Sanity… fading…

Insanity | Linkage | penge @ 19:46, March 31st, 2006.

Watch. Observe. Look bewildered and then begin to laugh.
To anyone that can watch 10,000 repititions without going completely mad, I shall award you with a magic spoon.

Mass-ters of the Universe

Linkage | Science / Technology | penge @ 19:00, March 31st, 2006.

Quickly! Break out the champagne! Why? Because Physicists have confirmed that neutrinos, which are thought to have played a key role during the creation of the Universe, have mass, of course!
Click here to read more about this joyous event.
What a brilliant day for the world at large. Firstly Humanity is aware that muon neutrinos have [...]

Super Mario Reloaded

Gaming | Linkage | Movies | trench @ 17:23, March 31st, 2006.

Apparently this is quite old, but I’ve only just caught it. A rather nicely done shot-for-shot remake of The Matrix Reloaded’s Burly Brawl.
With 2D Super Mario sprites.
Super Mario Reloaded
Reminded how fantastically well choreographed that scene is. Don’t worry readers, I’m aware I’m the only person who enjoyed The Matrix Reloaded, there’s no need to alert [...]

He be strong

Imagery | Observations of Life | penge @ 00:00, March 31st, 2006.

On the way to the Feisty Kims grandma’s house, we drive through a small village called Preston Capes. Perhaps it’s a curse cast over the village, maybe it’s a genetic disposition, who knows, but whenever we drive through Preston Capes, I always have to make some reference to Britains most famous strong man, Geoff Capes.
It [...]

Cadburies Vampire

Insanity | Observations of Life | penge @ 16:27, March 29th, 2006.

It’s a worrying moment when you announce that you would like chocolate blood just so you can cut yourself and then drink the blood as it pours from your wrist.
It’s even more worrying when you make this announcement to yourself and in a terrible Transylvanian accent, one not dissimilar to ‘The Count‘ from Sesame Street.

Ernest Borgnine Quote of the Week

Comedy | False Role Models | Horror | Movies | trench @ 12:01, March 29th, 2006.

(On Brokeback Mountain)
“I didn’t see it and I don’t care to see it. If John Wayne were alive, he’d be rolling over in his grave.”
Never a truer word said. I imagine the rolling would be followed by frantic searching for gaps and then terrified screams until the available oxygen was used up.

Single tear.

Television | trench @ 19:13, March 28th, 2006.

Development: Arrested

Sticks?

Bodily Harm | Observations of Life | penge @ 17:21, March 28th, 2006.

So that I don’t forget my ideas, when I think of something that I can put onto Linkage I hastily tap it into a text file. I was looking through the text file of brilliantly original thinking yesterday when I saw a single line, which read :
‘Ginger kid being beaten with sticks.’
I have absolutely no [...]

Camelot and rice

Food | Insanity | Observations of Life | penge @ 21:45, March 27th, 2006.

I was walking through the mighty Northampton the other day and my keen eyes spotted a restaurant. An Indian Restaurant, serving authentic Indian food, made in a traditional Indian way, using only the finest Indian ingredients. The name of this very Indian place?
Merlins Tandoori.
Merlin? The ancient and legendary wizard of the round table? I’m sure he was [...]

(Shatner voice) Heeeeennrryyyy!

Linkage | trench @ 17:59, March 26th, 2006.

Chud have an interview with the man himself, Henry Rollins.
I’m an angry person anyway, so I walk out of these things so overwhelmed by raw emotion – sadness you get when you see guys half your age with their legs gone, and this anger. I see
the President on vacation. Why are you taking a six [...]

Ellis reports: Space Travel Could Speed Up Aging Process

Bodily Harm | Geek | Science / Technology | trench @ 17:28, March 25th, 2006.

Internet Jesus Warren Ellis links to a PysOrg article.
The theory of relativity tells us that the faster you travel through space, the slower you travel through time. Rocketing to Alpha Centauri—warp 9, please—is a good way to stay young.
Or is it?
Some researchers are beginning to believe that space travel could have the opposite [...]

OblIVion

Gaming | Geek | Xbox 360 | trench @ 23:36, March 24th, 2006.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has been given a coveted 10/10 by refreshingly honest gaming site, Eurogamer. Which, by all accounts, makes it the 360’s first killer app. Along with my newfound appreciation for decent RPGs, (courtesy of Star Wars: KOTOR and the awesome Fable), it’s time to start saving for one of those creamy [...]

He ain’t heavy, he’s my counterpart

Observations of Life | penge @ 20:09, March 23rd, 2006.

Is it just me, or when someone is speaking about driving licences and they mention the “Paper counterpart” does anyone else immediately think of a person made entirely of paper? Like Flat Stanley, only plainer and more A4-ish.
“Hi, do you have your paper counterpart?”
“Why yes, he’s right here.”
*paper man waves animatedly*
… just me then. Fair [...]

Musings of the spud

Food | Observations of Life | penge @ 20:39, March 22nd, 2006.

I’ve been pondering something for a while now. Potatoes. If you leave some potatoes in a darkened cupboard for a few weeks, they grow those horrible little ‘eyes’ that you have to chop off. How?! Surely the potato, since leaving the ground, is dead, destined not to grow any more. Carrots don’t grow extra little [...]

Worry-mongering commuters give gamer the sack.

Gaming | Geek | Observations of Life | trench @ 20:27, March 21st, 2006.

What kind of sick, anti-gaming world are we living in when a grown man cannot play on his PSP whilst simultaneously driving a bus jammed with commuters? Thanks nanny state.
Yet the Metro reports that that’s exactly what happened after miserable passengers complained about the driver in question. (Eurogamer confirms the article). Apparently the sounds of [...]