Random posts on geeky subjects. To name a few: Science, Technology & Open Source Software.
I just thought I would post one of my favourite XKCD comics “A-Minus-Minus”.
If you liked that here are a few others:
Pointers, Sandwich, Open Source, Linux User at Best Buy, Compiling, Compiler Complaint, Ultimate Game, Hats & Form
or you could just start at the beginning and work your way through the XKCD site 
Here are two short films I came across last week and thought were pretty neat. The first is called ‘Signs’, which is a romantic story about communication, created by Patrick Hughes. And the other short film is called ‘World builder’ which is about a man that creates a world for the woman he loves using holographic tools. World builder was created by Bruce Branit, who is widely known as the co-creator of ‘405‘. Apparently it only took Branit one day to shoot the footage for ‘World builder’. He then spent 2 years editing & developing it.
Signs:
World builder:
Snow again today, so I decided to go out and build a snowman. I also dragged my sister out to help, but she had other ideas and made a snowcat instead. It looks pretty impressive. I think it beats my odd-looking snowman, which has half an apple for a nose, traditional sticks for arms and unconventional shreddies for the eyes, mouth and buttons. It’s also sporting a red beret. Head on over to my sister’s blog to check out all the images.
Heroes is back tonight in the US, so that means it wont be long before it airs over here in the UK. Though I have to say, I was quite disappointed with volume 3. Perhaps it was the fact that Zachary Quinto’s character (Sylar) couldn’t decide if he was good or bad.
Or maybe it is how irritating Hayden Panettiere’s character, Claire, has become – constantly moaning and whining about everything. The most annoying thing about it all is that you know she can’t be killed. Even after she had lost her powers and died – she still came back from the dead. Maybe they need a new slogan? ‘Kill the cheerleader, save the show‘. But that’s just my opinion.
But with that all said and done, I am still actually looking forward to Volume 4. I just hope it gets a lot better than it has been.
Ahoy there matey, today be September the 19th. That’s right me harty, it be International talk like a pirate day Yarrr! So make sure you greet every Jim lad & wench today with a good loud Arrr!
Still having trouble trying to talk like a salty sea-dog check out the video below – How to talk like a pirate, also make sure you visit talklikeapirate.com. Arrr!
Just remember not to over do it too much or some scurvy dog might be making you walk the plank by the end of the day 
Just thought I’d add to the hype after going to see the Dark Knight at the weekend. All I can say is that it’s brilliant. Fantastic. I’m afraid there’s not enough words to describe how great it is. Clearly a masterpiece. It’s dark, sinister, complex…Believe all the hype you read, I was so impressed with the Dark Knight that I’m even considering going to see it again.
Since my last post was a bit boring I thought I would post this – It’s probably the greatest superman theme song ever made.
Brilliant, also checkout the James Bond theme song
I am sure it happens to every superhero every once in a while. You’re out fighting the forces of evil, and after tying up that last bad guy you just happen to notice you’re just across the street from a supermarket and you know if you don’t just nip across and get those needed items you’ll only have to go out and do it tomorrow; or in Batman’s case, send Alfred out. Clearly Batman’s too much of a nice a guy to send Alfred out just for milk and toilet paper. Classic video. Enjoy
Good news everyone! Futurama has officially returned this week with its direct-to-DVD movie, which was released over in the US on Tuesday November 27th. Unfortunately, there is no release date set for the UK as of yet – which is annoying considering this is a monumental event and I am sure most, if not all, Futurama fans would agree: something this big should have been released globally, not just in the US.
The good news is, I’ve been reading a lot of good reviews on the film and thankfully it sounds like it’s way better than the Simpson’s movie which as I stated earlier here, seemed to tie things up a little to quickly towards the end. So far from what I’ve read it sounds like the Futurama movie doesn’t do that at all and actually has a very good, structured plot to go with it.
I have to say, Futurama is my favourite out of the two shows; and if the Futurama movie didn’t do so well, I think I would start to lose faith in Matt Groening. The Simpson’s is good, don’t get me wrong, I am just more of a sci-fi geek.
The only bad thing I’ve actually heard is that a lot of the humour is based on established themes and inside-jokes, so someone not familiar with the Futurama universe might not pick up on some of the jokes, but for me a Futurama addict, this doesn’t seem like a bad thing at all, as it will make it just that much more enjoyable.
As a kid I had a Rubik’s cube, but after getting frustrated with it I broke it after peeling all of the coloured stickers off and sticking them back on in the right order, after that it wasn’t the same again, the glue never really stuck properly and one by one I lost a coloured sticker until I was eventually left with only half a coloured Rubik’s cube. I’m not exactly sure what happened to it after that but I guess I threw it out.
I am sure I wasn’t the only kid back then to get frustrated by it & try the same tactic, but a select few clearly never gave up trying, and practiced for hours upon hours to become a true Rubik’s cube master. enjoy
