May 2012
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Dispelling the Geek Chic myth*
OK here is a ‘classic’ blog post I originally published on-line about 4 years ago. For people new to my rantings it is not meant to be taken entirely seriously. It is exaggerated for effect. Though I do find it much harder to write like this now as I am a much calmer person. :-)
Dispelling the Geek Chic myth*
If you pick up a magazine (are you from the past?), browse a blog or read a...
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Inva2ion!!!
Wow! What a weekend. Inva2ion has to be the best time I have had in ages. Where to begin? I guess the beginning would be a good start. Names may be changed or omitted, not so much to protect the guilty but to protect me. :-)
So Friday! After a pretty long series of train and tube journeys (that at one point involved me missing my connection because public transport in the UK couldn’t rise...
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My thoughts on 48fps movies
So far nobody seems to have argument against 48fps movies beyond that it is different therefore bad. Sure they tart it up by using words like ‘art’ and ‘cinematic’ and compare it with Soap Operas because they don’t like those either. No doubt certain people thought the same about colour film/tv too. Actually there are people who still do. When it comes down to it they...
April 2012
2 posts
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The Avengers Review - SPOILERS!
Now some of you may not be familiar with my reviews so consider this a warning. There are going to whacking, great, spoilers all the way through it. If you haven’t seen the film GO AWAY! Also there will be bad language, gibbering nonsense and quite possibly a little nitpicking. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Oh and in case you didn’t pay attention to the previous paragraph....
The UK's Plan to Censor the Internet
I wrote this yesterday but thought it overly ranty, even by my standards. So I decided to sleep on it and see if I calmed down. I did not. I tweaked it a little tonight but here is my rant.
The UK Government looks like it is going to move forward with its plan to censor the internet. That’s right the “Great Firewall of London” is well on its way to becoming reality. A...
March 2012
2 posts
On 'Gay' Marriage
This seems to be the topic of discussion at the moment. So I thought I would give my take on it. Being both an atheist and someone who doesn’t see the point in marriage it all seems idiotic to me. Though perhaps that makes my opinion moo. You know, like a cows opinion. Why do people care so much what other people do? Seriously if gay people get married how does it make any difference to some...
February 2012
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The Great Raspberry Hunt 2012
I am taking time out my lunch time of reading crap on the internet to point out why so many people are annoyed by today’s launch of the Raspberry Pi. As you would expect when the servers of both sites selling the much desired (by nerds anyway) Raspberry Pi died within seconds (no exaggeration ) of them being made available people voiced their displeasure on Twitter. Geeks not known for...
January 2012
2 posts
The Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection
The official Marvel graphic novel collection has just started appearing in newsagents and is also available for subscription. First issue is £2.99 and the 2nd £6.99 (to get you hooked) with the normal price being £9.99. Now that is not cheap as there are two issues a month but what you get it is pretty awesome.
Graphic novels are usually £6-8 a piece and these are pretty decent quality hardback...
My Fav Skyrim Mods
Here is a list of my favourite Skyrim mods that have been released so far. That some of these even exist before the content creation kit has been released shows how creative some in the modding community can be.
Notice the lack of Anime/JRPG armour/weapon replacements in this list? Want to hazard a guess why? Hint: It is related to them and their source material being utter shite.
In no...
September 2011
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My Freebie Five
Leanne over at Babbleanne did I blog post about her ‘freebie five’ early this week and I thought I’d do the same. Why? Because I often copy other people’s blog posts as I rarely have a good idea myself. Plus any excuse to look up pictures of hot women on the internet. :)
Scarlett Johansson
Why? Well, she has a great rack and a nice arse.
Kelly Brooke
Why? Well,...
August 2011
2 posts
iOS Development Sucks
I have come to the conclusion that iOS development sucks. I have not developed in such a frustrating environment since I developed a Windows CE application in Visual C++ back in 1999. Nothing I have used before has been so intent on getting in a developers way as much as Objective-C and Xcode.
Things to do while I have 2 weeks off work
Here is a list of things I should get done over my summer break. All 2 weeks of it. My hope is that if people know I have this crap to do I might actually be shamed into doing some or all of it. I am a terrible procrastinator so I doubt it will work but you never know.
Clean up. This place is a pig sty.
Clean the car. If pigs could drive cars then they would be like my car.
Mount my pictures on...
July 2011
3 posts
Captain America: The First Avenger - Review
“Captain America: The First Avenger” is a good film. It is fun action packed and does justice to the character. It celebrates the spirit of the American ideal without being smug, superior or jingoistic. It even manages to give non-North American countries there due in WWII, something even ‘serious’ US war films usually fail to do. It is polished, well acted (considering),...
My top 5 favourite films
Now I bet you are thinking that is an easy one right? Guessing my favourite films should be simple because I am living breathing geek cliché. The list will be something like:
The Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
Terminator
Back to the Future
Jurassic Park
Right? Wrong! Felt a bit like Lex Luthor then. In your defence I do like all those films a great deal and I’ll often say they are amongst...
Temporary Blog
I think this shall act as my blog in the short term. Should surfice till I find out what is going on with my hosting.