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Happy New Year!

HNY! to all my readers [echo...echo...echo]

And in the spirit of all things old and new here's 100 things we didn't know this time last year from the BBC online.

Evolution of the Apes

What this special report from Channel 4: Gorillaz in our midst.

Cheese and rice! Did you see those holograms?

Now I've been a sci-fi fan my entire life. I have seen practically every episode of Star Trek and every other sci-fi show out there (Shut up, I'm geek and I'm proud) but that's better than most of the pseudo-holograms you see in films and TV!

Finally! The present is surpassing the future ... now about that jetpack.

Where's Wil?

If your looking for Wil Wheaton, and haven't it worked it out yet, WWdN is bust. You can find Wil hiding in exile here.

Strangely the move has perked his blogging up a bit. A change is as good as a rest I suppose. Plus, there's a much funnier profile pic.

WWW Extras

One of my favourite parts of DVDs are the extras. I love to watch the making-of freaturettes and the behind the scenes documentaries.

Now that the Web is being used more and more to promote new movies, a lot of these extras are appearing on the WWW first and for FREE.

Here are a couple of my faves:



Production video diaries by Bryan Singer during the making of the new Superman movie; Superman Returns.



A blog with video diaries for Kevin Smith's Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks.

Performance Pressure

Sofitel toilet, Queenstown, NZ

Err, I think I'll wait until I get home...

I [brain] Urban Dead

UD is a amazingly simple yet, incredibly playable online, multiplayer, turn-based zombie apocalypse game.

Me and my friends have been playing it for several weeks now and it's become a little adictive.

If you've not tried yet you should go play now!

Then you can follow the progres of our characters at our UD blog: UD Iron Reavers

And remember: Always have your shotgun loaded and a safe place to sleep.

HULK RIP!

Ultimate Hulk vs Ultimate Wolverine

WOW! It's scenes like this that remind me why I love comics.

You couldn't descibe this moment in a novel with the same impact and you wouldn't have enough time in a movie to absorb the relevance.

This mini-series is deffinately going on must get list.

Nerd Porn

How did they know? How? Have they been reading my mind?

Geek Fantasies

Hmmm ... magic misslie resisted ... [drool]

Seriously though, this sort of thing gives geeks a bad name. Now nerds, those freaks would probably love this sort of thing. Sickos!

Truth vs Non-Truth, init?

Ali G vs the NBA! Visit the site and view the video clips to find out what it's like to be MP3 of the Year, how many springs are in the average basketball and if they have to play in their underpants...

Century!

Yay! I've finally reached an eBay feedback score of 100!

We Now Return to Our Regular Scheduled Viewing ...

After a long brief absence for laziness personal reasons I'm back.

Let the celebrations begin ...

M

Red Head?

Your Hair Should Be Red

Passionate, fiery, and sassy. You're a total smart aleck who's got the biggest personality around.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

I've always fancied red highlights, it's probably the little rebel in me, but past experiences with hair dye have left me wary though ...

Writing on the Wall 3

SAS moto

This was on the side of the SAS plane that I flew to the US in last year. A nice touch I think.

SUPER-natural!

I found Supernatural while clicking through Warner Bros last night.

I looks quite cool. There hasn't been a decent horror/mystery show since X-Files started going south around season six. I'll definitely keep an eye open for when this one crosses the pond.

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BTW, if you want to know what happens in the 5th season of Smallville read the WB intro. It virtual tells you everything that's going to happen. They might as well uploaded the scripts...

Tod durch Chocolate

From this morning's Metro.
Apparently, this was one of the Nazi's secret plans during WWII - exploding chocolate bars!

Katrina Khaos

What's going on in New Orleans is mind boggling.

A natural disaster and such a chaotic aftermath is believable, and almost common place, in a so-called 3rd World country.

But in the heart of the civilised world?
In the middle of the World's only remaining Superpower?
Its almost unbelievable. Like a bad TV movie or a trashy airport paperback.

The similarities with Vertigo/DC Comics new mini-series DMZ is eerily prophetic.

Get Your Freak On

Take the Freakonomics Quiz and see swiched on or swiched off to the ways of the world.

The authors' even have a Freakonomics blog. This book is going on my wish list.

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)

Da da da da Bat-shirt

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