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Monthly Archives: September 2009
The Lisbon Treaty
It’s time for everyone’s favourite hot-button topic: the Lisbon treaty. Fun times ahead! My cousin, who occasionally reads this blog (hello!), was telling me about the reason he voted ‘no’ during the last referendum. Or rather, the reason he would have voted ‘no’ if he had actually been registered to vote. “I’d have voted no [...]
Posted in General Tagged david icke, ireland, lisbon, michael o leary, politics, yes Comments closed
You Say Toe-May-Toe…
I just watched the Toby Young/Michelle Bernstein spat on this week’s Top Chef regarding the pronunciation of “paella” and – weird as it is to say this – I totally agree with Toby Young. Unless you’re actually Spanish or in Spain, you should be pronouncing it with hard Ls. Pie-el-la. But this argument made me [...]
Happy Birthday Elite!
Hard to believe, but Elite came out 25 years ago this month. Twenty-five years! This makes me feel very, very old. Still, Elite has held up really well over the years. That must mean I have too, right? Er… The first time I played Elite was on my cousin’s Commodore 64. I was barely out [...]
Crank 2 DVD Commentary
Remember when DVDs first arrived on the scene and everyone was gushing about how great it was that they could record their own commentaries for their favourite movies? How did that work out? Not so good, huh? Know why? Because most people are boring as shit. When you get them talking about movies they love, [...]
Are Apple Products Badly Engineered?
There’s a lot of brouhaha about the failure rate of Xbox 360s. In the same week, I saw three different news stories citing three different failure rates for the 360 (54.2%, 23.7% and 27.3%, if you’re interested). And everyone gives them shit because they’re, y’know, Microsoft. Having spent the morning fixing a dying Macbook, I [...]
Lady Gaga is My New Hero
I’ve always had a lot of respect for Lady Gaga. She’s completely batshit insane, but unlike most of those self-consciously ‘quirky’ artists out there, she’s actually has the talent to back that up. You have to admire her courage. Or, at the very least, her ability to keep a straight face. But her appearance at [...]
Normal Service Will Resume Shortly
I’m heading back to Ireland for a few days and deliberately using the time to step back from the computer. Here’s a few links that should keep you entertained until I get back. In Praise of the Sci-Fi Corridor A Mugging on Lake Street – a reporter is mugged and writes a thoughtful article about [...]
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
For a license with so much meat on its bones, it’s a little disappointing to see all the Batman games that have been made, all laid out. The majority are lazy movie tie-ins, knocked out by South Asian sweat shops for a bowl of rice per game. And it shows, you know? Check out the [...]
Posted in General Tagged arkham asylum, Batman, dave mckean, games, grant morrison, xbox 360 Comments closed
Toxoplasmosis
Rome has a cat problem. The Ufficio dei diritti degli animali (Office of Animal Rights) estimates that there’s about 300,000 stray, feral cats living around Rome. I live near Largo di Torre Argentia, a massively interesting set of ruins that contains one of the many places in Rome where Julius Caesar (him of the salad [...]
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Further Proof That the World is Boned