Hello David Cameron
David Cameron is the new Prime Minister. No news yet of whether the Tories are in coalition with the Lib Dems.
Monthly archives: May 2010
The Fisticup- so you can defend yourself with tea
Or coffee. A mug with a handle shaped like a knuckle duster. You may not be able to get it through Hungarian airport security but you’ll be able to beat your co-workers if the need arises. Buy it here.
Bye bye Brown
Gordon Brown has announced his resignation. He won’t be stepping down immediately, but plans to be out of the way by the LAbour party conference in September.
Point of Contact- Best Value
That was a little more wordy than I’d originally planned. I’ve started using Manga Studio Debut 4
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Tales from Area 51
Lots of Area 51/Groom Lake veterans are popping up to tell tales of working on top secret projects and spy planes in the 50s and 60s as the USAF declassifies material on what was really going on in the Nevada desert. The Los Angeles Times talks to a few of them.
via BoingBoing
Too confusing for Fox News
This advert, with a fairly straightforward and simple message, wasn’t carried by Fox News because they claimed it would be “too confusing” for their viewers.
Hung Parliament to be decided on eBay 1
No “buy-it-now” price but make him an offer and he’ll do you a deal!
May be of use to those with an interest in running the country.
Cash on collection.
Those with less than 220 seats, contact me first before bidding. Advertised due to nation of timewasters. Please do not bid if you cannot make up your mind.
Mini cannons could be the ultimate executive desk toy
via @georgeruiz
Trailer Time
Jonah Hex.
Enemies Amongst Us. Looks very cheesy.
Power Kids. Certainly not your usual weak western kids adventure. Featuring a young Tony Jaa.
The Killers. Looks like a weak re-hash of Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Trailer Time bonus- Super 8 teaser
I’m putting this up now because the video may be taken down quickly. I know very little about this that’s not in the trailer- Steven Spielberg will produce, J.J. Abrams will direct and it’ll be out “next summer” (2011?). Could it be Cloverfield
with little grey men?
Print your own Iron Man suit
Part way through watching Iron Man 2 on Wednesday (great fun film, by the way) Alex demanded I make a power suit through 3d printing. It turns out, that’s how a lot of parts of the suits were made.
Damian’s being slapped and he’s enjoying it.
No explanation is necessary. Or possible.
Happy birthday Platt Fields
100 years old this week.
They just fucked with the wrong Mexican
This one’s too good to keep until Sunday’s Trailer Time post. Machete.
via Pulp 2.0
An architecture wander down Back Piccadilly
Back Piccadilly is a short, narrow, slightly threatening looking street connecting some of the streets heading east from Piccadilly Gardens. Apart from using it as a shortcut you don’t often think about it.
I only popped into Back Piccadilly to take pictures of Mother Macs.
It’s one of those pubs you never go in, and don’t know anyone who ever has. Despite being so central it might as well be in another town. (Now that I’ve said that I’m going to have to go in aren’t I?)
Across from Mother Macs is Ed’s Cafe Bar. I’ve never been in there either, and I’m not sure whether it’s still open.
Moving along, there are some impressive rear doors to some of the shops on Piccadilly. Though they don’t look like they’re used much nowadays.
Behind one of these doors and down in a basement there used to be a comic shop (we’re talking 15 to 20 years ago mind). I sold my whole comics collection to the guy who ran it. We all make mistakes.
Sprinkler alarm.
I wasn’t expecting much of interest down the last stretch of Back Piccadilly, which has fairly recent buildings on one side and Sacha’s hotel on the other. Then I looked at the detailing on Sacha’s.
There are more photos in the Back Piccadilly set on Flickr.
May is Zombie Awareness Month
Why Not October?
Despite common misconceptions, zombies – and the threat they represent – are not connected with the late October pagan tradition of Halloween. Witches, ghouls and vampires, all Halloween staples, are otherworldly creatures of old, filled with mysticism and superstition.
Zombies, on the other hand, are biological entities, made of flesh and blood, and functioning under the same laws of science and reason that all worldly beings must.
I’m off to buy axes and chainsaws.
History of the car bomb
Jalopnik have a condensed history of “the workhorse of urban terrorism”. The original essay went on to become Buda’s Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb
Point of Contact- they can always speak English
I cut it a little close with this page. Not last minute, but close. I had a three page buffer going on for a while, but life and distractions ate into it. I’ll see if I can get a couple of pages done in the next week and get ahead again.
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Marin Palisades- no longer for sale
I just sold this bike to a happy customer. It’s a Marin Palisades, a very nice old school mountain bike. When I got it the rear derailleur was knackered and it had no back wheel. But I have an impressive parts pile and soon fixed that.
Harry and I are fixing up bikes and selling them on. Few are as cool as this one and some of the ones we get are beyond rescue. I shall post about other interesting projects as they come along.