You may remember my project call from a couple of weeks ago where I outlined an idea for a video. Well, Alan has volunteered a band and a song. Now we need a large enough hall, some video equipment, lighting and a few people with digital cameras. Anybody able to help out?
that series 4 of coupling is out on DVD?
Maxim, as part of a re-vamp, will be offering its readers the chance to date the models who grace its pages.
via Fleshbot
I think I’m going to do this every month, with a grand total at the end of the year. But I have to find a less labour intensive method.
Traffic by Item – Click Throughs Report For spinneyhead
July 25, 2004-August 24, 2004
Heathers [1989]–14
Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror–8
Northern Soul Memories Vol.1–8
Codename Panzers (PC)–8
The Adam And Joe Show–8
The Illustrated Story of O–7
She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman–5
Wave of Mutilation – The Best of the Pixies–5
Star Trek Voyager – Season 1 [1996]–5
Shake, Rattle and Rain (Bob Dylan All Alone on a Shelf)–5
It’s Great When You’re Straight…. Yeah!–5
Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled the Climate Crisis – and What We Can Do to Avert Disaster–5
Story of O –5
History of Shit (Documents Book)–4
Postal 2: Share the Pain 2in1 Combo (PC)–4
Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2)–4
Sure Thing [Special Edition] (REGION 1) (NTSC)–4
Zelig [1983]–4
The Sexy Sixth Sense–4
The Princess Bride [1987]–4
1–4
Logan’s Run [WS/P&S] (REGION 1) (NTSC)–4
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall–4
Story of O–4
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents–4
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century–3
Miles Aircraft (Archive Photographs S.)–3
Mad Max 3 – Beyond Thunderdome (1985)–3
Spider-Man [2002]–3
Bend It Like Beckham [2002]–3
The Ultimate Collection–3
The Rocky Horror Picture Show–3
Felaheen (Arabesk S.)–2
Dictionary of Imaginary Places–2
Shoot Your Gun–2
Gran Turismo 4: Prologue Signature Edition With Bonus Disc (Limited Edition)–2
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Platinum)–2
Manhunt (Xbox)–2
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (PC)–2
The Essential Simon and Garfunkel–2
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PC)–2
Hooligans – Storm Over Europe–2
The Ultimate Collection–2
Danger! High Voltage–2
Plastique Nouveau–2
Cold Water Music–2
New Transister Heroes–2
Back in the Dhss/the Trumpton Riots Ep–2
Social Dancing–2
Do You Like My Tight Sweater–2
Emmanuelle (Evergreen S.)–2
The Whole House Book: Ecological Building Design and Materials (New Futures)–2
Another Education: AND Ruby Red–2
Hooray for Jollywood: The Life of John E.Blakeley and the Mancunian Film Corporation–2
End of Oil –2
London 1945: Life in the Debris of War–2
High Tide: News from a Warming World–1
Under an English Heaven–1
Logo, Font & Lettering Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Construction and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols–1
Akira: Vol. 2–1
Akira: Vol. 4–1
Manhunt (PC)–1
All Years Leaving–1
Monty Python [1969]–1
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin – Platinum–1
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (Xbox Classics)–1
Manhunt (PS2)–1
Office Space [1999]–1
The Getaway Platinum–1
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PS2)–1
Roadkill (PS2)–1
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Xbox)–1
The Cars That Ate Paris [1974]–1
Akira – The Ultimate Collection–1
Soldier of Fortune II (Xbox)–1
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC)–1
Soldier of Fortune II: Gold Edition–1
Minority Report –Two Disc Set (DTS) [2002]–1
Bill And Ben – Flowerpot Friends–1
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (PC)–1
The Third Man [1949]–1
An American Werewolf in London : Two Disc 21st Anniversary Special Edition [1981]–1
Ultraviolet [1998]–1
Walkabout [1970]–1
We Love the City–1
Trouble Over Bridgwater–1
Grand Theft Auto III (PC)–1
The Toxic Avenger [1986]–1
Frank Black–1
Far Away in Time–1
Word Gets Around–1
The Good Will Out–1
Meat Is Murder–1
Yellow Submarine–1
The Best of James–1
Come Down–1
Out of Time–1
Blues Brothers – Music from the Film–1
I Can’t Stand Still–1
Different Class–1
Why Do People Hate America?–1
Akira: Vol. 6–1
Akira: Vol. 5–1
Akira: Vol. 3–1
Akira: Vol.1–1
The Passive Solar House: Using Solar Design to Heat and Cool Your Home–1
CRABS MOON–1
Bridget Jones’s Diary: A Novel–1
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: Adult Edition–1
Stupid White Men: …and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation–1
TOTAL–259
Traffic by Item – Orders Report For Spinneyhead
July 25, 2004-August 24, 2004
A Complicated KindnessP/b–1
In Your DreamsH/c–1
Open SesameP/b–1
Paint Your DragonP/b–1
The Swords of Night and DayH/c–1
TOTAL–5
No, not an attempt to have a shameless link to amazon, but to a lego animated story.
Top black & white film and paper maker Ilford is in trouble as more and more people go digital.
Oil production has peaked and, as the decline sets in, the only way to survive may be to go all pre-industrial.
In the ongoing campaign to make Spinneyhead pay its way the Amazon affiliation is still top of the heap. Tim thinks everyone should buy the Adam and Joe Show dvd, and so do I.
I’ve also applied for AdSense ads. The first rule of AdSense is you don’t talk about AdSense, so this is all I’m telling you.
The world’s smallest brewery, situated in a disused outside toilet in Wales.
via BoingBoing
<GEEK>
The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
</UNGEEK>
I’ve been steering clear of US election related stuff recently, but the pictures accompanying this piece make for an interesting comparison between the Bush and Kerry campaigns.
Manchestronline has a selection of Then and Now pieces about various parts of Manchester. It could do with a zoom capability to show larger versions of the pictures, though.
The transformers quiz from BBSpot.com
You scored 16 out of 17.
You are either on the board at Pfizer, or an Autobot.
My opinion of the Manchester City Centre Management Company and the Council sinks lower. Not content with fining skateboarders a grand for making Cathedral Gardens look like a fun place to be, it turns out they’re charging kids to use the pokey little skate park they’ve built as an alternative.
Edit I started writing a comment in reply to Ian J’s, but it stretched out, and rather than risk spreading it over several boxes, I thought I’d put it in here-
Ah, you’ve fallen for the lie. I bet MCCMC would be hard pressed to find any instances of collisions between boarders and pedestrians that have resulted in injuries. They’re just trying to create a fear of these “tearaway youths”. It’s not as heinous as their earlier lie- that they were doing this to protect the kids from drug dealers. (By moving them from an open, easily policed area where they had strength in numbers and lots of passing traffic to a dark little cage far away from watchful eyes. Right.)
These people have a blinkered, commercial view of what should go on in the city centre. It’s just another example of the recurring problems Manchester’s councils have had with youth culture, the worst example of which being the destruction of a thriving nightlife in the 60s when the abomination that is Arndale was dropped on top of the most popular venues. This was achieved by, amongst other things, the planting of news stories about the prevalence of drugs amongst this subculture and its implied danger to the children of good families. There was also an appeal to parents’ racism, you can’t have a good smear campaign with out a bit of xenophobia. (Potted version, a more complete telling of the tale can be found in Shake, Rattle and Rain.)
It’s a bit harder to play the race card in a debate about skate boarding, but I think they may have gone for a more contemporary bogeyman. Notice in the first report the reference to older boarders leading the youngsters astray. Older boarders, hmmmmm. What interest could they have in hanging around with children? There’s no way it could possibly be a love of the sport- must be kiddy fiddlers in baggy clothing.
I’m not a skateboarder (though I admit, if I had a BMX I’d want to play on the street furniture) so I can’t really explain why this makes me so angry.
Antiques Roadshow is coming to Victoria Baths.
One of those little moments in history that could have had a major impact- The story of the Italian Communist partisan who saved Churchill from a German sniper.
The chapters in Deputised Experts are quite short, and the first one comes to a close today.
Don’t forget to vote.
How to shot shoot yourself in the foot in various programing languages (and HTML).
Definately one for the programmers.
Due to yet another of our rather odd conversations, I now know what to call my thrash punk band- Monkey Clitoris and the Screaming Primates.
The largest clitoris is that of the female whale, though there are a few contenders. (For all the confused men out there, this NSFW page explains more and tells you where it is [though not on a whale or monkey].)