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Lucky Man: Michael J. Fox’s Memoir [F]
•November 15, 2009 • Leave a CommentI spent my Saturday reading this book: Lucky Man A Memoir by Michael J. Fox. I found it in my aunties unexciting book shelf while everyone was outside in the sun. It reads like any autobiographical book, telling of his upbringing and the various turning points in his life that led him to fortune and fame. But it goes much deeper than that.
I was expecting to mostly read up on plenty of Back to the Future politics, but what I got instead was an insight into the pitfalls and social anxieties that fame brings. It’s more this than about his fight with Parkinson’s Disease because to Michael this isn’t even considered a major hindrance to his life.
Anyway, I didn’t exactly finish reading the book on account of a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare2 game 😉 (I wasn’t gonna be a book-worm jerk all day), but I’d definitely buy it if I came across it in a book store.
Crescent Earth – The Rosetta spacecraft’s last look at Earth, before its mission to intercept the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which will happen in 2014
•November 14, 2009 • Leave a Comment
This gorgeous image of a blue arc of the Earth against the blackness of space was captured by the Rosetta spacecraft as it swung by our planet.
The European Space Agency mission is on its way to intercept the comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The ship will deploy a lander onto the comet’s surface, the first such attempt to be made.
To gather up the necessary energy to reach the comet out past Mars’ orbit, Rosetta needed three swings past Earth. This is its third and final flyby. It will reach the comet in early 2014.
Unlike the most famous pictures of Earth, which show most of the blue marble, this photo presents a planet in darkness, just the South Pole awash in light. – WiredScience
W I N G M A N: GAME OVER [F]
•November 13, 2009 • Leave a CommentThe film which I began one week too late was intended for a $10,000 cash prize film competition. First thing remotely creative I have done with my life in at least 3 years.
Two weeks into it and I realized it wasn’t even about winning or getting it done for submission into this competition any more. It was about finishing what you start. I couldn’t even do that right. I don’t want to waste my life thinking I can do things when I really can’t you know. Everything is a learning experience I guess.
Hi Findlay! Yikes for some reason I only saw this email now…do you have a film underway that you can submit?
I’ll extend your application deadline till next Tuesday the 17th if thats the case.
ARRRRGGG!!!!
Hey Grace! That’s awesome news that I’d get an extension on my application deadline…Unfortunately things fell apart pretty quick on the project.
For one, my main actor left for Australia last week before filming was complete and before that our location was compromised by his family wedding.
Not all bad news though. I learnt a lot about what it takes to shoot a short film and how much I love it and feel about finishing what I start.
I’ll finish it one day. But thanks for this opportunity. It was, as stated, very liberating.
This reminds me of losing on a game of Ridge Racer –
“Too bad, you blew it. Better luck next time. GAME OVER.”
You’re damn right next time.
KICK ASS [movie trailer]
•November 13, 2009 • Leave a CommentThe superhero movie minus the super! …?… Trust me this flick’s gonna kick ass:
Based on the comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. / Directed by Matthew Vaughn / Staring Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz.
Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero.
As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.
His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, is hunted by assorted violent and unpleasant characters, and meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes, including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Cage).
Awesome! It doesn’t look nearly as violent as the comic book. However, I’m sure that the movie will live up to the hype and the amazing pre-release reviews.
Wife poses as an underage girl online to catch pedo husband in the act
•November 12, 2009 • Leave a CommentWay to go lady! I can imagine most people in her position taking a far less than assertive approach:
A wife posed as a schoolgirl online to catch her husband using an internet chatroom to groom underage girls for sex.
Cheryl Roberts, 61, had become concerned about the amount of time her husband David spent at his computer.
When a strongly-worded sexual message appeared on his screen while he was out, her suspicions were raised even further, a court heard.
To her disgust, Mrs Roberts discovered that her 68-year-old husband of 20 years had been logging on to a teenage chatroom.
The message, signed with his nickname Corky, had been sent to an underage girl, but showed on his screen again when she sent her reply.
Rather than confront him, his wife used a second computer in their home to join the same chatroom, pretending she was a 14-year-old girl.
The court was told that the couple then exchanged messages – while he was in his private study and she was in their living room next door.
As well as sending explicit messages, Roberts even used a webcam to film himself performing a sexual act, thinking it was being watched by a young girl.
But after he propositioned the ‘girl’ and asked to meet her for sex, his wife decided to act, contacting the police and the NSPCC.
Nice.
When police seized his computer and found dozens of illegal child-porn images, Roberts assumed he had been caught out by routine monitoring of downloads.
He was stunned when detectives broke the news that he had actually been chatting up his wife.
Roberts, a former pub landlord who has grown-up children, denied having sex with any schoolgirls – but admitted he had been ‘prepared to do so’. At Cardiff Crown Court he admitted engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and making and possessing illegal images.
Although the sexual activity was actually witnessed by his wife, the fact that he intended his actions to be seen by a 14-year-old girl meant he was charged as if this had actually been the case.
Roberts was given a three-year community order and banned from access to children under the age of 18, in person or online.
Judge Christopher Vosper QC said he could not impose a long enough sentence for him to be treated behind bars but ordered him to attend a ‘community sexual offenders group work programme’.
He will also have to register as a sex offender for five years.
The court heard that the couple, from Bridgend, South Wales, are getting divorced. Mrs Roberts, who has two children from a previous relationship, has moved out of their home and is staying with friends.
She said yesterday: ‘I was shocked at the sentence – I don’t think he’s got what he deserves.
‘I thought the judge would be a lot harder and that he might go to prison. I still feel very angry towards him. It is hard to think that a man you married could do this.
‘But I did the right thing and I don’t regret it. Now I just need some time to think and put all this behind me.’
Great story, but I agree with Cheryl, his sentence was weak like a slap on the back of the hand. He belongs in one of those rehabilitation compounds.
Good on Cheryl though, her self-control and courage have many claiming her to be their new hero.
Lost Persian Army Discovered Almost 2,500 Years Later
•November 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment50,000 soldiers believed buried by a cataclysmic sandstorm in 525 B.C. have only now been discoverd – That’s amazing! Once more, most historians thought this was mostly just a story:
A massive army of Persian King Cambyses II was said to be swallowed up by the desert in the year 525 B.C. The army, containing a whopping 50,000 soldiers, made it to a desert oasis and then was never heard from again –until now.
“A wind arose from the south, strong and deadly, bringing with it vast columns of whirling sand, which entirely covered up the troops and caused them wholly to disappear,” wrote Herodotus.
Up until now, most historians thought this was mostly just a story, but the discovery of a massive collection of bones and silver and bronze jewelry in the desolate Sahara Desert has them reconsidering.
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Vacant: Paris Hilton Sues NZ Company for Billboard Insult
•November 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment
I got a giggle out of seeing this billboard a while ago. I never thought twice that news of it would actually reach Paris Hilton herself.
Paris Sues NZ Company for Billboard Insult
McGregor said he assumed that an agency had “taken care of the rights” to the image of Paris.
US socialite Paris Hilton has threatened to sue a New Zealand company for using her picture on a billboard with the word “vacant” written across it.
Media reports say Media5 used the photo to advertise vacant billboard space in Wellington. [and auckland]
Hilton’s manager Jamie Freed said from Los Angeles that Media5 did not gain permission to use the image of her partying and could expect to hear from her lawyers.
Media5’s Adam McGregor said the company was just having a “bit of fun” with the billboard, which was designed to draw attention to the unsold display.
A gaffe-prone former Kiwi politician was also considered as a candidate.
“We were thinking about using Winston Peters, but Paris is much prettier and she has a proven ability to laugh at herself,” he told the Sunday Star Times.
Mr McGregor said if Hilton’s lawyers asked, the company would remove the image.
“We’re not trying to offend anyone,” he said.
CALLING ALL Susan Boyle Fans!
•November 9, 2009 • Leave a CommentThere’s something I never imagined I’d write. Susan Boyle is a 47-year-old singer from Scotland whose audition for Britain’s Got Talent 2009 became a global viral hit — I’m sure you’ve heard of her. Anyway, I was sent an email today with big block letters that read;
HELP PLEASE !!!!!!!
I’m not a Susan Boyle fan persay, but I know there are some out there that are:
I work at Radiolive and I have been approached by Talkback Thames to help try and get some New Zealanders who are Susan fans to do a short piece to camera i.e (location) top of One Tree Hill or other interesting locations with interesting fans (script) Hello Susan i’m John Doe from Auckland New Zealand...
Also I would like to film Luke Dallow from Sale Street bar as he has the unofficial Susan Boyle Fan club and they have created a Susan Boyle cocktail, fans should film each other with short Hello i’m (clips) by the deadline of this Friday!
We’re asking people/fans to send us videos from all round the world saying hello Susan, their names and the city and country that they are from to be included in the final cut of “I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story“.
We haven’t had ANY from New Zealand or Australia but we are told there are lots of fans.
Any help much appreciated, I have copied the easiest way to send the videos below!
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FANS TO UPLOAD YOUR VIDEO MESSAGES
Head over to https://www.yousendit.com to upload your videos.
All you need to do is SIGN UP and activate your account.
You can then log in to with your Username and Password to yousendit (Press the log in tab on the far right hand side)
It would be cool if you could help… Even though it’s very short notice. Otherwise, if you’re not a fan, screw it. Oops… Did I breach some confidential and/or privileged material policy just now?
GAME: Drench
•November 8, 2009 • Leave a CommentYou may have to lose once to figure out how the game Drench works, but then it’s a lot of fun! Select your next color to make your paint splotch bigger, and try to cover the entire floor in paint. You only have a certain number of moves for each level.
I’m hooked on this simple yet effective game. Try it.
A Sign from above – Bird Drops Bread, LHC Shuts Down
•November 7, 2009 • Leave a CommentAs long as it doesn’t cause a resonance cascade in the anomalous materials test chamber, we should be fine…
You can’t make stuff like this up. A piece of a baguette dropped by a passing bird caused a shutdown at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
The LHC is scheduled to be reactivated later this month. The bread incident won’t affect those plans.
Could be a sign, from above? Get it?
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