Black and Gold

After hearing the excellent Black and Gold song by Sam Sparro, I've bean trying to find out exactly what it means. Here's the answer in a tell-all interview on Rove:



And the excellent video's here

Eureka Season - 3

It's excellent to see that Eureka S3 has finally started! Good times! :)

Check out the musicallish intro to S3 here:

Sex Drive [Trailer]

Yet another "coming of age" movie.. but it looks funny! :)

Freedom Escapes - Scam

Just today I was contacted by Freedom Escapes with a terrific deal on holidays. I am always hesistant when I get calls from Indian operators using "fake" european accents, but the offer seemed good. You pay $199 and you get 14 nights at hotels of your choosing, for 1/2 the price. You can mix and match how many nights you would spend at each hotel etc.

Not wanting to pay for such things over the phone (just paranoid about credit card theft) I requested for their website and they directed me here. They insisted that I give them the transaction number after I pay for it online so they could get some kind of commission. (because I wounldn't need them if I was buying online). Feeling sorry for them, I obliged.

The website looked legit and there were many other "packages" for Family and friends. The operated "insisted" that I pay for the $299 package. He offered me better "deals" such as 4 $40 internet vouches and an mp3 player. When I asked him where I could use the vouchers he said "anywhere... such as ebay etc". Yeah right. That should have had my spider sense tingling.

So I Totally ignored him I went for the $199 offer, but when it came time to pay, it took me to the paypal site, but it resulted in an error. (Probably because they are not registered with paypal and have give you a bum link).





So they trick you into believing they are legit because of their Paypal affiliation -which they don't really have.Then they ask you to directly transfer the money into their accounts because of the "paypal problem". I asked him how he would know it was me if I did pay the money. He came up with some flimsy excuse about the call being recorded etc.... which didn't make much sense, since he could have just tallied it against my name. He mentioned that I would be posted the vouchers. The account details supplied were:

Freedom escapes
Westpack
BSB: 032 040
Account: 171820

I never transfer money directly into anyone's account so I just hung up and did a few google searches and came across these posts. [1] [2]

The short version is this: you get vouchers in the mail. They are useless. When you contact the hotels for your 2-4-1 they don't know anything about it!

I feel pretty lucky not to have been duped - but came really close. Keep an eye out if you get a call from freedom escapes!

Sesame Street

Dave chapelle does that famous street:

Terminator-4 Trailer

Looks like the first T4 trailers have hit the internet. Christian Bale is Sean Conner! Ooooh! I can't wait! :)

Oui Chef!

It was bound to happen sooner than later: A spoof of Gordon Ramsay's F word:

When IPodders Attack (in long waiting lines)

Supernatural S4 Announced

After an exciting S3 finale, rumours have it that Supernatural will be back for yet another season! :) Get the details here --> http://community.livejournal.com/dean_sam/4543199.html. Warning! Spoiler alert! :)

Chopper does Airport Security

Chopper Reid gives us some important information about airport security:

Science and BSG

I recently came across this post which delves into the "Science of Battlestar Galactica". Some interesting theories within.

Star Wars Rap

Check out this hilarious Star Wars rap:

BSG Lives!

Hooray! :) Battlestar Galactica S4 has finally started! Yay!

I watched the first episode today and it is very good! :)

Loads of mythology, the final (4) + 1 and .... is Guyus a god? ;) Godus?

Rodrigo y Gabriela

I picked a CD of these amazing guys @ the recent Blues Fest in Byron. They are a mix between flamenco and modern rock. Watch and be amazed! :)

Performing on Letterman:



Their rendition of Metallica's Orion:

Heeee's Back!

The new Indiana Jones trailer is out! Bring on May 22nd.

Robot Holmes Cruise

A skit on the Katie Holmes (Cruise) with What the Buck?

Pic: Apple Start em Young

Check out more cool pix @ Fifty

A Man and His Talking Car

They're back! :) Knight Rider and KITT are scheduled to thrill (??) our sights and sounds yet again in this "Continuation" of the KR story.

"As the original story resumes, the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) is absolutely the coolest car ever created: its supercomputer capable of hacking almost any system; its weapons systems efficient; and its body -- thanks to its creator's work and nanotechnology -- is capable of actually shifting shape and color. Plus, its artificial intelligence makes it the ideal good cop partner: logical, precise and possessing infinite knowledge. It is the ultimate car -- and someone will be willing to do anything to obtain it.

The three cars featured in the series include the KITT Hero -- a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR that is playing the part of the everyday Hero car with 540 horsepower; the KITT Attack -- a super high-speed version of the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR Hero car that transforms into Attack mode with the help of air-ride technology and specialized body parts -- and a KITT Remote, which is a driverless Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR version of the Hero vehicle.

Sarah Graiman is a 24-year old Ph.D candidate at Stanford University, following in her genius father Charles' (Davison) footsteps. But when men attempt to abduct her, Sarah receives a mysterious call from KITT warning her that he's a creation of Charles, who also invented the first KITT 25 years ago -- and that her father is in serious danger.

Sarah and KITT track down her best friend from childhood, Mike Tracer (Bruening), a 23-year-old ex-Army Ranger, whom Sarah hasn't seen since he left home at 18. Having served in Iraq, Mike is now jaded and lost and initially resistant. Eventually he agrees to help Sarah and the two set out to discover who's behind the attempt to procure KITT and find Charles. Along the way, Carrie Rivai (Poitier) plays the agile yet tough FBI agent who has a long-standing friendship with Charles and Sarah. Due to those ties, she is brought into the mix to help in the search." - NBC

"A carmaker conflict has caused NBC to hire Val Kilmer to replace Will Arnett as the voice of KITT on its “Knight Rider” revival. Arnett (”Arrested Development”) had already completed his part for the pic, which is slated to debut on NBC in less than two weeks. Problem is, Arnett had a contractual conflict of interest. For the better part of a decade, Arnett has done voice-over work for General Motors — as the voice of GMC Trucks. NBC’s new “Knight,” however, is “played” by a Ford Mustang. Not surprisingly, when GM found out about the Ford connection, it asked Arnett to pull out." - The Movie Blog

Hmmm. Sounds like Ford will be taking over this series for the better or worse. Dunno what to feel about it really. Check out the promo:




The Hoff is still getting some action by the looks of it:

Getting Rid of E-Waste

San Diego's I Love A Clean San Diego recently sponsored an event where people denoted their old electronic equipment such as Tvs, VCRs, Computers, Printers etc to be recycled in a safe manner, beneficial to the environment.

The Protos, Zerg and Terrans are back!

Startcraft2 is on the horizon (finally!). It looks awesome! :)