Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Transformers

Check out the Trailer. I have done - albeit in silence - so I look forward to seeing more of this soon.
Even though there is only a split second view - the Camaro is in there :D

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Cool trailers, SG and something teary.

Having literally just watched Die Hard 2 - here's a trailer for Die Hard 4!. John's still got it...
Shrek was a great movie. The sequel, I think, was even better. Here's Shrek The Third. The trailer is better than Shrek 2...

Hands up who like Stargate? ME! (There's no emoticon for a hand..). Well here is some awesome news. Oh hell yes.

And lastly something from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air that actually made me cry. If it doesn't work for you, you have no soul.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

A few links that got my attention...

Oops?. Quickly followed by 'You're fired!' I suspect :o
Why I love the XBox 360... Mass Effect. Indeed. Oh, and have you seen Gears of War? (drools)
Bungie talk about the Halo 3 trailer (yes, it also rocks).
Oh and you ALL know Leeroy Jenkins... or, do you?
Lastly.. Firefly kicks ass. So do the fans! Nuff said.

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Why I didn't build a V8 Calibra...

This creation is just wonderful. It makes me want to build a V8 Calibra... but the work involved is beyond my capabilities, monies and time. However, I think you should look. It's coming along nicely.
Yes.. it's not a Calibra - but it's close enough. :)


Tuesday, December 05, 2006

PS4 coming - but not before 2010...

Not exactly surprising news, but then again anything can happen; especially during these next-gen days. My only issue is; I'll probably only be able to afford a PS3 in 2010...

Halo 3 Advertisement


Monday, December 04, 2006

1054hp 997

It's just stuuupid, but I love it. Check it out here.
Looks like it means business - but pretty it ain't!

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Hmm, yeah...

Okay, so it's a stock-blogger template, but it's pretty nice I think. I am going to mess with it so bear with me. Eventually the whole site will look nice and fresh. Let's see where it goes.

And, if it suddenly looks 'wrong' that'll be me. :)

Updating...

So the site may go down.. or even worse, look crap.

More blue devil news...

Looky here for some pics of the Corvette Blue Devil in testing... could be 6.2 litres and a big charger giving in the region of 650bhp...

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Stuff

Well it's been nearly three weeks since my last update - and with good reason. Beyond sleep, I've pretty much had no time to myself. Not that I can complain, busy is good.

So, the PS3 exists. Good luck to it - it's hideously expensive and not even in the UK yet. Boo.
The Wii is out (and over here on the 8th... right near my birthday) and I reckon it's a winner. I can't wait to have a go myself.
I now have a 'new' XBox 360 - my last one died recently due to bad weather (maybe the sky was the wrong colour). But it's sat in my lounge awaiting a TV to plug it in to. Yup, a pre-req is a TV. Shocker.

The Deanus and I are now getting our fingers out and building our site Helos which, when done, will be our portal for web building. We might even make a buck.

If you're out for a new phone, then I heartily recommend the Orange SPV M3100. Not only is it a phone, but it's a PDA and 2MP Camera. I bought it simply because I needed more info on the move and with it's slide-out QWERTY keyboard and built-in WIFI it covers all the bases. Marvellous.

Observation for today: As a bike rider I am the forgotten about, and pushed aside user of the road. But even I obey the road rules. YOU car drivers do not have right over me - so beeping your horn as I move over to turn right does automatically mean I'm in the wrong you wrinkly old cow.
Red lights, as far as I'm aware, mean STOP. You know, slow down, halt etc. So why, oh why, do I see you monkies (every single day) driving through that red light on the Eastern Road/Farlington roundabout? Okay - so it goes red as you go through it - fine (yellow still means stop your car fool) but once it's red does that mean 12 cars can safely drive through? No. It does not. Shame on you. Hopefully you'll be caught and/or be involved in an accident that smashes your nice BMW up. Fools.
Let's hope you don't kill the cyclist with right of way.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

MPH '06

Another brilliant show this year (I have yet to upload the pics), but something I just came across here gives you an idea of what we watched :P

Friday, October 27, 2006

8-Core Macs... oh, yes please!

Read about it here then want one. Why? Why not I say!

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Bupa Great South Run

After seeing this I thought I'd write my own little bit on running. In particular, last weekend's Bupa Great South Run in Portsmouth. It's a 10 mile road run around the Southsea area on the south coast of England, taking in the entire seafront itself as well as Old Portsmouth.
This year is the second year I've done it (1hr 26 first time round, 1hr 21 this) and the first time I've done it barefoot.

Oh yes. Barefoot.

Why? Well that's not really a question that has a one line answer but here goes nuthin' :)

I've always felt more comfortable barefoot - well, yes, most people do (probably), but I mean when training. Be it a Circuits class, teaching or running. Admittedly I'd not done a huge amount of road running barefoot - mostly up to 4 miles and more recently up to about 7 miles. So far I'd really enjoyed it and the odd time it rained I'd even enjoyed being a child and splashing through the puddles :P

But 10 miles? Hmm. Well, why not I thought! I'd given myself an aim - run at least once a week, starting small (a mile, maybe more) on grass and then grass/concrete and finally just concrete. Of course, life does get in the way and that never really happened. Through June I did manage some grass running and had moved on to concrete (Southsea seafront) throughout the warmer months but in hindsight, you can never do too much!

To be blunt though, the last three weeks were really the only time I put foot to concrete and went out running. Thankfully, years of training that way have kept my feet strong enough not to worry about blisters and cycling 10/15 miles a day had kept my legs and back in trim.

On the day it rained. Really, properly, torrentially, threw it down. This was new - I like running in the rain, it's cooling and once you're wet, you're wet - but I'd been pretty lucky with my barefoot running in that I'd had the odd shower, run through the odd puddle and it'd been windy, but never like that! Over the course of 10 miles I was worried that my skin would soften too much and cause me problems - well, it didn't happen. Not even slightly! Bit of a bonus that.

Would I do it again? Yup! I'll be doing it next year - hoping to better my time and I'll be training harder and longer and putting in some half-marathon distances in as well as I'd really like to do a full marathon barefoot (crazy is as crazy does).

One thing I like to mention is that we weren't born with shoes - nor did we evolve initially with them, and there have been many runners like myself (and I'm no natural runner, believe me) so it's not that weird. Modern lifestyles and made us softer, less tolerant of nature and I'm not subscribing to it. :)

Oh, and I would do your research before casting off your shoes - there's nothing worse that getting hurt trying something new! ;)

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

WoW:BC delayed

If, and only if, the above line makes sense can you read the following. Go nuts. See you in January ;)

Lik Sang shut down

Oh Sony.. why do you hate us so much?

Read about it here.

Friday, October 13, 2006

I'm selling my house :O

Have a looksee.

Yup, the time has come. The Monaro (pictured) needs a garage and with Gemma and I living under the same roof, we need more space and, well, it's time to move on. Not that I'm not happy, I am. I just want more. More more more. Gimmie.

Plus I like the idea of polishing the beast even when it's tipping it down outside. Hell yeah! :D

The first VXR500 review

And it's tasty!!! Want. Getting. So there. :)

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

The blame game

Few will argue that Jeremy Clarkson has a way with words. I'm pretty certain that over the course of his career, he's mainly made a name for himself for his use of words, and metaphor - and this article does him, and Richard Hammond proud.

Read it. Laugh, and don't feel bad about doing so.

News travels... supercharged!

So news of the VXR 500 has reached the Monaro's homeland. Read about it here

No idea what the 500 is? Why not read this?.

And yes, I do want one. I WILL own one and so on. Etc. For those of you who know me, it's best not to ask. :)