Monthly Archives: August 2005
Last.fm
Last.fm has just had a redesign, and it’s a great service. Install the audioscrobbler plugin, and it reports the tracks you play in your chosen media player (iTunes in my case) and logs it all.Where’s the fun in that? It … Continue reading
Confused lions ‘hunt’ small cars
Lions at a drive-through safari park in Merseyside are chasing small cars, thinking they are prey. According to the BBC, Smart cars and Minis are particularly easily mistaken by the pride.
Your jedi mind tricks won’t work on me
Orange are running orange wednesdays, and as such have a promo appearing before the start of films at the cinema. The latest one shows Darth Vader approaching the Orange Film Funding Board with a script about a Sith Lord, only … Continue reading
Bee
I uploaded a whole bunch of photos to my flickr account this weekend.
Ice Age 2
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown is being made! There’s currently a teaser available, a website (which doesn’t contain a great deal) and of course an IMDB page. Glad to see they kept the nut-chasing squirrel, though.
London Zoo offering free tickets for big noses
To celebrate the birth of a baby anteater, London Zoo are offering free entrance to visitors with big noses over the weekend of 13-14th August.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Last night, I went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with my friend Lou. I’m generally quite sceptical about remakes regardless of genre, time between films, persons involved, etc etc – with the exception of Starsky and Hutch (which … Continue reading
American car
Another flickr photo, entitled Ride It by Simon Pais. I’ve had this bookmarked for ages, as I love the colour blending, but didn’t get round to posting it until now.