Jul 17, 2010

The Facebook movie trailer has been released. Yup, you heard it right. There’s a movie coming out about Facebook and it’s titled “The Social Network”. Wait, don’t leave! It actually looks like it could be an interesting movie with a gripping story full of back-stabbing and … more back-stabbing. From the trailer, with its...

Apr 22, 2010

This guy is my new lyrical hero. After Dub FX. After some really dismal sitcoms, he’s a great advert for the fact that Americans are still funny! Knows as Piano Improv, this guy spends his time on Chat Roulette. Chat Roulette is a webcam-chatroom combo with a difference. Basically, you don’t know who you’ll be chatting to next. This has...

Feb 12, 2010

Not long ago, I was wandering through Christchurch and came across this guy performing on the street. He was singing while a recorded backing track provided some awesome beats. I didn’t pay much attention at the time but since then a mate of mine has drawn my attention to the unique way he actually records his music. Just in case you missed it, the video...

Feb 3, 2010

Some Christchurch buskers are bloody awful. There’s this guy who stands outside my office every day. He plays the banjo and sings songs by Cliff Richard. I say ‘plays the banjo’ but in fact I think he only knows one chord and bashes it out through every single song. Tortures his banjo would be more appropriate. Then there’s the guy that...

I spend a bit of time in the official Playstation community forums (or at least I used to until they ‘upgraded’ it and made it slower than a one legged turtle swimming through treacle while towing a house). After reading many posts, it seems to me that a pattern has emerged. Here’s a video to show what you can expect from any typical...

Jan 5, 2010

In my last post I talked about my relaxing wine tour around Gisborne during my visit to the in-law’s. Gisborne is a nice place but it’s downside (and probably it’s upside too) is that it’s pretty secluded. My uncle once joked that if you fell off the world you would land in Gisborne. You can’t fly to Gisborne from Christchurch...