I guess bitching about Hollywood’s lack of imagination and completely unnecessary proclivity for making remakes of old tv shows and movies is already old hat.  Besides, it’ll prove to be about as worthwhile as complaining about the 3D that gets shoehorned into blockbuster movies nowadays.  Remakes like Carrie and Total Recall, which are nearly 30 years old, will be repackaged ...

Jen and I went away to Sydney as our good friend Zara was getting married to her fiancee Nick.  We made a mini-holiday out of the occasion and got away for four nights.  We managed to cram a fair bit in. On Thursday night while Jen was at Zara’s hens night, I caught up with my friend Nick.  Nick was ...

DISTILLERY Talisker ALCOHOL 57% REGION Isle of Skye COLOR Amber, much lighter than a regular 10 year old Talisker NOSE Sweet fruit, nectar PALATE PHWOOOAAAARRRRR — Talisker is already pretty potent in its regular form, but the 57% percent packs a mean punch.  It’s now much more front loaded in taste.  It has a strong bite but still retains that ...

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On the Easter Weekend we built the Lego Fire Brigade for Sarah’s birthday. I’ve had my eye on Lego’s modular series of buildings for some time.  They’ve done a range including a green grocer, a pet store, a cafe, a hotel and a town hall.  The Fire Brigade is about a year old and is 2,231 pieces. Happily, I can ...

 BRISBANE ROAR 3 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2 AGGREGATE BRISBANE ROAR 5 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2 BRISBANE ROAR ADVANCE TO THE GRAND FINALS Nearly two years ago, I started blogging about the Brisbane Roar in the twelfth round of the 2010/11 season when they were on a surprising run of eight undefeated games and were sitting second in the table.  That ...

A little prezzie from Jen for Easter.  This was a super quick build.  I think there’s only about 60-70 pieces and it took about ten minutes.  Weirdly enough, there’s a step in the instructions that asks you to cut some pieces with a pair of scissors.  Can’t say I’ve come across that before. It came out looking pretty sweet though.

 Game of Thrones Season Two – Episode One – “The North Remembers” It was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the return of Game of Thrones, one of my favourite new shows of 2011.  Its a minor miracle but I’ve managed to avoid reading any spoilers on Twitter or via a messageboard which made me very happy.  ...

I am addicted to buying these damned Lego Minifigs! What started as a random impulse purchase one day has turned into a full blown collectathon.  Most of them live on the Imperial Ship that sits on top of the bookshelf.  Just look at these awesome little dudes. I’m particularly excited for the upcoming Series 7 which has a couple of ...

I thought this concept video from Google showing us their aspirations for creating augmented reality glasses was pretty interesting.  The concepts for what appear in the HUD are pretty much already in existence.  Whats more interesting to me is how they would be projected.  I can’t imagine its going to be a world in which everyone wears glasses.  Surely some ...