Silent Hill movie looking promising

Looks nice and dark too - if it's anything like the game then it should come packaged with some spare underwear. Click the image to watch the trailer:

Ghost Rider video trailer

Very brief, but looks good - let's hope they can keep the style of the comic book intact. Click the image below to go through to the video:

"Torn" for the deaf

Heh. This is actually pretty fun. Torn - Best Kareoke Ever !!! Video on Metacafe

Glenn Feron - The Art of Retouching

How much does the camera (or retoucher) lie? A hell of a lot! Glenn Feron - The Art of Retouching

Want to know how you'll die?

Apparently, this is how I'll go:

After haggling over the price of meat, an enraged butcher whips you to death with a large beef tongue.

I always thought it would be Ox tongue. Never mind. The Death Psychic (woOOoooOOooo)

1st televised perfect game of darts

I'm quite a fan of watching darts - it's one of those slob on the couch sports that can suddenly get really tense. I also seem to be a fan of sports where it's down to individual talents as opposed to opponents stopping you. E.G. I don't watch football, but do like snooker and darts. Anyways, the great Ted Lowe puts away a 9-dart finish here for the 1st time on TV. I actually thought I'd seen this done by an oriental guy and it was the 1st time, but never mind. Watch the clip, if only for the comedy English accent. It's actually what I'm meant to sound like as I'm from Dorset, but thankfully I don't :) GorillaMask.net: Perfect Game of Darts

How geeky are you?

I love reading articles like this, but it's not for those with short attention spans. New Scientist SPACE - Features - 13 things that do not make sense If you like the article, then there are also 2 great books you can read: The Magic Furnace by Marcus Chown The Universe Next Door: Twelve Mind-blowing Ideas from the Cutting Edge of Science by Marcus Chown

マイクロコンポーネントHDDシステム UX-HD1-M 製品紹介 ビクター

This mad looking link and post title is actually an ideal hi-fi for me - it has a built in 40Gb hard drive. Since I have about 17,000 MP3s this is the sort of thing I'm after. Will wait for a review though... マイクロコンポーネントHDDシステム UX-HD1-M 製品紹介 ビクター

Great game

I think midge will like this: The Queen's Jewels

Respiratory failure

These are (probably) my lungs. They're knackered. If I cough any more today I'm going to throw up. Being ill SUCKS. This is Covonia, bronchial pharmacy-only cough medicine. It's revolting. I've taken it twice today and nearly thrown up each time. Being ill REALLY SUCKS. This is Family Guy, which has been doing its level best to cheer me up while I hack up more of my alveoli (I knew that Biology A-Level would come in handy one day). This is a strange little picture I found online when searching for "cough". I think it's a representation of whatever is trying to kill me at the moment. Little furry bastard and his stupid beady eyes.

Male primal mating rituals

Genius podcast where a radio station posted an 'adult' classified ad in Craig's List and recorded the answer machine messages from guys. Dear God, some of these guys are messed up! Had me in tears it's so funny, check it out (NSFW!) PS - you'll need to skip the music tracks at the start... MP3

Premiere Magazine: The 25 Most Shocking Moments in Movie History

Premiere Magazine: The 25 Most Shocking Moments in Movie History

Watching all six Star Wars movies simultaneously

This nutter ripped all 6 DVDs, then composed them together into 1 video grid. During watching he noticed an awful lot of coincidental (?) simultaneous scenes, structures, character appearances etc. Interesting... Watching all six Star Wars movies simultaneously

Stevie wonder: Superstition live performance

A great performance of one of the great songs by one of the greatest artists. Enjoy. Stevie wonder: Superstition

1980 games - Old online video and arcade games for free

God bless whoever has done this. God Bless you! http://www.1980-games.com/us/

MirrorMask

This looks very trippy Sony Pictures - MirrorMask

Spider Catcher

Hee hee :) I got one of these for chrimbo :) Spider Catcher - I Want One Of Those

ThinkGeek :: Deflexion Laser Game

Why didn't they have this when I was a kid? I mean, Crossbows & Catapults was good but this is amazing! ThinkGeek :: Deflexion Laser Game

IFILM - Viral Video: Mr. T's Rap Song

It's an oldie, but dagnammit it's a goodie. IFILM - Viral Video: Mr. T's Rap Song -

The big book of BUSH

I was expecting something far more interesting. Shame. The big book of BUSH

A Myth that Rocks: The Premature Death of Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney died when he was 27 and has been replaced by an imposter. If you believe this horse-shit. A Myth that Rocks: The Premature Death of Paul McCartney

Passport to the Pub

I've had 2 discussions with different American girls about this recently. I explained that pub life is pivotal to the British way and is *the* social event for most - much more than cinema-going in the States. This guide is pretty funny, with keen-eyed snippets such as:

Before you can order at all, you must learn the correct bar-counter etiquette. You will notice that the bar counter of the pub is the only place in Britain in which anything is sold or served without the formation of a queue. Many visitors have observed that queuing is almost a national pastime for the British, who will automatically arrange themselves into an orderly line at bus stops, shop counters, ice-cream stalls, lifts, entrances, exits – and sometimes in the middle of nowhere for no apparent reason.

and

When the bar is busy, there are two positions which may be favourable for making eye-contact with bar staff. One is immediately opposite the till, as bar staff must return there after each sale. Skilled bar staff, however, are aware of the ‘till-position-manoeuvre’ and may have perfected gaze-avoidance techniques to prevent customers who adopt this strategy from jumping the queue.

and

The British quite frankly do not want to know your name, or shake your hand – or at least not until a proper degree of mutual interest has been well established (like maybe when you marry their daughter).

Also features a useful pet-hate list of bar staff, including one for me:

“People who order the Guinness last.”

Which I ensure I never do. Being that it's pretty much all I drink, the wait for my pint is long enough as it is. I don't need it extending, thank you very much.

INSANE Russian urban climbers

God damn these guys are in shape. Russian urban climbers

Photo rotator

Made the photo viewer you can see at the top today, to show some of my photos off. Code's below for anyone who wants it, feel free to use the ActionScript if you want: /* last_image is the number of images in the folder. Set in the OBJECT and EMBED tags. This could have been done in XML, but I felt like being old school :) */ // can set this for local testing // last_image = 3; // path to images picture_path = "http://leonmccomish.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/blog/images/"; // array to hold complete image paths picture_array = new Array(); for (var i=1; i 0) { this._alpha -= 2; } else { // once at 0, update the current_image pointer updateCurrentImage(); } } function updateCurrentImage() { // delete the fadeOut enterframe method from current image as it's already faded out delete _root["image_holder"+current_image].onEnterFrame; // loop the current_image pointer to the start if the last image is already being shown if (current_image == last_image) { current_image = 1; } else { current_image++; } // set the newly chosen image's enterFrame method to the fadeIn function _root["image_holder"+current_image].onEnterFrame = fadeIn; } // when set as a movieclip's enterFrame method, this fades it up to 100 alpha function fadeIn() { if (this._alpha < 100) { this._alpha += 2; } else { // once faded up, remove this function as the enterFrame method delete this.onEnterFrame; } }

Sky

I love photographing the sky. I think this may be one of the better ones I've captured:

Mofro live

OK. Now pay attention. Listen to the podcast below. Try to ignore the FUCKING RIDICULOUS voice the intro guy has. Then - listen to the 1st 3 tracks. They're by Mofro who I saw earlier in the year and are an incredible band. JJ (lead) cares deeply for his native Florida and has good shit to say about it. He did the same at the London gig I went to and I like him a lot for it. It's a crappy quality mp3 but he has such an incredible voice that it just doesn't matter. Listen now. Or I'll hunt you down while you sleep (if you're tasty - ha!) Mofro on www.themusicneverstopped.net podcast

Stupid signs

Honestly. What the hell is going on in some of these?! (Warning: drunk snowmen prone to vaulting fences) (Take heed, or you will be forced to mince at ostriches) (No spitting or your head may be sucked into a low-flying black hole) (Anyone else think this looks like a guy fucking a photocopier?!) (No fat chicks) (this is just plain stupid. "Beware deadly 1930's horror movie monsters about"?) (Attention! Spare ribs are not a play thing and may explode if roused) (Free gift with every car purchase! Pull lever) (Don't piss off the Cassowaries. They will kick your Morris Minor's ass) (HA!) (Dry-humping the doors can result in the loss of your bollocks) (Giants are not permitted to fraternise with the building equipment) If you're this stupid, you are not allowed to purchase our equipment. You muppet. (Do your utmost to prevent PacMan eating hotdogs as he is known to vomit violently, which may knock over your video tape collection. You have been warned) (Danger. Gary Glitter lurking. (Ouch - was that a bit harsh? :) )) (...and if you look down, you will see mexicans lunching in the wild) (Alert! Going down on a woman can blow her mind) (Run like hell from breakdancing idiots) (Stay sharp: Alcoholic Oompa-Loompas in the area) (Don't think I need to write one for this. Dear Lord…) (Caucasian men: You may want to question your other half's monogamy if this pops out of her) (Mincing in your Sunday best is strictly prohibited). This one damn near had me pissing myself with laughter (How the hell do you smoke a fire?) (Members of the Village People are not permitted to speak with businessmen) There's over 1600 more at flickr.com

Wow

Where the hell have I been? Not on holiday that's for sure. Just haven't felt inspired to write for a while. In fact - I don't know what the point of this blog is. But, fuck it. (Erk. That sentence could be interpreted wrong if read aloud. Ha!) Then... So, yesterday I bade farewell to 2 good friends and co-workers, who just happen to be 2 of the best creatives I've ever worked with. Really gonna miss you boys (just flashed through my mind that pets probably say that moments before castration. How odd). The office is not going to be the same - gonna be interesting to see how it is from now on. I don't rightly know if I can get any louder/active myself without seriously pissing someone off, but hey-ho. At least there's a pocket rocket Kiwi for now. Yowzer. Now... Browsing for things online, I've just come across this book: Extra Extraordinary chickens. Anyone else think that's somewhat odd? So, I'm sitting here filling up the ipod nano I bought for my sis for xmas. Quite fun - she's going to love it and I'm filling it with her music: Duran Duran, Stereophonics, Chaka Khan etc Soon... (Much needed) Haircut tomorrow, xmas shop browsing. Bulk done, but need 'bits'. City of God tonight, and maybe another flick. Good meal, some Chablis. Niceness. --- HA! Quality. Sweet-voiced Nina Gordon sings "Straightouttacompton" by NWA. Nothing weirder than hearing those lyrics sung with that voice :) Nina Gordon - Straightouttacompton As if I needed any more reasons to flat-out LOVE Family Guy, watch this clip. Holy crap! 8-foot LEGO replica Rebel attack cruiser

Argh! Busy...

But did get sent this today which is very funny. Seems to be the world's only truthful marketing website :) Have a read of all the sections, plus go to "contact us" and submit the form without entering any data. Most amusing - heh. http://www.huhcorp.com/

Cough. Cough. Splutter.

Phew. It's been a week of it. Missed writing on here but just haven't had the time. Down 1 digital producer again at work so it's busy as hell. New one next week though so should get easier. Managed to stay in Monday and Tuesday, watch films and eat a good meal. Went badly wrong from there though and have been on big nights out Wed, Thu and Fri. Fell asleep on the Tube again last night so ended up in Morden (2 stops past my place). Took fucking aaaaaages to walk home so I woke up quite stunningly late today - it was gone noon. Off to Carnaby St/SOHO tonight to meet up with old Uni mates. Should be a laugh and I know the area pretty well - Red Bar makes some great mojitos. Civilised lunch with my sis and her newly-babied friends tomorrow. Also have Collateral and I heart huckabees to watch at some point. I'm a bit of an obsessive firefox extension trialler. Just found this one, courtesy of downloadsquad, and it solves a long-standing irritation I've had with FF. It allows you to drag/drop re-order the search engines in the dropdown and also right-click and remove them. Essential plug-in. Slashdot has an article about bionic hands which is pretty creepy interesting. I read I, Cyborg by Professor Kevin Warwick a few years ago and it's amazing how quickly things have caught up since then. Interesting read by the way. Not the best written book in the world, but the part where he and his wife were comminucating via electrix impluse is damned impressive. BTW, new image in the header is one I took in Las Vegas.