Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Life Stuff’ Category
Fog Photo
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006I took this quick photograph this morning before the fog really thickened up.
Send for Jorj X. McKie
Saturday, December 16th, 2006In case you don’t recognise the name Jorj X. McKie is the lead character in several stories by Frank Herbert. He works for an agency charged to slow down a vast galaxy spanning government by conducting dirty tricks “in lieu of red tape”. I don’t need the help of a saboteur extraordinary to slow the […]
Yesterdays Post will become Todays Post Later Today
Friday, December 15th, 2006Well I had a nice test animation brewing that I was going to post. Except it turned from last night into this morning. Now I’ve found while the textures were only rough I got one completely and horribly off so I’m off to re render. So tonights post will becomes tommorows which is in fact […]
Fame! huh-yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006A stinking headache stopped me posting the little rant that follows last night. The BBC reports Max Clifford has a 10 tips for being famous: Appear on a reality series Enter a talent contest Be abysmal on a talent show Gain fame by association Date a celebrity Flaunt your body Date a Royal Family member […]
Irn-Bru Best Quite Possibly the Best Viral Christmas Ad in the World
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006Still not going to drink Irn-Bru but their Snowman Ad made me laugh.
One for future social historians
Sunday, November 26th, 2006Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make me think why? Today I needed a new kitchen timer. I didn’t want anything fancy. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money. I went round several shops in my search while doing other shopping. What I discovered on this micro Odyssey is that there […]
A bit of this. A bit of that.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006After Sunday being a washout tonight I’ve got a lot done. A bit of writing. Figured out why the hero in my noir had apparantly killed a defenceless man in cold blood. Playing with clouds and godrays in vue 6. Watched Heston Blumenthal – In Search of Perfection on BBC 2 which was as mad […]
Sci-Fi Book Meme
Friday, November 17th, 2006The 50 most significant SF/F novels from 1953-2002 according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you’ve read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien * The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov * […]
My life as a film rating
Thursday, November 9th, 2006My life has been rated: 12a Update: But the sites gone so no pretty graphic and no link anymore
Camera Phone Landscapes
Friday, October 27th, 2006A heron in the park on a misty morning as I walked to work. A sunset from the office window towards the Littlewoods Building.