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books
John Peel - 'Margrave of the Marshes' : 4* (Unsurprisingly, goes downhill after he dies)
manga
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' #1 : 3*
games
Jak 3 (PS2) - 4*
In short, nothing I've loved and nothing I've hated this week. Next week, we have a new Gemma Hayes album, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and Neal Stephenson's 'Snow Crash'.
John Peel - 'Margrave of the Marshes' : 4* (Unsurprisingly, goes downhill after he dies)
manga
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' #1 : 3*
games
Jak 3 (PS2) - 4*
In short, nothing I've loved and nothing I've hated this week. Next week, we have a new Gemma Hayes album, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and Neal Stephenson's 'Snow Crash'.
It's not like command-Z is my most-used shortcut anyway
...8 hours later...
Work in progress
Thanks. Yeah, cheers.
The legally-mandated Tuesday political post
Iraq
I try not to comment too much on politics and current affairs here - there are other, better, places for that kind of commentary - but yesterday's bombing of the Palestine and Sheraton Hotels in Baghdad stands out, if only for one thing:
"The third bomber, driving a cement lorry laden with explosives..."
- BBC News.
If we weren't in trouble before...
I try not to comment too much on politics and current affairs here - there are other, better, places for that kind of commentary - but yesterday's bombing of the Palestine and Sheraton Hotels in Baghdad stands out, if only for one thing:
"The third bomber, driving a cement lorry laden with explosives..."
- BBC News.
If we weren't in trouble before...
"In this life, in this universe"
music
If you're a fan of Rilo Kiley, then you'll like the Metasciences ('Four Color Love Story' is my new favourite thing).
And if you're not a fan of Rilo Kiley, then you should be.
If you're a fan of Rilo Kiley, then you'll like the Metasciences ('Four Color Love Story' is my new favourite thing).
And if you're not a fan of Rilo Kiley, then you should be.
It's started...
Out of love
games / playstation
I think I've fallen out of love with my Playstation.
It's a lot like that point in a relationship when you realise that you don't feel as strongly about each other as you used to, but don't feel the gap is large enough to call it a day. My PS2 and I, we know there's something wrong. It could be all over.
We used to spend so much time together, racing cars, kicking a ball about, rescuing princesses. These days, I'll read a book, or listen to some music and the console will just sit there and stare at me with its one, good, red eye.
Games are boring at the moment. But, that said, there's this sexy little thing that wants to give me its number...
I think I've fallen out of love with my Playstation.
It's a lot like that point in a relationship when you realise that you don't feel as strongly about each other as you used to, but don't feel the gap is large enough to call it a day. My PS2 and I, we know there's something wrong. It could be all over.
We used to spend so much time together, racing cars, kicking a ball about, rescuing princesses. These days, I'll read a book, or listen to some music and the console will just sit there and stare at me with its one, good, red eye.
Games are boring at the moment. But, that said, there's this sexy little thing that wants to give me its number...
Y'know somedays
..Don't you just hate your job?
(Edit: To provide some context, when you've spent a whole week doing boring, crappy web design backend stuff with no discernible end product.)
(Edit: To provide some context, when you've spent a whole week doing boring, crappy web design backend stuff with no discernible end product.)
0 word reviews
Been doing a lot of working and not too much of anything else of late, so the review cupboard's looking a little bare I'm afraid.
Anyhow, here's a paltry attempt to lay the table...
Music
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine : 4* (I defy anyone to find a more joyful pop song than the title track released in the past six months.)
Books
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell : 5*
Anyhow, here's a paltry attempt to lay the table...
Music
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine : 4* (I defy anyone to find a more joyful pop song than the title track released in the past six months.)
Books
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell : 5*
Tossing on camera
Not like that, you sick puppies.
Sorry, I just couldn't resist the chance for a single entendre. Anyway, BoingBoing gives us pictures taken when people throw their cameras in the air:
Flickr: The Camera Toss Pool.
Sorry, I just couldn't resist the chance for a single entendre. Anyway, BoingBoing gives us pictures taken when people throw their cameras in the air:
Flickr: The Camera Toss Pool.
Every once in a while
It's been a while since there's been a truly awesome Guinness ad (links to QT .mov), hasn't it? #
With these hands...
...I have created something that did not exist this morning, from little more than the thoughts in my head.
Ok, and a fairly powerful computer, but still.
Art and its cousin design might be the nearest thing to real magic we have left.
Ok, and a fairly powerful computer, but still.
Art and its cousin design might be the nearest thing to real magic we have left.
I'd type, but laughing makes my hands shake
I only understand 5% of this link...
...but that doesn't mean I don't love it.
Open all hours
Ronnie Barker died this morning.
#
Update - from the comments in the above link...
"John Peel dies, but Chris Moyles lives.
Robin Cook dies, but Geoff Hoon lives.
Ronnie Barker dies, but Jim Davidson lives.
There is no God."
#
Update - from the comments in the above link...
"John Peel dies, but Chris Moyles lives.
Robin Cook dies, but Geoff Hoon lives.
Ronnie Barker dies, but Jim Davidson lives.
There is no God."
New photos
If you head on over to my photostream at Flickr, you can check out a bunch of photos of the Scottish Parliament I took a couple of weeks ago. Go, go now!
Out of the loop
There's a newsagent in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary across the way from where I'm working at the moment. I stopped by to pick my newspaper this morning and found someone on a ladder poking around in the ceiling and a couple of official-looking suits milling around at the bottom of the ladder. Wearing hard hats, which none of the customers had. I'm sure it makes sense, but I can't shake the feeling that they knew something fairly important, and weren't telling us...
This week's 0 word reviews
Music
Laura Veirs - 'Year Of Meteors' : 4.
Sleater-Kinney - 'The Woods' : 3.
The Cat Empire - 'Two Shoes' : 5*.
Film
Bad Boys : 2.
Books
Yukio Mishima - 'Spring Snow' : 4.
Games
FIFA 2006 (EA Sports, PS2) : 3.
Laura Veirs - 'Year Of Meteors' : 4.
Sleater-Kinney - 'The Woods' : 3.
The Cat Empire - 'Two Shoes' : 5*.
Film
Bad Boys : 2.
Books
Yukio Mishima - 'Spring Snow' : 4.
Games
FIFA 2006 (EA Sports, PS2) : 3.
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