Subscribe It seems that the summer box office takings in the US have smashed through the $4bn barrier mark for the first time. With the film Superbad leading the way, topping the chart for the second week coming in with takings in the region of $18m, beating the Bourne Ultimatum.
I would have put this down to bad [...]
Wings On Some Wheels
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
Month: August, 2007
Superbad on Top
AllofMp3 set for comeback?
It’s just like a Manic Depressive, someday’s you have your ups while the others you have your downs. It looks like the long, litigious saga of AllofMP3 is about to take yet another turn, with the company now promising to resume its music download service following a recent Russian court ruling in its favour.
(story [...]
Time for some good news
On Checking the delivery status of my laptop on the Dell website this morning here was my response;
1. Order Processing
2. Pre-Production
3. Production
4. Delivery Preparation
5. Dispatched Friday, August 24, 2007
Brilliant news, I’ll keep everyone posted.
-Kyle
Technorati tags: Dell, XPS M1330
Radio Nowhere
Some of it does remind me of “Don’t Fear The Reaper”, “8675309″ (especially the intro), “Red Barchetta (Rush)”. It’s got the feeling of a great song, but like the songs off the Raisin Rising, I think it will grow on me more overtime. (The Rising is now one of my favourite albums).
Important : I’m taking a stand now, I’m not [...]
Black & White Google Logo
OK, please give this a try. Go to Google.com, type the words …
… and hit the “I’m feeling lucky” button.
via Google Blogoscoped
They have too much time on their hands over at Google
Update, The image is located on Google Blogoscoped server, guess it’s not Google then, trickery.
-Kyle
Technorati tags: Google, Google Logo, Black & White
What should I read next ?
I really like this site ‘What Should I Read Next’, after entering the title of the book you have previously enjoyed it analyses a database of ‘real readers’ and gives you suggestions of future texts to read.
With links to Amazon US and UK too
-Kyle
Technorati tags: Reading, Books, What to read next
Courtroom Quotations
Something I stumbled upon : Courtroom Quotations;
Lawyer: “Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “Did you check for blood pressure?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “Did you check for breathing?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?”
Witness: [...]
T. Rex outruns Footballer (????)
This is from the BBC website, but I’m sorry didn’t we all know this after watching Jurassic Park in which a T-Rex outruns at 4×4 ?.
I’m sorry this is pointless news for the BBC news website.
(laughing aside)
Sigh.
-Kyle
Technorati tags: T.Rex, BBC News, BBC Website
New Springsteen Cover Artwork
Is this the new album art for ‘Magic’ ?
I wouldn’t like to say, but I like his facial expression, lets hope it is.
(via some music selling site)
Update this is very strange in 5 minutes of me writing this article the official Bruce Springsteen website went from this;
To this;
Very [...]
Follow up to Thunder Road
Take Note Interesting Bruce Springsteen Material Below …
The Promise – Bruce Springsteen
See if you can work the story out, apologies for it being in WMA. This excuse of a laptop switches off whenever I start to convert songs. Never mind you could always download this live version from 1999 which I’m very taken [...]