Skyfall – the new trailer
Bond is back! I got excited just typing that. Skyfall is the latest Daniel Craig outing, and it looks damned awesome.
The Mars Rover
This is a picture of Mars. Mars! How awesome is that? This was taken by the Mars Rover – a 10 foot nuclear powered robot that is wandering around the red planet doing scientific analysis with the aid of lasers that shoot from its eyes.
Buying magic on eBay
The latest money spinner that passed me by is selling magic spells, hoaxes, wishes, and pointy hats on eBay.
The Olympics are here
The Olympics are currently in full swing here in London town. Lots of Londoners, myself included, were originally against them. We weren’t asked if we wanted the games but we … Read More
Britain spent more on bank bailouts last year than they have spent on Science since Jesus.
Yes you read that unnecessarily long headline correctly. How depressing is that? There is something deeply amiss with the world today, although to be fair it has always been pretty … Read More
Max Payne 3 review
Max Payne is back and he’s as mental as ever. I loved the first two although they feel like distant memories now. I do still remember certain scenes from them … Read More
Gary Oldman campaigns against athletes acting
Someone posted this on Facebook and it made me laugh. In case you haven’t seen it you should, because it’s damned funny. Enjoy.
Comedy films become horror
As editing movies becomes easier there are an increasing number of re-cut films, sequences, and trailers out there on the interweb. Generally this is really annoying. You try and find … Read More
NASA videos Transit Of Venus and it’s astounding
This is great. NASA has released footage from its satellite the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). If you think money spent on space is a waste of time, please go elsewhere. Enjoy.
I turned 40 and have fled to Prague
Yikes! A few days ago, the 31st to be precise, I turned forty. That would officially make me middle aged if it wasn’t for the fact that life expectancy in … Read More
Skyfall trailer
Bond! James Bond! The new trailer for the much delayed Skyfall is finally with us. I love Bond films and I think that the new batch are great. This one … Read More
Introducing The Leap.
A friend just posted this on Facebook (thanks Tim). Very cool. According to the blurb ‘The Leap’ is more accurate than a mouse. I don’t play many PC (or Apple … Read More
Guinness QR glass
This is genius/awful. I love Guinness, it’s a tasty pint of health and alcohol. I also love gadgets, so you can see while this really appeals to me. Basically it’s … Read More
Google Glass
If you are on the internet enough and are up with your virals and memes you have probably seen this picture already: Apparently this picture appeared in the Google … Read More
Drenched Britain struggles through drought
I’m currently in the middle of two 80 hour weeks of mostly nightshifts. Normally this would suck as I have to pass lots of happy people drinking outside pubs on … Read More
Facebook – why do your apps need my details? Why!?
I get a lot of requests on facebook to join groups, play games, take part in a quiz or do something else that will literally waste my life. I nearly … Read More
Belgium and excitement
I know you are probably thinking that I’m going to mock Belgium and call it dull. Well I’m not. I really like Belgium and have been to Ghent and Bruge … Read More
NUKEMAP!
Basically, you set a point on google maps, select a bomb size (from existing nuclear arsenals), then hit detonate. The map then shows things like the initial blast zone, lethal radiation zone, and so forth. You can even programme the kiloton yield yourself.
Map of the Dead
If you are anything like me you will have, (incredibly sensibly,) planned what you are going to do when the inevitable zombie apocalypse occurs.
Pac-man the movie
I just thought I would share this with you. It’s pretty cool. Not brilliant as such but I just like the fact that someone has gone to so much effort … Read More