Pacman
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The Wellington Podcast
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Bevan McCabe, raconteur and man-about-town, is producing a podcast about this fair city. The first episode has just been released and it turned out rather well. There is more information at the associated Wellington Podcast Blog, but the daring amongst you can just downloaded it directly (16Mb mp3), or subscribe to ...
Tsunami
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009It is not everyday that I awaken to the radio telling me that Civil Defense has been activated due to the imminent arrival of a Tsunami. Luckily the effects of the Tsunami on New Zealand were slight to non-existent, but not totally unnoticed. The following chart is from the excellent GeoNet ...
Freaky Friday
Friday, March 27th, 2009Today has thrown up some examples of what strange, dark times we live in. Firstly the trailer for the live-action version of Where the Wild Things Are is released and turns out not to be a monumental travesty. Then John Banks is quoted in the Herald saying something that I ...
My Little Modified Pony
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009So I was talking with the team at work and conversation drifted (as it so often does) to My Little Pony. Just a bunch of guys talking about My Little Pony - nothing weird about that. But then, mere hours later, a link to this collection of modified My Little Ponies ...
The Minimum Wage vs. The Edict of Maximum Prices
Monday, February 9th, 2009I see today that the minimum wage is going to rise from $12 to $12.50 this year. This is something I support, not only to keep up with inflation but also because it puts more money into the lowest section of the economy - always a good move in a ...
I Declare a 5 Minute SciFi Break
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Sam Hughes writes short, short form science fiction, most of which I quite like. This one is particularly good. So is this one. This one is very silly. Related posts:Film Review : Moon Think your job is monotonous? Spare a thought for Sam... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related ...
Tiny Change We Can Believe In
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009It has irked me for a long time that although the President of the United States wields great power over the rest of the world, only US citizens get to vote. To be brutally honest it irked me a lot more when Bush II was in power, but I approve ...
The Art of Diversion
Saturday, December 13th, 2008I am actually supposed to be doing some work at the moment, but as usual I need a diversion. You are probably in the same situation yourself - why else would you be reading this page? Related posts:The Phantom Menace Was Not a Very Good Movie I own all of the ...
“duumDum duumDum, He’s a Shark”
Monday, July 14th, 2008Jaws was a pretty cool movie but I think we can all agree that the theme tune really needed lyrics. Luckily one man stepped up to the challenge: The same guy has done a whole bunch more: Batman Superman Back to the Future Indiana Jones James Bond Halloween (particularly good) Related posts:Freaky Friday Today has thrown up some ...
Gorbachov: The Music Video
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Usually, whenever I see something entertaining but inexplicable on the Internet I just shake my head and mutter something about those crazy Japanese. In fact Japan has had a monopoly on capital-C Crazy for so long that sometimes it seems that no other nation could possibly compete. Recently, however, Russia has ...
I don’t know much about awesomeness, but I know it when I see it…
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007The following 5 minute film contains 200% of your daily recommended dose of drift racing and dinosaurs: No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger Than 200 Miles in Diameter
Thursday, May 24th, 2007A picture for those who like astronomy and/or have a very large monitor they want to test: All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger Than 200 Miles in Diameter No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Star Trek:The Sitcom
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007I am going to assume that we all liked Star Trek:The Next Generation when it was on. However only the most ardent fan would refuse to concede that there were some problems with the show. It was fairly cheesy (even for the late eighties) and its oh-so-earnest attitude made the ...
The CQ of the Beatboxing Flutist
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007Like your IQ, everybody has a CQ, or Cool Quotient - a single figure that can be easily calculated and gives an overall rating of how cool you are. However, CQ differs from IQ in two important ways, as shown by the following examples. Firstly, unlike IQ the average CQ is ...