Reverse Beard
Posted on November 28, 2007 - Filed Under Funny | Leave a Comment
In the past I have often suggested to a fellow named Conor Falvey that he ought to shave the back of his head in such a way that it resembled another face. For some reason, he has never acted on this sound advice, and as a result he is not nearly as cool as this [...]
More Blaqk Audio
Posted on November 28, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging, Music | 1 Comment
‘If Only’ by Blaqk Audio. I’ve posted this clip before, but I like it, and I don’t mind promoting the band some more, despite several unkind things that I’ve heard said about them recently. Plus I get to mess with the embedded-video-customisation-feature on YouTube, which I hadn’t noticed before. Hopefully the red border looks extremely [...]
iTrips and Airwave Traffic
Posted on November 27, 2007 - Filed Under Media, Music | 2 Comments
I recently bought an iTrip (a radio device that enables you to play your iPod through any FM radio) for my car because my iTape (a tape device that enable you to play your iPod through any cassette player) broke. Initially I was very pleased with the iTrip; it sounded reasonably clear compared to the [...]
Panda Land
Posted on November 24, 2007 - Filed Under China, Environment/Conservation | Leave a Comment
James Fallows piece from the Atlantic website. (Subscription required). Panda slideshow to accompany the above. (Free). If I ever visit China again I’m definitely going to the Wolong Nature Reserve, or “Panda Land”, as Fallows’ slideshow refers to it.
Tuesday’s Annapolis Summit
Posted on November 24, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics, International Politics | Leave a Comment
The Economist leads this weeks with an article written more in hope than expectation about the forthcoming peace summit in Annapolis, Maryland between Ehud Olmert of Israel, Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinians, and a host of other regional leaders. Looking to any US president to forge a silent consensus on the delicate and complex Israeli-Palestinian [...]
Dumb Yet Funny
Posted on November 19, 2007 - Filed Under Funny, Video Games | Leave a Comment
Footage from 2004′s excellent Downfall movie set to different subtitles. (Microsoft has a policy of banning Xbox consoles from Xbox Live, its online service, if they find any evidence of their users cheating/abusing the service). This clip defies explanation, it’s just funny.
Ze Frank Returns! (Kinda)
Posted on November 19, 2007 - Filed Under Funny, Vidcasts | Leave a Comment
He’s put up some new vidcasts here.
Japanese Whaling
Posted on November 18, 2007 - Filed Under Environment/Conservation, Politics | Leave a Comment
For the first time in decades humpback whales are to be hunted, but that’s okay, claims that the Japanese government, because it’s all for “scientific research”. This bogus claim is of course to circumvent the 1986 ban on commercial whaling, which Japan has long been seeking to overturn with underhand tactics at the International Whaling [...]
Worst Live Performance Ever
Posted on November 17, 2007 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
It’s so bad I’m not going to clog up my blog with it, but here’s the link. The guitar sounds out of tune, the guitarist sucks, and the singer can’t sing live. The band is Angels and Airwaves, which former Blink 182 member Tom DeLonge formed when his old band disbanded.
Science Week: The Best Invention of 2007
Posted on November 17, 2007 - Filed Under Science | 3 Comments
Damien suggests that there’s a better than average chance of winning a Wii today in Science Week Ireland‘s competition, and that’s all the inducement I need to blog about the best invention of 2007. The problem is, as a Politics and Philosophy student who doesn’t usually pay too much attention to matters of science and [...]
“The Golden Compass”
Posted on November 17, 2007 - Filed Under Film, Religion | 3 Comments
“The Golden Compass” is what Northern Lights was retitled for its release in America. It’s a smashing book, and so I had high hopes when I read that a film was in production. However, it seems that the people at New Line Cinema have opted to bowdlerize Philip Pullman’s story by stripping away all the [...]
Expanding the EU beyond Europe
Posted on November 16, 2007 - Filed Under Europe, Politics | 1 Comment
The UK’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband has suggested that besides eastern European countries, the EU should also seek to take in North African and Middle Eastern nations, as well as Russia. His reasoning for this is the capacity of the prospect of EU membership to improve behaviour in aspirant nations, and so the further the [...]
The Giuliani Campaign Platform
Posted on November 15, 2007 - Filed Under American Politics | 1 Comment
Seriously, this is all the guy’s running on. He’s built himself up as this ‘strong on national defense’ figure which has no basis at all in reality. Being pro-torturing terrorists is not being tough; it’s being stupid and counter-productive. He’s also a megalomaniac (he tried to postponed a New York mayoral election in the wake [...]
Science Week Competition: The Next Gadget I Want To Buy
Posted on November 15, 2007 - Filed Under Science, Stuff I Want, Tech | 5 Comments
Although I like the basic premise of the iPhone (i.e., an iPod/phone hybrid), I’ve no intention of buying one at the current price or with the current limited memory space. Besides, the iPhone’s main selling point is that it enables you to carry one item less; I say, what about three items less? The mantra [...]
Here’s To You, Playstation
Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Video Games | 2 Comments
I’m very well aware that citing the Sony Playstation as my favourite invention from my childhood casts me in a poor light, but what of it? If the good people at Science Week Ireland are offering a Wii as a prize for the best post on this subject then they can’t take that dim a [...]
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