Archive for July, 2009
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Remember Space Ace? The massive machine at the back of the greasy arcade you used to frequent? The one that played a cartoon that you had to react to? The one that cost twice as much as any other game? Of course you do. Well now it is back, and ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
I have just upgraded to the latest version of WordPress. Usually this is a simple procedure, but this time something went wrong - attempting to view the blog threw up a blank page!
Luckily I could still get to the admin pages, so I knew my database was still OK (of ...
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
The New Zealand Film Festival is on at the moment, giving us all the chance to see exciting, stimulating cinema from around the world; and also this film.
Paper Solder is a Russian production set in the weeks before the launch of Yuri Gagarin's famous day trip. The story focuses on ...
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Hyperionby Dan Simmons
After years of hearing "Hyperion is the bestest book evar!", I finally managed to read it. And frankly, it is pretty good.
Set in the far future where humanity has created The Hegemony of Man, a culture that spans many planets thanks to portals ("farcasters") that have openings many ...
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
Last months Opening Narration Quiz was a minor success, so here is the sequel, this time with the lyrics to opening (or closing) theme songs. Guesses in the comments, no cheating.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your ...
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
I just joined Fatso - it seems like an OK deal if you like to watch DVDs. Their library includes a lot of TV shows and old movies, and they have a great feature where they send the DVDs in a TV series in sequence so you never get stuck ...
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