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June 27, 2005

The end of Countdown Conundrums

Richard “Twice Nightly” Whitely has died aged 61. Known to millions as the jovial host of Countdown and once savaged live on television by a ferret, he shall be missed. MeFi currently has a thread of tributes:

“He touched our hearts with his gentle good humour, his marvellous sense of fun and his unblemished gentlemanly conduct - save only for his lecherous ogling of Carol’s first-class knockers, of course. Truly a British institution, and I for one am extremely sad at his passing. My sympathies to his family and all those who enjoyed Countdown as much as I did.”

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June 24, 2005

Conspiracy

A hot Friday afternoon; nothing better than a crackpot conspiracy theory regarding Hollywood’s newest hot couple.

“We know that Cruise auditioned several actresses for this role before settling on Holmes. This column reported a story about Jennifer Garner. There have been published stories about Kate Bosworth, Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Alba being approached.

A newer one involves Scarlett Johansson, who ran for her life when presented with a fait accompli dinner at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood.”

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June 22, 2005

Public Service Announcement

http://www.freekatie.net/

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June 21, 2005

Snowy, I can see the pub from here!

Looks like Google have not only released high resolution satellite photos for most of the UK but also now has coverage for the entire world.

Millennium Dome
Tate Modern and the Wibbly Wobbly Bridge
Big Ben and the Millennium Eye

Post other landmarks in the comments…

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June 14, 2005

Touting Charity Tickets? Not On.

“The people who are selling these tickets on websites are miserable wretches who are capitalising on people’s misery. I am appealing to their sense of decency to stop this disgusting greed.”

Oh but wait, Ebay are big enough to say:

“We have offered to make a donation to the Live 8 organisers at least equivalent to the fees we collect from the sale of Live 8 tickets.”

So, you know, that’s all alright then. Because it’s nothing to do with principles…

Update: It seems that now ebay have decided to remove all ticket sales: “Our customers said they were concerned about the profiteering rap being connected with the name of the site they’re so passionate about.” Spin, spin, spin.

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June 9, 2005

These are not the plot holes you are looking for…

Having spent a weekend a while back with friends watching the entire Star Wars double trilogy in order one of the plot holes that stood out for me was the whole Obi-Wan not telling Luke anything about his father until much later in the series. And Yoda acting just plain mental when he first appears in Empire Strikes Back. And R2D2 never telling Luke anything about all the stuff it had seen. Nor C3PO learning from R2D2. (Not to mention the whole issue of whether Luke could understand R2D2 without a translation screen.) Which are all nicely vented and partially explained by Lucas apologists on AskMe; my favourist site.

I can’t wait for the super-duper-special-edition of Stars Wars with new Obi-Wan dialogue:

“Oh yeah, your dad built the yappy one and modded the hell out of the squat one. Yeah, that was right before I chopped off three of his limbs and left him for dead on the bank of a river of lava. I wouldn’t have done that, but I had to get back to your mom’s ship to see if she was okay after your dad choked her in fit of rage. She was upset that he killed a bunch of children and pledged himself to an evil dictator who plunged the galaxy into twenty years of darkness and oppression. Oh, we better go. Sandpeople soon return and in bigger numbers. I guess your dad missed a few when he killed them in a murderous rage after they tortured your grandma.”
- keswick

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June 7, 2005

Pavlov’s Log?

“Why do bookstores and libraries make me poop?”

Bestest AskMe question.

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June 2, 2005

The Usual Suspects

If you haven’t seen The Usual Suspects then don’t bother with the following link.

Sound Lies - achieving closure in The Usual Suspects - shot-by-shot guide to the 57 cuts in 74 seconds of the dying moments of the film.

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radio 4evar!

More proof that nowerdays all the cool kids listen to Radio 4:

Matthew: The Archers is the ultimate accompanyment to documentation updates.
Matthew: It’s Gardener’s Question Time after this.
Matthew: Rock with a dash of roll.
Wrighty: Friends don’t let friends listen to Womens’ Hour.
Matthew: Why can’t Start The Week be on every day?
Wrighty: And what’s up with Mid-Week only being on Wednesdays?
Matthew: I know - those schedulers are bastards.
Wrighty: I think they must have gone to the Ronseal School Of Naming.
Wrighty: Although it’s Today rather than This Morning.
Wrighty: (Thankfully.)
Matthew:: I like to call it John Humphreys Being Rude
Wrighty: He’s a part-timer though.
Matthew: You can’t produce that amount of venom five days a week
Matthew: It’s just not humanly possible.

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June 1, 2005

A Gamers’ Manifesto

Instant-Failure Stealth Levels. Ack. This brings back horrible memories of a Goldeneye level where if you tripped an alarm, an infinite number of bad guys poured forth. We knew a man who failed that level 37 times, then got the Infinite Health cheat for it and came back. He intentionally tripped the alarm, the guards rushed out. Laughing maniacally, he proceeded to shoot those fuckers for four hours, killing 1,183 of them - 682 with groin shots - before his thumbs cramped up. Your game should not create this kind of bitterness.

A Gamers’ Manifesto - all the collective hope and desire for next generation consoles wrapped up neatly in angry vitriol.

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