode. A nice gimmick but it didn't work, it just felt like a Next Gen episode featuring the Enterprise cast rather than the other way around.

Plus, the death of [Enterprise crew member name censored] was OTT, unbelievable and unnecessary.

At the very end they seemed to rely on the popularity of Next Gen for the final curtain call; disappointing and a bit insulting for the Enterprise cast.

Buy Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1 (DVD)@Amazon.co.uk

Tuesday, 9 August 2005

Super Bonus Fun Redux

Here are a couple of animation themed time-passers I found while clicking through Savage Chickens:

  • Flipbook - create an online Flash animation flipbook. Here's one I made earlier...

  • Angry Alien - Flash animations of your favourite movie blockbusters featuring rabbits ... no seriously.
  • Money Talks

    Take the Which? Moneytalk Quiz and brush up on your financial know-how.

    My score? 8/10 - I'm a Wise Owl apparently.

    Saturday, 6 August 2005

    Rock On!

    I just watched School of Rock. Man, I realy wanna be in a band! Now all I have to do is learn to play an instrument or sing or something ...

    Buy School of Rock (DVD)@Amazon.co.uk

    Finger Spell

    I've always thought it would be cool to learn sign language. You know, so you can have secret conversations with your mates and take the piss out of people behind their back ... the important stuff.

    And today's word is ...

    Wednesday, 3 August 2005

    DtRT: Ecover

    I can't remember were I first heard of Ecover, but they produce a range of environmentally friendly cleaning and washing products.

    Why bother? Just think of all those chemicals you wash down the sink and into rivers, lakes and seas. Much better to use a product made only from natural ingredients.

    I've tried the washing-up liquid (which smells really nice) and the fabric softener so far. They are available in most supermarkets and cost about the same as the big brand names.

    The Greatest Movie Ever Made!

    I've always suspected those "Greatest" and "Wonderful" quotes they pepper movie posters with were embellished, but this is 'one giant step' beyond that:

    Fans win $1.5m over fake critic
    BBC News


    I mean, it's one thing to lie about the review, but to lie about the reviewer???

    Old vs New

    Some helpful advice for all you fellow eBay addicts out there:

    10 things you should never buy used

    &

    10 things you shouldn't buy new

    Saturday, 30 July 2005

    Free Beer!

    The only catch is you have to make it yourself. Damn!

    BBC News reported that some Dutch students have published the worlds first open source beer recipe. Based on the same principal as open source software, they have published the recipe for anyone to use.

    And here it is - Vores Øl.

    Being a fan of real beer, I've always been tempted to have a go at brewing my own. Now I have a recipe to work from, I'm one step closer to my booze filled dreams...

    DtRT: Do the Right Thing

    This is my 100th blog post!


    To mark the occasion, I thought I use the post to do something worthwhile...

    As I mentioned in my I'm with the band post I've been trying to improve the way I interact with the world; trying to do my little part to make the world a better place.

    The feeling that I needed to change/do something started as my 30th birthday loomed last year. The idea that I was going to be older, and therefore presumably more mature, evolved into me realising I should take more responsibility for the impact I have on the this world and for the legacy that I would leave behind.

    So I started to change my attitudes and involvements with things like recycling, charity and the environment. Just little things at first, but like they say - "Every little helps".

    Feel the same way?
    Want to make a difference?

    Here's where you can start:

  • First read The Rough Guide to a Better World; a very informative but easily read book. It's a good place to start and will teach you everything you need to known about world poverty, charities, fair trade and advocacy.

  • Then visit the we are what we do website and check out their list of the little things you can do everyday to change the world.

    I'll post more suggestions and more on this subject in the future (look for DtRT in the post title), but remember doing the right thing doesn't stop you having fun.
  • Inter-networking

    Yay! A couple of photos I've taken have been published on two of my favourite blogs:

    Savage Chickens has a spookily apt picture of a theatre poster I spotted on the Paris Metro.

    &


    The Moxie Blog has a picture of me and my Moxie t-shirt in Paris as part of it's Moxie Shirt Adventures. I'm picture 18, near the bottom.

    See, sharing is fun.

    Friday, 29 July 2005

    Universally Translated

    I've signed up to Blog in Space - it's a website that beams blog feeds into deep space.

    Why? Why not? Who knows, there might be something out there to read them.

    And if I do have any interstellar readers, don't forget to say 'Hi' in the comments.