Sunday, July 31, 2005

Sensation Black 2005 Double CD

Ik had weer eens zin om ouderwets te rammen, en ik hoorde laatst de theme van Sensation Black. Die beviel wel, dus toch eens gekeken of ik het hele setje kon nemen...

Het is wel okee... maar niet echt super. Sensation Black blijft eigenlijk net iets te lang doordreunen, zakt in waar je liever hebt dat ie tempo maakt, en ript eigenlijk teveel anderen off waar een eigen (of onbekendere) mix meer op zijn plaats zou zijn. Wel lekker dat ie meteen uit je speakers knalt: vanaf cd 1 track 2 is het accelereren geblazen en pas einde track 16 remmen ze af... om de bocht te nemen en daarna weer vol gas te gaan. De 'Matrix'-achtige background sprak mij ook wel aan, al was er geen touw aan vast te knopen.

Wel okee dus. Maar misschien had ik erbij moeten zijn.

Saturday, July 30, 2005

Road Warriors

Today I saw the WWE DVD documentary for the Road Warriors. Now these guys used to be my childhood idols back in the early nineties, but even then I didn't realise they were as big as they were. This DVD fills in the gaps but also goes into the backstory of Hawk's problems, and it does so in great detail.

From time to time the WWE is quite able to pay respect to people that have meant something to the industry. I've seen that happen with Ric Flair, and I've seen it happen to Hawk on the DVD as well. Quite a touching scene, way more touching than I expected.

The WWE seems to me like a heartless promotion to work for, but they have their moments - such as the one on the Road Warriors DVD - where they show a lot of real emotion, and dignity and respect.

I'm glad I bought this DVD.

Monday, July 25, 2005

Why Time Machines are Dumb

Hey this is funny! Click on 'thoughts' for some very out-there ideas, like:
Let's just imagine for a second that I had invented a time machine. If I set my machine up in Seattle and send an apple back in time 1 hour, odds are that it'll end up somewhere in North Dakota.

See, our earth is rotating at a speed of about 1,035MPH (at the equator). The spatial position the apple was in an hour before it was transported was previously occupied by the midwest.

Well, that's not even quite right. Our Earth is hurtling around the sun at a blistering 67,000MPH. If you were to send something back in time just 1 minute, it would materialize 1,117 miles away from where it started.

Moreover, our sun is moving about the galaxy at just a smidge under ten times the speed of the planet. Basically, sending objects back or forward in time just a few seconds is a one-way ticket into outer space (or the middle of the planet if you don't jump far enough). For terrestrials, it is an entirely useless means of manipulating your time line, but NASA may do well to look into this as a very reliable way of getting objects into space with minimal fuss."

Sunday, July 24, 2005

Things I noticed in London

1. Adverts in London Underground are way more humorous than most commercials over here. The most recent ad slogan for Green King India Pale Ale (or IPA) beer is the following:

"So much for British generosity. They've given us a sport no one understands, trains that don't run, and a beer we can't drink"

Honourable mention must go to the faction called "Elite Designers Against Ikea".

2a. Signs in London Underground:

"Drunk behaviour was the cause of 400 injuries and 1 fatality last year"
"Not minding the gap between station and train was the cause of 500 injuries and 5 fatalities"


So you're best off being drunk then!

Perhaps the London Underground should not pay so much attention to alcohol, and pay more to fix the gaps...

2b. Another sign in London Underground (one week after the London Tube attacks):

"Over 100 unattended bags were found this past week."

Suddenly a whole lot starts to make sense...

Friday, July 22, 2005

London Tube

Near attacks in London Tube

You'd think that after 7/7 and today's events there would be enough signs to reconsider going to London this weekend... still as it stands I'm still flying off.

But - *morbid thought alert* - if I am not to return, I am going to kick some ass.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

All Hail the One that is Me

You've got one in Australia, but they managed to spell my name wrong (bloody Aussies...) In Canada at least they managed to get it right:

The city of Sidney