Tucked a way in today’s iPhone 4 press conference – sorry, the Apple press conference which may turn out to be about the iPhone 4 – I came across this chirpy little ditty “The iPhone Antenna Song”. What caught my attention straight away was that the song was sub-titled “Song a Day” and the Twitter […]
Archives for July 2010
Centurion – will it hold the line?
I think it’s all too easy to be mislead by a movie’s trailer these days. I wonder if as much times goes into their prep as the movie itself. That’s why I’m cautious. Centurion looks like it’s going to be a really great movie. I mean; it looks really good. We’ve action, drama, grit and […]
The Beatles as zombies? Paul is Undead? Undead mashups rage on
If you’re writing a book that mixes the undead (or perhaps sea monsters) with popular historical figures (fictional or otherwise) then you’re part way to getting a book deal. Is it a fad? Author Alan Goldsher doesn’t think so. He argues that the “mashup” has lasted long enough to become a sub-genre. It will have […]
This will save you from zombies
You can’t fault the logic. This gun will save from you zombies. Pot will not. This wise poster comes from very demotivational.com who host a collection of such insight. Perhaps this is the basis on which all laws should be created. Rather than human rights we simply judge everything by its ability to help you […]
The Fuller Memorandum review
The Fuller Memorandum is the third book in Charles Stross’s Laundry Files series. I don’t know when the series became known as the Laundry Files, but as our hero works for the Laundry and I sometimes describe the series as the X-Files meets Lovecraft I guess the “Files” extra works. Of course, that description is […]
Stormtroopers invade NYC Subway car and carry off poor princess
This is awful! This poor woman – who has nothing to do with planning any galactic rebellions – was just trying to take a simple subway trip in New York. What happens next? A bunch of stormtroopers get on board, call in their boss who suggests some transmissions had been sent … and, oh, it’s […]
Doctor Who writers to pen new Sherlock
File this under “Ooh; looks interesting”. The BBC are gearing up for three new, 90-minute, Sherlock Holmes films. This new Sherlock mini-series was co-crated by Steven Moffat (in charge of the Matt Smith season of Doctor Who) and Mark Gatiss (who played Doctor Lazarus for the Tenth Doctor and who wrote Victory of the Daleks). […]
Sega goes crazy – promotes mutant blue lump / Sonic “hat”
This blue object is a Sonic the Hedgehog hat. No, really. It is! It’s a magical hat that transforms from “what the heck is that!” to “that’s awesome!” with just the application of a beer (or one small brandy). Let’s say you’ve had that beer (or one small brandy) and now fancy the so-called hat. […]
Shark attack! Just when you thought it was safe to return to the building
This rather excellent photograph comes to us via DCist and one of their regulars. Can you guess who runs the building? It’s the Discovery Channel. Shark week! All I can think of is voice-over man intoning; “Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the building…” I wonder if its caused any […]
Real life fantasy adventures – where is this face?
Over at the RPG Corner Sirlarkins has posted this fantastic picture of a cave/temple opening. We’re told it’s in a park outside Rome. Cool, huh? I want to know more. I’ve not had much luck with the search engines in finding the name of the park or anything about this face. I’ve even used TinEye […]
