Archive for February, 2008

Wobble

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

A tiny little earthquake hits the country, and Britain springs into action to claim the dubious distinction of being even wussier than California.
The insurance industry is already covering its collective arse.
The populous overreacts somewhat.
Delicious cognitive dissonance upon seeing the word “epicentre” used to describe small-town Lincolnshire.
Quotes like “Student David Bates, 19, suffered a broken pelvis [...]

It’s a Trap

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Superficial. A 2004 work by Michel de Broin. Hopefully well signposted as Art, lest ramblers think they’ve been caught by a Predator.

Fridge

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

My god, it’s full of starsbeers.

New Day Rising

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Via Kung Fu Grippe: YouTube vids of Hüsker Dü playing at the Camden Ballroom (now Koko)
Just… completely magnificent. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Staircase

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

WANT!

“The flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian mansion block. Our proposal extended the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area of the flat by approximately one third. We created a ’secret’ staircase, hidden from the main reception room, to [...]

Parallax

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

I have no excuse for this, other than multi-layer parallax scrolling being the first “oh wow, new and shiny” bit of computer game tech I remember as a young ‘un.
So, with that in mind, go to this site and start resizing your browser window.
(And try to ignore the fact that it’s impossible to work out [...]

Hmm. You Look Familiar

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

BBC News - 11/01/2008
A pair of twins who were adopted by separate families as babies got married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer told the House of Lords.
A court annulled the British couple’s union after they discovered their true relationship, Lord Alton said.
The peer - who heard of the case from a [...]

It’s time to go home when…

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

… you start coding High-School-level physics routines incorrectly.
Ah, if only Newton could see me now. I’d get such a slap.
Update: aaaaaaaaaaand I have just managed to finally beat Raining Blood on hard mode in Guitar Hero 3. Yes, I do believe this evening’s intellectual level has been gauged.