The Aliens Rap

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Following up on the epic 10 minute rap summary of Robocop, the same team has released Aliens: open at youtube.com Watching this reminds me what a great film Aliens turned out to be and how Avatar (by the same director) pales in comparison. It's not that Avatar was terrible but nobody ...

The Phantom Menace Was Not a Very Good Movie

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

I own all of the Star Wars DVDs except for one - The Phantom Menace. Even the weakest of the others have a certain charm, but TPM was stupid through and through. Even the title is stupid! I have yet to work out exactly what the titular menace actually was. ...

Pacman

Friday, November 27th, 2009

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500 Impressions in 2 Minutes

Monday, October 19th, 2009

View at YouTube This guy is incredible, how does he do that? Also worth watching, from the same guy: Wolverine in 30 Seconds Unemployed Hitman Terminator Salvation in 60 Seconds StarTrek in 47 Seconds Related posts:The Aliens Rap Following up on the epic 10 minute rap summary of...The Phantom Menace Was Not a Very Good Movie I ...

Safari 4 is Pretty Good

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Safari 4 has been out for a couple of days now, and I must say I am enjoying using it. On the Mac, Safari has always had a great overall browser experience but Firefox always managed to stay my weapon of choice for viewing the Internet. This may change, ...

A game rated arrrr! Monkey Island Returns (updated)

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

The Secret of Monkey Island consumed a lot of my time back in the day, it is one of the best (and funniest) games ever produced. I have wondered for a while now why some of the old adventure games haven't been dusted off and republished for the new consoles ...

The HTML5 Video Tag’s Fatal Flaw

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Back in the day there was no standard way to publish video on the web. You could put any kind of video file you wanted on the server, but there was no guarantee that your readers would have the correct plugin required to view it. Everyone had to have a ...

Freaky Friday

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Today 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 ...

The Art of Diversion

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

I 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 ...

The Robocop Rap

Friday, December 12th, 2008

I like Robocop. I like it a lot. But not as much as this man, who sounds a bit like the guy from The Streets, but probably isn't. Super secret bonus: The Predator Rap Related posts:The Aliens Rap Following up on the epic 10 minute rap summary of...Opening Narration Quiz You know ...

Rachmaninov had big Hands

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

I was talking with a co-worker a few days ago about Rachmaninov's Prelude in C-sharp minor - everybody's favourite piece of overwrought classical piano. I am no piano player, but looking at the sheet music it seems almost impossible to play. These guys have found a solution: No related posts. Related posts brought ...

But who will watch the Watchmen?

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I have just finished rereading the comic book graphic novel Watchmen. It's a cracking read, filled with Big Ideas and it uses the comic graphic medium to great advantage - telling the story in a way that really wouldn't work in a traditional written novel. The artwork is visually stunning ...

The Inevitable Doctor Who Follow Up Post

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Typical! No sooner do I post an excellent Doctor Who retrospective video than my attention is alerted to an even better one. For your consideration: And that's the last one, I promise. Related posts:Safari 4 is Pretty Good Safari 4 has been out for a couple of days...The HTML5 Video Tag’s Fatal ...

The Inevitable Doctor Who Post

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Not feeling nerdy enough? The following video should fix that right up, it's 45 years(!) of Doctor Who stories edited into 8 minutes. What? Thats not enough Doctor Who? Perhaps you need one of the almost 300 remixes of the awesome theme music. That should hold you over until the new ...

Clifford Stoll and TED Talks

Friday, May 9th, 2008

I was about 15 when I first read The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll, and it left a pretty big impression on me. Something about Stoll's endearingly rambling tale of ingenuity in the face of what turned out to be a case of major international espionage really opened my eyes, ...