Reviews, Blog, and the occasional Rant
My blog and occasional comment on current affairs.
Have you ever wondered what sunset on Mars would look like? I do, almost daily. Well, now you can see it for yourself that to science! When you think of all the achievements that must have taken place for this to happen, it is pretty damned incredible. I was going to list them but it would take too long.
25 years ago, Voyager 1 turned round and took a picture of the Earth from 3.7 billion miles away. It is known as the Pale Blue Dot photo and it’s amazing.
Thanks to studying ancient techniques and being generally pretty cool, Lars Andersen is a modern-day Legolas.
In case you’ve always wondered which actor does which voice, here is a handy chart.
Do you have a phone or tablet and an ounce of adventure in your soul? If so, you should buy the game 80 Days as it is brilliant. It is basically a superbly written text adventure based on Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days.
Happy New Year! The Word of Ward hopes 2015 finds you abundantly well and having a superb time all the time.
Some crazed fan of Christmas, Star Wars, John Williams, and Christmas Lights has gone all out. If you want better Star Wars Christmas lights, you have a lot of work ahead of you.
You may have seen this but in case you missed it, there was a ridiculous show on Discovery the other day. Ok I will narrow it down. I used to … Read More
A fascinating clip called Hong Kong, Gateway to China which was released in 1938 shows how much the place has changed.
Doom 2: Hell on Earth is an old game that I personally spent hours upon hours playing back in the 90s. I used to play it for so long it would fill my dreams – the sounds, the monsters, the awesome shotgun. Apparently there is still a dedicated group out there who play it a lot.
Someone recommended The Killing Floor, and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series generally, so I thought I would give it a go. This is the first Jack Reacher book and I have to say, I mostly loved it.
A load of engineers, mechanics, scientists, artists and other robot-obsessed types have got together for an exciting, if slightly geeky, Kickstarter project. They have decided to make giant robot mechanoids, piloted by humans, fighting in a massive arena, a real thing.
I have just moved back to Bangkok and need some Somtam money so thought I would plug my travel book: Australia, Morocco, Thailand – Three True Travel Stories.
This time lapse video of Earth from space is brilliant. It uses footage from NASA’s Johnson Space Center and makes the Earth look ever so pretty.
Here is how good computer graphics are getting. This is Ed.
A graphic artist called Hayden Zezula created these eternal looping bursts of oddness and put them out on twitter.
Japan has its very own real life Batman – Chibatman.
The 9th of September 2014 was a big day if you are geek like myself. A day I’d been waiting for, for quite a while. Something that promised to be … Read More
Having a normal day? Everything a bit sameish? Got a couple of minutes to be weirded out? Good. Then watch this clip called “malfunction” by someone odd on the internet called Cyriak. I found it strangely uplifting. Enjoy.
The idea the plane boffins have had is to get rid of all the windows and turn the walls into massive screens. This has the benefit of reducing weight (apparently) and making the whole fuselage more structurally sound. Another big benefit is that it looks fucking awesome. Essentially, cameras will film the outside and then project the images on the inside.
