Archive for 2007

September 25 2007

Little Geography Sponge

posted by Ana Samways at 2:48 pm

Lilly, a nearly two-year-old, really knows her geography. Now please, would someone take her to the park…

September 25 2007

1960s Ford Escort Ad

posted by Steven Shaw at 2:43 pm

Very hammy Ford Escort cinema ad from around 1969, drawing attention to the fact that the car was featured in the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

September 25 2007

Choice Links

posted by Ana Samways at 10:26 am

megapussiThat’s a big bag of chips; China’s People’s Liberation Army now playing rugby; Flatmate hell; Idiot steals computer, outed via Flickr; Frequency of sex by country; Funniest Sports photos; How Beijing Olympics got its logo; Padded undies; Swedish TV host is well sick…

September 24 2007

No, he’s not dead, but he has been around forever, hamming it up in a career that began as Captain James T. Kirk in the 1960s TV series Star Trek and continues with Shatner’s Golden Globe winning performance as Denny Crane in TV drama Boston Legal. Here’s a nicely put together compilation of scenes which celebrate his career so far.

September 21 2007

Lounge Links

posted by Steven Shaw at 5:15 pm

JohnLydonJohnny Rotten insults The Police; 100 best non-English films; Darth Vader plays the blues; Chemical Brothers to tour NZ; Big Day Out 2008 rumours; NBC giveth, taketh away TV downloads; Hostel sequel too gory for NZ; George Miller to direct JLA; Claude Francois sings, does kooky dancing…