Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Maurice Sendak dies at 83 - Where The Wild Things Were

Cover of "Where the Wild Things Are"
Cover of Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak dies at 83; artist and writer best known for "Where the Wild Things Are".

I never read this iconic book as a child, but oddly enough, my wife bought a copy for our 3 year old just last week, so I read it just the other day.

I didn't realise that illustrating a book could be so deep and meaningful, but here is Mr. Sendak explaining his way in life. I found this short video to be even more interesting than most books I've read in the last 5 years;


And here he is on life and death.




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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Focusing on Important Matters

I've been a bit bored at my 3am wake up calls recently, so I had a chance to surf t't web. And look what I found out about myself!

How many Justin Biebers could you take in a fight?

A great website let me add.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Funny, moving and uplifting

Ricky Gervais
Cover of Ricky Gervais
It was a shock to me.

A stunning, out of the blue, not heard of before shock.

Ricky Gervais, who is not my favorite comedian, although I find his work interesting, came out with an amazing,  pilot for a show.The show, which follows care-worker Derek Noakes and his colleagues in a retirement home, was generally well-received by even the most ardent critics of Gervais.

Personally, I was confused at first, then charmed, and then won over.

Its a good pilot - I just wonder what the series will be like.






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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Viral video - before it's gone viral!

I love me some social media - a bit of facebook, twitter and of course a blog here or there.

So this video, which is bound to go viral, rocked my world!

Enjoy -

 

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

FB Friend of Will Ferrell

I'm a Facebook friend of Will Ferrel, are you?

Actually I'm not. Even though I do tend to live on Facebook over the weekends, he ain't no friend of mine! But the new video he has put up regarding his latest movie “Casa de mi Padre” is very funny.


And I have produced it here for your delectation:





And as long as we're on the subject, here is some more Will Ferrel amazingness:










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Monday, March 19, 2012

The iPad 3 - Not So Noticeably Different

So you remember in my last post I wrote about the iPad (3) aka The iPad?

Its just down here Anyway, I wasn't the only one to be underwhelmed by the new iPad. This chap went out and did some serious testing of his own.

we decided to set up a little test and see what happens when the iPad 2 and the new iPad are placed side-by-side. Could anyone actually tell the difference? Find out in the video below: 



Scary stuff eh? I think we'll be sticking with the iPad 2 for the time being.

And anyway, I'm still waiting for my hover-board and meal in a pill that we were all promised in the last decade!


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Sunday, March 11, 2012

iPad 3 - Doesn't exist?

I have just ordered Her Indoors an iPhone 4 (she don't need no Siri!). And what do I see straight after? An amazing rant about the next iPad.

Have a great time watching there placid rant.



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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Game of Thrones + Simpsons

My favorite TV show of 2011 was Game of Thrones. It had great acting, some very interesting plot lines, and for someone as bitter and twistde as myself, some great 'wow' moments.

Being a Brit I tend to recognise the actors in any UK show due to the limted pool of talent, and here was no exception. However, instead of going with the normal plot of 'he's a well known actor, he'll survive anything', heads come flopping off as if there's no tomorrow!

Definitely worth watching, and if you don't believe me, ask Homer (well Matt G. anyway)

 


And here's the real thing for my pal 'Roro'who probably still hasn't watched it!




Now, let's be careful put there...

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Monday, March 5, 2012

For my good chum, Wirecutter over at Knuckledraggin My Life Away



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S#it We Say

It started with the original 'Shit Girls Say':


Moved on to "Shit White Girls say to Black Girls'


Peaked at 'Shit Nobody Says'


Bottomed out at 'Shit Cats Say'



Came back up with 'Shit New Yorkers Say'


And then entered my life with this one:



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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Old Spicy Man

My dad used Old Spice, you know in that ceramic dispenser that would never break, or let you know how much product was left in it!

English: A bottle of Old Spice cologne. Españo...
Image via Wikipedia
So that was nice. And then I guess he got a deal on some Tabac, so he moved to that.

All well and good. And then Old Spice decided that they actually wanted to make money, and so they started advertising all over the place. IndyCar, posters, banner ads and then they revolutionised TV advertising by created some amazing ads. And some not so amazing ones.




And behind the scenes -


And Grover had me laughing out loud! 


Which ads do you like? 



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Thursday, February 23, 2012

I found me a new hero!

I've been a Formula 1 racing fan for many years now, going back to my childhood in the 80's.

Fast women and loose cars; its what I do.

Anyway, I've been living in a country that doesn't have an F1 presence, for the last 15 years and even though I'm originally a Brit, none of the UK based drivers really excite me.

And then I found him when our eyes met over a YouTube video.

A driver who is hungry for a win, has proven himself in the past, is willing to push the boundaries slightly, and best of all, works for a British F1 team.

Lady and gentlemen, I present to you - Vitaly Petrov. My new Formula 1 driver.

And why the hero part in the blog title? Because as well as having to deal with the British media on a daily basis, garner sponsorship for himself and, it appears, fight for his drive every season, he still has to drive exceptionally fast around a track with other, like-minded nutters.

We haven't had a death in Formula 1 since Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton de Silva Senna in 1994, but five drivers have died while driving a Formula One car at the NĂĽrburgring; only the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has had more casualties!

Sadly Dan Wheldon died in October in Las vegas whilst racing in IndyCar, so these guys are not just fancy hair and interesting accents. This is serious stuff.

So, well done Vitaly - and good luck!




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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Tiny UAVs Flying in Formation

This is a Creepy-Cool Video of what already exists, and that can be shared with the public.

The future is here.



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Thursday, February 2, 2012

I've mentioned the Axis of Awesome before here. So I was, and I don't use this phrase lightly, 'well chuffed' to see them on Damn Cool Pic's blog performing a very interesting little '90s megamix  on the melodica.

As the great man says himself 'What's better than a '90s megamix? A '90s megamix played on melodica, that's what! Take a look at this compilation of '90s hits played on a curious instrument'




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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Another Day Off

"Bueller? Bueller?" made Ben Stein an icon. Jennifer Grey also became more popular after the film was launched in 1986 but Matthew Broderick will always be intrinsically linked with 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

So I was surprised to see that he had possibly cheapened his role by making an ad for Honda based around the film.



And then I realised - its been 25 years since the film came out!

Scary stuff indeed.

And now I'm going off to make some hot chocolate, put on my slippers and sit down in front of the TV for a few days.


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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Some Linky Love

I've been reading my Google Reader feed more and more  these days, mainly because I'm getting fed up seeing the same misery guts reporting in the newspapers time after time.

Here are a few of my favourite posts from some awesome bloggers:

Insomniacmedic brings his 'A' game with his post Missing

Blackfork writes about his stumbling across Killer Joe Piro - back in 1942

Neptunus Lex writes his about his last foray into supersonic flight in his intoxicating post 'Night and Day'

Ambulance Driver had some not very nice news recently, so let's help cheer him up by sharing his excellent post “Winter Wings” by A Day in the Life of An Ambulance Driver

And here is a stunning picture:An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "...
Image via Wikipedia



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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Have You Cried Yet Today?

Well here is a video that'll help you shed some saline...



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Monday, January 9, 2012

Google - really? I'm that thick?

Oy! Google!!

Cut it out. Okay, I get it, you have access to my email, my photos and videos and even some of my purchases around the interwebs but now you are just taking the mickey.

As you may know I work in a Google environment. I love Google and all that they stand for. Google circles? Still getting my head around that one but otherwise, Google me blue, red, yellow and green.

But stop!

What is this?


I'm in the back end of a website doing statistical analysis of their traffic and you feel I need to know what an iPad looks like? And even if I didn't know, how will the look of a device help my analysis?

Yes Google, I love you dearly, but you caught me on a bad day.

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Monday, January 2, 2012

India Talent Show - Warriors of Goja

I have been trawling the interwebs for you and found some very interesting things.

Sadly these guys are just plain NUTTERS! Watch the full 7 minutes to realise just what people are willing to do to get ahead in showbiz.


And they're seriously going to do this twice a night in a theatre if they win?


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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Song A Day: 1000 Days and Counting

I've been spending a lot of time on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn over the 'Season' and I found some very interesting stuff.

I found a great album by Jonny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways

I spent nearly 20 minutes creating my new Facebook timeline picture. With pictures from Facebook.

I started listening to Grooveshark all over the place.

I started using Tweetlogix for all of my Twitter needs (@jumblerant)

I started using Flipboard on my iPhone - and my son keeps deleting it. So I keep adding it.

And then I found this nugget of greatness. This amazing introduction to a chap who I will be keeping my eye on in 2012;



I'm looking forward to hearing some great, adequate and crappy songs.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

Christmas and the Cabbage Patch Kid


I heard a lovely story the other day and just knew that I had to share it with you.
My co-worker and friend... let's call her 'Shmirene'... grew up in the snowy baseball cap of the USA, which we know and love as 'Canada'. 
She grew up in the 80's and like every other 5 year old girl in the developed world at the time she wanted nothing more than a Cabbage Patch Kid to be waiting for her come Christmas morning, under the Christmas tree. 
Cabbage Patch Kids





These were dolls who would come with their own birth certificates, with fancy names like Geneva Gena, April Lynn, Marcelle Elizabeth and Jaedyn Denise.

And 'Shmirene' really wanted one. 

But really wanted one. 

What's a parent to do? There were literally fights in toy stores over the Cabbage Patch Kids. In the end her Dad got so fed up with her pleading and begging that he finally gave in and brought home a present for her that would hopefully bring a smile to her family as a whole.

But her Dad was no ordinary chap. 


Yes, he bought her a head of cabbage and told her that there was a doll in the middle. 

I respect and admire that man! 


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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Robert Kubica and Formula 1



There has been a lot of talk in the Formula 1 world about who is going to be in which seat next year. Fair enough, we're now off season, the teams need sponsors and as such they need to create content for the newspapers to advertise that they still exist.


Which isn't the case for Renault. Robert's team have changed their name, officially, to Lotus-Renault GP - aka 'Lotus'. For me that simply signals that they have a new sponsor.

So no more Renault, they are now Lotus.

So where does Robert fit in to all of this?
Eric Boullier has already stated, after signing Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean for 2012, that the team’s relationship with Kubica is at ‘point zero’, making it increasingly unlikely that Kubica will return to Formula 1 with Lotus. Since then, the Pole has been very keen to quickly demonstrate that he is fit enough to return to Formula 1.
- F1zone.net

So that sucks!

But wait - there's more!

Team principal Boullier had already admitted that they are not going to help him regain form if he is not committed to the team, saying "I will not bring a car for him and make a nice test for him if in 2013 he has signed already an option elsewhere".


- teamspeed.com


So things are now up in the air.

We shall see what happens to Renault Lotus in 2012. They dumped both of their drivers from this year and their name. What are they running away from??!!




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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Real King

At this time of year we begin to hear songs about the King and his coming.

As someone who'll be working on December 25th, I can assure you that I will be thinking of the King on that day.










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