Spidey 3!

May 2007 is the date. Anything else? Sure, get over to either E! Online or Aint it cool news to read about Parker's new love interest :)
Though it may not interest you, she's the original love interest from the comics that died in the scene that Mary-Jane did not from Spidey 1 (the bridge at the end). So I'm not entirely sure how that works.. lol.

More Friends?

Hollywood.com is reporting that Friends may (well, will) be returning in 2007 for four hour-long specials with all six of our favourites back for more!
This comes off the back of the news that Joey isn't doing well and may be cancelled (damn!). Not only that, but there may be a show called "It's a guy thing" featuring Ross, Chandler and Joey (no idea where the girls got to) too.. odd? Sure, but why not :)

Added some more pics...

...to the Calibra page. Just a recent MIG meets I attended. Thanks to Dan1 and JamieF for taking them. :)

Calibra page updated...

"Slack bastard" is phrase that springs to mind quite nicely here. Almost a YEAR since my last update. How sad is that? Christ, what a prat. God even knows where my other pics are (I'm sure I have more to add!).

Anyway - check out the two pics I've uploaded. :)

Switching to Windows? Not as easy as you'd think!

Here's a great article on moving from Linux to Windows. . Who'd do that?!

So...

..what will this new year bring?
Hopefully, for me, a new job and maybe a holiday/car/etc :p

But what has captured my attention this last week?

How about the 2009 Camaro? Yup - that'll do for a start. :)
Or the Dodge Challenger concept? Well, sure why not? This is everything the Charger should have been, but wasn't (in my eyes).

Also, the CES show is on over in the US. Get over to CES Uncovered to see the best in upcoming electronic fun for the next year or so (including MS announcing a HD DVD drive for the 360!).

I'll be sure to find something else cool soon :)

PS. Anyone want a dead Rover 214Si? Hateful things.

Happy New Year!

Here's to 2006. And. Stuff.

I hope you all have a great year. I hope mine is even better :D

The intrawebnet is all interesting and stuff

Righto.

First off, in 10 days (according to SciFi.com) we get SG-1, Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica back on US TV screens. I cannot wait for BG, it's just been announced as best show of 2005. Hardly surprising really eh! Oh the joy!

Second, get over to Apple.com and check out next years new movies. The likes of X3, MI:3 and Miami Vice. 2006 looks to be a lot of fun at the movies!

Finally, for now, don't forget the likes of CTRLALTDEL-ONLINE, Streaptease comics and Red Vs Blue. :)

Ah it's been weeks

I have an excuse. I really do. Um.
Well, you see, I've been made redundant. Not a surprise really but it's happened. Adding to that that I've also had to take holiday (yeah end stuff) and the little factoid of Gemma being home means I haven't really been at the computer all that much. Since I don't need to go in to work any more either I don't have that need to type bollocks instead of working. Yet. I still have to find a job though of course but I'm kinda hoping I'll be busy in the next one. Who knows though, eh?

There has been loads going on though of course! My Birthday came and passed (and I blogged that little event) and now Christmas just slid by without anyone noticing at all.
How did I do? Well I got a nice Maya DVD which I intend to use to learn about the software (because I know squat at the moment). A nice shirt (both from Gemma.. ) and one of those Tassimo coffee/tea/choco machines too. Nice. :)

I also picked up a UK copy of World of Warcraft. Why? Well the reason is two-fold. One; I'm online when the rest of the "World" is and Two; everyone I know as moved over too. Hmm.
My character name is "Garrak", a Tauren Warrior and I'm "The Maelstrom". So if you see me about, say "Hi".

It's been nice to relax over the holiday period and I will go in to January with new gusto to find a job and sort myself out. :)

So... I'll post before year end, but to all those who read this: Happy New Year to you all and good luck in whatever comes your way. :)

2nd part of John Smedley interview (SWG)

You can read it here Interesting fellow.
Will SWG "beat the crap out of World of Warcraft"? I doubt it.

Introducing Spartan 458

Get a 360 and then DOA 4... and meet her.
"How can we say that with a straight face? Shut up is how!" :D

The internet is for porn...

Damn funny

A few bits for you

Have a look at this. It's an article about effects being used with the Source graphic engine (Half Life 2). It shows how the eye works (not literally) and how games will, and are, beginning to show 'real life' effects within the graphics engine.
To that effect, you will see varying focus, motion blur and even special "film" effects like ageing and colour correction very soon. Quite cool. There are some videos there (that I haven't gotten round to downloading) that demo the effects too.

An interview with John Smedly on SWG and what is happening to this particular MMO. Sounds like 2006 may be interesting after all :)

Anyone see Top Gear last night? That's what it's all about - fantasy. I love it.

Firstly...

...I've not been online much in the last week as I've been at home (taking holiday) and really didn't surf the net all that much. So there wasn't much to post!
Secondly, it was Gemma's 21st yesterday (Happy Birthday honey!). We had a really nice day too :)

Hopefully I'll be back to normal this week. But then again, it's busy here at work - so you never know.

I'm 27 today

It's really quite depressing.

Can't sleep either so that's why I'm posting at 1:25am!

But I did just come across this amazing find. A bloke collects cars and parts.. gets paranoid that they'll get stolen so he sticks it all in 21 trailors and welds them shut. He dies.. and they are opened up.

Worth isn't even funny... millions easily. SUCH a cool find!

XBox 360 commeth

It's XBox360 day at midnight tonight (Friday 2nd December 2005).
300,000 units for Europe, so around 50,000 in the UK. Pre-orders won't be met, let alone shelved machines...

Good luck to anyone going to try and find one!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Last night I took my mum (ahhh) to see the above film.
At nearly 3 hours, it continues the HP trend of keeping your bum in a seat and yet seeming only 90 minutes long. A clever trick indeed.
I can honestly say that this is the strongest Potter film yet - even if it feels like they've missed a good 70% of the book out (and I dare say, it was necessary too).
The film is pretty unrelentless throughout - hardly stopping for any real dialogue or character development. Simply plowing through one action scene to the next - and it's quite the ride!
If you've read the book, you may feel cheated. I did not; it's fabulous.
I'd give it a 9/10. Easy. My only concern would be for the littleuns. It's pretty scary for a childrens film and at 180 minutes it's also very long - but if they are like me (a big kid) then there should be no problem!

Ironically - looking at the films on at the moment, Harry Potter is not the longest. Nearly every movie on at the cinema is 2 hours long. Narnia is 160 minutes and King Kong is 210! Madness.

Play Quake 2 in a Java app

Right here. Clever eh?

Okay, I'm still downloading it (and it'll run like poo on this box) but I like the idea. I expect one day, all apps will be web-driven (installed/run from the host). Other than 3.6gb games of course... but then again... :p

Alias cancelled

I came to Alias late.. so I'm a bit peeved to see it ending after only 5 seasons. I understand why though.. mostly because it'd lose most of it's main characters. Still annoying though eh. :(

Shooting padlocks

Ever see in a film how the lead will use a handgun to blow a lock off a door?

Well... it can't be done. Kinda surprising what it actually takes to do it too! :)