Archive for March, 2008

Hairy Links 14-03-08

March 14, 2008

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It seems to have been a slow week on da Sphere! Long weekends and bank holidays and general debauchery can only mean it will get slower as nerds and alcohol and time off work don’t really mix! Here’s a few i spotted during the week!

Drinks arranged in Dublin on the 22nd. I’m 73.2% there, are you?

Roy has moved into the big bad world of WordPress, and long may he sail in her!

Captain Rick is on Twitter. It was only a matter of time.

Claire is expecting a bundle of joy. Congrats :)

So we all know the Ludacris’ song ‘Area Codes‘ Right? This lunatic plotted out on a map where exactly, according to the song lyrics, that Mr Luda in fact has all his ‘hoes’. Fo Sho’!

Not the most accurate time keeping piece of machinary but this Etch-a-Sketch clock is pretty unique!

Kooky hot chick that will follow your mouse around. Entertaining for a minute. But still entertaining.

This beautiful song came on Radio Paradise as i was writing this up

What that advert needs is a good moustaching.

Here’s hopin Ireland do the business tomorrow and Enjoy your Paddy’s Day whatever you do!

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LOST ala Ian Paisley

March 14, 2008

 

We love the biscuit. But not in a gay way. Language is NSFW.

 

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Things you should never do with Family #1

March 11, 2008

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Instruction to Drive

My sister is studying for her provisional licence test so i suggested that we should go and take a practice spin for when she eventually has her lessons she doesn’t want to be starting from scratch. Polite conversation.

BEEP (text)

“You free after work for a driving lesson?”

Who am I to go back on my word afterall and to be honest i remember when i wanted to start driving, i would be a persistant prat half the time. But then again my brother didn’t have my car at the time and wasn’t worried about having his nerves shot to pieces!

In saying that, she wasn’t all that bad and there was less bunny-hopping than i thought there would be. A lot of grinding of the gears and cutting out of the car. Apart from that and the sheer panic when she realised she had to operate the clutch / accelerator AND steer!

It was an hour of sweat, blood (hers not mine), tears (mine not hers) and a lot of stiffled swearing and passenger seat wheel grabbing. I only now realise why the instructors have dual control cars!

Machine Gun doubles as Flash Light

March 10, 2008

 

It’s scarey what these yanks think up. It’s a flashlight , no its a machine gun, but wait isn’t it a flashlight? BAM – Dead.

 

Its nasty, gets down to business, FMG9

 

Axxo returns!

March 10, 2008

 

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Grand Canyon Flooding

March 10, 2008

 

This kinda water power beats the SHIT out of your Triton T90s. Hands. Down.

 

Four arcs of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon on Wednesday in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the ecosystem by spreading sediment.More than 300,000 gallons of water per second were released from Lake Powell above the dam near the Arizona-Utah border. That’s enough water to fill the Empire State Building in 20 minutes, said Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.

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Novelty Star Wars gear AXED!

March 10, 2008

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Now bear in mind we’re talking about the 1980′s at some stage. Forget about your mp3 culture and your iWotsits! I rekcon you would be chuffed if you woke up christmas morning and had received a set of Leia Headphones!
Or how about an R2-D2 Slide projector for the more mature Star Wars buff! Timeless!

Our offices were decorated solid with Star Wars. It was always at the forefront of our minds. And then one day our CEO told us that Pepsi wanted us to pitch some ideas of what promotional merchandise they could do for Episode One.

Sadly they never made it on to the production lines at all and were doomed to spend the rest of light year eternity on paper!

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How much can this lil’ hamster store?

March 10, 2008

 

 Crazy lil’ bastard. If only i could do the same. With alcohol. That’d be living.

Vantage Point

March 10, 2008

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Caught this film on Saturday night last in UCI Coolock. Had been looking forward to it since seeing the trailer before christmas. Anything to do with snipers has me quids in from the start, that and the fact that Mathew Fox has a lead role in it made so Mrs Ben is also looked after.

The film is about the events that lead up to the assasination of the US President while he is attending a summit on anti-terrorism. I say lead up due to the fact that it doesn’t really follow on from that point and finishes with a fizzle rather than a bang. It shows the run up to the assasination from diferent *ahem* Vantage Points, the TV crew, a bent cop, the Secret Service and the president himself.

The film gets annoying with the constant rewinds and double up on dialog. Then thrown in are completely pointless characters for no purpose and once the film tries to develop the characters it just seems to rewind and start from scratch again.

The ending is weak and just not believable. The best bit about this film is the trailer, but i can safely say once you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen the film. The film’s rewind and rewind approach will have you annoyed and it’s one of those films that the whole cinema will sigh out in annoyance!

 

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Neil Delamere – Vicar Street 07-03-08

March 9, 2008

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Friday night myself and Mrs Ben headed into town for a bit of grub and to head along to the last of my christmas presents, tickets to see Neil Delamere in Vicar Street. You might know Neil from his regular stint on The Panel or which ever teddy he is in the Lotto Ads.
Part of the present was the tickets to the show and his latest DVD ‘No Message’ which to be honest i didn’t think it was all that great.

Any doubt i had about how good he was was soon put to rest and he had the whole place in stitches. One of Neil’s good elements is how he interacts with the crowd. I wouldn’t recommend sitting in the front row. There aren’t a lot of comedians who can take the piss but not be vicious with it and Neil is one of them, they aren’t to be laughed at but more like that they are part of the show.

If you get the chance to see him live this year i recommend you get a ticket but for me personally the DVD wasn’t the ticket!

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