Archive for June, 2006

3 Fast 3 Furious: Tokyo Drift

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

As a fan of Sega’s classic Outrun series I was looking for precisely one thing in this movie: Cars going sideways. However, there is actually a bit, though not a lot, more to the move than just power slides.
The movie takes the adolescent wankfest undertones from from the first two and rolls with it. Our [...]

People that are good at stuff #3: Terry Kohei

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

This is kid (and I’m assuming Terry is his name, but it may just be the name of the guy posting the video) is fantastic, not just because he rocks on the geetar, but also because he rocks on the guitar in the surf music style. Below is a groovalicious version of Beethoven’s fifth.

Lost The Plot

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

POSSIBLE LOST SEASON 2 EP 8 SPOILERS BELOW - AND A PICTURE OF JACK LOOKING CONFUSED
I think the Lost writers have trouble ending episodes. After the high quality use of the Same Cliffhanger for two consecutive episodes when Desmond had a gun to Locke’s head, last night (episode eight) saw the second week in a [...]

Tracheophorus giraffa

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Madagascar is home to a lot of crazy beasts, but at this current moment in time, I’m liking the Giraffe Beetle (or giraffe weevil, though there is a New Zealand native bug of the same name that does not rock anywhere near as hard). Photo nicked from Dylan Lossie.

I’ll reach for my compressor and I’ll fuck it up royal

Monday, June 12th, 2006

Recently, thanks to the Huskmaster, I have been enjoying the fine work of the Museum of Techno, especially the Technical Department thereof. Below is the most recent part of their series of video guides designed to “teach the novice everything he or she needs to know to master the scientific aspects of the techno [...]

Party Products

Monday, June 12th, 2006

While at tesco shortly before the England game on Saturday, I was given a free piece of quality England themed headgear. The label, which indicated it should be retained for reference, showed that this fine piece of millinery was manufactured by Gaffney Party Products, presumably a sideline enterprise for everyones favourite information scientist - though [...]

People that are good at stuff #2: Maria Bamford

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

Maria Bamford is a comedian, which means I have succesfully weaved together the threads of being good at stuff and comedy that I have previously posted on, like some kind of interweb magician. The video below, and part 2, are both part of her Comedy Central special, and hence are Highly Copyright Infringing, so may [...]

Fett on keys…

Friday, June 9th, 2006

Chewie on drums, Cee-Lo with the power of the Dark Side.