Archive for June, 2008
Being a huge fan of both pulp fiction (the writing kind not the movie) and audio drama, I really can’t resist the lure of a full cast audio drama of a Conan the Barbarian story.
You can find most of the Conan stories online as ebooks, along with the rest of Robert E. Howard’s writing as [...]
June 30th, 2008 | Posted in Audio, Books, Fiction, Media | 2 Comments
The Guardian, rather than donning wellies and throwing up in a tent are getting in the festival mood by giving away a free compilation album of music from acts at the festival.
I’ve not listened yet and obviously being out of touch with “tha youth” I’ve not heard of half the bands on the playlist…although I’ve [...]
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Media, Music | 2 Comments
Apparently this machine can cook a pizza in two minutes…
<Homer Simpson Mode>But I want it now!</Homer Simpson Mode>
[Via slashfood]
June 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Media, Video | No Comments
OK…nursing advice is probably not what you were expecting to read here but I just had to post something about these books.
I’m not sure what strange thread I was following which led me to the free ebook “emergency nursing unscrewed” over at impactednurse.com but I’m quite glad I ended up there as it’s an interesting [...]
June 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Books, Media, Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Another freebie from the ever generous Cory Doctorow. This one has been out for a few weeks now but I still haven’t had a moment of that oh so elusive spare time to read it yet.
Nevermind I enjoy short stories in general and Cory’s short stories have always been an enjoyable read, so a comic [...]
June 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Art, Comics, Media | No Comments
From the mind that brought us the superb Crayon Physics comes the brief little match-3 type puzzle game, Planet of the Jellies.
There isn’t a great deal to the game but I just love the presentation and it does have that strange hypnotic effect that these sorts of games have.
Most of all I love the music, [...]
June 18th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming, Media | No Comments
Fantastically humble album titles aside this is a lovely chilled collection of ambient piano improvisations which reminds me of listening to Brian Eno at university.
I’m no audiophile but I love the warm sounding recording and it’s just the sort of thing I like to listen to very late at night when working on [...]
June 16th, 2008 | Posted in Media, Music | No Comments
Another very interesting looking book being provided for free download.
It’s nice to see more and more authors fighting obscurity rather than piracy.
How do you start a movement with a marker pen? What’s the connection between the nun who invented disco, and file sharing? How did a male model messing with disco records in New York [...]
June 14th, 2008 | Posted in Books, Media | No Comments
EDIT: Argggghhhhh why isn’t this working properly. ….
Atheist Anonymous Comic 6 by ~Devain on deviantART
June 12th, 2008 | Posted in Art, Comics, Media | No Comments
Escape the pyroclastic wall of doom and find your dino sanctuary.
Love this great browser game from Pixeljam Games.
Old school graphics and gameplay but really nice presentation and dinosaurs…what more could you want.
It’s a kind of speed platformer/race game where you play a lovely pixelated dinosaur, trying to escape the big wall of doom threatening your [...]
June 10th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming, Media | No Comments