Sunday, June 28, 2020

Half-Life's Often Overlooked Details

A look at one of the greatest video games of all time

Friday, June 26, 2020

How to Acquire Good Manners

From The Art of Manliness 

Famous Last Words

My favorite is from double murderer Thomas J Grasso -

"I did not get my Spaghetti-Os. I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this."

Wikipedia list of people's last words

Potato Butts

Um, a gallery of potatoes that look like butts

The Ten Best Films About Food

From The Up Coming - The ten best films about food

Eight Slowest Animals in the World

I'm surprised I'm not on this list

David Bowie Lets Dance (Demo)

Rare demo recording of David Bowie's "Let's Dance". The recording was released in 2018 by Nile Rodgers on what would have been David's 71st Birthday.



(via Boing Boing)

Recent Movies


Cardboard Gangsters 

Irish crime movie looking at gang culture in Dublin.  Gritty and realistic, it follows the lives of a group of friends as they attempt to take over the drug trade in their town.

2017 - 1 hr 32m 

Skyscraper 

Dwayne Johnson plays an ex FBI agent who must rescue his family from a burning skyscraper.  Think Die Hard crossed with Towering Inferno, don't take it too seriously and it's a pretty solid action film.  We found ourselves laughing at some of the impossible action sequences but overall still enjoyed it.

2018 - 1 hr 49m 

Hereditary

Not your usual horror film with jump scares and over the top gore,  Hereditary relies more on atmosphere and striking visuals.  The acting is pretty good for a horror film and it features some truly harrowing scenes that I don't think I'd want to see again.  The only problem you might have is with the ending, which veers away quite a bit from what you're expecting.

2018 - 2 hr 7m 

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Euthanizing of a Dangerous Bee Hive

A long watch but worth it - destroying a hive of extremely dangerous bees. 

Saturday, June 20, 2020

2020 The Movie

Fake movie trailer for 2020



(via Geekologie)

What Did Ancient Rome Look Like?

Fascinating CGI visualization of ancient Rome.



Thursday, June 11, 2020