This is cool

This crazy bugger is scratch-building his own Star Destroyer.  Definitely a cool hobby.

Non-Black/Red/Silver(Astons) 5: Orange

In the last installment of the series we review the original colour of contention: Orange.
Today we have three exotic, million dollar supercars.
Firstly a Koenigsegg CCR, capable of 388kph.

Secondly we have a McLaren F1 LM, capable of 386kph.

Finally a Pagani Zonda F, top speed of 345kph.

An expensive prang

$1.2 billion worth of expensive...

Non-Black/Red/Silver(Astons) 4: Green

In part 4 of our series we concentrate on that rarer site, the green sports car.
A Lotus Esprit

A Cobra replica by Factory Five


Finally a Caterham R400

Non-Black/Red/Silver(Astons) 3: White

In part 3 of the series we look at the white sports cars.
Here is Lola T70, a magnificent racing car from the late 60's

Here is a white Testarossa, even though that means Red Head, they still look good in white.

...and lastly for today a De Tomaso Pantera GT5.

Non-Black/Red/Silver(Astons) 2: Yellow

In part 2 of the series we look at the yellow sports cars.
Here is another example of a Super Seven, this time a Caterham R500

also another De Tomaso Pantera GT5

and here is a definitely-not-silver Aston Martin

Gladiator 2 - By Nick Cave

Read a review of the script here.

Best quote from the review

"It’s like making an action-packed follow-up to Schindler’s List with a cryogenically-frozen Liam Neeson helping to save a doomed alien species 10,000 years in the future. Sure, there might be an interesting story there*but it doesn’t make sense given the pre-established universe."

Non-Black/Red/Silver(Astons) 1: Blue

This is the first in a series of articles intended to highlight the fact that cars can look good in colours that do not conform to the "James A Sports Car Colour Philosophy".
Here we have a Blue De Tomaso Mangusta

...and a Blue De Tomaso Pantera GT5-S

...and a Blue Caterham R300

I don't know what they were thinking.

I came across this YouTube video, and had to share it (but couldn't figure out how to embed it in the page).

WCW's contribution to the most WTF moment in professional wrestling's history.

No, this is not a rickroll.

If you're going to spend this amount of money, pick a decent colour...

 

A Prime Minister who has his priorities right(?)

Rudd prefers star birth to state funeral

It's good to see that Kevin Rudd can prioritise: New born celebrity baby vs recently deceased colleague. hmmm...baby wont be going anywhere for a few days Kev. You could have made both.

Eddie Izzard's Star Wars

If you're bored over the holidays, what do you do?

You re-create the major battle scenes of the LOTR trilogy out of lollies...

The Battle of Helm’s Deep.

The Battle of Pelennor Fields.

Cute

I want one.

Expensive Picture

Football Musing

So I'm up Wednesday morning at 4:30 am to watch the wonderfully entertaining Liverpool v Arsenal Champions League quarter-final.  In the lead up to the game, one of the commentators tells me the "get ready for this all-English battle".

That was funny I thought to myself.  Of the twenty-two players starting the match.  Only three were actually English.  Hardly "all-English"...

Lego Sandworm

Cool Dune Lego

Irony Rocks...especially where Sony is involved

Sony found using pirated software

RECORD label Sony BMG, one of the most vocal and ferocious opponents of music piracy, has been accused of using unlawfully installed programs on its computers by a small software company.

French company PointDev, which makes applications for Microsoft Windows, claims to have discovered pirated versions of its software installed on Sony BMG computers and is suing the label for €300,000 ($514,910).

PointDev said it was alerted to the illegal software after a Sony BMG employee rang the software company's technical support number for assistance and gave a pirated product key when asked for a customer number, French website 01net reported.