cassetteboy vs the bloody apprentice

found this today and thought it was great. so check it out!
presenting... sir alan sugar. sir alan sugar. sir, alan sugar...

2mins of youtube

can't believe i actually spent nearly 2mins watching this...



oh well, it was worth it i guess - but he's no keyboard cat

new movies

quite a few good looking new movies coming out this year. here's a list of a few i'm looking forward to seeing...

terminator salvation - seems to be getting some flak in reviews at the mo, but all the trailers do make it look good so i'll go see it when it's out.

drag me to hell - latest sam raimi movie. trailer looks quite funny. might check this one out tonight.

inglorious basterds - new tarantino movie. 'nuff said.

land of the lost - mixed feelings on this one. the plot seems a bit stupid but it's ferrel and mcbride so will have to see how it turns out.

transformers 2 - i thought the first one was ok but with these kinds of movie the second in the series is normally the best (spiderman, hellboy, dark knight, short circuit 2, speed 2, oceans twelve, blair witch 2, dumb and dumberer ... hmm wait a minite). anyway, hopefully this'll be good.

bruno - 'cause everyone needs to know how to defend themselves from a man with two dildos.

the hangover - reasonably unknown one. same director as road trip and old school and the trailer looks alright. plus it's got andy from the american version of the office.

transforminators trailer

just found this trailer online and thought it was pretty good :)

get your cod on

brand new full length call of duty modern warfare 2 trailer went online late last night. check it out if you haven't already. it looks goooooood!

useful web apps

few posts in now, i'm doing better than i thought i would at blogging. the web's pretty useful as it is, but i find myself using these services more and more so figured i'd pass them on.

first up here's a few google services you may not have tried or heard of. most people probably use more than one computer every day/week/month so you want to be able to access the same stuff on all the computers you use. cloud computing is gunna become more and more popular so might aswell jump on the bandwagon now. if you find something of interest at work and wanna take a better look at home later a useful tool is google bookmarks. basically it's a list of favorites you can access from any computer once you log into your google account (which everyone has by now right?). another advantage of using this is if your computer does go pop and you lose everything at least this way your bookmarked porn site's are safe :)

along with this you also have google docs (free ms office online basically) and google notebook - which i find myself using alot. i guess all this is pretty useless if you only ever use the same computer, but if you don't (like me) hopefully you'll give them a go and like them.

ok enough google ass kissing.

free youtube to mp3 converter

you know when you hear a new song you like and wanna get it on your ipod. this ones a good way to go. once you know the artist and track name (probably through shazam or another phone alternative) chances are the song your after is on youtube in some form - i mean c'mon what isn't these days. point your browser here and download this free app for windows. once you've installed it just give it the url of the youtube video with your song and it'll download and convert it to mp3 - perfect!

songza

this ones another music related one. if your ever been on someone else's computer who has either no music or just an awful taste in music head over to http://songza.com. it allows you to create playlists of youtube videos. so instead of going track by track of all the songs you wanna listen to you can just go here make a small playlist and leave it on shuffle. ideal!

anyway, that'll do for now. if you know any other cool online services like these that you find useful gimme a shout.

iphone apps

with the itunes app store getting alota downloads everyday and new apps being added all the time there's alota useless crap but i figured i'd do a quick post on the apps i like and use the most. i doubt everyone reading this actually has an iphone but if your considering getting one you might be interested. so let's get started...


i'll put a link to a video of each app in the title so you can see them in action. the videos aren't mine but they'll give you an idea of what the apps like. if you wanna give them a try just search for the title on the app store (obviously).

field runners - this is one of the first games i really liked on the iphone that turned out to be really addictive. it's a basic tower defence game where you have to stop these little guys from getting from one side of the screen to the other by building turrets to stop them for as long as you can. there are loads of similar apps (one being tap defence which is free) but this one is the best i've tried.

sway - this ones kinda difficult to explain and is much better just to see in action. you basically control each of your characters arms with your left and right thumb and have to swing around the level to get to the end. it's one of my favorites on the iphone at the mo and couldn't be done on anything other than an iphone.

scoops - last i checked this ones actually free on the app store so definitely give it a try. i started playing and was instantly addicted. basically you've got an ice cream cone and you need to move it around to collect scoops of ice cream and avoiding the fruit. my current high score is 160060.

zenbound - again this one you kinda need to see in action. the object is basically to wrap a rope around diffenent 3d shapes. wherever the rope touches the shape it becomes coloured. the idea is to colour in as much of the object as possible using a set length of rope. might sound boring but the touch controls and accelorometer make it work really well. very unique game that i was impressed by anyway.

rolando - if you liked locoroco on the psp or ps3 then this one's for you. it's almost exactly the same really but the main difference if the controls. you basically select the character you want to move by touching them onscreen and then tilt the iphone in the direction you wanna go. different characters move around differently and generally the object is to collect fruit and get all the characters to the end of the level.

sudoku grab - there are quite a few sudoku apps on the app store but this one impressed me most. as usual they come with a load of puzzles with the app but this one actually allows you to use the iphone's camera to add more puzzles to your iphone - and it actually works!

recommended movies ... recomovies?

'cause it's still early days on the blog i'm trying to cover something on all the topics i want to cover - mainly so that when someone stumbles here it's morely likely they'll be able to find something to relate to and hopefully come back. everyone likes movies right? well if you don't - your weird so get the fuck outta here! what da hell is broccoli anywayz!? shut up with da broccoli!

anyway i'll start with a few recommendations that i recon you should check out if you havn't already. these days it seems pretty difficult to not be disappointed with movies. i recently rewatched aliens and couldn't help but wonder why they can't make films this good anymore. might save that for another post. anyway, so yeah back to what i liked. i'll put a link to the trailer in the films title incase it's something you havn't heard of. so here goes...

first a few comedies:

pineapple express - what a great film. wasn't expecting much going in but this delivered the goods. big fan of seth rogan and danny mcbride. probably the best comedy i've seen since hot fuzz (yeah i liked it that much). if you liked this be sure to check out eastbound and down.

hot rod - this one seems pretty unknown and i admit i hadn't heard of it till someone recommended it to me. wasn't so sure of it on first viewing but found it way funnier the second time round. plus it has isla fisher. me likey. definitely give it a go if you get the chance.

role models - this turned out better than i thought it would. most of sean's movies are normally pretty funny i guess and the kid and mclovin kinda sealed the deal.

burn after reading - i'm a pretty big coen brothers fan anyway but i think this is probably my favorite of their movies now. it's got the same sort of vibe as the big lebowski (stupid people mixed up in something bigger than they know) but overall this just felt like a better movie so STFU DONNIE!

and here's a couple of other movies i liked:

let the right one in - there seems to be alot of reviewing buzz around this. i first heard about it here and that kinda got my interest. i like good vampire movies. i hated twilight (made it 20mins in and that was enough for me) and this is the polar opposite. my one sentence review: it's the pan's labarinth of vampire movies - so check it out.

splinter - this one could be the most unknown movie in this list. it's a small british horror film. i found the trailer online a while ago and thought it looked cool - and waddayaknow it turned out to actually be cool. how rare. so give it a look.

that'll do for now. recomendations end! stop reading and start watching ... or go do something else - like watch this guy:

funny stuff from interweb

i recently came across an article on david pouge's blog titled "the culture of the internet". he basically talks about the most famous internet clips that people have seen and that there's no official log online of stuff that everyone should have seen - which then lead me to www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com (brilliant afternoon killer btw). alot of it i hadn't even seen myself. obviously afro ninja, peanut butter jelly time, numa numa and yatta are all givens - but here's some "new" ones that i just found and liked:


i'm the juggernaut bitch
charlie the unicorn
the pet penguin
drunk jeff goldblum
tranquilized bear hits trampoline

another one i found recently that's not on this site is playhimoffkeyboardcat.com. here's a free sample:


and just one more for now. i found this not so long ago and it makes me laugh everytime. the "best" of tourette's guy:

upcoming gaming awesomeness

2009 is starting to look pretty good for gaming and with e3 just around the corner i'm looking forward to seeing some new stuff.
anyway, here's three games i'm currently looking forward to big time :)

call of duty: modern warfare 2
call of duty 4 ate up many hours of my life last year. you shouldn't need much background info on this (last i checked it was one of - if not THE number 1 selling game last year). probably the best console shooter since goldeneye. a must have for any fps fan.

alien vs predator
this was probably the first fps on the pc that i got into, and alot of fun it was too. the sequel was cool but i didn't think it was as much fun as avp1. hopefully with todays tech this new game won't disappoint.



bioshock 2
of the three videos this one shows off the most. bioshock 1 was alot of fun and got loads of strong reviews when it came out in 2007. the bar is set pretty high but this video definitely suggests the sequel will deliver the goods.

band covers

for a few weeks now me and a couple of mates have been having some amateurish jam sessions with the hope of maybe one day being ready to reach the masses and play some gigs.

until that day we are limited to a small room at my place - my "beat laboratory".
so far we've had a few weekly "band meetings" where we record bad versions of good songs :)

adam's on vocals and guitar
steve's on bass
and i'm on drums

as of yet we don't have a band name, but are open to suggestions.

here's a quick playlist of a few songs we've (badly) recorded

anyway i'll leave the playlist somewhere on the sidebar of my blog i've put a few of our covers to stream. feel free to give them a listen and see what you think.

leave a comment with what you think and/or if you have any good band name suggestions. also feel free to suggest some crowd pleasing songs we can try.
cheers!

[btw 10 cool points if you got the step brothers and flight of the conchords references - well done you!]

about me

first be sure to check out my first post.

ok, so why follow me or come back here?
i guess to answer that you need to learn more about me. ok here we go...

i'm 23, self employed and live in cornwall.

i'm a pretty big movie fan and will watch pretty much anything and like to keep up with movie news, trailers, reviews or any cool stuff.

i like all kinds of music really but i love seeing any music played live and i'm a massive music festival fan. i love drumming, playing guitar and am currently trying to band started with a few mates.

i guess i'm a pretty hardcore gamer. i've got all of the current generation consoles and i'll try pretty much anything fun, new or innovative.

i guess i am kind of a geek (hopefully the cool kind). i use both mac and pc and hope to post any cool tools/web sites/apps for both. my iphone is the best phone i've owned (as you'd expect for the newest i guess) so i'll probably recommend some cool apps for that too at some point.

i have a pretty wide sense of humor, and there's alot of funny shit online - so it's pretty likely i'll post anything here that makes me laugh.

i love watching my stories. favorites include lost, 24, dexter, fringe, flight of the conchords, mighty boosh, family guy, south park, screenwipe, spaced, peep show, there's too many to list them all.

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if that's what your into then cool, but if not don't let that put you off. i'm hoping to cover pretty much anything that interests me - so if anything i've listed above interests you hopefully you'll come back once in a while.

hopefully this post gives you a vague idea of where i'm heading with this blog and with any luck there's at least something here your into.

now i'll try and end this post on a high after boring you - so congratulations if you read this far. if you like any of the above tings, then your gunna love deez tings:

first post

ok, so this is my new blog. i've been thinking of setting up a web site for a while now, but before putting in all the work for something i may only update once or twice would be kind of a waste of time. so i figured if i setup a simple blog first to find out:

a) if i'd update it
b) if anyone would read it
and c) 'cause i spend alot of time online and figured maybe i should try and give something back

i'm not really sure why. i don't think i have much to contribute to the public toilet wall that is the internet, but screw it i've got nothing to lose.

best case scenario i gain some new friends/followers (frollowers?) who are either interested in what i've got to say or just so bored they'll come here to kill some time or stop themselves from thinking for a few more minutes.
worst case scenario no one reads this and i have some weird online diary of what i was thinking at the time of posting. that or it's the crappy legacy i leave behind after i'm dead.

right now i'm not really sure if blogging is what i want but it's the easiest way for me to get started and share links, music, apps, thoughts, reviews and recommendations - which might be all i need to gain a small following which might push me into doing something bigger and better.

... either that or i'll go back to doing whatever it is that i do ...