Happy New Year everyone! We all have the fun of a general election to look forward to in a few months (as I'm now back on the electoral roll, I'll join in this time), and a chance to decide who'll run the country into ruin for the next few years. No Obama like candidates for us, so looks like it's a choice between dumb and dumber. Isn't democracy

The Daily Mail always seems keen to kick the boot in, so it's not that surprising that they're ripping in Avatar with this over-the-top anti-review.

While I'm not that keen on what I've seen of it myself, I wish they'd keep their hyperbole in check. while Cameron has over the years started to get a bit excessive with the budgets, Aliens most ( Read more... )

NASA have a sense of humour... Check out this Spitzer Science Center promo video:

Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide (Felicia Day, Sean Astin... sort of)

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I'm currently playing Tomb Raider: Underworld, after picking it up cheap for the Xbox 360 and, while looking for a walk-through guide online, found an amusing little web site - the home page of a French girl, who goes by the name of Tif, who's really into Lara Croft cosplay. I think this might just be as away of kick starting a modeling career, or ( Read more... )

As if the whole Balloon Boy story isn't amusing enough, this article really cracks me up. The story goes that Richard Heene staged the hoax to make the family martketable for their own reality TV show, so he could earn enough money to build an apocalypse bunker due to his fears about the world ending in 2012. The killer quote for me is: "... he ( Read more... )

Oh, bloody hell. I really want one of the new iMacs.

I mean, multi-touch mouse!?! C'mon...

Nice timing, what with Windows 7 coming out at midnight. Coincidence? And is anyone really going to hit PC World on Oxford Street at midnight just to buy a copy? Could be worse, maybe you're uber sad and wanna host a Windows 7 party!!!! Those people have to ( Read more... )

Ordered the new Nerina Pallot album The Graduate 2CD Play.com Exclusive today. Hopefully get it Monday or Tuesday. Not heard any of the new tracks, but big fan of the last album. She looks pretty cute in the cover photo of her in a bunny costume too:


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I find myself slowly starting to respect David Mitchell:

The truth about the recession:

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David Mitchell and Dara O’Briain on Homeopathy & Psychics

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The new house is still a massive work in progress, so don't expect any wide-angle shots of it anytime soon, but here's a few close-ups of some things I have got semi-organized -

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