Anyhoo, now that the simpsons Movie is coming out [...]]]> I like the Simpsons, although I haven’t watched it for ages.  I fell into watching it on SKY ONE when we got cable in but now:

1. the Muppets at Virgin can’t work out how to get me Sky One
2. I’m never in at the right time

Anyhoo, now that the simpsons Movie is coming out I decided to check out the website and found a cool Simpsons character generator.  It’s kinda disturbing how much this guy looks like me.

We now have a gallery of all of us at work done as Simpsons character, which is kind of fun.

In the same vein you can try:

• South Park Version
• Nintendo Wii Version
  

I was reading on JC Hutchins site about a downloadable film called Missing Pages. It really is amazing. It’s in 3 episodes (quite hefty downloads) and tells the story of a man who invents a time machine and the consequences of his invention.

It is quite frightening in parts – some of the characters [...]]]>

I was reading on JC Hutchins site about a downloadable film called Missing Pages. It really is amazing. It’s in 3 episodes (quite hefty downloads) and tells the story of a man who invents a time machine and the consequences of his invention.

It is quite frightening in parts – some of the characters from the future are quite spooky – but it has real emotion and some genuinely interesting twists.

The interesting thing is that the film is not shot in live action, but created from thousands of stills, animated together. THese pictures are layered, zoomed and rotated to amazing effect.
It’s a fascinating story and really interesting to watch. Well worth checking out.

I’ve been a Telewest subscriber since I moved into my home, and we had it when I was at home. I was happy with the Broadband options and the TV package, but recently I’ve been more and more irritated.

Ever since Virgin Media took over the [...]]]> okay, so maybe not angry yet, but annoyed enough.

I’ve been a Telewest subscriber since I moved into my home, and we had it when I was at home. I was happy with the Broadband options and the TV package, but recently I’ve been more and more irritated.

Ever since Virgin Media took over the system, it’s gone down the pan

1. They lost Sky 1 and some other sky channel. They claim this is all Sky’s fault but frankly they’re acting like kids about it “Sky have taken their ball and gone home”. Stop making childish analogies and get it sorted – I’m supposed to be paying for this service!
2. Their interactive TV has been pretty flakey recently and, whenever I phone up to complain, the automated message says “our engineers expect to have the issue resolved as soon as possible!” well DUH!! You will either have the problem solved as soon as possible, or expect to have it solved in a specific timespan – stop worming out of it!
3. I now read that Virgin plans to cut my download speeds. I may rarely go over these speeds, but I do from time to time. If I want to download an Ubuntu install, at around 650 MB, then they’ll kill my download speed. This may affect me only occasionally but you can bet that, when it does, it’s going to be at the worst possible time

So now I’m going to have to go with ADSL and probably SKY TV (I get no reception where i live)

In the meantime I’ll enjoy [...]]]> I would love to be involved in something like this. These guys spend 5 hours arranging post-it notes in the shape of a scene from Donkey Kong. That takes quite some dedication. I suppose I just need some inspiration, a bit of planning and a whole heap of post-it notes.

In the meantime I’ll enjoy this one. There are loads of pictures.

This link comes to you courtesy of BoingBoing.

Wikis are amazing. I installed Instiki at work and now pretty much everyone uses it to document work procedures and meetings, and just bits and pieces that there wasn’t a place for before.

I [...]]]> I love Wikis, but I can never say the word without thinking of that Will Smith song Wild Wild West

Wikis are amazing. I installed Instiki at work and now pretty much everyone uses it to document work procedures and meetings, and just bits and pieces that there wasn’t a place for before.

I also have my own free wiki with PBWiki. I probably don’t use it as much as I could but that’s just becaues I’m getting over the gradual demise of my PDA. The great thing about the PBwiki (and this is stating the obvious I suppose) is that I can get to it from anywhere. It’s really handy for storing notes on to access between home and the office, and pretty much anywhere else I may be. I can also store files there (disclaimer: by writing about thim on my blog they say they’ll double my storage space – I’m so easily bought), and I could store even more if I’d stump up for a paid membership (if I really get into it, you never know)

Anyway, I’d better stop now – my enthusiastic (read noisy) typing is attracting attention at work